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    Bent It Like Beckham

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    Bend It Like Beckham Dir. Gurinder Chadha‚ UK/Germany 2002‚ Certificate 12A Introduction Bend It Like Beckham was one of the surprise hits of 2002‚ making over £11‚000‚000 at the UK Box Office and hitting a chord with a range of audiences at cinemas. A vibrant and colourful British comedy about a young girl from a Sikh family who desperately wants to play football against the wishes of her traditional parents‚ the film can be seen to follow the path of other recent British-Asian films such as

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    My Life Be Like

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    time like many other young people that life was taken away because of somebody else’s stupidity.After a while my mom got fed up with the violence around my house. That’s when my mom decided to send me here to Glenwood. I was enrolled here the summer of 2001. Im not going to lie‚ when I first came to Glenwood I was not feeling it. Plus what added to my uncertainty were the tall tales that was told to me before I came. It was a lady by the name of ms schuler who told me that Glenwood was like Hogwarts

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    LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

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    Final Paper: Women & Relationships Esquivel showed love in a whole other aspect from life in the movie and novel “Like Water for Chocolate”. This movie and novel is about monthly installments with recipes‚ romances‚ and home remedies. Love was very powerful and changed everybody’s life‚ it kept some people around‚ made some people leave and it even made some people die. Love is something that can take over someone’s mind‚ soul and body. When two people are in love no one and nothing can get in

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    Living Like Weasels

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    ANNIE DILLARD LIVING LIKE WEASELS Together answer: "How is the Dillard essay constructed?" Do describe each of its parts. 17 paragraphs in five acts (parts) Characteristic features: explanation of meaning pages 1-2 Premonition: Wild‚ ETS story‚ talons‚ bones and death in life in death. 63 3-7 Setting -- time and place. Hollins/Murray’s Pond (Walden) sunset in suburbia! 63-64 8-11 THE ENCOUNTER; a shocking‚ world changing - view & an upsetting event! 64-65 12-14 Reflection on the loss

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    Like Water For Chocolate

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    before he left the war. Eli Fisher‚ the portrays symptoms of what is known today as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the story Eli Fisher says " Please‚ God‚ no more war" "he prayed as a patchwork of horrific images shot through his head". (Line 32) " Like a Holocaust survivor‚ there was no psychologist or pill that could erase what had become a part of him‚ but Eli closed his eyes‚ tasted the cold coffee and once again forced the horrors of war from his mind." (Line 104) Eli Fisher

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    Like Water for Chocolate

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    Like Water For Chocolate tells the story of Tita De La Garza‚ the youngest daughter of Mama Elena. She is protagonist of the story who strives for love‚ freedom‚ and individuality while Mama Elena is the chief-antagonist‚ who stands as the prime opposition to the fulfillment of these goals. This mother-daughter relationship is filled with difficulty from the start‚ when Tita is brought into the world too soon after her father’s sudden death. Mama Elena is the opposite of a nurturer‚ never producing

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    Thinking Like a Genius

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    Thinking like a genius Famous thinkers "Even if you’re not a genius‚ you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future." Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Look at problems in many different ways. Visualize! Utilize diagrams and imagery to analyze your dilemma. Produce! Genius is productive. Combine! Make novel combinations... Form! Form relationships. Opposite! Think in opposites. Metaphor/simile

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    Black Like Me

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    Changing the way a society views itself is one of the most difficult tasks one can accomplish. Throughout history only a handful of people or organizations have been able to accomplish such a feat. In the Black Like Me‚ Griffin experiences many derogatory actions against him because he was an African American. Specifically‚ there are three times that Griffin was treated poorly because of his skin color. Because griffin published these incidences in his book‚ he was able to enlighten society regarding

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    Bend It Like Beckham

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    An important event near the end of the film “Bend it Like Beckham” directed by Gurinder Chadha was Jess’s final football match. It was important because it was the climax of the film. Jess’s dream was to be a professional football player. Jess’s culture and tradition were in the way of achieving her dream. In order to achieve her dream she had to use deception. Verbal and visual features such as camera work‚ symbols and music were used throughout the film to show that the event was important.

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    Bend It Like Beckham

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    on the movie “Bend it like Beckham” -------From the perspective of Cross-cultural communication 专业:英语语言文学 姓名:胡金庆 学号:201120327 日期:2011年10月11日 A feedback on the movie “Bend it like Beckham” -------From the perspective of Cross-cultural communication Abstract: Based on the English movie “Bend It like Beckham”‚ this paper is

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