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    On April 16‚ 1962‚ Walter Leland Cronkite‚ Jr. (November 4‚ 1916 – July 17‚ 2009) began anchoring the CBS Evening News. Cronkite defined the issues and events for America for almost two decades and was the identity and face of the CBS Evening News. Through his reassuring authority reporting the news‚ Cronkite became known at the ‘most trusted man in America.’ His talent‚ experience in professionalism‚ genuine emotion‚ and honesty as an anchor was unparalleled. Cronkite adeptly reported the latest

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    “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” depicts the inner monologue of an aging man as his mind drifts in and out of fantasies as he completes his routine tasks on an otherwise routine day. Walter Mitty represents the aging of era which defined the current age. They experienced so much in one era and yet were still caught by the hands of time. This adventure through an aging mind gives great insight into not only the character of Walter Mitty‚ but the character of a generation. Walter Mitty represents

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    Plot: "Twelve Angry Men" is an interesting and exciting jury-room confrontation in which an "open and shut case" becomes strenuous as twelve strangers scuffle for answers. The trial involves a nineteen-year-old boy‚ who is suspect of killing his father in a late-night altercation with an extraordinary knife. His fate now lies in the hands of 12 jurors‚ each with his own determination to solve the case and reveal the truth. As the session takes its course‚ evidence becomes scrutinised‚ tempers rise

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    out the course of the story it is evident that Mitty is not a hero nor does he have control of his life. His wife is yelling at him and telling him what and how to do things‚ so he uses the dreams characters to escape reality. In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” James Thurber uses characterization‚ language‚ and irony to help readers identify with Mitty’s mundane life. Thurber never tells the reader what Mitty looks like. Instead he uses keywords throughout the story to let the reader put together

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    Barbara Jill Walters was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts on September 25 of 1929 to her parents Lou and Dena Walters. She was the middle of three children‚ with an older sister and a younger brother. Her younger brother Burton died before Barbara was even born‚ and her older sister Jaqueline was born with mental disabilities and passed in 1985. Though they didn’t really practice‚ Barbara grew up in a Jewish household. Her father was a broadway producer and the entertainment director of the Tropicana

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    Macbeth Act 1: Plot

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    Act 1 Plot: When the play first opens we hear 3 strange witches standing in a field while it is thunder and lightening. They begin to chant spells and talk about their meeting with Macbeth as they vanish into thin air. Not to far from the field‚ there is a battle taking place‚ the King of Scotland is there with some of his followers. The king is much to old to fight for himself‚ so he sends to hear how his army is doing. A badly injured soldier then returns from battle to tell Duncan how dreadfully

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    Plot Summary: Hagar Shipley is an older woman who lives in western Canada with her son and his wife‚ Marvin and Doris.She starts to recall her life in Manawaka where she spent her childhood with family and friends. While the plot returns to present‚ her son Marvin and his wife Doris are trying to persuade Hagar selling their house and buying a smaller one. The proposal has been intensely rejected by Hagar‚ because she believes that the house is hers.Then‚ plot moves to the interview with the minister

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    Walters Art Museum Essay

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    The Walters Art Museum was traveled to due to its unique presentation of well preserved history pieces. It is located in Baltimore‚ Md and was visited the 23rd of September in 2017. Along with the fact that is was within reach. In addition‚ that particular museum had excellent online reviews. One review stated that many of the exhibits were very sizable. Another review said that the information presented was extensive and detail oriented. The mix of all these factors ultimately resulted in the choice

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    “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Cohlmeyer‚ Lou Chetta ENG 125 Kim Elliot-White October 29‚ 2012 “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” Thurbur uses satire to call attention to the humorous ways in illustrating the daydreamer in Mitty‚ and the background of this story about a marriage relationship. In this story Mitty is constantly lost in his own world of being anyone he chooses or desires to create in his own mind while escaping the

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    Plot vs. Story - Film

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    The plot is the sequence of events that happened to make the story. The plot is how the story came alive. “If the story is what happens in a movie‚ the plot is how it happens.” Goodykoontz‚ B.‚ & Jacobs‚ C.P. (2011) When we are describing a movie that we saw‚ we are actually describing the plot‚ not the story. Honestly all of this time‚ I thought I was describing the story‚ not the plot. You learn something new every day. The film that I have chosen to use is ‘Panic Room’‚ released in

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