Bicycle Thieves: The Unspoken Allure of Communism Bicycle Thieves is an exemplary demonstration of Italian neorealism that seeks to use non-professional actors to illustrate the struggle of average people surviving under a Fascist government. De Sica ’s use of film techniques such as close-ups heightens the effect of his neo-realist aesthetic‚ especially seen in his street-level depictions of Rome in the aftermath of World War II. The poverty and despair captured by De Sica ’s cinematography
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Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in salinecoastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S. The remaining mangrove forest areas of the world in 2000 was 53‚190 square miles (137‚760 km²) spanning 118 countries and territories.[1][2] The word is used in at least three senses: (1) most broadly to refer to the habitat and entire plant assemblage ormangal‚[3][page needed] for which the terms mangrove forest biome
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What It Means to be a Man: Masculinity in American Beauty For many‚ American Beauty is a sober admonishment of the modern suburban society‚ a class of “bloodless‚ money grubbing freaks‚” as Lester so eloquently describes Carolyn. Swirled amongst the various social commentaries is a particularly strong and thought provoking perspective in regards to how society constructs gender roles and expectations. This perspective takes on additional importance when viewing this notion of “what makes a man
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“Acid Rain” Environmental science What is Acid Rain? Acid rain is a rain or any other form of precipitation like rain‚ fog‚ snow‚ or hail that contains harmful substances higher than normal amounts of such as nitrogen and sulfur oxides‚ that is unusually acidic‚ meaning that it possesses elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). Acid rain is also called acid deposition because this term includes other forms of acidic precipitation such as snow. The acid deposition is occurs
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over events and underestimate chance. Example 1: Warren Buffett: >Any investor can chalk up large returns when stock soar‚ as they did in 1997‚ In a bull market‚ one must avoid the error of preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm‚ thinking that is paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. A right thinking duck would instead compare its position after the downpour to that of the other ducks on the pond. Example 2: “It worked because we made the right decisions
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Idiom | Meaning | Example | a babe in arms | a baby‚ a child who is wet behind the ears | Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada. | a babe in the woods | a defenseless person; a naive‚ young person | He’s just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him. | a bad taste in my mouth | a feeling that something is false or unfair‚ a feeling of ill will | I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room. | a bad time | a lot of
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Actually‚ this miraculous act was later used by the emperors themselves. By the time of Vespasian‚ a story reached us about the miraculous power of the Emperor that was given to him by the aid of Serapis. we were informed that when the emperor was in Alexandria previous to his accession‚ two men‚ one blind‚ the other with a maimed hand‚ came to him seeking a cure on the directive of Sarapis. After some delay for consultation with physicians as to whether these infirmities could be overcome‚ Vespasian
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Under enormous pressure‚ coal is able to transform into diamonds. In Alan Moore’s graphic novel V for Vendetta‚ Evey Hammond goes under a unique transformation‚ modeled after V’s traumatic experiences. By her twelfth birthday‚ she lost both of her parents. Subsequently‚ she had to provide for herself‚ causing her to grow in some ways and stagnate in others. Due to her financial issues‚ she offers a man sex in exchange for money. To her surprise‚ the man is revealed to be an undercover police officer
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The Spanish Armada set sail from Spain in 1588. King Phillip II wished to invade England for both political and religious reasons. Spain put a tremendous amount of money into the Armada and planned for years‚ but in the end the fleet was defeated. The defeat of the Spanish Armada was caused by a series of unexpected events‚ and led to Spain’s downfall as a world power‚ and England’s subsequent rise in power. King Phillip II had many political and religious reasons to invade England. Because Phillip
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Following the decline of gold extraction‚ Various Anglos reacted with extreme violence towards foreigners as they attributed the economical decline to immigration. Thus‚ anti-foreign and racist attacks‚ laws and confiscatory taxes sought to drive out foreigners‚ especially Chinese and Latin American Immigrants (Carrigan‚ W. D. 2003: 420-438). The marginalized groups of this era by law could not form a union or strike‚ thus much of the communities found refuge and strength in their culture and community
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