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    through her own midlife crisis in both her career and personal life. Lester’s daughter‚ Jane Bumham had alienated her parents and was going through puberty. They have a new neighbor who is a U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Frank Fitts‚ and he has a son‚ Ricky Fitts‚ who is a drug dealer. Lester was going to get fired from his company that he had worked for fourteen year. Lester managed to cut a deal by threatening the manager to give him a year’s worth of salary or else he would distribute the gossip news

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    Josh Henderson Political Science 505 Boyz in the Hood The film Boyz in the Hood is a 1991 film directed by John Singleton. It is about three young men named Tre‚ Ricky and his brother Doughboy who grow up in South Central Los Angeles‚ a dangerous area in Los Angeles‚ California. While Ricky and Doughboy grow up in a single mother household‚ Tre lives with his mother at the beginning of the movie. But after Tre gets in trouble for behavioral problems at school‚ he is sent to live with

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    Crenshaw neighborhood. Each one has their own individual struggle and goals in life. Doughboy (Ice Cube)‚ who is a drug dealer‚ has been in and out of trouble throughout his young life and seems to be happy with his surroundings. Doughboy’s brother Ricky (Morris Chestnut)‚ a teenage father with bright hopes and aspirations of becoming an NFL football player. Ricky’s best friend Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.) who hopes and dreams of higher education and an escape from the dwelling of the hood. “The hood” where

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    Life is Perfect The word perfect is not often used. In fact‚ when people describe something or someone as perfect‚ they mean the exact opposite. In the film American Beauty it seems as though the Burnham ’s live a happy life‚ but after viewing the film it is the exact opposite. The personalities of the characters may seem predictable‚ and some of the actual are shocking. Just because things look good from the outside‚ does not always mean that it is good on the inside. In the film the Burnham

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    parents and rebels against them. She is angered by Lester when he first meets her friend‚ Angela‚ who is the stereotypical image of a beautiful American teenager‚ and Lester’s lust for her begins. Jane then finds herself interested in her neighbor‚ Ricky‚ a young drug dealer. Ricky’s father‚ the Colonel‚ a homophobic abusive ex-marine‚ and Barbara‚ his wife‚ a broken woman who seems beyond repair. The gay couple are the happiest and most normal characters in the film. Now here is where it gets twisted

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    Another stunning survival story is from a man named Ricky Megee. On January 24‚ 2006‚ Megee was cruising down an isolated road when three anomalous men hijacked his car‚ drugged him and dumped his body in the middle of the Australian Outback. Ricky had to use his survival instinct and started living on a diet of frogs‚ leeches‚ lizards‚ and cockroaches. Days in to his adventure‚ Megee was able to find a dam to stay hydrated until he found help. Ricky was rescued by farm hands on April 6. When he was

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    minutes” while his brother places the body and hides. Simon is a thoughtful kid that tries to avoid trouble and maintains respectful intentions. Simon’s personality does not allow him to protect himself from stronger personalities. Simon’s brother Ricky is a strong willed person‚ and Simon follows his brother’s commands and does not stand up for himself. He would much rather stay inside and play video games than be outside playing the investigation game that his brother finds entertaining. Simon grows

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    THE RHETORIC OF AMERICAN BEAUTY: A VALUE ANALYSIS A Thesis Presented to The Graduate Faculty of The University of Akron In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Jessica L. Papajcik December‚ 2006 THE RHETORIC OF AMERICAN BEAUTY: A VALUE ANALYSIS Jessica L. Papajcik Thesis Approved: Accepted: __________________________ Advisor Mary E. Triece __________________________ Interim Director of the School Dr. Carolyn M. Anderson __________________________

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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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