resulting in more than 58 thousand American casualties alone. With this damage stated‚ countless others suffered from disabling injuries and mental instabilities even after returning home. Both The Deer Hunter (1978 Michael Cimino) and Apocalypse Now (1979 Francis Ford Coppola) can be used to provide and insight into the effects of the war on the soldiers that fought in the war‚ but also to those who knew the soldiers and remained in the United States during the war. In short The Deer Hunter is
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The Air Can Be Cleaner Than It Is Now There are people who believe that “fresh air” is an unlimited source. I personally used to think like that when I was a young. As I grew older‚ I learned that a simple thing‚ such as fresh air is infinitely available‚ is not true. The fact is‚ the troposphere‚ which is like a wall that covers the earth‚ is the only air that is available to us. No fresh air comes in‚ and no polluted air escapes (Harris‚ par. 3). Ironically‚ a giant thing like spaceship could
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I don’t why change for a dollar exists today. Coins can buy you nothing now‚ and carrying coins around makes me so angry. Every item for sale should be based off of solid bill. Pennies‚ nickels‚ dimes‚ and all other coins shouldn’t exist anymore. The noise it makes in your pocket is so irritating to me. It’s a lot like keys‚ only I can’t leave my keys behind. I constantly tell people to keep the change if it’s under a dollar. If I cannot find somebody to give my change to‚ I will throw it on the
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Annalisa Marino Mr. Winters English 101 April 4‚ 2012 Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by meaning the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line and then use a theodolite
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20-November-12 Is Now the Time for Reparations for African Americans? Reparations for African Americans was a projected idea that would help African Americans get a form of earnings that would make up for the severe punishing and sufferings they all faced as a culture‚ and as slaves. Robert L. Allen and The Economist both argue on reparations for African Americans and strongly oppose based on their views. Robert L. Allen‚ a professor strongly believes that reparations for African Americans
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Entertainment in 1900’s Vs. Now There are many differences between the 1900’s and now‚ we have discovered a lot of amazing technology and ways to be entertained since the 1900’s. A few of those technologies are televisions‚ radios‚ and cellphones. Entertainment has influenced our generation a lot and has changed significantly over the years. Entertainment back in the 1900’s was definitely more active and social than how our generation calls “entertainment” now. Teenagers in the 1900’s would actually
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The Role of the Teenager in America Then and Now Teenagers in the 1950’s were a lot different from the teenagers today. It was a beginning of a transformation into what they are today. The influence of teenagers on America’s economy has changed greatly‚ Teenagers have gone from not being able to speak their mind to freely expressing almost anything they feel. It seems large companies are now only focusing on teens‚ whereas before they had all but ignored them. Their advertising is directed toward
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scientists have been working arduously in search of answers of climatic change and other nature-based phenomenon instead of finding a way to prevent it. Bill Mckibben‚ an American environmentalist‚ educated scholar and author of newspaper article “Now or Never”‚ has worked extensively on the impact and kindled people’s interest in global warming. Mckibben discusses how burning carbon based fossil fuels would lead a gargantuan amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere. More importantly
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the war in Apocalypse Now. The sexual connotation is seen in the helicopter scene when bullets enter into the body flashing blood and also in the Sampan boat scene where the soldiers tried to humiliate the women. Coppola made a vision about the war-related problems besides technology and aesthetics of the politics. Overall‚ Coppola made a whole image of the Vietnam War that includes journalism‚ memoirs‚ and references to other movies. The cinematographer of the Apocalypse Now was Storaro‚ Coppola
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Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now lacks the impact of its inspiration‚ Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. While the basic elements of imperialism and human nature remain intact‚ the characters of the film bare little resemblance to their literary counterparts. The film serves as a re-interpretation of Conrad’s novella‚ updated from 19th-century British imperialism in the Congo to a critique of 20th-century U.S. imperialism in Southeast Asia. Coppola’s changes in setting and plot structure‚ however
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