The film I will be analyzing is The Godfather‚ Part I. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1972 and based on the book written by Mario Puzo. Vito Corleone is the patriarch and “Don” or “Godfather” of the Corleone family empire; one of the five mob families in control of the five boroughs of New York City in the 1940’s. Michael Corleone is Vito’s youngest son and a World War II veteran. Before he dies‚ Vito tells Michael that he never wanted him to be the one to have to take over the family
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Cofer‚ Judith Ortiz. The meaning of consuelo. Beacon Press‚ 2005. The Meaning of Consuelo is based on a Puerto Rican family in the 1950s‚ during a time of Americanization. The family has two daughters Consuelita and Mili‚ one meaning comfort and solace the other meaning miracle. Consuelita goes through many personal changes‚ but also has to sit back and watch the world around her change. Her parents have two totally different aspects on life which makes it even harder for her growth‚ this sparks
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The Lead is based on a true story‚ Antonio Banderas portrays Pierre DuLaine‚ a New York City dance instructor who gets the concept of teaching the beauty of ballroom dancing to a group of detention students in a troublesome inner-city Manhattan high school. Pierre Dulaine rides the streets dressed immaculate on his bicycle. One day‚ he observes a student named Rock (Rob Brown) striking a car with a golf club. Rock has his logics‚ but rather than calling the cops‚ Mr. Dulaine voluntarily takes leadership
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Throughout Mariatu’s story in the book‚ The Bite of the Mango by Mariatu Kamara and Susan McClelland‚ there is a constant reappearance of the mango fruit. The title of the book is very important and very relevant to Mariatu’s life. The importance of the title is evident through the one remarkable initiative‚ the mango. Winner of a Red Maple in 2009‚ the title “Bite of the Mango” is a very appropriate title for this book. As it is obvious‚ Mariatu is a victim of survival for which she must endure
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Summary The Nightingale is set in France during World War II about the lives two completely different sisters‚ Isabelle and Vianne. Vianne is married to Antoine‚ who is fighting against the Nazi’s. Vianne wants nothing to do with the war‚ she just wants to be a mother to her daughter Sophia. Isabelle on the other hand wants to join the resistance and help fights the Nazi’s. Isabelle gets sent to many different boarding schools because she always runs away from them to go back to her father‚ who
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The book Warriors: A Dangerous Path is a great book for many diverse reasons. It has a detailed plotline that will keep any reader on edge and searching for more. It also has remarkably developed characters‚ allowing the reader to feel like they know each character personally. This book has an amazing setting; thus‚ the reader feels immersed in the story throughout the entire read. The plot in Warriors: A Dangerous Path is intricate and interesting. This series has many books in it; therefore‚ Erin
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The Necklace is a short story written by Guy de Maupassant that tells the tale of a beautiful Madame Loisel. To her greatest misfortune Madame Loisel is burdened to live the life of a middle-class woman‚ however she believes she deserves the life of an upper-class figure due to her beauty and charm. Although Madame Loisel is married to a simple clerk‚ Monseur Loisel‚ he knows of her longing of the social elites. Monsieur Loisel is able to acquire an invitation to the Ministry ball where his wife
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Jean Valjean is an ex-convict who leaves behind a life of hatred and deceit. He makes a fortune with innovative industrial techniques. Valjean finds happiness in loving his adopted daughter Cosette‚ and helping people who are in difficult situations‚ even if it is risking his own life and welfare. Valjean later in his life falls in love with a woman‚ who goes by the name of Fantine. Fantine is a working-class girl who leaves her hometown of Montreuil-sur-mer to find her fortune in Paris. She is the
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[pic] I consider The Fountain an epic because first‚ it has gods: Mayan and Christian; it’s got a hero‚ Hugh Jackman‚ other wise known as; Tommy‚ and the quested tree of life from the Garden of Eden. It is a life-altering journey also because Tommy finally sees all of the things in life that he has done wrong‚ like choosing work over his wife‚ and he also changes the way he treats people. This movie makes the way people think change because they can compare their cultures from today’s culture
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Through out the story‚ the loons and their cries symbolize the aboriginal people and their attitudes towards the white settlers and their treatment not only towards native culture but‚ the stereotypical mentality pressed upon them. These feelings of ‘“despair‚ the unprootedness‚ the loss of the land”’ (Stovel 219) where caused by many generations of mistreatment‚ stereotypical‚ and racist mentality. The ethnocentric attitudes of the time‚ are none better portrayed than by the character of Vanessa
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