The movie “The Gold Rush” was written and directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1925. Some of the main characters included Charlie Chaplin as The Lone Prospector‚ Mack Swain as Big Jim‚ Tom Murray as Black Larsen‚ Malcolm Waite as Jack‚ Georgia Hale as Georgia‚ and Henry Bergman as Hank. The movie is set in the 1920’s time period‚ the same period it was filmed in. The Gold Rush is a story about The Lone Prospector (Charlie) in search of gold. Through his travels in the snow‚ he comes upon a cabin
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In the book “Vagina Monlouges”‚ author Eve Ensler goes around to many different kinds of women and asks them about their vaginas. She interviews old women‚ young women‚ married women‚ single women‚ lesbians‚ college professors‚ actors‚ corporate professionals‚ sex workers‚ African American women‚ Hispanic women‚ Asian American women‚ Native American women‚ Caucasian women‚ and Jewish women. Each chapter or section in the book is someone else’s different story or experience. Before each chapter‚ Ensler
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Assignment 3: Case Study- Strengths Perspective and Creative Problem Solving “Girl Interrupted” Girl‚ Interrupted Summary Introduction The movie Girl Interrupted is a memoir about Susanna Kaysen’s battle with mental illness. It is set in the sixties and seventies‚ in a medium security psychiatric ward. After Susanna attempts suicide‚ her parents bring her to speak with a psychotherapist who suggests and end up convincing her to commit herself to be institutionalized and eventually diagnosed
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Shadow of a Doubt: The Function of the “Doubt” The film Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock 1943) is most definitely true to its title. The very structure of the film is based on doubts: What are the motivations of these characters? How will the plot line resolve? According to Hitchcock’s “Enjoyment of Fear‚” suspense is created by a gradual “leading up to” the moment of fear‚ as opposed to a sudden shock of terror. Hence‚ the suspense in this film is primarily created by doubts. It is the build-up‚ the
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Ordinary World: Neo is seen as having a boring office job‚ working for a software company. In the scene where they show his house‚ he’s completely absorbed in the world of technology. Neo is surrounded by monitors‚ computers‚ discs‚ and was shown sleeping with headphones on. Call to Adventure: Trinity contacts Neo through his computer and is told to follow the white rabbit. The white rabbit is shown on a female’s arm as a tattoo‚ and was given the chance to follow it when he gets invited to a party
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“Riding the Rails” After watching the movie “Riding the Rails” I know understand why some kids would want to leave home and travel the country by boxcar. The conditions back home were awful. For one many of the railroad boys families were broke and some didn’t even have a home. It must have been quite sickening to be out traveling the country alone‚ just knowing you have virtually nothing to come back to other than your family‚ if that. Many kids who left home parent’s had lost their job and couldn’t
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CheckPoint New System Proposal - Synopsis Nate Mitchell IT/205 March 3‚ 2015 Joel Balkum CheckPoint New System Proposal - Synopsis A specific business requirement like detailed financial or managerial reporting would most definitely drive the need for the creation of a new system. When an old and outdated system performs at less than par‚ and does not meet the specific requirements of the business‚ it becomes more of a burden to the company than a helpful tool. An outdated system that
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Rebecca Barnes Mr. Edmonson Geography period 5 10-23-14 Synopsis of John Hus John Huss (1369-1415) was a Bohemian reformer. John Huss was ordained to the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church in 1401‚ after receiving the bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Prague. He became a powerful preacher of Roman doctrine‚ until he began to translate some of the sermons of John Wycliffe into the Bohemian language. These sermons moved him to cry out for reform in the Church‚ and a return
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A pray for my Daughter The summary of A prayer for My Daughter by William Butler Yeats opens up with an image of the poet’s daughter who is fast asleep in her cradle. The storm he talks about at the very onset of the poem is nothing but a contrast to the quiet sleep of the baby. The poet is worried about his child and his gloominess of mind is well portrayed through the first stanza itself. In the first stanza itself‚ the backdrop of the weather with the storm raging is nothing but a potent
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An endless setup mars the epic fantasy adventure in STARWATCHER by David Rice Verdict: Saddled with an unlikable protagonist and too much world-building‚ STARWATCHER struggles to deliver a fantasy epic. 2 out of 5 stars. Mini-synopsis: in a realm beset by poverty‚ plague‚ and peril‚ King Gravin IV looks to the stars for answers. But his royal starwatcher Trenn has troubles of his own: while he barely skirts heresy with his star gazing skills‚ his son Muren runs away to learn forbidden magic from
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