not only for its cinematic qualities but for its historic insight as well. Platoon is an Orion Pictures production‚ filmed in 1986. Written and directed by Oliver Stone it tells the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not known by the American public. Tom Beringer‚ who plays the experienced Sergeant Barnes‚ was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor
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Dale Walker was a blessed man‚ he had a wife that adored him‚ a community that admired him and children that loved him. Dale had recently started his dream job of teaching math and science in the local elementary school. He was having the time of his life‚ but this was about to end. What he was about to experience would change his life forever. Dale was about to see how injustice can ruin an individual and hurt a family. It all started one day while he was dismissing his third-grade math class. After
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I am Tom Brennan‚ it has been 10 years since accident happened. My older brother Daniel has been released from prison 5 years ago. First five years after accident‚ my family decide to move to somewhere else. My sister and I found a school‚ we made lots of new friends. My mother was in tears all days‚ we persuaded her some days‚ about one year later‚ she pull up her slacks. That day was cloudy. It may rain every minute. I went with my parents to take my brother Daniel home. He has changed. His face
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"Creativity is intelligence having fun." HI‚ there I’m Alex Goldman as you may already know. And I invented what is now called the water-walkers. Now you may think I’m crazy right walking on water‚ but what if I told you in fact is possible with the help of technology of course. But wait what exactly are water walkers? Well‚ that is a question that I get from a lot of you and to answer this simply they are pretty much little fans that have the same power as a golf cart connected to these hyper
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forth the grotesque ending. Despite all the example differing‚ they all foreshadow the ending to the short story. In the beginning of the story‚ Walker uses diction to create an atmosphere that is happy and innocent: "It seemed to Myop as she skipped lightly from hen house to pigpen to smokehouse that the days had never been as beautiful as these" (Walker). As the story goes forth‚ there is a shift in the mood between paragraph four and five. The diction in paragraphs 1-4 was care-free and happy
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Madam C. J. Walker “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.”----Madam Walker 1912 (“Madam CJ”). Sarah Breedlove born on December 23‚ 1867 in Delta‚ Louisiana‚ who later came to be known as Madam C. J. Walker. Her parents Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove
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Alice Walker who wrote “The Welcome Table” had issues of race and gender that was the center of her literary work and her social activism. She participated in civil rights demonstrations. (Clugston 2010). This short story has a theme of life and death. It shows the plot of the story‚ the point of view and has symbolism used to show the death of the old woman and what the church members thought of her as a black woman. (Clugston‚ 2010‚ Section 7.1 and 7.2) Later in the story‚ she is walking
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short story by Ms. Walker‚ it portrays to the readers how during this time period the African Americans were treated. The reason that this story caught my attention was due to the fact that the elderly lady that is portrayed in the story was so cruelly discriminated against for entering a white church. As you read this story‚ one cannot help but be intrigued by how the story speaks about the elderly lady and how she has lived her life and had been treated her whole life. Alice Walker starts the story
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there are some admirable and some despicable characters in the novel. Tom is a despicable character. He is most hated by everyone. Nick is the most admirable character; he is liked by everyone. Both‚ of these characters have their differences but‚ they have their similarities as well. In the novel ‚The Great Gatsby‚ the author F.Scott Fitzgerald makes every character look loathsome or admirable. In the novel the great gatsby tom is is the most despicable person because he cheats on daisy ‚ lies
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Paul Walker-story portrayer “I live by ’Go big or go home.’ That’s with everything. Its like either commit and go for it or don’t do it at all. I apply that to everything. I apply that to relationships‚ I apply that to like sports‚ and I apply that to everything. That’s what I live by. That’s how I like it.” (Paul Walker) Paul was a very good actor and was known for fast and furious and varsity Blues mostly but has played in many movies along the way. Paul was a very known for his acting but
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