starring Robert Redford as J.Gatsby. 39 years after the 1974 movie‚ a new Great Gatsby movie came out in 2013‚ in which Baz Luhrmann directed a new version of “The Great Gatsby” Which starred a very well know actor‚
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and ends up dying because of it. Now some people think this is heroic but others think he was just plain stupid. The director Baz Luhrmann adapted the book into a movie and did a good job portraying some aspects of the book‚ like the characters and the overall plot. He also did a good job of adding new things into it to make the movie better‚ like Nick’s life after Gatsby. The book has some strong characters‚ which can be hard for actors to portray. Luhrmann did a great job casting the character
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mythologies from the ancient Greeks‚ Egyptians and Romans. The legend of the Phoenix has been around for centuries‚ it’s a supernatural creature with a life of a thousand years. Once its life is up it will cast itself in flames‚ and as it dies it will be reborn again from its own ashes. The Phoenix has long been presented as a symbol of rebirth‚ immortality‚ and renewal. The Phoenix can be interpreted in various ways; lets explore and define this mythical creature that is reborn from its ashes. What
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A Christmas Carol The first edition of A Christmas Carol was introduced in 1843 and the movie version was first let out in 1938. Interesting huh? Well here is a very fun fact about Charles Dickens‚ the writer of this novel‚ he always insisted on sleeping with his bed aligned north-south‚ with his head pointing north. He also had a pet raven called Grip which he had stuffed when it died in 1841. These are a couple of facts that I found very interesting and a little different. In this report I’m going
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American history in an entertaining‚ friendly‚ and interactive environment. Lone Gunman or Conspiracy? One week after John F. Kennedy was murdered in Dallas‚ his successor‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson‚ commissioned a bipartisan panel of officials from every branch of the Federal government to investigate the events surrounding the assassination. Ten months later‚ The President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy‚ known unofficially as the Warren Commission‚ delivered the 888-page
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occurring earth formations. These shrines were called huacas. Huacas were erected in locations where the Incan people of the region believed that they originated from. For example‚ in Cuzco there were many huacas marked into the side of hills and mountains because that is the location that they believed the origin of their people came from. Each area of the Inca empire included a principle huaca that would be worshipped as that locations patron. When a new part of South America was captured and new
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This just leaves me with a few questions: what is a myth and why are they important?‚ how has the old west myth affected our society?‚ and why was the west so popular? First off‚ what is a myth? Webster’s Dictionary defines a myth as: “a story that was told in an ancient culture to explain a practice‚ belief‚ or natural occurrence”. Myths usually try to tie into the morality of the time period‚ and group of people they were designed for. When a myth is created it is based off the actual event‚ however
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“Bigfoot debunked‚” a man from Pennsylvania captured a small Bigfoot on his camera while trying to record any animals in the area. However‚ when the Pennsylvania game commission analyzed the footage themselves‚ they concluded the recording was not of Bigfoot‚ but was of a bear with a severe case of mange. Emily Upton from “The Origin of Bigfoot” also
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Myth and legends have been of much fascination theme among Iranian authors. This seems to arise from the fact that the stories appeal to children who always want explanations about the puzzling reality around them. Children normally marvel at things their minds find complex and their inquisitive minds long to discover and explain the intriguing reality. For instance‚ children are fascinated by the appearances and actions of especially animals; why are they of different colors‚ shapes and sizes? Why
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“The Myth of Atalanta” What is the price of love and happiness? Atalanta is a beautiful woman who was nursed by a she-bear during her earliest years. Then she was raised by a couple of hunters‚ including Artemis‚ the goddess of the hunt. As a result‚ Atalanta grew up in the wilderness to be a very skilled hunter. Atalanta was destined to be alone and celibate‚ until Milanion a young man that hated women fell in love with her. He began the chase even though others had lost their lives doing so
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