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    Pirates of The Caribbean is a dramatic movie inspired by pirate history and made modern through the film industry. This film portrays pirates as dirty rapists and murderers whom have no respect for human life nor decency towards fellow human beings. Consequently‚ pirates not only slaughtered innocent individuals but also each other during fights over fleets for power. This continuous war between the freebooters and innocent individuals was caused by greed a multitude of “things.” Johnny Depp is first

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    the movie and the book was in the scene where grandmother and Burno’s father interacted. Their relationship seems a lot stronger in the book and has more depth to it. Also‚ we see that grandmothers dislike for the Nazi’s was emphasized more in the books‚ but Bruno’s father is more tolerant of his mother’s views showing he actually cares for her. This is evident in the quote from the book‚ “‘Now mother‚’ said father in a tolerant voice. ‘You know this isn’t the time.’” In the movie‚ it

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    proves no exception. “The Fall of the House of Usher” revolves around the narrator’s childhood friend‚ Roderick Usher. Roderick suffers from an undisclosed mental illness and Roderick’s sister‚ Madeline‚ is near death‚ when introduced. When Madeline appears to be dead Roderick decides to bury her in an underground vault. The days following this incident Roderick’s normal countenance fades and he goes mad. Afterwards‚ Madeline escapes from the vault‚ kills Roderick and the house splits down the middle

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    A Doll's House Book Report

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    A Doll’s House by: Henrik Ibsen Main Characters • Nora Hemler – The protagonist of the play and the wife of Torvald Helmer. Nora initially seems like a playful‚ naïve child who lacks knowledge of the world outside her home and a bit of a ditz. When her husband‚ Torvald‚ calls her things like his "little squirrel‚" his "little lark‚" and‚ worst of all‚ a "featherhead‚" she doesn ’t seem to mind. Experiences and knowledge have enabled her to see her position in her marriage with increasing clarity

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    reading the play and watching the movie‚ there are many things that don’t exactly match up to one another causing the audience to develop a bias about several things that could use some reviewing. With all intentions‚ Hansberry worked delicately to choose the right actors to fit the parts in the movie production. Although Hansberry had good intentions when choosing the actors‚ acting is one of those things that she should consider reviewing for some characters in the movie. Mama is one character that

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    The Hobbit Movie Vs Book

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    his own”(Tolkien 221). The novel is the opposite of the movie because it shines a lot of spotlight on Bilbo and shows many sides to him. One may think the novel is more effective because it better shows Bilbo’s feelings and emotions. However‚ others may disagree that novel isn’t as effective as the movie because the movie doesn’t just focus on one character‚ it focuses on all of them allowing viewers to understand the plot of the movie

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    In “The Book Thief” the movie conveys the suffering of the Germans‚ as Night‚ a memoir by Elie Wiesel‚ describes to real life torture of the Jews. Liesel is the main character of the movie and suffers great loss‚ but it is not even close to being as bad as the torture Elie had to deal with. Even though Liesel and Elie have different backgrounds they have to go through similar situations throughout the war. Liesel fears the SS men because they could take her dad anytime. In the movie‚ Liesel’s

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    The Keepers of the House There is an interesting part of history that goes unnoticed. The treatment of blacks in the South during the time of slavery plays an intricate part of America’s history‚ which gets frequently overlooked. The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau sheds light on this time period‚ following a family‚ living in rural Alabama in the 1960’s. Grau explains this family: “All in all the Howland’s thrived. They farmed and hunted; they made whiskey and rum and took it to market

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    Most often when a book or a poem gets made into a movie‚ there are many similarities and differences amongst the two. This was no exception for the epic poem Beowulf‚ translated by Seamus Heaney‚ and the 2007 animated motion picture “Beowulf.” It became evident rather early on in the film that the directors had interpreted the poem far differently than what it was made out to be when it was originally written. In the opening scene‚ King Hrothgar is illustrated as fat and slobbishly; almost like a

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    In the Book In the Movie    The pilot of a jet plane is found in the cave. He is believed to be the beast. The pilot was with the boys when they crashed. He was delusional and escaped and went to the cave. He died there and the boys eventually found his body.    When the boys fail to keep the signal fire lit‚ a ship passes and they don’t get rescued. It is an airplane that passes.    There is a boy with a large mulberry birthmark on his face. He doesn’t appear.    The conch is eventually

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