today’s world arguably growing more and more sensitive to ideas that oppose their own‚ humor is often a safer tactic to use to lighten the mood and make points without coming off as too offensive. John Oliver often uses humor and lighthearted jokes to talk about topics and present ideas on his show “Last Week Tonight”. In his comedic attempt to explain and bring up issues dealing with economic development‚ Oliver uses information about how state and local governments offer extremely
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Some argue that the day Lincoln was shot was the most dramatic thing to ever happen to this country. April 14‚ 1865 was the day‚ Ford Theater was the place‚ and John Wilkes Booth was the perpetrator. Jim Bishop‚ appropriately titled "The Day Lincoln Was Shot"‚ has eloquently put the account of this event into writing. This story is a well-researched moment-to-moment account of the last 24 hours of Abraham Lincoln’s life. Jim Bishop narrates these last tragic hours through records and personal accounts
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used varieties of shots included wide‚ medium‚ tight‚ creative shots. So‚ the viewers can maintain the attention to the news‚ and these shootings made the news clear and understandable. • (Evidence of wide‚ medium‚ tight and creative shots) I could see the wide shot when they show us the place which the burgarly happened. So‚ they shot the town including street and building so that viewers recognize the place. In addition‚ when they told the story about dog‚ they used wide shot. We could see inside
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discoveries. “Martin and The Hand Grenade” by John Foulcher‚ “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta and “Erin Brochovich” directed by Steven Soderberghall all endure the theme discovery in many different forms. Through these three texts it shoes that discoveries can affect our vision of the world and this is evident to the responder‚ therefore I do agree that discoveries can affect our vision of the world. In the poem “Martin and The Hang Grenade” by John Foulcher‚ explores the idea of how discoveries
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‘The Last Spin’ by Evan Hunter Question’s 1 - 7 1. Two boys‚ named Tigo and Dave‚ who were both enemies and both belonged in two different gang’s had never met each other before and engaged themselves in the game known as the ‘Russian Roulette’. They had to settle a situation for their gang’s. Apparently‚ Dave and his gang member’s had set foot on the territory that belonged to Tigo and his gang member’s. When they engaged themselves in the ‘Russian Roulette’‚ Tigo wore a green silk jacket
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films cited in this section‚ all of the movies presented below share a similar technique: the uninterrupted shot. This method was preferred by this researcher in order to identify the differences in styles that were incorporated by each director in presenting his version of the uninterrupted shot. In the 1980 film ¬of Stanley Kubrick entitled The Shining‚ a long uninterrupted shot of the young boy Danny was shown as he explored the endless hallways of the
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Atticus had a great talent of being able use a gun very well. However‚ Atticus had no attention in the kids knowing that he was know as “one shot Finch”. When the dog came into town he had no other decision than to shoot and kill the dog to save the kids and the town. Scout explains‚ “In a fog‚ Jem and I watched our father take the gun and walk into the middle of the street… Jem was paralyzed
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made the flu shot available to everyone people started to worry about what the government was really trying to do. Many thought it was made to help fight the flu‚ but is that really what the government is trying to do? The flu shot carries high levels of mercury: the chemical element with the atomic number 80‚ a heavy silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature. Mercury is used in streetlights and fluorescent bulbs and it’s also one of the ingredients in the shot. The flu shot is a scam that
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A bond became an obsession Among the nation “shot glasses” first derived from New York City in 1940 but in my household they became a phenomenon in 2008. In New York City they were first used as small glasses with thick walls filled with BBs and lead shots at the dinner table; as meat often still had shards from the bullets. However‚ as liquor became more popular throughout the nation‚ they converted into a device of alcohol consumption. Be it a classy jigger‚ a tacky collection in a home bar‚ or
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The Perfect shot is a book written by Elaine Marie Alphin. The setting of the book takes place in a small town in Indiana called Willisburg. The setting impacts the plot because Brian has a friend named julius which is one of the only black kids in town gets pulled over by the cops for making a wrong turn and he he did not receive a ticket the police officer took him to jail and this event changes juluis very much. The point of view of the book is first person because Brian is the one who is telling
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