CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA *** Assignment: Textual Analysis The opening of Rear Window (from the very beginning to Stella’s entrance). The classic Hitchcock film‚ “Rear Window”‚ is an intelligent and engaging analysis of human perception‚ voyeurism and what it means to see‚ to be perceptive. Set in 1950’s New York‚ a boisterous free-lance photographer finds himself confined to a wheelchair in his tiny apartment recuperating from a broken leg. With only the occasional distraction of a visiting
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zx The Johari Window Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham developed the Johari (Joe and Harry) window model for a program in group process. It has become famous in the human resource development field as a communication and feedback model to depict how we give and receive information about ourselves and others. The model depicts a four-paned window (see figure). Looking at the four panes in terms of columns and rows‚ the two columns represent the self; the first contains “things I know about myself‚” and
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Stylistic analysis of the extract from “Ragtime” This novel is written by the well-known novelist E.L. Doctorow. He was born in the Bronx‚ New York City‚ the son of Rose (Levine) and David Richard Doctorow‚ second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent who named him after Edgar Allan Poe. E. L. DOCTOROW’S works of fiction include Homer & Langley‚The March‚ Billy Bathgate‚ Ragtime‚ the Book of Daniel‚ City of God‚ Welcome to Hard Times‚ Loon Lake‚ World’s Fair‚ The Waterworks‚ and All
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Анализ текста "Кошка под дождем" The sample of emotive prose which has been chosen for stylistic analysis is a short story "Cat in the rain" by Ernest Hemingway. It has been chosen because it is suggestive and contains a definite psychological implication. The story is interesting from the point of view of the author’s approach to conveying the main idea to the mind of the reader. It is always implicit and remains unspoken. It is the reader himself who should find it behind the simple‚ at first
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A Definition of Open Source Open source technology is defined as the production and development philosophy of allowing end users and developers to not only see the source code of software‚ but modify it as well. The Linux operating system is a one of the best-known examples of open source software technology. Pros and Cons of Open Source for Developers From a developer’s point of view‚ open source technologies provide a platform on which to build custom solutions. Rather than develop‚ say
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Windows XP In 2001‚ Microsoft introduced Windows XP (codenamed "Whistler"). The merging of the Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/Me lines was achieved with Windows XP. Windows XP uses the Windows NT 5.1 kernel‚ marking the entrance of the Windows NT core to the consumer market‚ to replace the aging 16/32-bit branch. Windows XP is the longest version of Windows ever released between upgrades‚ from 2001 all the way to 2007 when Windows Vista was released to consumers. The Windows XP line of operating
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“To kill a mockingbird” was written by American writer Harper Lee. The book is a magnificent‚ powerful novel. It received almost unanimous critical acclaim and several awards. The book is about Tom Robinson‚ a Negro‚ who was charged with raping a white girl. This particular abstract depicts the trial. Atticus Finch‚ an experienced lawyer‚ tried to prove the innocence of the Robison. But the jury announced a verdict that Robinson was guilty. The story was told on behalf of Jean Louise
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lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families‚ their homes‚ their jobs‚ their involvement in the military service‚ where they had been on vacation. And every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up‚ he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window. The man in the other bed began to live for
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Broken Windows Disorder is defined as the disruption of peaceful and law-abiding behavior. Malcolm Gladwell uses this word to explain the cause of chaos and epidemic when it comes to crime in cities. In Gladwell’s passage‚ The Power of Context‚ he describes disorder as an epidemic which results from a small‚ single event‚ referred to as the “broken window” and which can instigate and influence the behaviors of those in the community. In the Power of Context‚ Gladwell describes disorder as something
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Windows Vista is a line of graphical operating systems used on personal computers‚ including home and business desktops‚ notebook computers‚ Tablet PCs‚ and media centers. The release of Windows Vista comes more than five years after the introduction of its predecessor‚ Windows XP‚ making it the longest time span between two releases of Microsoft Windows. 4 Distinct Visual Styles Windows Aero Windows Vista’s premier visual style is built on a new desktop composition engine called Desktop Window
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