the beginning of the film‚ Evey Hammond is caught outside late at night by two corrupt policemen who intend to rape her. Fortunately V comes to her rescue thus leading to the birth of an acquaintanceship between the two. Shortly afterwards‚ he is accompanied by Evey as he carries out the bombing of the Old Bailey which explodes releasing gushes of sparks that form V shapes against the night sky similar to V’s emblem. The introduction of this symbol is used for the sole purpose to instil the ‘idea’
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The film The Notebook‚ written by Nicholas Sparks is a romantic novel that was turned into a film in 2004. Even though the novel and the movie have different endings‚ the movie was filled with romance‚ hard times‚ and fate. The story of two young lovers from two different backgrounds. In 1940 Noah and Allie meet at a carnival and Noah is immediately smitten. After turning him down constantly their friends lure them together. Noah and Allie spend the summer together‚ for Allie the summer was filled
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The film Juno‚ directed by Jason Reitman released September 1‚ 2007 is a very interesting indie style film that broke into mainstream viewing. The main actors in the film are Ellen Page‚ Michael Cera‚ Jennifer Garner‚ Jason Bateman. The movie follows the story of Juno (Ellen Page)‚ a teen that unexpectedly gets pregnant from one event in a chair with her best friend‚ Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera). You follow Juno through her journey towards motherhood by 4 seasons and as the trees change colour so
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Being cheated by the foster care system‚ he turned into a bad kid. Echo suffered a trauma so severe that she can’t recollect any memory of the tragic event. Although in two totally different social classes‚ they find they have a lot in common and spark a heart warming romance. The story takes place in present day Kentucky (a small town much like ours). Most of the events in this book happen in present day senior year of Echo and Noah. Echo associates her self with more popular people. She even
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major European powers: France‚ Russia‚ Austria/Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Britain. The Russo-Japanese war and the significance of the Russians’ defeat had clearly sparked the desperate need for political and economic development in Russia. Furthermore‚ the spark that initiated Russia’s demand for industrialization was the Trans-Siberian railway- created tension between the public of Russia. In the book‚ The First World War by Michael Howard‚ he states: “…terrified that industrial development‚ however essential
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Birthmarked‚ by Caragh M. O’Brien‚ is the thrilling story of Gaia Stone‚ a young midwife fighting to rescue her parents from the clutches of a corrupt society. Gaia realizes that sometimes giving up everything to survive is the only way to ensure there is a future at all‚ not only for the sake of living‚ but for the sake of a society on the brink of disaster. Gaia lives in a futuristic world where the earth is baking hot on the edge of dried up Lake Superior. In this difficult world there are
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trafficking of women for forced marriages.” (www.humantrafficking.org) Other countries where sex trafficking is big business is India. Nicholas D. Kristof writes in depth articles about human and sex trafficking all over the world for The New York Times and is an advocate in the fight against these . He has visited cities such as Kolkata‚ India to help rescue young girls from pimps being held against their will for prostitution. Kristof gets asked to go on these raids by activist against these
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1905 revolution was the first time that tsar faced a direct challenge from all three major classes‚ the peasants‚ the proletariat and the intelligentsia and bourgeois‚ at once. The peasants made up the bulk of Russia’s population‚ of whom Tsar Nicholas II had little understanding of. The peasants were severely poor and in debt from the mortgages they were forced to take out after their emancipation in 1861. One of the peasant’s main motives behind their involvement in the 1905 revolution was fear
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Jordana Nicholas Ms. Bredhold English III 1-11-11 Tragic Hero In the play The Crucible‚ the tragic hero John Proctor‚ is caught between his flaws that stop him from helping his community and that the ones that lead him to his down fall. Throughout the play‚ John Proctor has two choices‚ he can either save his life by tarnishing his name‚ or he can choose to die while preserving his integrity. He becomes the tragic hero by trying to help his community after a group of teenage girls start
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raspberries‚ and then sticks him with its quills. Frustrated and hurt‚ Brian reminds himself that he will not get anywhere by continuing to feel sorry for himself. He discovers how to make fire by striking the hatchet against the stone and allowing the sparks to catch on a small nest of kindling. This fire gives him hope. The following day he finds a nest of snapping turtle eggs to use as an additional food source. He constantly gathers wood to keep his fire going‚ and when he is not gathering wood‚ he
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