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    establish the studio and also helped to move out of the silent film era. Most of Capra’s films told rags-to-riches stories‚ often with a moral message and a patriotic bent. Frank Capra first success was “It Happened One Night” that was released on February 22‚ 1934. It Happened One Night is a romantic comedy about two mismatched couple played by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert who are opposites in social

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    A Thousand Acres‚ by Jane Smiley‚ is a story of incest‚ ignorance‚ and the imperialistic voice of the almighty man. Ignorance of being lead by a man‚ particular views of Rose and Ginny‚ and domesticated to believe that "When we are good girls and accept our circumstances‚ we’re glad about it. . .When we are bad girls‚ it drives us crazy" (99). The imperialistic voice usually comes from the omnipotent Larry Cook‚ Rose‚ Ginny‚ and Caroline’s father. And the incestuous relations only

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    Yasunari Kawabata ‚ through his book thousand cranes’ describes the love life of Kikuji ‚ a bachelor in his late twenties. He uses the tea ceremony and the vessels used in the tea ceremony to describe Kikuji’s relationships. Chikako ‚ a mistress of Kikuji’s father ‚ invites Kikuji to a tea ceremony .Kikuji was not a student of the tea ceremony ‚ Chikako invited kikuji to introduce him to Yukiko Inamura as a prospective bride. Mrs Ota ‚ also a mistress of kikuji’s father ‚ and her daughter were

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    A Thousand Words Napoleon Bonaparte said‚ "A picture is worth a thousand words.” Throughout history‚ art has reflected what defines a culture and time period. This is found in particular in artwork from the Medieval and Renaissance periods. Although they are very similar in some ways‚ there are also many differences‚ from color to backgrounds‚ to the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional qualities. Medieval and Renaissance art have some similarities‚ but more noticeable are the differences. Both

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    A thousand words and million thoughts There is a saying that "a picture is worth a thousand words and a million thoughts". When my mother sent me a picture of my little brother DJ playing football in his first year‚ I had a million positive thoughts running through my head. Many thoughts not just thoughts of him playing football but about everything. That photo represents a lot more to me and my family than what meets the eye. This

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    Emi Bullard It Happened One Night Scene 17 As the ever-changing relationship between Clark Gable as the rough around the edges reporter Peter Warren and‚ the leading lady Cauldette Colbert as the spoiled heiress Ellen Andrews also known as Ellie. In It Happened One Night Frank Capra portrayed how two people from opposite lifestyles could fall in love. The only way that the two became so intimate is because Peter treated Ellie as a child. Ellie and Peter are a classic lady and the tramp scenario

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    writing‚ but if you haven’t linked to the text‚ you can kiss a good third of your marks goodbye I reckon. – You can link OVERTLY – that is‚ use a character or set in 1930′s Australia to explore the conflict b/w white settlers and indigenous Oz (One Night The Moon‚ obviously!) – or more SUBTLY – using landscape metaphors from the film – but I’d still put some really clear links in there such as using quotes from dialogue or the poetry to make it superclear. DON’T RETELL THE STORY!!!! 2. Don’t just

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    One Thousand Faces of Makeup: How FX Makeup Came to Be Makeup‚ by definition‚ means an assortment of things: the way in which something is composed or arranged‚ cosmetics applied especially to the face‚ and materials‚ such as cosmetics and costumes‚ that an actor or actress uses in portraying a role ("Makeup.") Aside from normal cosmetics‚ theatrical makeup has been around for as long as 4000 BC. In the earlier years of theater‚ makeup was used in order to portray different ages‚ genders‚ and

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    A Thousand Splendid Suns...In Class Essay. In Thomas C. Fosters One Story‚ he offers a valid argument to his view on poetry There is no such thing as a wholly original work of literature. Some people who first read this quote may think that he is discrediting all poets and accusing them of unoriginality‚ but that is not what he is trying to say at all. I believe that what he is trying to say is that even though unoriginality is usually impossible‚ it is not necessarily a bad thing. Because of unoriginality

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    has written several books about the role of the Chinese in American history. A Chinese American herself‚ McCunn lived in Boise‚ Idaho-the state in which her novel is set-with her father’s family. She later moved to San Francisco‚ where she wrote Thousand Pieces of Gold. The well-researched biographical novel serves as a depiction of the life of a typical female Asian immigrant in Idaho during the gold rush era. Events in History at the Time the Novel Takes Place Prostitution. While McCunn’s novel

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