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    Many people believed that abstinence- only programs are the only beneficial program to reduce the number of sexual activities in young adults. In Walcott‚ Chenneville‚ and Tarquini (2011) study‚ the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 funded $50 million over 5 years to states to educate students about being abstinence. The study actually showed that that abstinence-only programs had no different affect than

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    Detailed Summary The story begins with a black and white flashback of the moment when Derek commits the murder of the two young Afro-American’s. Danny wakes up to see one of the men standing by the front door but can’t see whether he is armed or not. He goes to tell his brother Derek who is in bed with Stacy‚ his girlfriend. Derek takes a semi-automatic pistol and sees two blacks and one in the car ready for a getaway. Derek plunges out of the front door and shoots the first Afro-American several times

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    to others. Derek Vinyard‚ played by Edward Norton‚ starts to adopt this racist mindset that all races other than white are the downfall of society in a flashback scene where he is speaking with his father about school and his father tells him not to listen to the "nigger bullshit" of his black Social Studies teacher‚ Dr. Bob Sweeney played by Avery Brooks. Derek ’s obvious interest in Dr. Sweeney ’s lessons fades almost immediately upon hearing these words from his father and Derek begins to agree

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    American History X‚ I’ve noticed the Derek went through a lot just to find justice‚ however‚ he made the wrong decision‚ which caused him to experience something terrifying. The movie was released in 1998 and became really popular as the years went on. With all the Nazi symbols‚ gang violence‚ and jail time it shows a path that Derek took because of the death of his father. The film follows the Christian myth‚ “Metanoia (shift of the mind)”‚ which is what Derek went through‚ then finds salvation during

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    brother Derek‚ although Sweeney assures him that Derek was not involved. Instead‚ Sweeney asks the teacher to leave and asks Danny to step in.Danny then puts an American flag toothpick in mouth‚ Danny steps into the office and sits down. Dr. Sweeney begins yelling at Danny‚ telling him that writing what he did is offensive. Sweeney tells him that he is now his new history teacher. The class is called American History X and the next assignment is due tomorrow morning; a paper on his brother‚ Derek (Edward

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    behavior was learned from his brother Derek and his Derek’s deviant behavior was learned from his father and Cameron. As you see in the movie Derek once didn’t have all that hate in him. There was a scene in the movie when Derek was explaining a homework assignment to his father about him writing an essay on a black man. Derek seemed excited and interested in the class. Derek father said things that possibly could have influenced the way he thought. Derek father told him not to get so caught up

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    color‚ these schemes symbolize the before and after of Derek Vinyard’s life. The film is about the life of an "idol" skinhead and D.O.C. member Derek Vinyard‚ and how his life of hate and racism has affected his family and himself. Throughout the movie the importance of color and lighting is obvious‚ because it divides the movie into two fused worlds of Derek. Some of the movie is shot in black and white to show that‚ at that point in time‚ Derek was a racist Nazi‚ and only saw people in terms of their

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    History X‚ there are several examples help to illustrate the concept of convergence: Firstly‚ the attitude and the way of thinking towards Derek are influence by his father who is being murdered and killed by two black people during his duty as a firefighter. In one of the flashbacks in the film‚ Derek’s family gathered around at the dinner table‚ Derek mentions his black teachers‚ Bob Sweeney‚ who assigned the class to read a book which is written by an African American author. Derek’s father

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    path which he took. The beginning and the ending of the film revealed a change in the character of Derek from a hate-fuelled racist to an open-minded person who finds his mistakes. Kaye uses black and white cinematography; non-diegetic sounds and also costumes to support his message that ‘hate is baggage’. When comparing the portrayal of the beginning and final scenes of Venice beach‚ the murder Derek which had committed to that of the murder of his younger brother – Danny‚ and also Derek’s initial

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    who is 20 years old and a Full time university student‚ part time shoe salesperson and Derek Jamion who is 38 and a stay home dad. Price is one of the main factors because we want the best quality but for a low price‚ this will determine Rowena and Derek choice when it come to buying a car. Price is a powerful factor when you are buying a product‚ as numerous consumers want the best thing for a low price. Derek would have a larger range of cars then Rowena because Derek’s income is $80‚000 so he

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