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    Personal Narrative

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    The day after Thanksgiving on November 23‚ 2012 the Davidson’s decided to have a “Thanksday Dinner” where everyone brought leftovers from the day before and we sat around the table and talked. Ashton brought his video camera to document the experience; so he set it on top of the fireplace mantle of the club house we rented. That day just happened to be my birthday so trying to avoid the subject I helped set up chairs and tables and arrange the food in a way that would save the most room. After every

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    Forrest Gump

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    This paper is a two-part personality analysis of Jenny ’s character in the movie Forrest Gump . Jenny is the lead character ’s childhood friend who ‚ as a child ‚ is sexually and physically abused by her own father and ‚ as a young adult ‚ gets into drug addiction and attempts suicide ‚and eventually succumbs to an early death ‚ leaving behind Forrest and their only son .Section I looks at Jenny from the points of view of Social Cognitive and Psychodynamic theories . Section II is an in-depth analysis

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    “Saving Private Ryan” Analyse the methods use to make the opening battle sequence of “Saving Private Ryan” both shocking and realistic and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film “Saving Private Ryan” is a war film directed by the well-known Jewish director Steven Spielberg and was released on September 11th 1998. It was a joint production with Paramount and DreamWorks pictures. The film won in total 5 Academy Awards (Oscars) including best director in 1999. This is most likely

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    Analyse the methods used to make the opening battle sequence of "Saving Private Ryan" both shocking and realistic and say how effective you find it as an introduction to the film. "Saving Private Ryan" is a film set in the genre of war and directed by Steven Spielberg‚ it was made in September‚ 1998. the film is set in set in June 1944‚ intended to reflect the chaos and horror of Second World War. Steven Spielberg directed the film and gained 5 Oscars because of it. Other films such as: ET‚ Jaws

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    The film Saving Private Ryan was directed by Steven Spielberg released on July 24‚ 1998 tells the story of a tragedy searching for Private James Francis Ryan‚ Private Ryan was last seen in Normandy‚ France‚ while the Second World War. The hunt to find the American soldier is the responsibility of Captain John Miller to gather a squad of soldiers to acquire the fourth son of the Ryan family‚ who had acquired the news on the same day of the passing of the three Ryan brothers while in combat. The film

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    Tom Brady

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    The 2011 NFL season was a banner year for Tom Brady. Brady threw 39 touchdown passes against only 12 interceptions and threw for 5‚235 yards (the second highest total in NFL history) with a 105.6 QB Rating. Brady also led a Patriots team that had the NFL’s the 31st ranked defense and no real running game to speak of to a 13-3 record and within minutes of another Super Bowl title. If it weren’t for Aaron Rodgers and his superhuman performance at Quarterback‚ Brady would’ve almost certainly been awarded

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    Forest Gump Essay Why do I think Forest Gump was such a successful movie? Three main reasons‚ first of which is humor. It is a type of humor that makes you feel naughty for laughing at it‚ as Forest is not trying to be funny. Secondly‚ because of the plot. The whole story is amazing with twists and turns coming from everywhere and taking Forest to weird and exciting places. Lastly‚ because of the special effects‚ they just enhance the movie‚ which takes it to a different level‚ and they are done

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    The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump‚ a simple Alabama man who travels across the world‚ sometimes meeting historical figures‚ influencing popular culture‚ and experiencing firsthand historic events of the late 20th century. Forrest Gump though at an early age his principal determines young Forrest possesses an IQ of 75‚ he has endearing character and devotion to his loved ones and duties‚ which brings him into many life-changing situations. Forrest interprets everything

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    In the movie Saving Private Ryan‚ American soldier private James Ryan losses all three of his brothers during World War Two. The Marshall‚ not wanting to allow a mother to lose all four of her sons gives orders to send a unit to find and rescue private Ryan‚ despite the possibility of letting many men die to save one mans life. In order to gain his staff’s support for this decision the Marshall reads them a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to a mother who lost five sons during the civil war which

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    The movie choose to write about is Forrest Gump. The plot is about a man with a below average intelligence who as a child has to wear leg braces. People treat him different because he has to wear these leg braces. One day while he is being chased his leg braces fall off and he discovers his ability to run very fast. Over the course of his life he goes through many different types of events. As he grows he gets a football scholarship because he can run very fast.   After that he joins the army. He

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