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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
1,070 wordsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Philip K. Dick, the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, was born in 1928 in Chicago, but he lived most of his life in California. During 1952 - 1982, Philip wrote 36 novels and 5 short story collections. Philip K. Dick died in 1982 in Santa Monica, California. Philip had a rocky emotional life. He was involved in many bad marriages and was addicted to drugs. He would go through times of great creativity, then fall into times when he wouldn't write a...
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Make A Living T V
1,704 wordsPOP, SLIP, STOMP! Dude bog ular noble-pop to back-she indy-slide blunt press bro! ! ! You may wonder if that had anything to do with skating, well guess what, it did. There is this totally extreme sport that only the most extreme athletes on the planet can endure! Its called skateboarding and its awesome. There is a very long history to skateboarding, and the sport has definitely changed greatly over the years-About fifty years to be perfectly exact. It all started out with just a piece of wood ...
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War Effort Anti Hero
1,048 words1. How does "Casablanca" support the war effort? Recall any scenes or lines that contain pro-war messages. Casablanca starts as a news reel. You see a slowly turning globe that highlights the ally countries and the axis countries during WW II. Also, there is a documentary-style narration at the beginning of the movie, which sets the tone for a war time movie. Also, there is a scene in the movie where Germans are at Rick's bar sing a German song. Then Victor causes the bar band to begin playing a...
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Late 20 Th Century Blade Runner
1,985 wordsThe Postmodern Condition in Film: Blade-runner and Matrix" 6 "Early in the 21 st Century, The Tyrell corporation advanced Robot evolution into the NEXUS phase - a being virtually identical to a human - known as a Replicant. The Blade Runner "Welcome to the desert of the real. " - Morpheus, The Matrix Blade runner speaks about the XXI century Los Angeles with rain, mist, and fog swirl about titanic structures built upon the ruins of the city, as mammoth space machines walk heavily about promoting...
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Paris France Takes Place
535 wordsCasablanca was a very interesting film. The first time that I watched it, I really had no idea what was going on. I found it a little hard to follow. But, after the second time around, a good portion of the movie became very clear to me. The setting takes place in Casablanca, Morocco and in Paris, France. At first the movie takes place in December 1941 at Rick Blaine's saloon in Casablanca. Rick has to deal with some illegal visa papers that he was given, and he hides them in the piano. Ricks fo...
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Fifty Six Six Years
1,109 wordsOne of the worlds best movies is Casablanca. Many things made this movie to the fine a movie as it was. Things such as the actors, lighting, costume, camera, and even the sound. People watching this movie can feel both caught up and detached from the plot at the same time. The Plot and Sub-Plot work so well with the setting as well. It appeals to many differnt audiences. If one has a morbid and odd mind, such as mine, it can be compared to modern movies such as John Carpenters Vampires. This mov...
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San Francisco Science Fiction
1,080 wordsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep Philip K. Dick, the author of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, was born in 1928 in Chicago, but he lived most of his life in California. During 1952 - 1982, Philip wrote 36 novels and 5 short story collections. Philip K. Dick died in 1982 in Santa Monica, California. Philip had a rocky emotional life. He was involved in many bad marriages and was addicted to drugs. He would go through times of great creativity, then fall into times when he wouldnt write at...
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Washington D C Northern Virginia
945 wordsI was born in Blacksburg, Virginia on September 1, 1980, in Montgomery County Regional Hospital. My parents had me in there early twenty's. My mom and dad went to VA Tech. My mom majored in biology and my dad majored in Forestry. Since they were in college they had no freedom when I was born. After college my parents and I moved to a condo in Northern Virginia. My mother said that I was a happy kid when they were together. I was always happy to see my dad when he came home. We lived there for a ...
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Learn Her Lesson Ll Go To Jail Rick
647 wordsThe clouds had moved in earlier that evening. It was very gloomy weather, but it wasn? t raining yet. Rick and Jodie let their fifteen-year-old daughter go to a party that night. She had a curfew but she was late? again. They were sitting at the kitchen table having a discussion, and waiting for the instant she walked through the door. ? Damn her, she knows that her curfew was at midnight and it? s already three, this is the last time she goes to a party, ? he said as he stood up and walked arou...
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Merry Go Round Main Characters
663 wordsIn Randolph Stowe's novel, MERRY-GO-ROUND IN THE SEA, the problems of adolescence and early adulthood are a primary focus. Many factors contribute to the complexity of these problems, the main issues being h effect war has on a growing boy and the loss of Ricks carefree attitude and innocence through the trauma he endured as a POW. Not only does Stowe concentrate on psychological changes within the main characters, but also the physical changes time inflicts upon them. Stowe effectively includes...
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First Degree Murder Child Abuse
1,744 wordsNeal and Jesse Eldridge are two young men on trial. For over ten years, they suffered severe physical, emotional, and psychological abuse at the hands of their father. It ended the day they shot and killed him. Now Neal and Jesse are charged, as adults, with first degree murder; they face the possibility of life in prison. All this because Arkansas Department of Health Services, DHS, did nothing to step in and save these young lives. On January 24 th, 1998, Rick Eldridge was supposed to take his...
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