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Bridge On The River Kwai Theme Of Madness
1,221 wordsThe Theme of Madness in The Bridge On The River Kwai The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) was the most successful war film of the 1950 's. The film focuses on several battles, both an internal and external. It examines the question of where does duty and courage end and madness begin? The character of the British Colonel Nicholson, played by Alec Guiness, is, from the very start of the movie, in a battle of ethics with Colonel Saito, played by Sense Hayakawa, the commandant of the Japanese prison...
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Marshall B Clinard Merton Nisbet
1,532 words... end gang violence we must find the way that these morals are given to the individual Unfortunately, these can only be hypothesized. However, by looking at the way humans are influenced in society, I believe there is good evidence to point the blame at several institutions. These include the forces of the media, the government, theater, drugs and our economic system. On the surface, gangs are caused by peer pressure and greed. Many teens in gangs will pressure peers into becoming part of a ga...
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Power Rangers Violent Television
1,742 wordsIn my experiment I will study the behavior of children before, during and after viewing a violent television program, specifically "The Power Rangers. " I will use the theories of Charles Horton Cooley, George Herbert Mead and Harold Wilensky to analyze the results according to their theories. Cooley's theory is that people shape the aspects of their identity so that it would fit what others would want. Therefore we would become the kind of person we believe others think we should be. Harold Wil...
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Bad Guys Close Ups
1,359 wordsWhich is the cheesiest? The answer is pretty obvious, but lets take a close look. Spaghetti Westerns, as their called, are a genre of western films, that have been created or filmed in Italy and are meant to portray the Wild West of America. Macaroni Westerns, as Ill call them, make up the traditional western genre, made in the United States. Lets take a look at the similarities and differences of these genres, and at two films in particular that represent each genre; The Good the Bad and the Ug...
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Barbed Wire Gas Station
1,575 words... es, their own civil structure, their own government when they have been deprived of every last paper that might have provided something at least to build upon? Back outside we pass more buildings pitted by war and destruction. At one high-rise, its entire western wall missing, we can see clearly a man hanging from a metal beam, stripping the wire from the ceilings of the otherwise empty building. Below him on the street, his donkey waits next to a wooden cart filled with odds and ends. Acros...
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Put To Death Gas Chamber
411 wordsAll throughout the media, one hears of murders and homicides. It is a crime to kill someone, but the government "murders" people all the time without thinking twice. There is a risk when pulling the trigger that this horrible fate will happen. If it is not right to kill someone, why does the government kill people all the time? In The Bible, there is a statement that says "Thou shalt not kill, " and yet the government believes it can punish for what it already does. It is a crime within a crime ...
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Tyler Durden Alter Ego
1,352 wordsThe movie, Fight Club, has many themes dealing with some of the class-discussed vocabulary. Through a scene by scene, and dialogue-based analysis of the movie, I have found that these themes are emphasized through discussions, interactions, and non-dialogue scenes between the main character, his imaginary sidekick and the society that has had such effect on the main character. Some of these themes or topics that are shared by both the movie and the class vocabulary appear randomly, sporadically,...
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Bad Guy Good Guy
1,745 wordsBeneath the world we know is the world they inhabit. They penetrate; ravage private and publicly owned computer systems. Its not something they do to pass the time but it is their life. They can crack any code and get inside any system. They infect computers with viruses and steal information for their personal usage. They posses a superior intelligence and use it in a destructive and anti social manner. They are domestic terrorists. They are a culture of their own they are hackers. The movie co...
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Marshall B Clinard Joining A Gang
1,546 wordsGANGS Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in todays cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long-range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find the wa...
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One Up Mashup Joining A Gang
1,653 wordsGangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in todays cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long-range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. To determine how to effectively end gang violence we must find the way that...
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Marshall B Clinard One Up Mashup
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Marshall B Clinard Joining A Gang
1,447 wordsGangs are a Gangs Gangs Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in today s cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long-range answers to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface gangs are a direct result of human beings personal wants and peer pressure. By looking at the way humans are influenced in society, ...
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One Up Mashup Joining A Gang
1,531 wordsGangs are a Gangs GANGS Gangs are a violent reality that people have to deal with in todays cities. I live on the east side of Detroit where street gangs are increasing in number. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term the answers are much easier to find. On the surface, gangs are a direct result of human beings perso...
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One Up Mashup Joining A Gang
1,400 wordsSince the beginning Gangs Gangs Since the beginning of the decade, teenage homicides increased by one hundred and fifty percent (Strout, Brian 1996). This sharp increase is largely due to the rapid formation of gang activity throughout the United States (Strout, Brian, 1996). In todays larger cities, gang violence is a reality that people have to deal with every day. As gang related crimes increase, officials are trying to find out why people join and remain loyal to gangs. Unfortunately, expert...
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Makes The Reader Make The Reader
1,430 wordsOne book I could and have read many times over is Hannibal by the highly acclaimed thriller writer Thomas Harris. This book is a stylish, smart journey through the two relationships between Hannibal Lecter and his counterparts Mason Verger and Clarice Starling, its style of writing such that it makes it very difficult to put down, I speak from personal experience having read the 103 chapter book in a space of a few days, it was extremely gripping and exiting. One of the thing that most struck me...
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Kung Fu Hip Hop
510 wordsRain Jet Li Jet Li Rain Noe from Asian Avenue. com writes, When he speaks, he co-articulates with frenetic gestures as if explaining something to a deaf person with ADD Though not a native English speaker, he can fit three words where others fit one, just as he can throw three kicks before the bad guy has finished threatening him. Rain is talking about the newcomer Li Lian Jie, or as many of you know better Jet Li. He is an actor and a martial artist. His first role in American films was in the ...
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Bad Guy John Wayne
626 wordsJohn Wayne, the Bad Guy? If you are in a mood to watch an action movie, flicks of fast flying fists or serious gunfights may enter your mind. If you are in a mood for a comedy, the use of exaggeration or sarcasm could play an important role in your movie selection. Due to the characters personalities, music, and fight scenes, Shanghai Noon fits into both of these categories while maintaining a western theme. Placed in 1881, Carson City, Nevada, surrounded by landscapes, Chinese immigrants, and b...
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Bad Guy Train Scratchy
264 wordsThe Marriage of the end The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane, was a story that showed the dying of the old west and the merging of the eastern way of thinking. In this story The sheriff gets married and comes home to a town that may or may not accept what he has done. The sheriff is coming home on a train, not horses but a train with a wife he did not ask the town permission for. The entire train ride home consists of him telling his new wife everything about everything on the train wh...
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Hand To Hand Combat Medieval Warfare
1,966 wordsThe traditions established in the military of the middle ages has had a lasting impact and still influences modern warfare today. It is also the basis for some modern day customs and courtesies. Many modern day weapons were influenced by medieval thoughts and ideas. The idea of striking the enemy before meeting on the battlefield began at this time period. Changing weapons also meant changing tactics. The invention of the longbow eventually led to demise of knights (cavalry). Nowadays, many peop...
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Natural Born Killers Mise En Scene
5,594 wordsPlot, Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction Plot, Story and Style 2. 1 Definition When considering plot and story, I will stick to the convention of using plot for the films contents what we are presented on the screen and story for the whole of the events we are presented and the events or facts that are relevant to them. This distinction is important because, as will be shown later, Pulp Fictions plot leaves out some aspects of the story, and leaves us to imply or simply guess at several loose ends in the...
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