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James was an island in a sea of humanity. His face, shoulders and entire mid-section drooped as far as physically possible. A number of heavy breaths emanated from his lungs. A succession of sighs escaped from his lips. Clearly, “the Kid” as he was known in the Fight One locker room needed some cheering up. He wasn’t going to get it. Edwards had begged, borrowed and dealt for the cross promotional matchup against 4CW invader, Lord Raab. Not many of his colleagues thought he had a fighting…

Based on the Stephen King novel, “The Shawshank Redemption” tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a successful banker wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Once in Shawshank prison, his world is turned upside down as he learns the new dynamics of life on the inside. Set in the 1940’s, the film shows the graphic and harsh world that exists inside prison walls and when viewed through a leadership aspect, provides insight into the ways in which corruption, power, and struggle can…

A major theme in the film was rebirth- where a person is reborn spiritually, physically, and or mentally. The main character Jake Sully was the representation of that theme throughout the movie, where in the end he is physically reborn and now an Avatar. The film follows an ex-marine named Jake Sully who is paraplegic. He gets the opportunity to take his brothers place on a mission to a world called Pandora where he will be working with the scientists to learn, and understand the people who live…

In the film Avatar, Jake Sully is faced with multiple ethical dilemmas. Including taking his brothers spot on the mission, whether to help the soldiers destroy the Home-Tree and the decision to fight the humans and send them back to Earth. I would like to focus on the internal conflicts that Jake suffered when he decided that he wanted to protect the Home-Tree from Colonel Quaritch. When Jake Sully first came to the planet of Pandora he was absolutely focused on his mission of infiltrating the…

Losing something that you have had for a long time can have an enormous impact on a person. In The Shawshank Redemption, Samuel Norton experiences the loss of his dream, his freedom, and ultimately his actual death. The movie tells the story of a man named Andy Dufresne who is sentenced for two consecutive life terms in a severe prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. However, only Andy knows he did not commit the crime. The Warden deals with the loss by desiring a lot of money, his…

One of the all-time great movies Shawshank Redemption based on Stephen King’s book has some of the most thought provoking and poignant quotes, one of which I think is “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free”. This sentence has nuances that deserve careful inspection. However, before diving into the quote, let’s pause to define what fear and hope are. Fear is one of the basic and strongest emotions known and can redefine who you are. It has the power to make us curl up in a corner,…

The Shawshank Redemption- Angus Dally Show how the director of The Shawshank Redemption uses recurring symbols as a device to reinforce ideas. In the film The Shawshank Redemption, the director Frank Darabont uses a number of recurring symbols to reinforce ideas. The frequent shots of elements of the prison, the pin up girls in Andy’s cell, and the symbolic use of water all serve to build on the ideas on freedom, change, and deception presented in the film. In the film there are very regular…

It’s Jake and Lydia’s first time to go outside in the wilderness and see all of the beautiful nature out there. They don’t know what they're going to expect out there and there can be very dangerous plants or animals there. They have never ever seen any kind of animal in there whole life except the talking ape. Their parents let them go explore outside even though that might be the last time there going to see them. Jake and Lydia are very excited to go out and see different things. When they go…

"The Shawshank Redemption" starts off with the familiar brutality of a prison movie. Convicted in the late 1940s for the murder of his wife and her lover, banker Tim Robbins is thrown into the slammer (the Shawshank penitentiary in Maine) for two consecutive life sentences. Seasoned inmate Morgan Freeman—the narrator in this story—watches as the soft-spoken, vulnerable prisoner undergoes the inevitable gang rape. Prison, Freeman tells the audience in that inimitably authoritative voice, "is no…

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a true genius? Good Will Hunting is a movie about just that: a young boy who has experienced a less than satisfactory upbringing, but through reading informational books at a public library in his youth and through having a photographic memory that allows him to remember everything he reads has resulted in him becoming very intelligent. It is shown just how intelligent he is when he solves a proof that is written on a chalkboard at Harvard University…