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    the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.” The Three Sisters may be a big mountain, but the Ayers Rock is the biggest rock in the world. Stretching over 1.6 miles long over the Australian terrain. Being almost exactly in the middle of Australia. Standing 1141 feet high, 2.2 miles long, 1.2 miles wide. They say it lays on sacred Aboriginal land so they have called it Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park; which is…

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    The Film The Shawshank Redemption a about Andy DuFresne, an innocent man who is sentenced a life sentence after being framed for killing his wife and her lover. Once Andy gets to Shawshank prison he sees the how hope and fear can dramatically affect the outcome of any situation. People who fear often lack self-confidence and motivation making every obstacle harder. Allowing people just like Warden Norton and Heywood to use fear to control people with intimidation and violence. While…

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    new customers and retaining frequent customers. Dollar General accomplishes this by offering low prices and convenient locations and easy to shop store formats. Frequent customers are retained because they save money. Another driving force of change is the digital revolution. Dollar General offers customers DG Digital Coupon program to more than 11,300 stores across 40 states (Dollar General News Center, 2014). Porters Five Force Model for Dollar General Corporation. 1. Competition from…

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    What idea does Frank Darabont, the director and screenwriter for The Shawshank Redemption, explore in his film? What cinematic techniques does he use/manipulate in order to portray these ideas?

Interview Host: Today I am joined by the director and screenwriter of the internationally acclaimed motion picture The Shawshank Redemption, Mr. Frank Darabont. The film is accompanied by numerous accolades, seven Academy Awards nominations and two Golden Globe nominations, cementing its status as a…

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    The Shawshank Redemption (1994), directed and written by Frank Darabont, is a film that takes place in the 1940s and follows Andy Dufresne, who is convicted of multiple sentences for allegedly killing his wife and the man she was cheating on him with, which he denies ever having done. Andy befriends a few inmates and grows close to a man named Red who throughout the film assists Andy with anything he needs. After a number of years, a new inmate arrives who tells Andy a story about a man he knows…

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    the time of Martin Luther when priests used to sell indulgences as a way into heaven. In The New York Times article “Preaching a Gospel of Wealth in a Glittery Market, New York”, reporter Michael Luo documented how followers of Reverend Creflo A. Dollar…

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    Sacagawea Introduction Sacajawea is important is US history because she helped with the Lewis and Clark expedition called the Corps of Discovery. She helped with translating with the Native American tribes, identifying plants and geography, and saving valuable journals, instruments, and medicines when a boat tipped over. It was a sign that the Corp of Discovery was a peaceful group to other tribes since they brought along a woman and especially a woman, Sacagawea, and her baby, Jean Baptiste.…

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    The concept of ‘justice’ is associated with ‘fairness’ but is it always fair? That’s a question that has been contemplated throughout society in varying forms. Thousands of poems, songs, films and books have been published across the globe exploring this notion. Two prominent texts that deeply explore the ocean that is the concept of justice are Frank Darabont’s film interpretation of Stephen King’s novella “Rita Hemsworth and The Shawshank Redemption” and the poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”…

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    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…

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    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,…

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