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    John Rambo, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone, is a Vietnam war veteran, Congressional Medal of Honor winner, a former Green Beret, and itinerant. He currently sits in prison for going mad and killing dozens in a small town. Rambo then gets a visit from his old Green Beret commander whom offers him a deal; he will receive a presidential pardon if he parachutes into Vietnam and searches for the evidence of American prisoners of war, POWs. Once in…

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    The Psychological Effects of War It is well known that war is a highly controversial and extremely difficult topic to delineate. Capturing the essence of war is an enormous challenge for authors because the horror is often too hard to be described with words. Writers also have to be tremendously meticulous when writing their story to ensure that their work is an accurate portrayal of what war really is. One of the most successful authors able to perform such a feat is Tim O’Brien, who wrote…

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    The Longest Day Analysis

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    As technology advances and new style of filming begins to emerge, the features of war and how they’re portrayed in film change as well. In Sands of Iwo Jima, it follows a squad of Marines through the battles of Tarawa and Iwo Jima through different vantages, as well as, weaving in real battle footage within the film to realistically portray how the battle looked. Taking it a step further, The Longest Day looks at the events of D-Day through the eyes of American infantry storming the beach,…

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    Located inside The Palazzo Medici Riccardi, the Magi Chapel is home to Benozzo Gozzoli’s famous frescoed walls. The Procession of the Magi, which is a series of frescoes spanning over three walls of the main room, depict portrayals such as the Shepherds awaiting the announcement, which is located above the doors of the vestries. The walls of the small Scarsella are decorated with the Angels in adoration as well as the symbols of the Four Evangelists behind the altar. The narrative begins outside…

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    Prince's hairstyle was even different, it was straight and combed down. In the "Raspberry Beret video, there are scenes of Prince and his bandmates performing in a very colorful, artistic background with equally colorfully dressed fans cheering and dancing to their music. Also in the video, there are occasionally "cartoons" and artistic animations…

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    the Vietnam he went to the North Carolina they make him to be instructed in special force. Also, when he came back from Vietnam they make him to be instructed in the John F. Kennedy center for the special war far from the Green Beret teaching man to become the Green Beret but he does not like this job at all he told me that it is a worst job that he ever has. He has to stand up and talk about the gun its M-16 gun, but in the Vietnam War they use a very old gun in the war. During in the war time…

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    With this, Mary Anne begins to conform less and less with societal expectations. She starts going on ambushes with the Green Berets and begins to stop worrying about her appearance and personal hygiene. Even she and Mark’s shared dream of, “[being] married, and [living] in a fine gingerbread house on Lake Erie, and [having] three healthy yellow haired children”, vanishes (90)…

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    The 50th Superbowl

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    This year marked the 50th Superbowl. However what a lot of people overlooked was that it was also the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther movement. Beyoncé was the halftime show this year along with Bruno Mars and Cold Play. While many were expecting widely popular songs like her hit singles Single Ladies, Diva, and many more, instead her new song Formation surprised us. Formation, along with the performance, was a complete masterpiece. She turned an event into a political stance. She chose to…

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    daytime setting was visible to the audience. The girl wearing the golden dress symbolizes the mascot of the militia. With large claws the girl carried a dead chicken and a pistol in her belt symbolizing the kloveniers or arquebusiers. The figure whose beret and eyes are barely seen…

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    Surrealism is like an altered reality. The author can tell a true story but can exaggerate details and parts of the story.There is surrealism in both stories in “The Things they Carried”. surrealism adds details that may not be true. In the story “How to tell a True war Story”the author talks about different war stories that he has seen or heard. He says it is hard to tell a true war story because of all the details that are added. To make a good story surrealism is added to make it a better…

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