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Outline (Pages 85-119) Staking a Claim Every argument has a claim, also called an assertion or proposition. A claim is different from a topic or subject in that a claim has to be arguable. Stating your informed opinion about a topic meaning going from a simple topic to a claim. Noting that neither a published author nor a student writer is likely to develop a strong claim is important. Taking notes and brainstorming allows us to develop positions on issues. It would allow you to take a…

My interview was with a woman named Miss Norma. She was born during WWI (1917) and will be 100 years old in February. It was interesting how I met, I was a cashier at Walmart when she came through my line. She saw my name tag and asked if I had ever been to the Shekinah festival in Amish country. I told her I had never been and that I wasn’t from Columbus. She then asked where I was from and when I told her New Albany Indiana luck might have it, she was born and raised in my home town and from…

years since Suzan Lori-Parks won her Pulitzer Prize, and she continues to impress audiences with her unique voice. She has since written her first novel, a Tony award winning musical; and screenplays for likes of Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and Brad Pitt (“Suzan-Lori Parks: Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright”). As of 2017; Parks is working on her second novel, writing a scripted, Amazon original series, live-streaming a free, weekly writer’s workshop and teaching playwrighting at the Tisch…

$1 Billion by Nike in 2016 to wear their boots. Junior soccer fans instantly wanted Nike’s boots because skilled players such as Cristiano Ronaldo wear their boots. An even more ridiculous example of celebrity endorsements was Brad Pitt’s Chanel advertisement in 2012. Pitt was paid $7 Million for a 30 second ad. It is bizarre that a celebrity can be paid so much money for an ad that is so short in length. Celebrity Endorsements encourage teens to buy an item that isn’t needed with…

Eleven” accomplishes this feat in a 2001 remake of the original 1960's film which starred Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack. The modern take stays true to suave Hollywood glamour in using today’s brightest stars; a list that includes George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and Julia Roberts in the leading roles. The film follows a crew of expert thieves and their attempts to plan a robbery involving the three biggest Las Vegas casinos and their vaults. As a result, it succeeds in delivering all of…

Nhu Nguyen History 8 The Big Short The Big Short It's been awhile since I've seen a movie about finance “The Big Short”.I remember a financial student who told me that: the capitalism in which capital is not easy to understand, easy to play and easy to own. Notwithstanding, I have never imagined how difficult it was and how badly these rules played out. Thus, “The Big Short”, apart from in-depth analysis the 2008 US financial crisis in real estate and stock, my knowledge about capitalist…

described in similar terms as this image. Without having seen the picture, one could also insinuate the mother may be low-income and young, marrying out of necessity for her children. But the circumstances are a world of different. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt could afford to post-pone…

Introduction Windowing was originally used as the film industry’s strategy to garner more revenue based off of one film’s release dates. A film would originally get distributed in a theatrical release. There would then roughly be a four month gap, or window, between when the film was taken out of cinemas and released via DVD (Miller, 2015). In having a gap between cinema and DVD release the film industry thought it would generate ‘hype’ surrounding the film. They thought it would create this…

Moneyball, based on Michael Lewis’ 2003 book, details the struggle of the Oakland Athletics, a major baseball team. The Oakland A’s overcome some seemingly impossible obstacles with the help of their general manager, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt), by applying a new innovative statistical analysis, known as sabermetrics. Sabermetrics is the empirical analysis of baseball, or the use of statistical analysis to question the traditional measures of baseball (Birnbaum). The underlying theme of this movie…

the fragrance with the romantic lifestyle of mid-century France. In an effort to stay relevant and up-to-date, avoiding the classic undertones, the commercial is set in NYC instead of Paris, and all dialogue is in English  Innovative ad campaign-Brad Pitt starring Chanel No.5 ad in 2012.. First time a male was spokesman for Chanel perfume  Reemphasizing legendary and timeless image of product-2012 two videos was launched in Inside Chanel.com.The first one was about innovative…