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    With the above mentioned motifs, I am going to analyze the significance of the yellow brick road as a motif in the film The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming (1939). The yellow brick road is one of the most interesting motifs I found in the movie. Not because it directs the story where it’s going but rather, the twists and scenes every time Dorothy steps off of it. Young Gale was introduced to the yellow brick road when she wanted to look for the Wizard and head to Emerald City but along the way,…

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    Couffignal”, named Continental OP and wrote The Maltese Falcon (Mansfield-Kelly 229). This author has paved the way for future authors and filmmakers to adapt the genre for current audiences like director Rian Johnson of the movie Brick. Johnson uses Hammett’s layout to make Brick by giving it a setting, investigator characteristics that show toughness and loneliness, and with corruption. In all stories, the setting of a movie or a novel is one of the most important parts of a story. The only…

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    There is a growing of online education within the nation, which is causing many individuals to share their thoughts on brick-and-mortar schools compared to online schools. These thoughts can be like perspective number one and three, against brick-and-mortar schools, as online schools allows children to learn in a safer and more comfortable way; or they can be like perspective number two, against online schools, as they seem to take away the human interaction from the learning system. The…

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    Monica Ali’s novel brick lane burst on to the world stage in 2003 to much acclaim as well as much controversy, at the time of its release many British Bangladeshi were upset with the books portals of them. The novel attempts to depict the troubled and realistic immigration and assimilation process for Bangladeshi immigrants to western society. The novel follows the life of Nazneen and her experience as well as the experiences of other Bangladeshi immigrants as they attempt to assimilate in to…

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    Why the Brits Hit the Bricks The British Army was the most powerful army in the world and had successfully thwarted the major European powers that threatened their borders or interest abroad. However, the British lost the American Revolution because of the inability to apprehend or disperse Washington’s armed forces, The Franco-American alliance, waning support from Loyalists, and most importantly, the British failed to efficiently supply the Royal Army during the conflict. The Brits had never…

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    In Randy Pausch's "The Last Lecture", he uses the quote: “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people." Randy Pausch uses symbolism to explain the significance of brick walls. Brick walls can be used to let us prove how badly we want something. He…

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    The restaurant that I chose to eat at for this assignment was Inferno Brick Oven & Bar. This restaurant is located on College Avenue, State College. The meal period that this restaurant follows would be to provide lunch and dinner for their guests. The industry segment that this restaurant operates under would be the pizza segment and casual dining. This restaurant falls under this category due to their menu prices, silverware and china choice, table service, full-service bar, and the tips…

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    In the music video Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall, Pink Floyd is attempting to bring into light the cookie cutter education system that, to many, seems to make the children into a design that sometimes is often not made for the children themselves. It seems to be a cry for reform in the way that children are raised so that those that do not fit into the design are not cast aside. Before the modern education system currently implemented student were often forced into a system lacking in…

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    Women Without Men, Sultana’s Dream, and Brick Lane depict women who free themselves from their restricting home lives and societal pressures in favor of living without men. They are initially controlled by patriarchal traditions and expectations placed upon them. The protagonists in these novels are women who are initially restricted by patriarchal limits and societal expectations. The attempt to break free of those restrictions marks the strength to gain freedom from their respective situations…

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    we will defeat Zorga and get the world back to normal.” Chapter 3 Follow The Bloody Brick Road “Where off to see the maniac the most craziest person of all. Because because because because of the stupidest things he done. Were off to see the maniac the most craziest person of all.” I love to sing parodies of the wizard of oz. And the…

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