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    Charlie Chaplin as a child was fascinated with the characters of Charles Dickens and would often mimic them. It was like Chaplin’s life was one of Dickens's novels, the aspects being poverty, despair and loneliness. By beginning at a young age, Charlie Chaplin rose to fame with his extraordinary athleticism and endless inventiveness, Chaplin would still influence films to come through directing, producing and through the popularity of his own films. At the young age of 16, Chaplin was already…

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    of this speech from the movie “The Great Dictator”, is that we can achieve peace, equality, and happiness if we put aside our differences and not think of each other as “black” or “white”, or as “Christian” or “Muslim”, but as fellow human beings. Charlie Chaplin’s tone changes throughout the poem. He starts out with a calm and peaceful tone. But, as the speech goes on, and as his words become more and more inspiring, his tone becomes stronger and more direct. He uses metaphors and similes to…

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    as the “love” story turned into a dramatic element. The writer of this movie set Joel (Jim Carrey) and Clementine (Kate Winslet), two individuals that dated in the past, to reconnect not knowing of their previous affairs. In this twist of a story, Charlie Kaufman cultivated this movie with reoccurring themes, which included diving into the mind and conscious. This entire story’s division of element shifts, as it is told in reverse, in a way that allows the audience to get an understanding that…

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    of Jane’s report in the daily log is that she makes the assumption that the reason Charlie is uncooperative is because she does not let him eat chips. (ii) One factor that reduces the reliability of Alan’s report in the daily log is that when Alan was taking care of Charlie, he might have still been feeling the effects of the sedative that was given the day before. b) Source C shows that Jane had warned Charlie about relocating him to another home so that he would lose touch with his friends…

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    Music of that contemporary time consisted mostly of jazz, more specifically bebop and swing styles. During the 30’s and the Great Depression, swing music was the standard among pop culture. Swing refers to the rhythm of the music in which the upbeat of a note would be played as closely to the next down beat as possible. On the other hand, Moore says it better when he explains that, “‘swing’ style — a combination of elongated and shortened beats produced by the fixed attacks and accents of the…

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    Tim Burton Influence

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    very original, unique, imaginative stories, so, therefore, so does Burton. In his movies “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “The Corpse Bride”, and “Edward Scissorhands”, he shows his imaginative style by using diegetic and non-diegetic music, high- and low-key lighting, and flashbacks. The first example that shows this style is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, a movie about a boy named Charlie Buckets, who gets the chance to go to a famous chocolate factory and possibly be the winner of…

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    For example within Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, there is a large amount of positive and upbeat mood running throughout the story. In comparison to this, in The Suitcase Kid, the mood running throughout has more of a negative tone, with the emphasis on suffering. The jokey…

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    Peanuts Comic Strip

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    Peanuts is a classic comic strip that was created by an average, everyday man, debuting in 1950. Charles Schulz created the strip based on his own emotions and personality. The comic strip slowly became more popular by the year and over sixty years later, it is the one of the most famous and influential comic strips ever created. Originally, Peanuts was a gag strip, or a single-paneled strip with a caption beneath the drawing, with typical characters and childish situations. (Walker, 407).…

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    The Comic Strip Peanuts

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    In the comic strip Peanuts, featuring “Good ol’ Charlie Brown by Schulz, it started off with Charlie Brown, the protagonist, complaining about the way their baseball game was turning out, and how they were losing. Within his complaint, he mentioned how he didn’t understand why he had to suffer by losing by so many points. This prompted his teammate to say “Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward,” which was a quote from the Book of Job, a book about a man named Job who was essentially…

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    Schulz became famous around the world. He also won a Peabody and Emmy awards, for Charlie Brown Christmas. “You're a good Man Charlie Brown” was on broadway in 1967 and ran for four years (Charles). His work was published in nineteen different languages. They produced many clothes, stationery, toys, games, and others. They even made a book called “Why? Charlie Brown, Why?”. “Why? Charlie Brown, Why?” became a tv show to help kids understand cancer, this was inspired by his mom which…

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