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    Dana Point Case Study

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    INTRODUCTION Dana Point is a city between Los Angeles and San Diego in southern California, but is best known for its harbor. Just north of the harbor lies a rocky beach with large cliffs only tens of meters from the sea, depending on tide level. Cliffs along the coast of southern California are prone to landslides due to their rock composition (mostly sedimentary) and high erosion rates from the sea but become increasingly stressed from overlying man-made structures and landscaping practices.…

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    industry. In a state of desperation, Ivan becomes a drug dealer so that he can afford to sustain his own life. The Harder They Come emphasizes the themes of poverty and the struggle for success in a world with limited opportunities. Ivan (played by Jimmy Cliff) writes and records a song called, “The Harder They Come” which dictates the struggles of a rising music star. The shared song title and movie title show how Ivan is working to achieve success, but he has endless forces working against…

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    Two Gender Styles For decades, researchers have concluded that women and men have different forms of acting, thinking, and even communicating. Due to the differences in their behavior men and women usually do or say things that disappoints their partner. In occasions a simple misinterpretation of a response can make a person feel bad. Could it be that men and women express their words differently? Or does the communication style make men and women to decode the response differently? In what…

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    The interview that was selected for this project was from a 60 minutes episode in which Pam Oliver interviewed Victor Cruz, CC Sabathia and the main interviewee the sports executive for Jay-Z ‘s Roc Nation Sports Shawn Costner, also known as Pecas, who is an avid sneaker collector. Pecas has over 1500 pairs of sneakers that consist of autographed, rare releases, customs, and multiple pairs of his favorite sneakers. In this interview Pam used multiple technics to make him feel comfortable and…

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    Music In Jamaican Society

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    Within the Jamaican society music plays an integral role in the shaping of the everyday lives of most individuals. It is through this medium that some individuals are able share their day to day experiences. In Jamaica there is a strong bond with music and film; some film directors started their career with directing music videos before making their debut on the big screen and as such music becomes the background on which many scripts are created. There is a long history with the Jamaican…

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    “Richard Cory”, written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, portrays a man’s life story only through the effect of his personality upon those who admire him. The poem is separated into four stanzas, each unfolding a different aspect of the protagonist’s life represented by the townspeople. This poem is devoid of almost any literary elements and figurative language; however, the words themselves still have resonance. By formulating assumptions and opinions of how the other half lives, the “people on the…

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    example in the text is “the public method is better. Think what a noise it will make!” The narrator shows his opinions of the town through the dialogue of the people, for a town is only like the residents of it. This particular example involves the Richards couple, who decides to make a public scene only to cause more attention and make a greater appearance. They don’t care about practicality of solving the mystery efficiently, but rather making as much good press about it as they can, which is…

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    "The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connell, demonstrates that actions can have major consequences, as shown through the conflict, setting, and characters of the story. The conflict of this story focuses on Rainsford's struggle to survive being hunted by the skilled huntsman, General Zaroff. This is shown numerous times throughout the story. Such as when "The dead tree, delicately adjusted to rest on the cut living one, crashed down and struck the general a glancing blow as…

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a short story and a suspenseful thriller that deals with hunting and survival skills. Rainsford is a skilled hunter that goes overboard. Leaving him stranded on an Island. On this Island he finds a large home and meets General Zaroff a hunter too, but hunts a different kind of animal. A lesson in “The Most Dangerous Game” is strategy outweighs strength. Strategy outweighs strength is first shown when Rainsford makes a Malay Man Catcher to trap…

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    In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the theme of the story is that obsession can be dangerous. The protagonist of the story is Rainsferd and he is sailing past “Ship Trap Island.” Rainsferd is a good well known hunter. The antagonist of the story is General Zaroff. Zaroff fought in a war and likes to hunt. Zaroff got tired of hunting animals because he could predict their moves. Zaroff’s solution was to start hunting people that were trained by his assistant Ivan.…

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