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ethics and also the antihero starting in the late fifties with all his gruff and attitude. As Western films progressed, the hero became different. Film viewers were looking for a different kind of hero along with the changing times in America. In Gary Cooper’s character, Marshall Will Kane, High Noon portrayed the hero as a humble and respected, keeping the classic hero intact versus John Wayne’s hero in The Searchers, who was a severe racist and a misunderstood character. In the span of just…

McCarthyism and Movie Trumbo The Cold War was the longest global conflicted from 1945 to 1989 where The United States and the Soviet Union tried to have global hegemony after the WWII. It was a period full of threats, fear and persecution, which imposed its indelible mark on the conscience of the society of that time. In the reality, this conflict was bipolar, manipulative, propagandist and absurd clashed between 2 ideologist as capitalism and Communist. Throughout the different stages of the…

1993 at 43 homicides (per 100,000) in the 15-24 age group (NCBI, 2001). During that same time period, African American males accounted for 3% of the total United States population, however, they accounted for approximately 30% of homicide offenders (Cooper et. al., 2011). In addition to causing death and disability among victims, exposure to violence is associated with a multitude of…

In Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce twins, Alanna and Thom, are supposed to be sent to schools that teach them certain skills. Alanna is a tomboy who is being directed to master the concept of magic and how to be a proper lady, while her brother, Thom, is to train and become a great knight. Thom does not want to become a knight, he desires to learn about magic and become a great wizard. Alanna doesn’t care for being a “lady”, she wants to fight and study to become an amazing knight.…

There are multiple contributing authors of Decoding Your Dog. Their qualifications are stellar and although most practice or have practiced Veterinary Medicine in the United States, two are Canadian, Gary Landsberg of Thornhill, Ontario and Mary P. Klinck of Montreal, Quebec. All of the authors have extensive training in behaviour and have all earned the designation DACVB (Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists) in addition to their DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine). Some…

Movies are evolving every day, but some may wonder what movies were like before today, perhaps movies in the 1920s may help give an idea of what that was like. Movies are things that people watch to get away from their own life. What kind of movies people watch can show how they feel or how they would like to feel. When movies start to change to become better and better, the more likely people would want to watch to get away from their own life for a little while. Movies gave the world a new way…

Shane Quote: “I’ve heard you’re a low-down Yankee Liar” The tale of a gunfighter who, no matter how hard he tries, can’t escape trouble, Shane is the quintessential Western. A quiet movie overall, the final gunfight is sheer dynamite. Tense in built up and lightning fast in action, the 3-against-1 shootout is heart racing and iconic. The speed of the fight (gunfights then and now are typically quick affairs) keeps the scene grounded, as does Shane getting mortally wounded. The movie earns…

This is where he he started to like actors. Some of the actors he mentioned he liked were Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy and, Sidney Poitier. When Freeman was in junior high, he pulled a chair out from a girl he had a crush on, and he had to participate in the schools drama competition as a punishment. His performance surprised him and the administrators…

Astrophysicists: They're Out of This World By Trinity Bair If astrophysics seems boring to you, just remember: you get to call yourself an “astrophysicist,” which is a pretty good title by itself. So what exactly is an astrophysicist? There are two main kinds. Theoretical astrophysicists are trying to understand the physical processes while observational astrophysicists test theories to explain how our universe works (academicinvest.com). Although they have their differences,…

that technological device might take the place of human companionship. An astute observer might note that if this child was having difficulty relating to others, there might be a need to incorporate more playtime or sports into the child’s day. Doctor Gary Smalls, director of the Longevity Center of UCLA, stresses the necessity of being around and interacting with other people. “If people spend too much time with technology and less time interacting with people like parents at the dinner table,…