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    The major differences between The Artist and Vertigo stem primarily from their more immediately manifest differences with The Artist a silent and black-and-white film, while Vertigo utilizes color and sound to complement the actions of the actors. While The Artist takes on the style of a late silent era film, Vertigo is more characteristic of the early new wave films. Due to its silent nature, The Artist necessarily mandates longer intervals between cuts and features more dramatic and emphasized acting, which already contributes to a stylistic difference between the two films. This era difference also reveals differences between the two films in their overall plot-lines and in how they end, as new wave films typically follow less generic plot-lines and feature ambiguous and inconclusive endings. The Artist follows the life of a silent movie star, George Valentin, and his struggles in adapting to the emergence of new technology in the film industry in the form of talking films. With the growing popularity of talking films, old stars like George are gradually fading away, while new ones like Peppy Miller are rising to the forefront. A black and white and primarily silent film, The Artist takes on the style of a late silent era film, utilizing sound only for the most important and profound scenes. This is perhaps the most strikingly manifest style choice for The Artist that further complements its main plotline, as it portrays the late silent era film industry with the style of…

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    out of school and are proven to be more emotionally disturb then girls. Guys will tend to get into fights twice as often. Lastly, they are six times more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. During the essay the author tries to diagnose why this is. By the end there becomes several ideas of why this might be. Behind the idea that men are prone to more health issues, the author believes there are three words that might be the cause of the statistics that are listed about “the guy code.” The guy…

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    I chose a seat near the safety shower. After the minute-warning bell rang, I heard someone’s heels hitting the tiled floor in the hallway. It has to be the teacher. She finally reached the door. She is not alone. This has to be a new student. He does not look familiar. Wow, he is really attractive. I’m sure all the girls will be talking about him during lunch. Anyways, seniors began to fill the seats around me. It seems like I know everyone else, but that one guy. Right from the start, I judged…

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    someone is by getting the other person to break up with someone so that person does not look like the bad guy in the whole situation. There are many ways to end the relationship by getting someone else to do the breaking up. A few of the classic ways to get them to do the breaking up is by acting as repulsive as a person can possibly be and by being just plain gross. A few ways that are possible that are more creative are: by committing crimes, blowing up things, eating all the persons food,…

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    Men are not born. Men are made. Many guys are under the impression that because they are physically grown, they are men. However, this isn’t the case because physical growth doesn’t make you a man. What makes a male a man is how well he is able to maintain his dignity through good and bad times. A man stays true to himself at all times. He does not break, bend, or relinquish his values at anytime. No matter how difficult his circumstances become, he remains grounded in principles. Life does…

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    not bringing the cat. Stuck in a ditch, a couple of men came up. Hoping for help, but it was the complete opposite. The grandmother did not take a second to recognize one of the guys as the known misfit. Instead of keeping quiet, she opened up and mentioned it to the guys. This made the situation worse because the family now knows who the guys are. Knowing this, the guys could not let the family roam free after knowing who they encountered. The grandmother not only blew the guy 's cover, but now…

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    People say women are apart of everything but if they truly were then we would have more words to make women feel like they actually were apart of things. Nowadays women go around calling themselves girls instead of women. One reason for this could be that they want to feel young and when they hear woman it makes them feel old. A guy in one of Kleinman’s class was in a frat that decided to open their doors to girls. There was a big question floating around whether or not to call the girls…

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    When most guys join the seduction community, they are on a mission to improve their dating skills with women. Unfortunately, there "side effects" to joining the community that most of the gurus don't tell you about in the fine print. While most guys join with the seduction community sincere desire to improve their social skills, the fact of the matter is there is a very strong correlation between joining the seduction community, and adopting weird behaviors. I'm going to talk about some of the…

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    of people with empty minds thinking that being a gay is a huge sin. A few years ago I have witnessed a crucial moment when some guys acted as idiots cussing a homosexual off and I realized how tough it seems to be to who suffers. I would like to retract here the whole situation and what I learnt dealing with that moment. Because his style and way of life, everybody from the school liked to play with my friend. His name is Jackson and he is 20 years…

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    perfect man is that no man truly knows the qualities that makes the “ideal man.” Every guy has his own attributes, both good and bad; some guys are athletic, others are smart, and still others are funny. But the real question is what traits in guys are the “eye-catchers” in the eyes of teenage girls. Understanding these traits of the ideal man can help guide a man to reach perfection in the eyes of a woman. For one thing, a guy needs to know where to start in his search for the qualities…

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