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    Catch Me If You Can follows the young con artist called Frank William Abagnale Jr., as he escapes the misery of his parents’ divorce. From being a pilot to a lawyer to a doctor, Frank did this all before he was even 19, employing the tactics that he learned from his father. Frank is continually pursued by an FBI agent called Carl Handratty. Frank is also picked on at his new school for dressing up, which leads him to his first impersonation: a substitute teacher. When his parents are informed,…

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    corporations. Another of the requirements to be an outlaw hero is “the outlaw hero outwits, eludes, and escapes the authorities, usually with flair, often in disguise” (Seal, 74). Leonardo DiCaprio, who represented Frank Abagnale in the movie Catch Me If You Can have said “I was playing a great actor… But his stage was the real world. He's somebody that for whatever reason puts people at ease” (DiCaprio). One of his most representative characteristics was to be too smart. He used his…

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    102-131) He doesn’t have proof , He called her a saint and he thinks no one will believe she’s a fraud. 6. Do you think Elizabeth’s suspicion and pain are warranted at this point? Are her questions justified, or should she not ask Proctor about Abigail at all? (Page 167) I think she shouldn’t ask him at all. I feel like he’s getting defensive over…

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    television or play video games all day long, how about you put their creativity into good use. This is majorly by engaging them in activities that will boost their creativity as well as give them pleasure. This can be a very constructive way to spend the holidays at home. REASON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT. The reason why it is important for your kids to be involved with fun and creative arts encompasses: • Gives the two of you a chance to bond: it is…

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    Its Monday July 25, 2020, on a normal day. Andres Vasquez was doing normal things like being happy, helping people, and being with people. Adam Orlando was doing his normal things like bullying, taking kids ice cream, and listening to his evil father Dr. Evil. In his hometown “Rome, Italy”, Andres always experience the nice warm day and the nice breeze in the evening from the beautiful beaches. Outside his house there was always a nice expensive car by house with tinted windows. In that car was…

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    about wanting to win. It can consume you. When a rivalry is born, it can can invade a person’s life, making its presence known. If that same rivalry has the same outcome over and over, it becomes less like an invasion and more like a hostile takeover. The beating heart of my story is this: My whole life I didn’t know that Chatham was the devil hiding behind a big mask. We have lost against Chatham every single year we have played them. Not just every other year like a back and forth thing, it’s…

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    spoke. “We need to get home and review the information on the flash drive. I guess this is where I part ways with the FBI.” “You part ways with them when me and my old man say so. Go to your office, check in, do your paperwork on the transport that went bad. Then you pass the intel to Homeland Security. They’ll arrange your FBI gig to go away, just like they planned to do when you solved the fuckin’ crime. We’ll give them time to process the information and see what they make of it. We have a…

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    School can be like a masquerade, but with less romance and more tension. When I was a teen I started to realize and learn that people can be different, sometimes people use these changes as an advantage which caused people to act like somebody else as if they were putting a “mask” This applies to having a “mindset”, in this case they’re relatively closer to having a fixed mindset, whereas some people will not be afraid at all that they will rather embrace it which makes them have a mindset…

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    Immigrant: A Short Story

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    Just Survive Somehow I never really planned to say goodbye to my family. The old Arian wouldn't have cared about what my family thought of me. I was too busy roaming the streets trying to find more money than I had as a kid. I guess nothing much has changed since then. In my opinion, everything happened too swiftly before I knew it, I got used to bargain for clothes, food, etc. One thing that I was not prepared for was the tantalizing that I would get from the people around me. No, not just,…

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    Denny's Short Story

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    time—but even so. He felt like he’d been pretty much cleared by this Detective Washington, but the fact of the matter was that the scumbag who killed Rashida was still out there. And Denny was determined to help find the guy. Then again, he remembered Jimmy Clarke. He didn’t want to end up a fall guy like Jimmy had. Thirty-six months in Cook County Jail. And just for driving a car with the wrong people in it. Unreal what could happen when cops got involved. Chicago cops were like a club. They…

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