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    which was directed by Orson Welles. Citizen Kane was nominated for an Academy Award but won only the best original screenplay that was played by Herman and welles. The story of this film is a fictionalized pastiche of the life of William Randolph Hearst and Welles' own life. When the film was released it was rejected from being seen on newspapers because the film followed traces of his life career of Charles Kane who was widely known as the most powerful in the world. The film…

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    During the film Citizen Kane, I realized theme in it was the struggle of telling one man's story. I mention this in my main assignment, but I have since then gains even more information of this topic. At the begining of the flim they reveal the first draft of the news clip and then have an arguement on how they did not tell Charles Foster Kane's true story, but just his business half of it. Now getting to why I am adding on to what I said in my main assignment, I recently saw a commerical…

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    Both Citizen Kane and The Great Dictator are widely considered to be among the best films of all time in their respective genres. Orson Welles’ masterpiece may very well be the greatest drama film ever created, while The Great Dictator became Charlie Chaplin’s magnum opus and was the most anticipated motion picture of its time. Although there are many explanations as to why these films have withstood the test of time, the cinematography and artistic choices by Welles and Chaplin stand out as a…

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    Susan Choi’s American Woman, is an intense novel, written after The Foreign Student, and drawn from the events of the 1974 kidnapping of a newspaper heiress, Patty Hearst. Susan Choi’s novel is suspenseful and sensational in many places, it’s serious in others, American Woman is an analysis of a person’s self, which has been shaped by the events of the past and pursued by the uncertainty of whether those specific actions were even actually necessary to begin with. The novel begins in upstate…

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    Patricia Hearst, who was kidnapped in 1974 by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and eventually joined forces before most of her captors were killed in a shootout (Hixson, 2005). Although Timothy McVeigh was convicted for committing the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, his…

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    The security camera capture helped to the authorities to identify the suspect. One of the most impressing photography of the twenties centuries was Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Army. The photography sustain that Hearst was participating in San Francisco bank robbery. It was captured by the bank’s camera showing the dramatic image without a person behind, but enough to capture the event. After, observing the exhibition, I…

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    A great many people know the expression Stockholm Syndrome from the various prominent capturing and prisoner cases - for the most part including ladies - in which it has been refered to. The term is most connected with Patty Hearst, the Californian daily paper beneficiary who was seized by progressive activists in 1974. She seemed to create sensitivity for her captors and went along with them in a burglary. She was in the long run got and got a jail sentence. Individuals experiencing Stockholm…

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    Summary of Who, Where, and Why during Hostage Negotiation Perry B Keaton Critical Issues in Hostage Negotiations - 1 Instructor: Anthony Zambito October 13, 2015 Summary of Who, Where, and Why during Hostage Negotiation-1 When dealing with hostage negotiation why these three words are are so important and vital. I will try and show you the reason and importance of these words in reference to hostage when they are held captive. When face with a hostage crisis or situation…

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    Stockholm syndrome is an interesting psychological response that victims tend to develop for their survival. The term Stockholm syndrome came from an experience during a bank robbery from August 23 1973 to August 28 1973, where the victims became emotionally attached to their captors and would even go to lengths to defend them. This paper will address the phenomena associated with this syndrome. Stockholm syndrome can be observed in several groups of people, such as those in abusive…

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