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    After reading, “Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 ” famous olympic gold medal rowing champion Joe Rantz contacted the author, Daniel James Brown, to discuss the central character of the book, who happened to be the champion’s childhood friend. On his deathbed, Rantz started to weakly tell Brown his life story, and Brown decided that his story could not go untold, and sat down to write “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin…

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    The Tall Man Film Analysis

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    The Tall Man The innocence of the police is questioned when a shocking event happened, an Aboriginal man Cameron Doomadgee was found dead in custody. The Tall Man brings to light the events of his death, writes Natasha Dos Santos. The Tall Man aims to unveil the truth of Cameron Doomadgee’s death in police custody. Director Tony Krawitz, chooses specific techniques and archival footage to justify the reason of his death. Chloe Hooper originally published The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm…

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    The movie High Noon written by Carl Foreman and the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell are very similar yet very different at the same time. In High Noon the main character Will Kane is conflicted with many miniature conflicts, but the main one is he has to take down Frank Miller and his possy. On the other side in the story “The Most Dangerous Game”, the protagonist Rainsford gets stranded on an island, and then is hunted by a man named Zaroff who is a superb hunter and…

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    The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…

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    George Orwell, pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, a son of a British civil servant, was born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, India and died on January 1, 1950 at the age of 47. He spent his first day in India where his father was stationed. A year after his birth, his mother brought him and his older sister, Marjorie, to England and settled in Henley-on-Thames. George Orwell was known as an English novelist, essayist, and critic in Great Britain. His work is marked by ordinary language,…

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    4.2 John F. Kennedy – In movie and in real life “Thirteen Days” is a fictional dramatized movie, which follows the events during the Cuban Missile Crisis chronologically. The movie follows the presidential advisor Kenny O’Donnell and the Kennedy brothers as well as the meetings with the ExCom members. When Kennedy was elected president in 1960 and began his presidency in 1961, he was a popular man. Being the youngest president he had a certain charisma, which people loved. When Kennedy married…

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    Introduction Being the direct grandson of His Majesty King Chulalongkorn, King Rama V, King Bhumibol's ascension to the throne was predictable. On May 5th, 1950, at his coronation, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, or King Rama IX of Chakri Dynasty declared the Oath of Accession, ‘we shall reign with righteousness, for the benefits and happiness of the Siamese people’ was the promise he made to Siamese people. His Majesty had a choice to stay in his luxurious palace but he chose not to.…

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    “You can't cross the sea by merely standing and staring at the water.” - Rabindranath Tagore In life, there are two different types of people, the people who watch from the sidelines, and those who dare to compete. The latter type can oftentimes be found doing the extreme, i.e. extreme sports. Extreme sports can alter one’s perspective on life. These sports can assist people in stepping out of their comfort zones. In many cases, extreme sports have had calming effects on its participants and…

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    Introduction 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt came into power as the 32nd president of the United States in March, 1933. He was the only president in American history to hold office for four terms. He was the American Leaser during the Great Depression and World War II. He rose to be the head of Democratic Party which had strong hold over American politics for three decades. Historically, Roosevelt is remembered as a controversial leader due to his strong decision making over ruling the lengthy…

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    Essay 1 In Leading for a Lifetime, Bennis distinguished between two “eras” that he called Geezers and Geeks. The Geezer era lasted from 1945-1955 they are now mostly seventy years or older. The main event that impacted the Geezers perspective was World War two. WWII involved most of the world and created a huge social change within America. While most American men were away fighting in the war, everyone within the United States were doing “their part” to help with the war; women began working…

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