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It may be hard to believe, but it’s been a decade since Megan Fox was introduced to the world as the love interest of Shia LaBeouf in the first of a series of big-budget, increasingly tedious films about transforming cars that come from outer space. This role, though fairly straightforward, launched Fox into superstardom. In fact, there was a period of time when she was absolutely everywhere. She was in movies, on television, in magazines, on billboards. It seemed that you couldn’t go anywhere…

The “American Dream” is different to everyone it is materialistic to some people and idealistic to others . In the book in the book Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is about a suicidal salesman named Willy he had a wife, Linda loves him regardless and two grown sons Biff and Happy . In the beginning of the movie The Joneses by Derrick Borte the characters had a very materialistic idea of the American Dream but that changed at the end . Even though the commercial Chrysler - Eastwood: It's…

Death of a Salesman The American Dream is based on the belief that if a person works hard enough, he will be successful. Willy Loman, the protagonist in Arthur Miller’s play “Death of a Salesman,” believed in this warped perception of the American Dream. Willy worked his entire life as a traveling salesman in an attempt to provide the best for his family. In his life, Willy was happiest when he possessed a new car and new household appliances. In his later years, as those possessions began to…

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States and served our country from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1837 (Andrew, Jackson 1). Jackson remains one of the most controversial of all American historical figures, and is known for committing crimes against the Native Americans and fighting for his people (Richardson, Chris). Not only was he a war hero, but a two-term president commonly known by the nickname, “Old Hickory.” This was because he was a strict officer and his troops…

Norma Jeane Baker or better know as Marilyn Monroe. Born June 1, 1926 and met an untimely death August 5, 1962. Fifthly plus years after her suspicious death we still wonder, was it an accident overdose or suicide. Who was Marilyn Monroe and what mental illness did she suffer from? A terrible childhood that lead to a successful but pained adulthood. Did she suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, because of the alleged rape as a child? Or was she just like her mother and grandmother and…

The images of Marilyn Monroe create a feeling of unity throughout the piece, however each image of the star appears to be slightly different and flawed. No two images found throughout the piece are exactly identical. Each image contains somewhat different levels of contrast, causing some of the pictures to look “fuzzy” and distorted. This results in Monroe, an American sex symbol and the epitome of beauty, to appear flawed, a perspective…

In the late 1940s, Arthur Miller created a unique play - "Death of a Salesman", which is still very popular in different parts of the world. According to the play, the action takes place in Brooklyn, in the postwar years, at the end of the 1940s. The play tells us about the 60 years old, unhappy salesman Willy Loman, his family, and his misunderstanding of achieving the American Dream. We see four main characters: Willy Loman - the father of the family, Linda - his wife, Biff and Happy - his…

A poster from the early 1950’s titled The Sex Impulse and Achievement reads, “The sex instinct in a boy or man makes him want to act, dare, possess, strive…when controlled it gives ENERGY, ENDURANCE, FITNESS.” The poster features the image of track stars jumping over hurdles which is the perfect allusion to represent American society’s view of sex in the 1950’s and prior. Sex was seen as something necessary but dirty and taboo; sex was something you kept behind closed doors. The unclean aspect…

Marie-Juliette Olga Boulanger, better known as Lili Boulanger, was sister to Nadia Boulanger who is regard as one of the most influential pedagogues of the 20th century. Though Lili Boulanger's impact on the musical world maybe not have been as numerous as her sister's, it was not due to lack of talent but time: most of her life she lived with poor health and died at the age of 25 in 1918. In the short time she was alive, she became the first woman to receive the coveted Prix de Rome in 1913 for…

Billy Wilder is an American film maker who has produced more than 30 films in his lifetime. Three films in particular though have caught critic’s eyes everywhere. Double Indemnity, made in 1944, The Seven Year Itch, made in 1955, and Some like it hot, made in 1959. Billy Wilder’s style in his films could be described as comic in most of his films but some of them like Double Indemnity could be described as dark as it is a film noir. Over the decades Billy Wilder’s films do improves in style. In…