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    Vietnam War films explore a wide range of aspects. Films such as Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket focus primarily on the military and warfare aspects of the Vietnam conflict. The Deer Hunter, directed by Michael Cimino, concerns conventional domestic life in the United States during the war, and the impact serving in the war had on men who returned to conventional life after enduring extraordinary horrors. The film has become a critical and commercial success, celebrated for its, “tender –…

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    The class I would like to design is Travel Through Time: History and Evolution of Jazz in America For practical purposes, you the reader will need to accept the premise that we can travel back in time. If you have seen the movie “Midnight in Paris” you will recognize the premise. If you have not seen the movie here is a synopsis. The movie’s main character, a writer, travels through time to meet people like Hemingway. He makes this journey by taking a ride in a Peugeot. However, in my…

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    In the Documentary, Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked, the history of comic book superheroes comes to life. The documentary starts with the creation of the first superhero, Superman, and from there marks the arrival of new superheroes like Batman, Wonder Woman, The X-Men, Daredevil and Sandman. It shows how the changing times altered comic book stories and that the stories reflected what was going on in the real world. Comics were also altered by affairs going on in the world in both a positive…

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    Avenue. The theater was revamped and opened as the 1,227-seat Berklee Performance Center in 1976. The previous Biltmore Hotel gave extra classroom and practice room spaces and home lobbies. It additionally houses the library, which was renamed the Stan Getz Library and Media Center in 1998. The 150 Massachusetts Avenue building is additionally the site of the Berklee Learning Center, which when it opened in 1993, was the world's biggest organized PC learning office for music instruction. The…

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    Reg all are close friends while Ox is an antagonist towards Calvin. They’re all fourteen years old and live at the same orphanage. Ox who is an antagonist towards Calvin challenges him in a game of basketball for his jersey so that he can rip it up. Stan Bittleman (Crispin Glover) is the orphan's guardian takes the orphans to the Staples Center to sell chocolate. Mr.Bittleman is only interested in money and does not care about any of the orphans. At the Staples Center Calvin runs into the Coach…

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    Russell Another of Dave’s older brothers. He learns to hate Dave after seeing his mother abuse him. Dave refers to him as mother's "Little Nazi," he watches Dave to make sure he was doing his chores, if he ate anything or whatever mom told him to do. • Stan One of Dave’s younger brothers who also learns to hate Dave and hits him. • Kevin Dave's youngest brother, Dave loves him even though he is not allowed to look or go anywhere near him. • Mr. Hansen The principal of Dave's school. He…

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    Gravity Falls is animated cartoon by Alex Hirsh for Disney Channel. The series is about the adventures of Dipper and Mabel Pines as they spend a summer in the mysterious Gravity Falls with their great uncle Stan. When Dipper uncovers a cryptic journal that provide information of all the strange and unusual things that surrounding the little town it’s up to Dipper and Mabel to find the origin of all these anomalies along with the help of his friends. Every episode is very well-written and always…

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    the rate of survival from a mere 20% to an extraordinary, 80% survival ratio for childhood cancer. This communicates the rhetorical device of logos due to the accurate data that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital conveyed through this commercial. Stan Mack, a writer for Chron, states that using statistics helps, “Identify the best consumers to target and the most cost effective ways to target them”. Using the statistics in the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ad, helps the viewers have…

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    Kate Chopin wrote the short story “The Storm” after her husband had died in 1888 to raise money for herself and her six children. Chopin was raised by her French Creole mother and Chopin married a wealthy New Orleans cotton broker. She used her life and childhood to help her write the story. Within her writing, Chopin used her background to depict the lifestyle and dialect of the Cajun area of America. Chopin gave Bobinot and Caxlixta characteristics of a Creole person including the dialect they…

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    Slowly, I was slipping into the new routine. Well, the week-day routine. I was starting to fear the weekend one because I heard stories of all these bad things happening to personal assistants and I was starting to get scared. But in other news, the Gleeful's got another slave. 'Probably a replacement for Cho.' I thought sadly with tears threating to spill. I was nominated to show her the ropes and teach other skills she'll need. I was going to be meeting her in the early hours of the day.…

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