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    would take a gamble and jump ahead of the competition to create the first sound synced animation, the studio was headed by Walt Disney and over the next 20 years the Disney animations would create the foundation of the Golden Age of animation.With Steamboat Willie (1928) Disney had the first significant animation with synchronised sound and soon after Flowers and Trees (1932) was the first to use the three-colour Technicolour system. Butler explains that “Disney was so protective of these new…

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    Samuel L. Clemens is an amazing writer, but he did not only write he taught and flied steamboats. Samuel inspired people all over the world to pick up a pencil and paper and express your feelings. In joy life while you can because there is death all around people. He has been through deep, bad times and every time he is there he rose up again.Samuel L. Clemens Was Born November 30, 1835, In Florida, Missouri (Gribben). He was two months premature with poor health and had to take medicine (Qurik)…

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    In an imperialistic world, to survive is to protect oneself, a lesson in which Marlow learns during his travels. Without the protection of anyone, all he has is himself. All the characters in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness play a role, yet their identity and their role is obscure to the readers. This novella explores many issues all relating back to imperialism, and it is imperialism that causes the uncertainty in the social ranking. As Marlow travels down the river, he encounters the torture and…

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    home. Throughout these adventures, Huck is faced with some life changing scenarios, In which one he could continue to be selfish such as offering up Miss Watson to the gang or he could be conscious about the effects his actions have such as the steamboat incident. Jim played a big role in these moral developments by offering support and an example. Huck could have given Jim up to the society for being a runaway but he chose not to because of loyalty. Huck could have left these criminals to die…

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    branch of the National Bank was taxed by the state of Maryland and this went to court. The court ruled that states cannot pass any law that violates a federal law. After that, another case was taken to court, but it was Gibbons against Ogden. A steamboat traveled from New Jersey to New York. The decision was that the states could not regulate it because it was “interstate commerce”, so it was a job for Congress. The people were frustrated because the…

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    Disney was turned down by MGM Studios after they told him that a giant mouse on screen would terrify audiences. Despite this harsh criticism, Walt pushed and pushed for his cartoons to be produced. Many of his cartoons, including the ever-popular “Steamboat Willie” became instant hits. Even though he influenced the world of arts, Walt Disney has been just…

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    isn’t his fault that he has spent his whole life surrounded by white people who think they are superior to anyone else because of the color of their skin. His sense of white supremacy also was seen in the Walter Scott scene. When the two saw the steamboat, Huck immediately wanted to go in and Jim tried shutting it down because he knew it was unsafe. However, because…

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    The first occurrence of this vulnerability and fear occurs when the boys are playing in the waves and the steamboat drives by. The boys see the women on the boat and immediately “put their hands between their knees and squeezed them together.” This could be perceived as the boys just being bashful like any other children are sometimes, but their lack of a mother…

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    The Tennessee State Museum

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    During my historical visit I visited the Tennessee state Museum in Downtown Nashville. The Tennessee State Museum is an extensive historical center in Nashville showing the historical backdrop of the U.S. condition of Tennessee. Beginning from pre colonization and going into the twentieth century, the exhibition hall translates the Frontline, the time of President Andrew Jackson and the American Civil War. The historical center's addition of outfits, weapons, and fight banners from the Civil War…

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    idolized him. 26. P26 The fact that Huckleberry said that it smelt late shows that he does have a slight imagination as time cannot be smelt. He must choose when and when not to use his imagination. 27. P27 Huckleberry Finn relates the island to a steamboat without lights imply that each would be abandoned. 28. P28 Instead of getting scared of the hunting party, Huckleberry Finn sees it as an opportunity to have some fun, which demonstrates his outlook on life. 29. P29 It seems that Huckleberry…

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