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a book? If not then Peter Benchley’s book will make that happen. Peter Benchley was born May 08, 1940 in New York, he has written many books and many of them have been made into movies. But his most famous book is “Jaws”, yes it was a book before Steven Spielberg made it into a movie. “Jaws” the book was very famous it sold about 20 million copies, this famous book is about a killer shark in a seaside resort in Long Island in Amity. Benchley has a very unique style he is very descriptive and…

element and is recognized still today. Based on the novel Jaws by Peter Benchley, the movie opened doors for Director Steven Spielberg. Filmed and released by Universal Studios in 1975, with a well known cast. The cast includes Richard Dreyfuss as Matt Hooper, the marine biologist, Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody and Robert Shaw as the shark hunter Quint. In the movie Jaws, Steven Spielberg uses suspense to help trick the audience's mind. In the beginning as Chrissie goes out into the…

Steven Spielberg is an American film Director, screenwriter and producer. He was born in 1946 in the United States. He is well known as a public figure, considered a pioneer of Hollywood, and a popular director in the film industry. He directed Hollywood blockbuster films such as Jurassic Park (1993) and Jaws (1975). Spielberg also directed science fiction films such as, A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and War of the Worlds (2005), (IMDB, 2016). In this analysis, I am going to argue that…

In the mood changing book, Freak the Mighty, many issues are brought up, but three of the many stand out to me the most, rehabilitation, coat of arms, and Kevin's syndrome. Rehabilitation is something that must be improved in the USA because currently 25% of the world's prisoners are located in the United States. Coat of arms is different than all the other issues brought up in Freak the Mighty, coat of arms is passed down from generation to generation, to keep your family’s coat of arms there…

The Movie Jaws was first released in 1975 and soon became a very popular film. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the main actors were Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. With an $8 Million budget, the revenue from the film totaled to $260 Million as it was a huge hit. The film won 3 Oscars for best sound, Best Film Editing and Best Music/ Original Dramatic Score. It also won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score- Motion Picture and 9 other awards.…

Saving Private Ryan, Casablanca, and Inglourious Basterds are three different movies that were produced in different time periods and have different plots, details, and points of view, but all still revolve around one common historical event-World War II. This is an occurrence that happens not only in movies but also in literature. A literary example of this is the correlation between the flood story in The Epic of Giglamesh and the flood story in the Old Testament Bible. Giglamesh is an epic…

Steven Spielberg was born on December 18, 1947, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the eldest of four children. Steven’s father, Arnold, was an electrical engineer who designed computers, and his mother, Leah, was an accomplished pianist. Spielberg’s father moved the family frequently as he pursued jobs around the country, but they finally settled in Phoenix, Arizona. School proved to be difficult for Spielberg. He had trouble making friends because he moved so often, and at school he was constantly…

Sonny’s blues narrates the story of two brothers; the one that decided to go in the good way and have a relatively normal life, and the one that tilted to the dark side. Sonny was the younger of the two. The things were not going the right way in his life. He was arrested for used and possession of Heroin and he had obviously chose the wrong path. His brother was all the opposite to him. He joined the army, after finishing his service he became a professor, and had a beautiful family. When…

The trajectory of the sports industry is constantly changing. This is partly due to the numerous transformational leaders that have brought in ideas from varying industries from sports. As discussed in Sports Leadership in the 21st Century, transformational leaders are “those who inspire followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes while also helping to develop the individual leadership skills of their followers” (Borland, p. 46). Transformational leaders employ the necessary leadership skills to…

The Webster dictionary defines a freak as such “one that is markedly unusual or abnormal”. Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have a slightly different perspective on the term freak. “To think a bit differently, a bit harder, a bit more freely” (Think Like a Freak, 211). Throughout their novel, they encourage you, as the reader, to think diversely in your everyday life. Each chapter guides you through a new insightful way to think about situations. From admitting that you just don’t know,…