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    In the movie, Erin Brockovich, Erin is portrayed as a determined, self-sacrificing, compassion and empathy character. Throughout the movie Erin does what she feels is her duty to get what hundreds of people deserve while sacrificing time away from her children. Erin Brockovich is a single mother of three kids that finds herself having a hard time getting a job. After Erin was involved in a car accident, which she wasn’t at fault, she begs her attorney, Ed Masry, to hire her at his law firm…

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    Corneto Trilogy Outline

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    The Corentto Trilogy And more I. Intro Attention Getter: While some directors have been known to drink, they unexpectedly find themselves with hangovers. Director Edgar Wright often used a Cornetto ice cream as a home remedy to cure his own, and even putting them into his movies based on those experiences. And thus, the Corneoto trilogy was born Revealed Object and Speaker Credibility: The Cornetto trilogy pack (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and World’s End) Thesis: Due to their long…

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    Johnny In The Outsiders

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    Johnny, a character from S.E. Hinton’s novel the Outsiders, has a sad and rather undesirable and short outer life, which is best depicted in George Friedrich Handel’s, The Death March. Johnny can almost be described as being rather melancholy. His life at home is not ideal,”I think I like it better when the old man's hittin' me." Johnny sighed. "At least then I know he knows who I am (Hinton 45). Johnny’s parents are not very honourable individuals and are constantly using physical violence…

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    would think he would revert to his view of extreme optimism, but Cunégonde's influence on Candide will once again be present, and make it a chore. She relates her story and claimed, "Pangloss cruelly deceived her when he told [her] that all was for the best in this world". A person is always affected by the feelings of someone they love, and Candide loved Cunégonde very much, so he was unable to overlook her feelings about and unhappiness and disagreement with Pangloss' teaching. Still, Candide…

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    Holden’s scene with Sunny does not happen because he does not “feel very much like [himself]” but that exactly is not the reason why he has sex (125). Reason being that he begins to feel nervous when he is lying about having surgery in order to avoid having sex. Holden’s depression is not the only reason why he does not have sex with Sunny. He does not have sex with her because the whole scene is “peculiar” or in other words weird (123-125). It is weird because one she tries to be seductive but…

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    Candide Hero's Journey

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    Westphalia. He begins his journey in Westphalia.He lives in a castle and is being tutored by Pangloss. Pangloss’ philosophy of life is “in the best of possible worlds, the Baroness’ castle was the most magnificent of castles, and his lady was the best of all possible Baronesses,” (Pg. 1). He believes in blind optimism. He thinks “all is necessary for the best end,” (Pg. 1). Pangloss thinks that everything happens for a reason and he teaches this to Candide.…

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    Equals Dystopian World In Candide, written by Voltaire, is a story where the words "All is for the best," are often repeated by the protagonist, Candide. Among his misadventures that proves that quote wrong, he comes across a city called El Dorado. This city is seemingly a utopia lacking conflict, but all is not as it seems in the utopia. J. Robert Oppenheimer once said “The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.” This book agrees with the quote…

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    The theme of this speech from the movie “The Great Dictator”, is that we can achieve peace, equality, and happiness if we put aside our differences and not think of each other as “black” or “white”, or as “Christian” or “Muslim”, but as fellow human beings. Charlie Chaplin’s tone changes throughout the poem. He starts out with a calm and peaceful tone. But, as the speech goes on, and as his words become more and more inspiring, his tone becomes stronger and more direct. He uses metaphors and…

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    Have you ever heard of "The Sound of Music" or even the show called "Mary Poppins" then you might of heard of Julie Andrews. Julie Andrew was born on October 1, 1935 in England age of 82 years old. Julie birth name is Julia Elizbeth Wells. Her mother and stepfather are both performers for music. After she found out that she could sing her singing career went blazing through the sky. Through her childhood and her teens she perfromed in music halls. But when she turned 20 years old she launched…

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    Hannah Jarvis also has many of the same characteristics, particularly in regards to emotional intelligence that Thomasina does. Hannah is driven by her academic work and finds comfort in facts and knowledge where emotion makes her uncomfortable and exasperates her. This is illustrated in scene two when Hannah is discussing the hermit of Sidley Park with Bernard, HANNAH. The hermit was placed in the landscape exactly as one might place a pottery gnome. And there he lived out his life as a garden…

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