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    Comparison Contrast Essay Although Freire and Eisner are similar in their quest for educational enlightenment and school reform, each man responds differently to the oppressive, questionable assumptions of modern day schooling. Each writer reveals conditions in the educational system that they consider deplorable, yet the solutions and recommended changes expressed by both men have similarities. However, when comparing the role of the educator and student, their views are visibly different. In this essay, I will show the comparisons in the methods in education between the two man and the similarities in their assumptions about schooling. I will also discuss the contrasting views of Freire and Eisner concerning the role of the educator and student.…

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    Chris Ware works wonders when it comes to his graphic novel “Unmasked.” He tells this story about how one woman does not accept the fact that her husband may be cheating on her. This graphic novel seems difficult to comprehend at first, but with different literary elements and devices, Ware makes comprehension possible. Ware uses his unique color scheme, panel transitions, the use of the five senses, and the attitude of the characters to tell how a woman is made aware of her father and her…

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    There is little accountability for corporate directors to shareholders, although some still exists. For example, a director for Disney was let go after 14 months of work with about $150MM in compensation, more than his entire employment contract. In Brehm v. Eisner, the Court found that the Business Judgment Rule shielded the Board, which the Court found to have exercised bad business judgment, since it essentially complied with the Van Gorkom procedural requirement of informing themselves via…

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    Disney was able to build Disney World in Orlando FL utilizing the California blueprints. It was later recognized that the three hotels in Florida were the most profitable in the United States. Once Eisner noticed the booming success in the hotels he invested more than $1 million dollars for more hotels, beach resorts, yacht clubs and Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Disney Expansion Abroad – Disneyland and Disneyworld were receiving tourists from around the world and decided to plan…

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    instead of keeping more profit for themselves. While people, the National Labor Committee, and Congress have started to encourage corporations and companies, such as Disney, to take responsibility for the quality of their overseas factories, nothing is really being done. It was stated that, “rather than bettering conditions in Haiti, Disney contractor H.H. Cutler attempted to move the plant to China” (Kopp). One reason this would be beneficial for the company would be because in China they…

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    Over the decades, Disney has become a success story in making themselves global and profitable. Disney has grown, expanded, branched out and even contributed with many major companies but, Disney would not be the way it is today without the brilliant savvy businessman, Michael Eisner. In 1984, Eisner took the position of Chairman and Chief Executive of the Disney Company. He worked for ABC three years’ prior before becoming the CEO at Disney, and was clever at making incredible deals which…

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    does not mean Menken stole all of Ashman’s ideas because they were partners in some musical colaborations. To sum up, Alan Menken states “sometimes I am very influenced by the artistic collaborations that a project offers me”. In Conclusion, Alan Menken is the most influential musician. Alan created brilliant pieces from his idea of creating many Broadway acts into animation for children and adults to view worldwide. Many believe that without the music and creativity Menken proposed then Disney…

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    money but not direct income. A stock dividend is a payment method that is in form of shares rather than cash. It doesn’t mean the stock receiver of a stock dividend owns more of the company. Now the issue rises, was stock dividend regarded as “incomes from whatever source derived” or simply capital? Macomber, the owner of the standard oil company, sued Eisner, the tax collector, for a refund on stock dividends tax. Macomber claimed that, “Nothing could more clearly show that to tax a stock…

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    Societies’ Take on Gender and Disney Movies When I was younger and learning about life is when I probably watched the most television. I fell in love with watching animated television shows and movies; in fact the first movie I had ever seen in theatres was Aladdin in 1992, a well-known Disney classic. Disney movies became my all-time favorite. Now watching them I have come to the realization of how they could affect how any child’s views on different gender roles. As Michael Kimmel…

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    Media Moguls Mid-Term Exam: Lew’s Legacy 1A. No one would disagree that Lew Wasserman had tremendous influence in the entertainment industry. Wasserman came from a dirt-poor beginning and rose to create an empire. He was easily the most powerful mogul and outlasted the rest. An entertainment world without Lew Wasserman would be an indubitably different world, to say the least. Nonetheless, the time period still presented other powerful moguls. Had Wasserman been absent from the entertainment…

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