Analysis Of Fiesta By Junot Diaz

Analysis Of Fiesta By Junot Diaz
"Fiesta" by Junot Diaz, follows the life of a young boy, Yunior, in a Latin American family. Yunior struggles with an overpowering father and a secret
that he often reflects back on during the time that the story takes place. When you are reading the story, Yunior jumps back and forth between a story
from the past, mixed with the present. This shows the dual narrative that is occurring during the story. As the story moves further, it keeps building and
building, but in the end there is no climax, leaving the reader unsatisfied.
Fiesta appears to be a story about Yunior growing up in a Latin American household, but the story has another story that is interspersed throughout the
main story. He has a controlling father, that uses verbal and physical abuse to show his power and control. "Papi pulled me to my feet by my ear", is an
example of the physical abuse that is experienced by Yunior throughout his childhood. This abuse can be explained through the father's interdependent
self. In Latin American culture, the male is the dominant one in the household. That power is shown by embracive actions that reduce the family to be
submissive and do as they are told. This is where the second story connects with the greater story. Yunior knows about his father cheating on his mother
with another women. While he knows the right thing to do is to tell his mother, he is too afraid to go against his interdependent self, as well as the
consequences of turning against his father.
The author is using double narrative to emphasis the fathers interdependent self, while we are seeing Yunior struggle between his independent and
interdependent self. The father has proven his authority through physical and verbal abuse that his son does not want to out his father's cheating. Part
of Yunior interdependent self is doing as he is told by his father and not going against him or there will be punishments. His independent self struggles
with the impact of his father cheating on his mother and wanting to tell her. Many times throughout the story, he reflects back on the meeting of his
father's mistress when seeing his mother and father together in public. Yunior ultimately decides to follow his interdependent self and not tell his mother
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The Bombing Of The United States
on the aircraft he boarded. Passengers on board that plane noticed he was trying to light it, and stopped him. The plane then made an emergency
landing and he was taken into custody and now faces 13 years in prison (Zuckerman, Bucci & Carafano, 2015).
2.In 2003 a man by the name of Iyman Faris who was a naturalized citizen of the U.S. made a plan with Al Qaeda (the terrorist group responsible for
9/11) to use blowtorches to take down the Brooklyn Bridge. Due to police surveillance and tips from the public, the police department was able to
intercept this attack and he is now facing 20 years in prison for terrorism (Zuckerman, Bucci & Carafano, 2015).
3.In August 2004, two men by the name of James Elshafay and Shahawar Siraj; members of a terrorist group, plotted to blow up a subway station
near Madison Square Garden in NY city. Due to undercover efforts, they were apprehended beforehand and sentenced to 30 years in prison
(Zuckerman, Bucci & Carafano, 2015).
4.In August 2005, more than 5 members of an Islamic terrorist group by the name of the Jamiyyat ul–Islam Is–Saheeh (JIS), planned to attack several
government facilities, churches, and other locations in the LA area. Due to effective police investigations and the arrest of some of their members
during a robbery attempt (trying to get money to fund their terrorist attempts), they were able to stop them and uncover their plan and target list
(Zuckerman, Bucci & Carafano, 2015). . The members of this group were

'How To Tell A True War Story'
In "How to Tell a True War Story" the narrator mentions various ways the soldiers coped with the trauma caused by the Vietnam War, each soldier
developed different ways to fill the empty void created by the gruesome war. Such as Rat Riley who tortured a defenseless water buffalo to
compensate for the loss of his best friend, or when the six man patrol unit decided to blowup a mountain due to the lack of noise. Curt Lemon and
Bob (Rat) Riley were completely inseparable, everywhere they went they never left each other. All was well until the third day crossing a muddy river
on their way to the mountains, Lemon step out of the protection of the shade and into the small patch of sunlight which exposed him to the hidden
booby–trapped 105 round.

Italian Cinema Paper
Blow–Up, his second colored film, investigates how man deals with the flux even though he is separated from it. The viewer is first introduced to
downtown London. A grayish–black jeep, teeming with shouting young adults, crawls over a cobble stone hill into a gray blue sky and turns the
corner. The jeep reappears in a wide street, young adults, painted as mimes, pour from the vehicle and flood the road. A small group passes by the
protagonist Thomas, who hands one begging girl a crumpled bill from the back seat of his car. Thecamera attaches to Thomas, and the viewer stares
down at him as he drives through a tunnel. Unlike L'Eclisse, Thomas is immediately depicted as a moving factor in the flux of reality. The viewer
knows his landscape before they know him, and Antonioni tells the viewer they will not know Thomas when the viewer does not see the jeep turn a
corner. The viewer is driving blindly into Thomas's story and will have to make conclusions based on separate pieces of information. They are further
separated from Thomas because Antonioni gives us permission to figuratively judge him by literally looking down at him. Thomas's ground position
suggests Thomas is a man who functions in human utility and even the viewer, who Antonioni does not know, is closer to reality than his character.
Antonioni gives grounds for these assumptions when the viewer watches Thomas, a photographer by profession, shoot two photo shoots. Thomas
hovers and yells at his model,

Geographers Susan Hardwick
1.Hardwick, Susan. (2004). "Encouraging Girls to be Geographers". The Geography Teacher, 1:1, 8–9, DOI:10.1080/19338341.2004.11089825.
In this article, Susan Hardwick discusses why girls typically outperform boys in geography and as they get older lose interest. It also discusses
ways to support them in class and get them to pursue a career in geography. It says that, "completing collaborative assignments, playing geography
games, role playing, conducting interviews and writing personal narratives" are all ways to support girls in geography classrooms. I'll could use this
information to make sure some of my activities are similar to the ones on this list because I will have girls in class, unless I teach at an all–boys school,
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Davidson, John. (2004). "Borderline", The Geography Teacher, 1:1,43, DOI: 10.180/19338341.2004.11089838.
In this article, John Davidson discusses the educational cardgame, "Borderline". The article describes the game and how it is played. The pack
includes one card from each state or country, water cards and wildcards and each person gets 8 cards. The objective of the game is to get rid of their
cards playing a location card that borders the previous card played. There's various versions such as USA, the World and Africa. This would work in
my unit as something the students can do if they get done an assignment early because they'll be learning about what areas surround Egypt.
5.(2005). "Google Earth–Digital Toy or Classroom Tool?" The Geography Teacher, 3:1, 18
–18, DOI: 10.180/19338341.2006.11089882.
In this article, the author discusses the use of Google Earth as a tool to be used in the classroom, rather than something to fool around with online. It
also says that there are Google Earth Lessons where the teacher can take that lesson and use it in class. Personally, I would rather use Google Earth as
a hook, sometime at the beginning of class, as a homework assignment or as a replacement for normal stagnant

Skyy Ads
According to Jay Walker–Smith, president of the marketing firm Yankelovich, American society has gone from being exposed to roughly 500
advertisements a day in 1970 to approximately 5,000 advertisements a day in 2015. As Killing Us Softly 4 reveals, advertisements and their contents
have major impacts on the way an individual within a consumer driven society and culture views their day–to–day lives and overall satisfaction with
themselves. Advertisements and marketing campaigns utilize and manipulate a variety of techniques to sell their products such as selling seemingly
risquГ©/romantic sex lives and perfectness whether that be bodies, hair, makeup or lifestyles. One of the largest areas of marketing is food and
alcohol, in which women are... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Interestingly, neither of these advertisements show a lot of skin; however, the images of the women in each of the advertisements portray women in a
subservient role by placing them lower than the advertisements product and having open and waiting mouths. Therefore, these two advertisements
construct a reality where women are only thought of sexual objects that can be acted upon, rather than having their own sexual agency, and are thought
of as lesser. I find it interesting that the Skyy Vodka advertisement chooses to have the women sucking on the cherries, due to the fact that cherries are
a symbol of virginity or the act of losing one's virginity ("popping the cherry"). This conflicting message of virginity and losing one's virginity in the
same advertisement reflects and supports societies good–girl/whore dichotomy. A similar message is constructed in the Burger King advertisement due
to the choice of a pixie like white women who symbolizes a good girl performing what appears to be a sexual act (to a sandwich nevertheless) and
subsequently falling into the whore status. Therefore, from these advertisements women receive the message that in order to be beautiful and feminine
one must downplay their own agency, particularly sexual agency, and assume a subservient role. In which these advertisements reinforce the patriarchy
through displaying women as lesser than men and lesser than food and

Western Montana Fires
Final Report: The Fires of 1910: The Big Burn
In the summer of 1910 Northern Idaho and Western Montana were hit by what seemed like a never ending series of destructive forest fires. With the
spring bringing hardly any rainfall and drying winds from the Columbia plains, creeks began to disappear and the montane forests became dry. Intense
heat along with high winds and dry vegetation create the perfect environment for forest fires. In June and July several dry electric storms hit the
mountains and fires began to develop in isolated corners of the forest. The U.S. Forest Service which had just been developed in 1905 consisted of
forest rangers on horseback climbing the mountains and protecting the forest from fires (Bergoffen, 1976). As the... Show more content on
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Henry Graves the chief of the Forest Service in 1910 believed that fire can be defeated and worked with the state and private associations to fight fires
by starting a fire protection campaign that would eventually lead to the creation of Smokey Bear. He created the national forest policy for the United
States and in 1911 The Weeks Act was created which allowed the federal government to purchase private lands and forests (Graves, 1919). In 1915
the Forest Service Research Branch was created in order to find the best ways to manage national forests and to study the different trees and plants
so that reseeding and replanting of the forest could be done. Another important figure was Ranger Ed Pulaski who is considered to be one of the
heroes of the 1910 fires. Pulaski invented one of the most famous firefighting tools that are still used today known as the "Pulaski". The Pulaski is a
tool that is both an axe and a grub hoe and is a useful tool in fighting wildfires. The fires of 1910 set in motion numerous improvements in the Forest
Service and in large part allowed for the creation of the National Parks we enjoy today. As the biggestwildfire in history "It managed to burn its way
through public indifference and to emerge as what most conservationists consider a charred but positive landmark along the road to forest protection"
(Peterson, 1995). The fires

Blowup, Wild In The Streets, And Easy Rider
Reactions to the Changes Proposed by the Counterculture During the 1960's in the films Blowup, Wild in the Streets, and Easy Rider
Throughout the films we have seen, many challenges were illustrated such as social, cultural and political issues. Several films developed in the early
/mid–sixties challenged society's cultural propositions and strived to be an agent for social change. During the end of the 1960s, many films displayed
reactions to these changes proposed by the counterculture. In the films, Blowup (1966), Wild in the Streets, and Easy Rider, the tensions existing
between youth and adults are illustrated. The utilization of youth, character development, and forms of art show the reactions to these changes
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Billy and Wyatt are not young, biologically speaking, but they adhere to the age–old cult of youthfulness, even childishness. It is hedonism without any
responsibility, familial or marital. As in the case of Rebel Without a Cause, Easy Rider did much more than simply reflect the youth culture of the time.
Easy Rider took big steps to invent or progress that youth culture. For instance, the low–slung choppers that Billy and Wyatt ride inspired an enormous
fad in not only motorcycle design, but in the design of bicycles. The fashion world also picked up on the Western duds that Billy and Wyatt wore,
in a big way. But the most disturbing effect the film had on youth culture, was the legitimization of drugs. The scary acid trip sequence in a New
Orleans cemetery is by leaps and bounds more an advertisement than a warning. Easy Rider was the first film to show drugs as an accepted part of
people's lives. The scene where George Hanson is introduced by Billy and Wyatt to marijuana, is also an introduction of the audience to drug use.
Countercultural youth rebelled to recapture the basic promises of American democracy, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Long hair, love
beads, open sexual relations, acid dropping – these markers of their rebellion held value as reinforcements of countercultural ideologies. In essence,
these expressions only worked as mechanisms for living free. Vying

Mortgages in the Brink of Meltdown
Ethics Essay:
"The Subprime Mortgage Market Meltdown"
"What were the responsibilities of the mortgage broker to borrowers? To lenders?
To investors? How well did they fulfill their responsibilities? Why?"
The responsibilities of the mortgage brokers to the borrowers, lenders, and investors were to promote the subprime mortgages to these groups of
people in order for them to take out a loan. Although they did fulfill their responsibilities of promoting and having people sign up for it, they
mishandled on how people should be granted for a mortgage loan. These brokers were to desperate about earning huge amount of money due to the
expanding market that they ignored the proper precaution that they should have taken when they ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
It's a risk that these investors took where in the end, they were financially hurt by it due to the part of the subprime lenders acting unethically. Not only
the subprime lenders, but also the investors because they started to loose their standards once the subprime mortgages were booming and becoming
more profitable. The investors were blinded by the profit and not paying attention to the qualities of business and the loans. Once the investors started
to loose their standards, that's when the subprime mortgages were being overlooked in which they were hurt by it.
"Should the borrowers (homeowners) share in the blame? If so, how?"
Yes, the borrowers (homeowners) should share the blame because they were getting loans where they didn't have the sufficient income to pay it back.
This is the reason why people shouldn't lie on their income information when investing into getting a mortgage or financing a car because it can hurt
the lender and the borrower. They might be able to pay payments at first, but once the interest rate starts to increase, it can be difficult to make the
payments because it might be higher that they intended to me. That's when you start to have people file for foreclosure and end up filing for
bankruptcy. The lender will also end up being hurt from it because they won't anyone to pay off thedebt and can ruin them financially. Especially when
they have

Analysis Of New West Old Story By Timothy Egan
In his article "New West, Old Story," Timothy Egan discusses the death of several young firefighters, known as the Hotshots, who died in a large
brush fire protecting property and he asks, "what did they die for?" He compares them to the firefighters who died in the aftermath of the terror
attack on September 11th 2001, highlighting how the September 11th firefighters died saving lives while the Hotshots died protecting property. He
goes on to tell of how in the moment most people are frustrated with firefighters for not going fast enough. He follows later by quoting a homeowner
who praises the men that saved her home. Overall, he analyzes the situation and leaves his audience with a view swayed by deployment of rhetorical
devices. In his introduction, Egan uses imagery and rhetorical questions to sway the opinion of his audience. "What did they die for?" he... Show more
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This article is supposed to be about the death of young firefighters and questioning the philosophies that lead to their deaths, which is where it was
going initially; Egan, on the other hand, took it as an opportunity to attack the political views of others. Egan's anti–Republican views that can be found
in his more current articles that attack the Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump are reflected in his statement. By inserting his political
opinion into the article Egan is reaching out to liberal readers, causing them to reflect on their political leaders and make opinions based on Egan's
words, opinions that should not be created from an article like "New West, Old Story". The entire statement is a gap in the article, Egan is
discussing the philosophy of living in fire country, but then he takes a break to attack political ideology. Had he stayed on course "New West, Old
Story" would flow from one relevant idea to another instead of having an opening for political

Review Of Botanical Aquatic Science By Ann Burkholder
Chapter 1 :
Jo'Ann Burkholder is to study botanical aquatic science, and in order to do so, she is to start learning about autoradiography. Due to the fact that
she has a low paying job salary, she finds it hard to raise money for funding her research in the area of autoradiography and botanical aquatic science.
At her age of 33, Jo'Ann is around the time of completing her doctorate in the subject of botanical limnology. She is unable to complete her research
completely with success, as she is not involved with any other scientist, etc, and her group tends to be very small. But, she does finally end up getting
a chance to work with Doctor Edward Noga.
Chapter 2 : The second chapter talks mainly regarding the field of parasitology. It... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Using certain methods such as electron microscopy, these dinoflagellates were searched on. They were also identified.
Chapter 5 :
In this chapter the fact, or crisis of the presence of an algal bloom in the oceans of the world such as the red tide (toxic). This is then assumed to be one
premonition of the upcoming fute issue of the massive breakdown of the Earth, aka later on in time. During the conference, it is stated that due to
issues such as sewage, industrial and agricultural sources, the nutrition overload was excess. Later on in time throughout the book, it was found that
others thought that this was a result of global warming, etc. Coastal currents and shifts were also blamed, and people started to believe that such
organisms became harmful over time, due to such previously mentioned factors and beliefs.
Chapter 7 :
Jo–Ann begins to experience health issues by this chapter, she starts to gradually experience and deal with the politics of science, and Glasgow
become her full– time associate. As per Noga, she finally tells him that she would like to stop working with him. She does so because Noga gradually
become slightly arrogant, bitter, and annoying. They also share an argument regarding who is considered to be the rightful author of the newly
published article, and Jo–Ann argues that the first person to publish the article is also considered to be the first author.
Chapter 8 :
Jo–Ann goes through

A Mystery Thomas Analysis
This film is an intense character study, essentially about emptiness in life. Thomas feels that everything in his life is superficial, and he wants to do
something more than just take photographs. If he could solve a mystery, then his life would have a definite purpose. Therefore, he sees what he wants
to see, and invents a mystery from one of his photographs.
What he sees is essentially part of his imagination. There are many factors that indicate this, such as his friend the artist who mentions that a detail in a
painting "is like a clue in a detective story". Thomas plays detective in the film, however life is full of distractions, and ultimately he is unable to solve
the mystery.
Time management is a key idea through the film, as Thomas is a procrastinator. He knows that there are many things that he needs to do, and he uses
them as an excuse at one point, saying "I haven't even got a couple of minutes to have my appendix out", even though he fiddles with a coin, and just
before that he had visited some friends. He has lost his dedication to his work. He does things because they need to be done, not because he wants to.
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Reminders of escapism follow him about, such as a sign that a protester places in his car, with the words "go away" on it. The sign later falls out and
is run over by another car, indicating how futile trying to escape life is. He meets an antiques dealer who wants out her job, and from her he purchases
a propeller – a device that can be used to fly away

Research Paper On Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda or Devils Triangle is though to be a mythical section of the Atlantic Ocean. The Bermuda Triangle is roughly 140,000 square miles and
stretches from Miami to Puerto Rico to Bermuda. Many myths and theories surround the Bermuda Triangle. Dozens of boats and planes have
disappeared within the boundaries of the Bermuda Triangle. The theories stretch from atmospheric pressures to UFO's and Atlantis being found in
the Devil's Triangle. Only one thing can be said for certain about the Bermuda Triangle. There were many lives lost within the triangles borders. In
1918 the US Cyclops left Barbados and went into the Bermuda Triangle with a crew of 309 people and sank. In 1958 a Douglas DC–3 airplane went
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One of these is that the ships and planes got caught in hurricanes. Hurricanes are historically very powerful and spawn usually around the area
where the Bermuda Triangle is. Another theory is the Gulf Stream. The Gulf Stream originates in the Gulf of Mexico and flows up through the
straits of Florida into the North Atlantic. It is essentially a river within a ocean. The average speed of the current at the top at sea level is 4 mph
and could easily carry a small boat away. Another natural explanation could be freak waves. Freak waves are very large waves that appear almost
completely randomly. These waves can be up to 100ft. tall and have even capsized the worlds largest offshore platform in

Man and Nature in Norman Maclean's book, Young Men and...
Man and Nature in Norman Maclean's book, Young Men and Fire
Norman Maclean's book, Young Men and Fire, recreates the tragedy of the Mann Gulch fire. His ambition to have this lamentable episode of history
reach out and touch his readers triumphs in extolling the honor and respect deserved by the thirteen smoke jumpers who died. This book is a splendid
tribute to the courageous efforts of such men, as well as a landmark, reminding mankind to heed the unpredictable behavior and raw power of nature.
Deep in the midst of the Mann Gulch valley in Montana, above the densely wooded forest and below the towering precipices lies the fast–burning
cheat grass, home to twelve of the thirteen dead smoke jumpers. The smoke jumpers were an elite ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
The research Maclean put into retelling this catastrophe is remarkable and further enthralls the reader as he unfolds the story through the perspective
of people involved in the tragedy. Maclean's intricate weaving of characters and their individual stories as well as the aftermath, the reports, the trials,
and the adversity all provide an aura of the "real" truth. The empathic reader also develops his own saga as he views the tale through the eyes of the
foreman Dodge, and the other two survivors, Sallee and Rumsey.
Maclean, reconstructed the tragedy, much like coaches review the films of athletic competitions that challenged their squads to the nth degree. Over
and over, Maclean reviews each minute detail, scouring them for something that might reveal a hint of an explanation or some resolution to help reduce
the terrible grief of such an untimely occurrence.
Although the young men died like squirrels in Mann Gulch, the Mann Gulch fire should not end there, smoke drifting away and leaving terror without
consolation of explanation, and controversy without lasting settlement. Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even
knowing how they died but "still alertly erect in fear and wonder," those who loved them forever questioning "this unnecessary death," and the rest of
us tiring of this inconsolable catastrophe and turning to the next one.
One can't help but to ponder the seemingly inevitable

Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
Ralph Ellison was born on March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma City. Ralph studied music right before he moving to New York and worked as a writer. His
father Lewis, loved his children and reading books. He died from a working related accident when Ralph was three years old. His mother Ida,
raised Ralph and his brother Herbert by Herself. Had to worked many jobs. In 1936, Ralph moved to New York over the summer with the intent of
earning to make more money to pay his college expenses, that ending up getting relocating. Many years later, American novelist, literary critic, and
scholar. Ralph started writing a book called The Invisible Man in his friend's farm in Vermont. The novel was published in 1932, it's about aAfrican
American civil rights worker

Blow Up Thomas
Michelangelo Antonioni made the film, Blow–Up, in 1967. Thomas as the protagonist of the movie is an independent and gifted young fashion
photographer in London. One day, he wanders into a park and witnesses a private moment between a woman and a middle–aged man. When he takes
the pictures secretly as a voyeur, the woman notices him and desperately demands him to return the film. Her panic and anxiety drives Thomas to
examine the rolls of films. Then he blows up some of the picture to poster size in his studio. For a while, Thomas believes that he interrupts a plot and
sees the gunman hidden among the trees. When he returns the park to confirm his speculation at night, the corpse is posed perfectly straight on the
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His camera turns into the only medium for him to observe the world. His images illustrate his subjective impression of the city. In the beginning of the
movie, when he drives back from a doss house, where Thomas disguises himself in order to take some pictures for his book, his late arrival causes
discontent from his model, Veruschka, who has been waited for the shooting around an hour. As the dominant role of the studio, Thomas does not pay
attention to her complains completely. The first clip starts from 8:11 to 8:40, depicting the moment of Thomas taking pictures for Veruschka with
intimate interactions and patient instructions. In the first shot, the camera begins with a medium close–up from a slightly high angle. Veruschka
frequently changes her poses in accord with a dynamic jazz song on the soundtrack. As Thomas moves to the left side, Antonioni tilts his camera up to
right above the characters, observing the subtle tension between Thomas and Veruschka from God's perspective. Thomas's phallic camera is in
command of Veruschka's skinny and vulnerable body from a dominant and controlling perspective. On the contrary, Veruschka is identified as the
passive object of desire and male gaze. Then, the camera cuts to another slightly low perspective with a medium close–up, in which showing the back
of Thomas. He tries to capture the facial expression of his model. In the next two shots, the director employs jump cuts that violating the 180 degrees
rule accentuating the intense rhythm in the studio. Thomas patiently instructs the model to perform in order to produce great photos, even though he
needs to kiss her. On the other hand, Veruschka engages actively with Thomas and his camera with a contented

Film Analysis Of Blow Out And The 1976 Film Carrie
The 1981 film Blow Out and the 1976 film Carrie are just two of over thirty films directed by Brian De Palma. Although they span an array of genres
and topics, De Palma's films are recognizable by his distinct director's touch. De Palma's films adhere to Andrew Sarris's concept the auteur theory,
which posits that each film contains the director's distinguishable artistic personality. This artistic nature of both the film and director is evident in the
unique and consistent visual style and thematic elements present in each of the films. Blow Out and Carrie are executed with control and a special
attention to detail, so that each shot and scene is carefully constructed and inserted intentionally to drive the plot forward. De Palma's films contain
an expert use of visual grammar, in which the stories are told as much with camera moves and editing as dialogue. Like many of his films, Blow
Out and Carrie feature certain trademark elements of De Palma's work: the recurring theme of the male gaze, and the use of cinematic devices
including a split diopter lens, slow motion, and 360 degree pan. De Palma's use of these recurring cinematic tropes enable him to simultaneously place
his unique director's touch on these films as he crafts suspense filled visual masterpieces. Blow Out and Carrie exhibit the recurring theme of looking
and the male gaze present in much of De Palma's work. The films adhere to Laura Mulvey's three forms of looking: the camera, the audience, and the

Textual Analysis Of Blow-Up
BLOW–UP is the story of a successful fashion photographer, Thomas (David Hemmings), who, whilst scouting for fresh subjects in a park one
afternoon, photographs a mysterious couple in 'flagrante delicto.' Upon returning to his studio loft later that day, he develops the pictures and discovers
that he has inadvertently stumbled upon a murder. Antonioni is not interested in the details of the murder itself, as in a typical detective story, but
rather with how the protagonist's perception of the world, and his relationship to it, is altered by this event. As a fashion photographer, Thomas is a
creator of illusions that define a certain kind of young urban lifestyle and Antonioni's flagrant use of the loud, splashy, attention–grabbing colors of
billboard advertising –– a visual association elevated to an unholy apotheosis in his next film, ZABRISKIE POINT (1970) –– brings to the surface the
transient sensation and hollow artifice that lies at the heart of all pop culture consumerism. In his previous work, RED DESERT (1964), Antonioni
spray–painted both the man–made dГ©cor as well as the natural setting as a... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Like the Abstract Expressionist paintings of the tormented artist son in Pasolini's TEOREMA (1968), the received cultural baggage and semiotic
referentiality of the image is eliminated until all that remains is purest subjectivity of the spectator. And so, picture–making technology mediates reality
only up to a point: once the threshold of referentiality has been crossed, the suspicion of a murder in the park gleaned from a series of enlarged
photographs would seem to say more about Thomas' own paranoid state of mind than what his camera may or may not have

Smokejuper Essay Topics
Smokejumper Choosing what career you want to go into after high school is a very important decision in your life. You base it off of what your
parents and family have done or what your favorite subjects are. It can all be very overwhelming. Exploring all your possibilities is the best thing
to do. I chose the book Smokejumper because it is about the life of an airborne fire fighter named Jason Ramos, and I have always had an interest
in becoming a firefighter. A firefighter can be a very tough job so reading this book has really helped me in deciding if I would ever want to choose
this type of career path. In this book it talks about life threatening risks, the rewarding benefits, and a brief history of how airborne firefighters came to
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The most extensive benefits keeping a healthy life style. When it comes to being an airborne firefighter you really need to be in phenomenal
shape in order to perform your duties. "Being in good shape is very beneficial when it comes to this job and the healthier you are the longer you
can live," Jason says this when talking about the training during his first year with his smoke jumping association (78). Another large benefit to this
career choice is making new friends. When Jason moved into to his home within the association he had to learn and train with 3 other firefighters.
With them constantly being together and experiencing all these difficulties together has made them become a team or even better, a family. Jason
and his new brothers have been together from the beginning and never looked back (111). Reading this in the book really inspired me because I
have always wanted a brother. If becoming that close with your team really makes that much of an impact on your life then that might be something I
would like to experience in my job later on in my life. Smoke jumping may have a deep impact on people's lives but it has also made an impact in

Laquan Mcdonald's Shooting Analysis
Due to the fact, Jason Van Dyke and other officers lied about what happen on the day of the shooting. In agreement with, Chicago tribune stated that,
"The video did not show McDonald lunging toward officers as some of them claimed, although there appears to be a silver object in McDonald's right
hand." Jason Van Dyke didn't know that there was another car that was recorded a video. It took approximately four hundred days for the video to
come out.
What is life in Chicago after the Laquan McDonald shooting? According to NY times, "In the wake of a shocking video that showed a black teenager
shot 16 times by a police officer, the city is rocked by revelations of police brutality and misconduct – and by activists determined to upend the political
order" (Austen 2016). Laquan McDonald wasn't the first black teen who was killed by a police officer. Although his story stands out from other black
teen because of Jason Van Dyke lying about what happen on that day. A protestor stated that "Chicago had it coming," May said, describing the blowup
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The other witness Jose Torres who also at the scene, he got shooed away from the scene when he got into his car he started cussing because
McDonald was on the ground and Jason Van Dyke just kept on firing his weapon. Other officers at the scene told a false narrative and which served
exaggerate the threat McDonald pose at the time of the shooting. Chicago Tribune stated that "It's been a great deal of concentration on the video;
however, that concentration ignores the fact the video is from the back of Laquan McDonald," Roy told the inspector general's investigators. "The
videotape that you displayed and that I reviewed with you gentlemen is much farther away from Laquan McDonald than Officer Van Dyke or Officer
Walsh were. The video cannot account for the perceptions and view of those who were actually

Panama Paper Ethics
Assignment 3– Communications, Ethics, and Politics Paper Just at the beginning of this month, on April 3, a gigantic leak of documents called the
Panama Papers was published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Obtained from a global law firm based in
Panama called Mossack Fonseca, the Panama Papers are documents that contain 11.5 million records from the past 40 years and include details on
more than 214,000 offshore entities connected to people, ranging from political figureheads to criminals, in more than 200 countries and territories.
The reason this is such a prime example of a leak is because the Panama Papers reveal everything about offshore tax havens and, as director of ICIJ
said in a CNN article on the topic, "'The offshore world really only has one product and that is secrecy and when you take away that product they don't
have anything for sale". This means that the leak shattered the secrecy of Mossack Fonseca's offshore industry, therefore possibly destroying the entire
industry in itself. Although a direct effect is not currently seen on political candidates in the upcoming election of the President of theUnited States, the
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Under the circumstances that the leaked Panama Papers create, anytime is a bad time for their leak because so many political figures are revealed in
the documents and no matter what position you hold in politics, you will be attacked by the media for being included in those documents as well as
potentially punished for your involvement in offshore industries. Without the follow up and opinions of the media, leaks such as the Panama Papers
would not blow up to the extent that they do and would not create such a wave of actions in

Tom Robinson Polite Quotes
I have read chapters sixteen through twenty–three in the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In these chapters the Tom Robinson trial has
occurred. Tom is being accused of taking advantage of Mayella Ewell. In this journal, I will be characterizing Tom Robinson. G: Throughout chapters
sixteen through twenty–three Tom Robinson can be characterized as polite and different. Y: (transition) polite R: He did work for Mayella Ewell for
free (2–3 sentences) quote (transition) R: He has good manners (2–3 sentences) quote (transition) R: He formally addresses people (2–3 sentences)
quote (transition) Y: (transition) different R: He is black (2–3 sentences) quote (transition) R: His arm is crippled (2–3 sentences) quote (transition)...
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First off, Tom is polite. For example, Tom did work for Mayella Ewell for free. As the text states, "You're a mighty good fellow it seems
–––did all this
for not one penny? Yes suh. I felt sorry for her, she seemed to try more'n the rest 'em–––" (Lee 263, 264). In other words, Tom is a hard working man.
He is selfless and helps people for no pay even when he needs the money to support his family. He helps others first, yet he has his own work to do
also. Another reason Tom is polite is he has good manners. As the novels says, "It occurred to me that in their own way, Tom Robinson's manners
were as good as Atticus's" (Lee 260). Seeing that, Tom is an extremely respectable man. His manners are good and he does not interrupt people
while they are speaking. Tom would never had hit a woman, white or black. He did not show his anger during the trial. Tom did not lose his temper
and blowup. Another reason Tom is polite is he formally addresses people. In the text it explains, "No suh, Mr. Finch, I never did. I wouldn't do that,
suh" (Lee 257). This quote shows that Tom is a gentleman. When he says peoples names he uses the terms sir and miss. This shows that he has respect
for

Free Speech Freedom Of Speech
University of California, Berkeley is undergoing a political movement unlike any other. The issue? Free speech. Protesters from both sides of the the
political spectrum are outraged. leftists claiming that free speech is "being used as a cover for spreading hate in America", that people like the
infamous Yiannopoulos (a conservative political commentator known for making offensive statements and supporting "white supremacy, transphobia,
and misogyny") are doing harm with their first amendment right, while conservatives are claiming free speech is being threatened by the liberals. Are
these demonstrators really challenging the definition of the phrase 'freedom of speech'? No. The phrase 'freedom of speech' has not changed in
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Yes. Was Ms. Vidalia purposely using her words to create 'clear and present danger'? No. The Reed protesters assume that all offensive speech is
protected by the First Amendment, but Ms. Vidalia did not use her rights to purposely harm those around her. This is not an example of freedom of
speech being misused, therefore Reed demonstrators should instead focus on real dangers to freedom of speech, like Mia Yiannopoulos. Mia
Yiannopoulos's case is an example of speech not protected by the First Amendment, thus not defined as freedom of speech. According to the article
Fighting Words: A Battle in Berkeley, by Katy Steinmetz, Yiannopoulos is a political commentator, right leaning, and infamous for his support on
"white supremacy, transphobia, and misogyny". From the article, he is states that "never stop making jokes about taboo subjects"; this is a protected by
the First Amendment, and said jokes is his exertion of free speech. However, the author Steinmetz presents that "there were swirling fears that he would
publicly target undocumented students at Berkeley, having promised to use the event to launch a campaign against 'sanctuary campuses' ". Now is
Yiannopoulos going to use his words to create 'clear and present danger'? Yes. The evidence shows that harm is going to be done to undocumented
Berkeley students with Yiannopoulos's appearance in Berkeley, and for that reason, his speech is not protected by the First Amendment. Risking the
safety of

The Young And The Restless Spoilers Analysis
The Young and the Restless spoilers tease an explosive Monday happening in Genoa City. Everything is in shambles regarding relationships, but all
of that is going to be addressed. Between Nikki's (Melody Thomas Scott) confrontation with Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) and the search for Chloe
(Elizabeth Hendrickson), there is so much happening. The Young and the Restless writers have stepped up their game for May sweeps and with the
month half over, the drama is going to be turned way up. Tessa and Noah (Robert Adamson) are under a lot of stress because they know Nikki is not
happy with their relationship. She wants better for her grandson and the punk–looking rocker just isn't who she envisioned for the grandson of the great
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Dina (Marla Adams) was never there for her children and now, she wants to waltz in like nothing ever happened. Jack is still very adamant about
seeing his mother, with a very forgiving outlook. Unfortunately, Ashley isn't on the same page. The Young and the Restless spoilers say that there
is going to be some rules laid out for Jack and that he isn't going to like them. Can Ashley force him to abandon their mother like she once
abandoned them? Victor is working hard to thwart the effort Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) is making toward finding Chloe. He has a special
interest in this and when the truth comes out, he will get exactly what has been coming to him. Travis (Daniel Scott) is his henchman and with him
setting up roadblocks and decoys for Chelsea, it may not be as easy as she envisioned. The good news is that despite the things in her way, her
meeting at the treatment center was enough to keep the search alive. With Nick (Joshua Morrow) by her side, they can definitely get the job done.
There is so much happening with this storyline on The Young and the Restless, it is impossible to predict what will happen

Sun Persuasive Speech
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to see the sun? Well you can do something as close to that as possible that's NOT flying in a rocket. And
this method is probably the easiest. All you have to do? Submit your name. NASA will take all the names they get on a microchip which will go with
the Parker Solar Probe on its trip to the sun. No one has ever tried this, but the Probe will observe the sun and other stuff. In July, the Parker Solar
Probe will be launched at he Kennedy Space Center. The car–sized probe will get to around 4 million miles, which is actually the closest ever a probe
has gotten to a planet(or star). Other features of the Parker Solar Probe is that it will go up to 430,000 mph as it moves around the sun. This speed beats

Anne Frank During The Holocaust: Anne Frank
During the Holocaust, six million Jews were persecuted, and even more were oppressed by the Nazis. Throughout all of this suffering, Anne Frank
still stood by her ideals she talked about and saw, such as hope, selflessness, and family. Anne had hope that she would soon return to a classroom
someday, after the war is over. She also talked about selflessness, because of the people who risked their lives to keep her safe. Family also affected
her because she had many people around her who acted like family, even if they were not consanguine. Throughout all these years, Anne still believed
in these standards, even the toughest of times. Although Anne was being oppressed, she still had hope for a better life in the future. She had her hopes
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As an adolescent, Anne believed that she never had a traditional mother. "Mummy herself has told us that she looked upon us more as her friends
than her daughters. Now that is all very fine, but still, a friend can't take a mother's place. I need my mother as an example which I can follow, I
want to be able to respect her" (Frank 1/5/15). Because of her mother's poor parenting skills, Anne wrote about what she would do when she would
someday become a mother. "In spite of all my theories, and however much trouble I take, I miss having a real mother who understands me. That is
why with everything I do and write I think of the 'Mumsie' that I want to be for my children later on. The 'Mumsie' who doesn't take everything in
general conversation so seriously, but who does take what I say seriously" (Frank 12/24/15). Although her mother is not the best, she has the Van
Daans who can also be classified as poor relatives, even though they are not consanguine. "Mrs. Van Daan is unbearable. I get nothing but 'blowups'
from her for my continuous chatter she is always pestering us in one way or another. " (Frank 9/21/42). Like every other family, the relationship
between the members of the Annexe can be healthy or dysfunctional at

And Of Clay Are We Create Analysis
In the Story "And of Clay Are We Create" the story starts after the disaster happened. Readers get a short amount of information about what happened
leading up to the event. In Blow Up the story starts before the disaster had happened. The readers get information about what caused this disaster and
what had happen from the first day to the last day.Another difference is in "And of Clay Are We Create" is based off a true disaster that had happened
in Colombia of 1985. The disaster was a real event that happened but the event that happened to the main character didn't really happen:making the
story realistic fiction. In Blow Up, this was a real event that happen with characters that were there Making it nonfiction. The formats of the two stories

Comparision Between Rigid and Flexible Pavement
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ENGINEERING COMPARISON BETWEEN FLEXIBLE AND RIGID PAVEMENT
Submitted by .
Md. Tahmidul Islam Farabi
06 02 03 031
4th Year 2nd Semester
Department of Civil Engineering
Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology
Pavement
The road pavement is the actual surface on which the vehicles will travel. It's purpose is two fold, to provide friction for the vehicles and to transfer
normal stresses to the underlying soils.
Typically, pavements are built for three main purposes: 1. Load support: Pavement material is generally stiffer than the material upon which it is
placed, thus it assists the in situ material in resisting loads without excessive deformation or cracking. 2. Smoothness: Pavement material can be placed
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ub grade is transferred to the upper layers |Deformation in the subgrade is not transferred to subsequent layers |
|Design is based on load distributing characteristics of the |Design is based on flexural strength or slab action |
|component layers |Have high flexural strength |
|Have low flexural strength |No such phenomenon of grain to grain load transfer exists |
|Load is transferred by grain to grain contact |Have low repairing cost but completion cost is high |
|Have low completion cost but repairing cost is high |Life span is more as compare to flexible |
|Have low life span |Surfacing can be directly laid on the sub grade |
|Surfacing cannot be laid directly on the sub grade but a sub base|Thermal stresses are more vulnerable to be induced as the ability to |

How Did The Fire Impact The Culture Of The 1910s
During the 1910s, major events took place which had many impacts on the United States. In 1910, a horrible inferno, The Great Fire of 1910,
broke out and destroyed several million acres of forest. One of the lead firefighters, Edward Pulaski, saved almost all of his crew except for six of
his men and was called a hero. During the 1910s, music was very popular to teenagers and young adults. Bluegrass, jazz, and scat was listened to the
most with many other genres. These events and topics impacted the culture of the United States because of new rules, safety regulations, heroism, and
new jobs for the people. On August 21, 1910, at four pm, a massive wild fire broke out. This Great Fire of 1910, also known as the Big Blowup,
spread from Wallace, Idaho to western Montana and into a small amount of Washington. The Great Fire of 1910 lasted for two days and spread
because of hurricane winds that shot trees up like flying torpedos ( Quinn ). The cause of the fire was from leftover timber that was heated up
from the sparks of the railroad nearby. The timber was from campers, loggers, and homesteaders. The wild fire destroyed over three million acres of
forest. Also, 1910 was the driest year and Idaho didn't get rain since May ( Jamison ). One of the lead firefighters saved all but six of his men while
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Before the wildfire started, smoke rose. There were 2 seperate fire that joined together to make the Great Fire of 1910. The trees were as dry as the
desert. Before, Idaho received 60 inches of rain a month ( Galvin ). For all the damages that were done to the houses and towns, Congress gave lots
of money to the people and towns. After safety rules and regulations were made, the law was that there needed to be trenches, elite smoke jumpers, and
set backfires. At the end of July, there were 90

Gladwell's Blowup
IB Public Speaking Gladwell Final IOP: Blowup Teacher Copy 2 Hala Yazdani Good Afternoon Everyone. I am Hala Yazdani and my presentation
will be Gladwell's essay titled "Blowup", which is about the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. The Thesis I will be
Exploring is Gladwell's Earnest Tone and perspective in Blowup; his choice of word usage which is known as diction and how it conveys his
apparent beliefs toward the Challenger explosion and his rationale to assign responsibility for this tragic disaster. Gladwell's purpose of writing this
specific essay is conveyed in the Preface and I quote: "I don't know what to conclude about the Challenger crash. It's gibberish to me–neatly printed
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Everything was out in the open. Everyone was contributing to their individual role, everyone was on task and dedicated to this mission being a
success. Gladwell points out in the following quote:. (Q5.) "The cause of the accident was the culture of NASA and that culture led to a series of
decisions about the Challenger which very much followed the contours of a normal accident."(Part 3, 285) Gladwell points out Culture, was the
cause. Any actions you take can result in an accident. There is "normalized deviance", a word Gladwell also uses in the essay. People are aware of
the risks they take. There is an acceptable amount of risk one takes, but in Challenger's case "there was acceptable amount of unpredictability"
Another interesting word choice on Gladwell's part is the word Contour, suggesting accidents usually have the same outline, profile, or form. Further,
Gladwell states (Q6.) "The lists of "acceptable risks" on the space shuttle, in fact, filled six volumes." (Part 3, 287) So this wasn't something new, the
risks were always present from the beginning. So if the O–rings had not failed one of these other components listed in these six volumes could have
failed leading to the

Essay on Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein
Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City on October 27th, 1923. He described his childhood as quiet and uneventful. His father was a realtor; his
mother was a housewife. Art was not taught at the school Roy attended, but when he turned fourteen he began taking Saturday morning classes at the
Parson' School of Design. After he graduated from high school in 1940 he attended the School of Fine Art at OhioState University. He was drafted
however in 1943 in the middle of his education at Ohio State. While he was in the military he served in Great Britain and Europe. When he returned to
the U.S. in 1946, he completed his studies for his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Ohio State University in 1949. After he got his ... Show more content
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In 1969 he was given a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
His career as an artist mainly started in 1951, he usually painted cowboys and Indians in various modern art styles. In 1957 he tried his hand at Abstract
Expressionism. What he is famous for though is his works based on comic strips. This all began with a painting he made of Mickey Mouse in 1960
for his children. By 1961 Lichtenstein was completely dedicated to the making of art from mass–produced, merchandising images. His comic–strip
paintings, such as Good Morning, Darling, are blowups of the original cartoon characters, reproduced by hand, with the same technique of benday dots
and bright primary colors used in printing. This result was a blend of commercial art and abstraction. He tried to use brilliant colors outlined in black to
emphasis the visual impact. These painting made him famous and the first one–man show of his comic strip paintings was in New York City in 1962.
It was a major success and by 1968 the interest in his artwork was phenomenal. He has the distinction of being the first American artist to have an
exhibition at London's Tate Gallery. Lichtenstein continued in this area for a while, taking subjects from sentimental
Romance magazines. He enclosed speeches in balloons and made landscapes in the
Comic–book style. He also dabbled in making statues during this time, which

Julio CortГЎzar Push The Boundaries Of Reality And Reality
The concept of unreality can be defined as 'something that is unreal, invalid, imaginary, or illusory:' (Dictionary.com). At one time or another we have
all fantasized about different things. However, have any of us ever attempted to incorporate those fantasies into the real world? The following paper
will attempt to analyse how narratives of Julio CortГЎzar push the boundaries of reality and unreality. This essay will focus on the works of CortГЎzar
and will particularly focus on two of his stories Las babas del diablo and Queremos tanto a Glenda. It will discuss how these narratives tests the
boundaries of unreality and reality and will analyse CortГЎzars ability to make his readers question what is real and what is not. This essay will focus...
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It's fair to say that both narratives show how CortГЎzar tests the boundaries of unreality and reality. However, CortГЎzar took alternative approaches
in order to present this in the respective stories. In the case of Las babas del diablo, CortГЎzar introduced a first and third person narration into the
story. The introduction of a third personnarrator highlighted the inner turmoil that Michel was experiencing, thus forcing the reader to question his
reliability as a narrator. As readers we were unable to trust Michel's version of events yet, we were still unable to completely disregard it as it was
clear he had a traumatic experience in relation to the photograph. This is how CortГЎzar was able to test the boundaries of unreality and reality, by
leaving his readers in a state of utter confusion. In a completely different, but equally effective way, CortГЎzar also expertly tested the boundaries of
unreality and reality in Queremos tanto a Glenda. Unlike Las babas del diablo there was no clever use of two different narrations in order to confuse
the reader. Instead CortГЎzar presented us with a very real idea (an appreciation for a celebrity) and exaggerated it to massive proportions. Although
the events from Queremos tanto a Glenda seem unlikely to happen in the real world, there is a

Fantasy Football Team Research Paper
How To and How Not To Name Your Fantasy Football Team Well if you have found yourself reading this you're in an interesting position. You
have a decision to make. How big is this decision? Probably the most significant decision you'll ever make. This is something that will affect you for
years to come. This is something your grandkids will ask you about, in the early 2090s, when they inquire about those crazy times in the beginning of
the century. They will ask about that ancient game called Fantasy Football that used to be played and what you named your team. Your decision now
will determine the answer you will give, so what will you name your fantasy football team? There are two general directions you can go with this.
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There are a few ways you can go. The first is to go the "really weird" route. Name your team something so extremely strange and random that it's
funny. For this option the logo is of the utmost importance. I encourage a bizarre photo that is either completely related to the name, or something
not related at all, which of course plays to the general strangeness. An example of this, for those of you who are intrigued by this option, comes
from my own league. One member of my league chose the name "My New Birthing Coach", then proceeded to make the logo a picture of a very
large, scantily clothed, bearded man, holding a pistol, lying in a provocative manner on a blowup mattress. The combination of the odd name with
the bizarre picture made this one of, if not the, best name in my league's history. Oh, you'd like another example? I don't blame you, as this is
definitely the most popular option. Another league great is "Lacking Luke Walton". You may ask: Who is Luke Walton? Who lacks him? Why do
they lack him? Have they always lacked Luke Walton, or is this a temporary thing? Well those are all good questions, but in the time it took you to
think about all those questions you ran out of time to switch out your QB who you just realized is on a bye this week. I got you there didn't I? Don't
you see how your team name can mess with the minds of your opponents? The second option is to go with a serious, but original name.

Rashomon And Blowup: A Study Of Truth Essay
Rashomon and Blowup: A Study of Truth
In a story, things are often not quite what they seem to be. Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon and Michaelangelo Antonioni's Blow–Up are good examples of
stories that are not what they first appear to be. Through the medium of film, these stories unfold in different and exiting ways that give us interesting
arguments on the nature of truth and reality.
Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon tells the story of a murder. It flashes back to the event four times, each time as told by a different person. The
present–time section of the plot occurs at a gate under which some characters take shelter from the rain. Three men can be found there – a woodcutter
who repeatedly proclaims his misunderstanding, a priest who says that ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
He forces the woodcutter's story out of him. The woodcutter's version is perhaps the most believable of all, and perhaps that's because it portrays
everyone at their lowest common denominator. Yet his story could also be completely fictional, as if he had merely combined various parts from the
previous tales. Perhaps by telling this lie and believing it, he is attempting to resolve his confusion over the issue.
The woodcutter's rendition begins with Tajomaru trying to persuade the woman to go away with him. She wants the men to fight for her, but the
husband is disgusted with her and refuses. However, the wife quickly turns her tears into laughter and attacks the men's pride until they reluctantly
begin their combat. The blundering sword fight that results contrasts sharply with the bravery and skill Tajomaru described earlier. It's interesting that
the earlier fight seemed perfectly plausible within the framework of the story until the woodcutter's more realistic version makes it seem unlikely.
Rashomon plays with what we can perceive as truth. It paints a picture for us, and then tears it down when presenting another possibility which is
equally likely. The film leaves us with myriad questions. What, here, is truth? Which tale, if any, is what truly happened? Do any of these stories have
any truth in them? The image of the crumbling, rotted

Analyzing Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up Essay
Film 1B03 – T08
Michelangelo Antonioni was an acclaimed Italian film director, revered for his contributions to the discipline of cinema. In many ways, Michelangelo
Antonioni has revolutionized the realm of art cinema and is responsible for the foundations that the style now rests upon. One of his most influential
films was titled Blow Up. In his first English language film, Antonioni examines themes of perception and reality, especially in regard to society and
the individual. This film has continuous markings of an art film from the opening sequence to the final credits. In order to analyze the film's style we
must be aware of the criteria that define and differentiate the art and narrative models. In many art films narrative ... Show more content on
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During this scene there are several elements conforming to the criteria of an art film. First, the reappearance of Hemmings' 'wife' and her claim that
she is in Paris is surprising and confusing. This interaction adds a sense of confusion and detracts from and already limited amount of information and
understanding available to the viewer. The plot–line between Hemmings and his model 'wife' is made clear to be of no use to function of the film,
only as an event leading to nothing. It is also in this party that the protagonist confronts his publisher about his discovery. His disregard for the
subject matter can be interpreted as society's care free ideology and false reality. This is made explicitly evident when Ron tells Thomas that he is
not a photographer, implying he does not care about his quest. Ron, by choosing to ignore the facts presented before him, is making himself ignorant
in an attempt to carry on a life of uninterrupted pleasure. This removal from reality is one of the fundamental issues recurrent in this film. Hemmings
is faced with a choice between what is moral and what is comfortable. The moral choice is more difficult and requires him to sacrifice precious time
and effort in order to do what is right. The

Josephine And Amy March Compare And Contrast
There are many different types of women in the world, but all of them mean something different. Some are as smart as Einstein, then there are the
girly girls, the snobs, and some just want to be plain old tomboys and many more. Even though they might seem like they would never be alike,
they are. Two very different girls might seem this way, but they have many connections. Josephine and Amy March are two sisters of differences
and similarities and even though they are different, many people love them both. Josephine, as many people call her Jo, is a tomboy with quit a
temper. She gets very angry easily. Jo expresses her feeling with writing. Books are her pride and joy. Jo loves writing them also while reading them.
Jo sees herself as a leader in the March home, when her father is off at war. She is an outrageous youngwoman that wants to be a leader and leave a
mark on this world. Amy on the other hand, is a little girly and snobby. She is treated as the baby of the March family and she knows it. Amy almost
always gets her way. Amy has many talents just like Jo, perhaps painting... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
In the book, Little Women, Amy falls through ice after Jo and her got in a huge fight, after that Jo learned that she should forgive Amy, since she
almost lost her. The girls love each other the most when they both team up like sisters and are very ornery with Laurie. They love to play tricks
and joke with many people in the book, Little Women. Laurie loves both girls very much and would do anything for them. Laurie especially loves
Jo. He had always loved her since they first met. Laurie thinks they would be perfect since they have many things alike. He soon asks her to marry
him, but Jo just want to be friends as they are. Jo thinks they wouldn't be a happy married couple, since they both have many similarities and are both
have a quick

When the Mountains Burned Red: The Big Blowup Essay
Think about the things you love and care about. Your home, your family, your photographs that keep the memories you hold dearly, even the things
you say you hate now but know you would miss if they were gone. Like the ugly photo your wife insists stays up but you deal with it because you
know she loves it. Imagine all these things being taken away without your consent, while you just watch helplessly as your memories just disappear.
Sadly enough, this was the reality for several families living in the North–west at the time of the 1910 fires. Some watched as the fires consumed their
homes, while others came back to nothingness. This was a devastating time for everyone in the North–west and it caused a lot of controversy within the
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Some say there were 1,736 fires that burned and others say 3,000 total, but any way you look at it, there was still a ton of woodland burning. On
August 19 all of the fires seemed to have died down tremendously, so they sent people home, however, they had no idea what Mother Nature had
planned for the next two days (Petersen).
Of course the worst comes after everyone thinks it is over. August 20th through the 21st was filled with winds as strong as tornados that swept through
northern Idaho and western Montana. The winds rekindled the hot coals and the thousands of fires from the day before became one massive fire. Jim
Petersen described the sights in an editorial for Evergreen Magazine in 1995; he said, "... fires became firestorms, and trees by the millions became
exploding candles. Millions more, sucked from the ground, roots and all, became flying blowtorches. It was dark by four in the afternoon, save for
wind–powered fireballs that rolled from ridge top to ridge top at seventy miles an hour. They lea.–The "Big Blowup," as they call the two horrific days
of the fires didn't just influence the forests and people of the area, "By noon on the twenty–first, daylight was dark as far north as Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, as far south as Denver, and as far east as Watertown, New York. To the west, the sky was so filled with smoke, ships 500 miles at sea
could not navigate by

Spanish American War Research Paper
The Spanish American War was a conflict between Spain and Cuba, in which Cuba fought for its independence. This significant war has impacted
history. The Spanish American War took place in multiple locations such as Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines, and Guam. The U.S. was rather dragged
into it due to yellow journalism, control over the seas, and concentration camps. The turn point in the Spanish American War is the sinking of the U.S.S
Pine Tree State. The U.S.S Maine was a battleship sent to Cuba to protect American interest. The sinking of the U.S.S Maine is important because it
served as a cause for the Spanish American War, which changed who properly owned Guam, Puerto Anti
–racketeering law and let Cuba become
independent. The excuse for entering the state of war was the rebellion by the Republic of Cubans against Spanish dominion and the explosion of an
American battlewagon U.S.S. Maine. The Spanish settlement in mainland North and South America became independent in the early 1800s, but Cuba
and Puerto Rico remained Spanish. In 1895, the Cuban revolutionary JosГ© Marti led a pleasure trip to the island, attempting to seize power from
Kingdom of Spain. As a result of U.S. economic interests in Cuba, the U.S. administration sought to stabilize the situation. An agreement was
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The Spanish Reconcentration Policy was giving Cubans eight days to move to camps and anyone who disobeyed were killed. As a result, thousands
of Cubans died to do poor housing and the lack of food. The purpose was to keep Cubans protected until the Spanish successfully one the war.
However, instead many lives were lost and it did not benefit the Spanish in the war. Although Weyler had placed Cubans in concentration camps to
minimize the support of the Cuban rebellion, it only made manners worse. These camps only made things worse many mothers and children had

Anne Frank Research Paper
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl described the ordeal of a young girl named Anne Frank. The diary was written over a period of two years.
She obtained her diary on her thirteenth birthday and she cherished it very much. At first, she wrote about her life in Amsterdam and lightly
described the movement against the Jews. However, "After May 1940 good times rapidly fled: first the war, then the capitulation, followed by the
arrival of the Germans, which is when the sufferings of us Jews really began" (Frank 6/20/42). When the Nazis called to take Margot away on
Thursday, 9 July, 1942, Anne and her family moved with the Van Daans and their son to the "Secret Annexe." The "Secret Annexe" were a few rooms
hidden behind Mr. Frank's old office.... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Her thoughts and her style of writing were affected by the ordeal that she went through. When she first obtained her diary, she wrote about her life
in Amsterdam and her "boyfriend" Harry Goldberg. "It's easy to see that Harry is in love with me, rather fun for a change" (Frank 7/3/42). As
time passed by, she started to write about more mature concepts, such as the war. "Every night hundreds of planes pass over Holland on their way
to German cities, to sow their bombs on German soil... As for us, we're quite fortunate. Luckier than millions of people... We're so selfish that we
talk about "after the war" and look forward to new clothes and shoes when actually we should be saving every penny to help others when the war is
over, to salvage whatever we can" (Frank 1/13/41). Another thing that changed was her writing style. Before, she wrote in a simple manner. "Now I
must stop. Bye–bye, we're going to be great pals!" (Franks 6/14/42). But, gradually, she began to write in a more complex manner. "It's difficult in
times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality" (Frank 7/15/44). Although, Anne Frank remained
the same innocent girl she was at the beginning of the diary, she matured in tremendous ways throughout her experiences and this maturity was
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