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- 8041: Jujitsu - The Gentle Art
- ... in extreme circumstances, however they illustrate well the lethal nature of the art to defeat an opponent with as little time and energy spent as possible. It is no wonder that Jujitsu is taught to American and Russian Special Forces, as well as armies and police units around the world. For me, Jujitsu has become a most valued part of my life. It is not only about learning how to overcome ...
- 8042: Jean Claude Van Damme-Double Impact
- ... knockunconscious, Frank convinces the two brothers to help avenge the deaths oftheir parents. The setting for this movie is very appropriate. They are in Hong Kongwhere the laws are not up to par with the American Style. This allows thecorrupt trades of Zhang, Griffith, and Alex to go on hardly disturbed bythe Hong Kong police. The dominant theme in Double Impact is vengeance and it is seen quitereadily once the action ...
- 8043: The Color Purple
- ... and shame. One of the greatest literary examples of this situation is Celie, the main character in the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker. "Devoid of any and all respect, Celie, a persecuted African-American woman suppressed by tyrannical rule sparked from the agonizing, torturous fires of ignorance and egocentrism, prevailed against the incessant degradation of society's superiors, . . .a man's world"(Klosowski 4). As a result of Celie ...
- 8044: The Crucible
- ... by a witchcraft craze that would result in the hanging of at least 20 people and the jailing of at least 150 others. This event is considered one of the most tragic incidents in our American history. The witchcraft hysteria originated in the small village of Salem, where most of the people were poor, uneducated, but more importantly, superstitious. The town was quick to blame witchcraft when several of the girls ...
- 8045: The Crucible - Burn The Witch
- ... of witchcraft in their village. The movie shows this was brought on after Reverend Parris discovered some girls dancing in the woods. A black slave known as Tituba supposedly led the rite. Tituba was really American Indian Arawak in history though. Of course the village believed the girls were practicing magic but it may have been a result of the girls eating some moldy wheat. The girls suffered from violent fits ...
- 8046: West Side Story
- ... The Jets wouldn't let the PR's come on their turf, such as Doc's store. The PR's were not wanted in the U.S. and they were given a hard time. The American's were prejudiced of the Puerto Ricans, so they did cruel things to them. Another act of prejudice in West Side Story was the Jets having prejudice against Anybody's joining their gang. They told ...
- 8047: Its A Good Thing Harry Met Sally
- ... comedy masterpiece. It exhilarates us, and leaves us breathless, desperate for more. It isn’t the best romantic-comedy ever made, but it certainly falls right into the category of “classics”. Genius Rob Reiner (“The American President”) directs us into the lives of Harry and Sally, and also featured is an exceptional score from Harry Connick, Jr. Beautifully written by Nora Ephron (“You’ve Got Mail”); her witty, tongue-slashing, yet ...
- 8048: Interplay Between Fantasy And Reality In The Gothic
- ... which seem to chase characters. Also it has the most gothic storyline - murder of family members, madness, supernatural visions etc. It also employs what Irvin Malin - cited in King's Dense Macabre - calls "the new American gothic" where the gothic setting "functions as an image of authoritarianism … or confining narcissism … a growing obsession with ones own problems; a turning inward" ( King Dense Macabre : 315 ) It should be pointed out that this ...
- 8049: Mahatma Gandhi
- ... problem of Indians who had come to South Africa as laborers. He had seen how they were treated as inferiors in India, in England, and then in South Africa. In 1906, Gandhi began his peaceful revolution. He declared he would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined him in this civil disobedience campaign. He started protest campaigns and organized demonstrations, but never ...
- 8050: Generation Ecstacy
- ... radicalism (see the indulgent treatment he gives DJ Spooky). Such contradictions have something to do with the structure; the book has been in part assembled from countless articles and released in two "mixes," with the American version telling a more linear, explicatory story. For a guy who’s so fond of making up neologisms, Reynolds’ writing can be surprisingly prosaic, and you can’t help feeling that, with a little more ...
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