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- 2961: La Amistad
- ... ship that didn’t quite make it. When it arrived in this country, it brought out both the best and worst in people, and the American justice system. It has been talked about to this day, and the 1998 DreamWorks film Amistad re-invoked the idea of it in the minds of many people. But the real question is, was this portrayal of this very controversial incident accurate. It is very ... mention. John Quincy Adams did not make the entire presentation to the Supreme Court; he gave the second part of the defense. Roger Baldwin presented the beginning. During the course of John Quincy Adams’ two-day defense speech, he spoke the words “This is the most important case that has ever come before this court, because what it in fact concerns is the very nature of man.” (1). Now although this ... 3d of March 1819; and as to this, it ought to be reversed: and that the said negroes be declared to be free, and be dismissed from the custody of the court, and go without day.” (3) The actual Supreme Court did free the Africans, but they took away the judgement that the slaves should be returned to Africa, basically leaving them stranded in the US. The Africans did not ...
- 2962: Film Review-rainbow Trout
- ... Park's ever-renewing interest in a mosaic film style and subject matter is obvious in Rainbow Trout', as well. First, it is a hybrid-genre film composed of comedy, horror, grotesque humor, and every day life. Secondly, while his previous films have focused on the theme of "power" in varying degrees, this film focuses on the theme of "repressed desire" or "primitive instinct" in human beings. Rainbow Trout' marks his ... in which every member becomes destructively aggressive, just like trout which can not stand the slightest stress of being together in a fish bowl. At the end of the film, the second and the third day, an unexpected accidents. The shoal of trout, that were shocked by last night's gunshot from hunters, are dead with their bellies toward the sky. All the travellers have nausea on seeing Chang-hyun make ... Min-su and his party see Chang-hyun and hunters drinking deer blood and making a fuss. Seeing that, they think it is time to leave the fish farm for the city. On the Third Day , Min-su and his party try to go back to Seoul early the next morning, but their car tires have been punctured by someone. Chang-hyun decends into town to get some help and ...
- 2963: Film Review Of Do The Right Thing
- The Reality of the Melting Pot Tempers explode, emotions take charge, and a Italian-run pizzeria in a black Brooklyn neighborhood becomes the center of a violent conflict on a hot summer day in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. The film is a day-in-the-life of the Bedford-Stuyvesant community and it is one of the hottest days of the summer. Much of the action takes place around or inside the Sal’s Famous Pizzeria, owned and ... the years he has built a tradition of good relationships with his black customers. The story follows Mookie, the delivery boy for the pizza parlor, as he struggles to “do the right thing” throughout the day. The events are set in motion when violence that breaks out is between two neighborhood black teens, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito) and Radio Reheem (Bill Nunn), and Sal. They are upset that there are ...
- 2964: Hercules
- ... and had become a great warrior, he married a young woman named Megara. They had two children together and lived very happily. However, things didn t turn out as they do in the movie. One day, Hera sent a fit of madness to Hercules that put him into so great a rage, that he murdered his wife and both children. When Hercules regained his senses and realized what he had done ... Hercules to bring him the Erymanthian boar alive. A boar is a huge, wild pig with a bad temper, and tusks growing out of its mouth. This boar lived on a mountain called Erymanthus. Every day the boar would come down from his cave and attack people and animals, meanwhile destroying everything in it s path. On his way to hunt the boar, Hercules stopped to visit his friend Pholus, who ... was to clean King Augea s stables. Hercules knew this job would mean getting dirty and smelly. Eurystheus made this task even harder by ordering Hercules to clean up after the cattle in a single day! King Augeas owned more cattle than anyone in Greece. He was very rich and had many herds of cows, bulls, goats, sheep and horses. Hercules went to King Augeas, and without saying anything about ...
- 2965: The Loss of a Friend
- ... house feeling empty and scared. The funeral would be in two days and Amanda needed me to be there for her. The next two days seemed to drag. Dread and anxiety filled my body. The day was coming and I had no idea what to expect. The day of the funeral was a beautiful summer day. The sky was blue with not one cloud visible. It seemed ironic that a day filled with such sorrow had such a gorgeous setting. I remember walking into the funeral home seeing so many ...
- 2966: Dionysus The Peoples God
- ... and rejuvenation in the Forest of Nysa, Dionysus also brought to the Greeks the art of making wine. The God of Wine is Dionysus' most popular title because he held it independently. Even in this day and time Dionysus-Bacchus is still the patron saint of drinkers. In Classical Greece, wine was the drink of the people. Due to the fact that Dionysus was the God of Wine, many festivals were ... was the Anthesteria. The main theme of the Anthesteria was the unity between Dionysus and the death souls of the past. This represented the dual function of the earth, life and death. On the first day of celebration the kegs of wine were opened in the name of the inventor, Dionysus. On the second day each participant of the festival sampled the quality of the gods wine by drinking an entire pitcher. This aspect of the ritual is understood better in another myth that has no importance to Dionysus ...
- 2967: Personal Writing: My Dreams
- ... did not have any during this project. Girls, or girl I should say, is one of the main topic of my dreams. I think that is an obvious one! I see my girl-friend every day, and she is always on my mind. My dreams with her get kind of wacky and personal, so I will stop with that subject! I think it's self explanatory. Through out my writing journal and my day journal, I had no similar thoughts or dreams. My dreams are so full of adventure and excitement, I always seek out new pleasures. I can sometimes compare my dreams to my experiences during travel. I ... her, then I had a dream that gave me the best idea for a present. I sometimes think that my thoughts are more clear in dreams then in waking life. My favorite entry in the day journal was my "Happiest, proud, moment in my life". This entry was about a fight I got in with a guy who was once a good friend of mine. For an unknown reason he ...
- 2968: Computer Communications
- ... through the basement, and I ran across the little blue box that my dad had brought home from work a year earlier. Could this be a modem? I asked Mrs. Rubin about it the next day at school, and when she verified my expectations, I became the first member of Teleport 2000, the only organization in the city dedicated to introducing students to the information highway. This was when 2400-baud ... far away as Finland and Germany - with free telnet access! I didn't live life as a normal twelve-year-old kid that summer. I sat in front of the monitor twenty-four hours a day, eating my meals from a plate set next to the keyboard, stopping only to sleep. When I went back to school in the fall, I was elected the first president of Teleport 2000, partially because ... to song lyrics and guitar tabs. I receive press releases, proclamations and international news from the White House via a mailing list. I even e-mailed President Clinton recently and received a response the next day. And it was just a few months ago that I hung up my 2400-baud modem for a replacement six times as fast. The essence of this international system of systems was neatly summed ...
- 2969: King Lears Blindness
- ... into a fit of rage and banishes Kent for questioning his judgment: On thine allegiance, hear me! That thou hast sought to make us break our vow, Which we durst never yet, and with strain d pride To come betwixt our sentence and our power, Which nor our nature nor our place can bear, Our potency made good, take they reward. (I, i, ll 166-171) Lear s blindness causes him ... that he goes mad. Cordelia describes her father s madness to a doctor and asks for his help in restoring him: Alack, tis he! why, he was met even now As mad as the vex d sea; singing aloud; Crown d with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With hardocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn. (IV, iv, ll 1-6) Lear is only in this ...
- 2970: Child Abuse
- ... to their children. If that were to occur, then we would be introducing another way of hurting children, depriving them of affection they need to grow and develop into healthy adults. However, in today’s day and age, many parents have a fear that well-meaning strangers may misunderstand their actions. Unfortunately, there are the instances when this does occasionally happen. The courts have an empirically verifiable definition for child sexual ... men with sexual frustration may turn to the less reactive child as sexual prey. Due to the black market prostitution of children, a twelve-year-old boy can earn upwards of a thousand dollars per day selling himself on the streets of Los Angeles. Mental abuse of a child can involve several different activities. Such forms of mental abuse include yelling, neglect, constant insults, and mental torture. Neglect is the most ... marriages, and poor parenting. Low self esteem gives rise to other problems in adulthood. For example, they are indecisive and are unable to make sound decisions. They experience high level stress when dealing with normal day to day decisions. Hampered language skills manifest itself in inability to carry proper conversations, a skill highly valuable in adulthood. Unable to convey their thoughts at work and at home often leads to frustrations. ...
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