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- 3741: Richard Milhous Nixon
- ... family, where hard work and integrity were deeply-rooted and heavily emphasized. Always a good student, he was invited by Harvard and Yale to apply for scholarships, but his older brother's illness and the Depression made his presence close to home necessary, and he was attended nearby Whittier College, where he graduated second in his class in 1934. He went on to law school at Duke University, where his seriousness ... opposing super-power and initiated negotiations with the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons, which resulted in the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT). At the same time, he was making secret contact with the other great communist nation, the People's Republic of China, which he visited publicly in February, 1972, thus opening official diplomatic relations with China for the first time since the communist takeover in 1949. Despite the finally ...
- 3742: Doped Up Or Deep Thinker
- Doped Up or Deep Thinker? For my book review I chose to read and write about Jim Morrison, the late frontman of The Doors. I had always heard how wonderful his poetry and how great a thinker he was and I wanted to find out for myself. I have never been a fan of The Doors' music but I have an open mind, so I decided to tackle the poems ... of poems did stand out for their vivid imagery and story-like quality. The original version of "Moonlight Drive," the performance piece, "An American Prayer," and "The Wild Whore Laughs" all contain wonderful images and great use of language. Concentrating less on form and more on the content, Morrison's poetry takes the reader on journeys through the depths of his imagine and the tortures of his soul. After reading this ... the law were always well publicized and that is why I believe he wanted this word to stand out at the beginning of the poem. Also the fact it is at the beginning says a great deal about the importance of this word, not only to this particular poem, but in Morrison's life as well. I don't believe that Jim Morrison will ever be a favorite poet of ...
- 3743: Dont Get Too Close Ordinary Pe
- ... Conrad not to get to close to them. Slowly through the novel Conrad seems to start to get closer to people but the has his lapses hear and there. On pg. 110 after having a great day going to get the Christmas tree he comes home and is torn apart by his mother. Beth makes such a big deal about Conrad quitting the swim team that a shouting match starts. In ... a close relationship with him again. From beginning till end Conrad had made a complete 360, and his life is filled with intimacy and friendships, where at the beginning it was filled with gloom and depression.
- 3744: A Comparison Of Two Classic Fi
- ... respect. The flashbacks to Neff sitting on the phone, sweating as he is telling the story, brings the audience back to the present as Neff recalls what had happened. What made Double Indemnity such a great film was the incredibly well planned out murder of Deidrichson, and the way Walter and Phyllis were sneaking around to communicate the next move. The intrigue in The Last Seduction was the way Wendy was ... death of Deidrichson isn't very suspicious. However, when there is $100,000 on the line for Keyes' company, and Lola is coping with the loss of her father, they are prepared to go to great lengths to get at the truth. The cities that both movies take place in are on complete opposite sides of the country, and are dealt with in much the same way. Double Indemnity takes place ... comfort of our couches, it's so easy to see what is happening to them, but all they see is a beautiful woman who appear to be perfect, but are really far from such. Two great movies with equally good endings make them a true highlight for the entire noir genre.
- 3745: King Lear
- ... man is Lear, King of England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one expects, a man of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. This untime abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events ... reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters as a form of reward to his test of love. "Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn, And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters (Since now we will divest us both of rule ... I, Sc i, Ln 47-53) This is the first and most significant of the many sins that he makes in this play. By abdicating his throne to fuel his ego he is disrupts the great chain of being which states that the King must not challenge the position that God has given him. This undermining of God's authority results in chaos that tears apart Lear's world. Leaving ...
- 3746: To Kill A Mockingbird 4
- ... being whether to defend or not to defend Tom Robinson. To Kill a Mockingbird is set in Maycomb County, an imaginary district in Southern Alabama. The time is the early 1930s, the years of the Great Depression when poverty and unemployment were widespread in the United States. The story begins during the summer when Scout and Jem meet a new playmate named Dill who has come from Mississippi to spend the summer ...
- 3747: To Kill A Mockingbird 6
- ... To Kill a Mockingbird, teaches this lesson to his children. This idea does not just apply to Maycomb County in the 1930s, but to everyone everywhere. This story takes place in Maycomb, Alabama during the great depression. Most whites are very prejudiced and don t care to hear a Negro s opinions or thoughts on anything. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee explains that a person has to try to see ...
- 3748: Manifest Destiny
- ... and some of the bad feelings that caused this sensitivity were caused by territorial expansion. With more lands being acquired the number of slave state and free state representatives in Congress became unbalanced. This caused great distress among the senators and representatives. For instance, free state members of Congress began accusing the slave state members of conspiracies. One such accusation was made by Charles Sumner. He proposed the idea that southerners ... is what Sumner called the Slave Power Conspiracy. Slavery stirred up a lot of hard feelings though the slavery issue was not the hottest of the problems associated with territorial expansion. War with Mexico and Great Britain worried many of the people who were against expansion. James Polk had been elected when the wars were on the verge of breaking out. The potential war with Britain was resolved early in Polk ... to a compromise that gave the United States far less of Oregon than the public wanted. The Mexico situation was different in that Polk did not have the fear of Mexico that he had of Great Britain. Polk felt a war with Mexico would only prove profitable for the United States, so he inticed the Mexicans to attack. Once Mexico attacked, Polk claimed he had to defend the United States, ...
- 3749: Courage Under Fire
- ... leave a dry eye in the place. Serling knows that this is all for show and commits himself to finding out the truth. I really loved this part of the movie. Zwick does such a great job of making the Government look pathetic by showing some of its underlying intentions in this war. This is what brings us away from the normality of most war films and places this movie ... viewers are always able see that hint of fear in his eyes, that something was tearing at his soul. It was a hard character to play and Phillips, who I have not always been a great fan of, was superb. The plot also makes the movie. It pertains perfectly to the real world in that many individuals are tormented by the truth and by their actions. This movie showed the viewer ... the movie became even stronger. Many movies have a cast and plot that are so good, that they can be filmed in the worst light and under the worst conditions and they will still be great. Courage Under Fire, has the working cast as well as the perfect plot and goes that next step with, perfection in filming. The movie is not a dark movie, but we often see Serling ...
- 3750: A Comparison Of Framing, Light
- ... in Florida. The film is highly regarded for its filming techniques, including aspects of set design, framing and lighting. Von Sternberg's The Scarlet Empress tells thestory of the rise to power of Catherine the Great of Russia who overthrows her imbecile husband Peter to lead the nation. This film is also renowned for its cinemetography, lighting and set design (rather than its historical accuracy). What follows shall be a comparison ... Empress sitting on her throne. It's a striking shot, as the throne itself is massive. It is in fact a giant sculpture of a two-headed eagle. It is obviously symbollic of the Empress' great power. Its immense size demands the attention of the room and the viewer of the film. The camera (likely on a crane) pulls back to reveal more of the huge room. The throne is atop ... from her home and she is betrothed to a hideous imbecile. Her dreary surroundings only add to her feelings of despair. Both Orson Welles and Josef Von Sternberg used set design framing and lighting to great effect in the two aforementioned films. I realize that in the space provided I have only described breifly instances of this in each film, but the scenes I have chosen are central to each ...
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