...The threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States during the early 1950’s. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin was the man who exploited those fears. CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W. Friendly decided to take a stand by challenging McCarthy. They chose to expose him for the fear monger he was. Even though their actions took a great personal toll on both men, they stood by their beliefs. In turn, they helped bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history. This important story in American history and politics is shown in the film, “Good Night and Good Luck.” It is directed by George Clooney, written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and stars David Strathairn, George Clooney and Patricia Clarkson. As mentioned before, "Good Night, And Good Luck" takes place during the early days of broadcast journalism in 1950's. It chronicles the real-life conflict between television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Permanent Sub-committee on Investigations. With a need to report the facts and enlighten the public, Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer Fred Friendly and Joe Wershba in the CBS newsroom – rebel to corporate and sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and fear mongering tactics carried out by McCarthy during his communist 'witch-hunts.’ McCarthy claimed that there were over two hundred card carriers in America. An awfully public argument develops when the Senator...
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...Good Night, and Good Luck The word “McCarthyism” has entered America’s vocabulary to define the practice to question one’s patriotism while making unsupported accusations of disloyalty without the proper evidence. During the anticommunist crusade that took place throughout the 1940’s and 1950’s, the political term became very popular after a Senator from Wisconsin; Joseph R. McCarthy went on an anti-communist witch-hunt. Senator McCarthy made a public accusation that more than 200 communist had infiltrated the U.S. government, “This is glaringly true in the State Department. There the right young men who are born with silver spoons in their mouths are the ones who have been worst… In my opinion the State Department, which is one of the most important government departments, is thoroughly infested with Communist” (VF, p. 238) Many of the tactics McCarthy used were very questionable and usually with very little to no evidence would be provided. Some of the tactics he used varied from forms of intimidation to the threat of sending people to jail, “McCarthy used the Senate subcommittee he chaired to hold hearings and level wild charges against numerous individuals as well as the Defense Department, Voice of America, and other government agencies.” (GML, p. 732) In the film, “Good Night, and Good Luck” directed by George Clooney, many civil liberties issues were portrayed through McCarthyism. The one man who was brave enough to speak publicly against McCarthy was a well-known...
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...characters is very important. The characters in 2 particular stories are prime examples of this. The character of Reverend Hale from Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has many similarities to the character of Fred Friendly from George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck. Miller wrote the play to convey the awfulness of the McCarthy trials, and give a warning of what can happen to societies that oppress people. Reverend Hale and Fred Friendly are both examples of people doing the right thing in the face of apathy. Although they may not have been the driving force of good in either of their respective stories, they were certainly examples of a change of heart for the better in the lives of the people around them. In The Crucible, Reverend Hale is a man who is brought into the...
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...phases of the moon. All events are planned by the lunar calendar. The New Year begins on the first night of the first moon after the sun enters Aquarius. This is sometime between January 21 and February 19 on the solar calendar. Although officially a three-day affair, festivities may continue for a week or more with every effort made to indulge in eating, drinking, and enjoyable social activities. It is also a time for family reunions, and for paying respect to ancestors and the elders. Gifts of food are made to friends, neighbors and relatives in the days before Tet. Families save money, store food, and plan far in advance for Tet, major holiday in Vietnam. They buy new clothes, paint and clean their homes, cook three days worth of food, pay off all debts and make amends to rid themselves of all bad feelings. Cleaning is frowned on during Tet because one would not want to sweep out any good luck. Digging and drawing water is also not allowed so the ground and water can enjoy the holiday. The marketplace is very busy the week before Tet, as people buy food, trinkets, firecrackers, flowers, and other items in anticipation of the holiday. The atmosphere is very festive. Incense is burned in the homes. The color Red, symbolizing good luck and happiness is seen everywhere. Games of gambling are in the streets, homes and in cars. If a gambler wins then he is said to have good luck gambling in the new year. If a gambler loses, he is said to...
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...striking story about a 1. little boy, Paul who secretly rides his rocking horse to pick the winning horse in the various horse races that took place. After the beginning of the story, there is a short conversation between Paul and his mother about luck, and it was the conversation that started the whole dramatic episode which lead to Paul's death. The conversation between Paul and his mother, the phrase that is constantly heard in the house and the rocking horse itself are the main ideas covered in the scope of this paper. The dialogue between Paul and his mother is mainly about luck and how a person can get money if such a person is lucky. From the story, the reader should be aware of Hester's crave for money and her expensive taste, therefore, it is not surprising when she talks her son into believing that luck brings money. We could also establish at this point that the family is at least living comfortably, meaning they were not very poor; "They lived in a pleasant house, with a garden, and they had discreet servants." Paul's mother tells him that his father is not lucky and because of this, she is no longer a lucky woman. The conversation ends with Paul believing that he is a lucky boy, and the action he takes in finding this luck is what brings his demise in the end. The phrase "there must be more money" was mentioned in the story over ten times. The phrase symbolizes the insatiable desire the family has for money. In the early parts of the story the phrase was being...
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...& protection to the members in the Feng Shui house. Don't place the sofa in front of a window or directly opposite the door. Since energy flows between the door & window, it would restrict the path of your guests. • Make sure you do not have lights or beams directly above the sofa as this would release the flow of negative energy. • Use of screens & partitions to influence the energy flow is highly recommended. This way the flow of energy can be directed to another part of the room. • While watching TV in your Feng Shui living room, try to sit on the red colour sofas as it promotes harmony and health for everyone living under one's roof. The colour red is considered to be very auspicious colour for all the family members who promote good overall health for everyone. • Put a dragon tortoise in the northern side of your living room for...
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...perfect family for me. For the past 12 weeks you’ve watched me grow from a potential new member to a new sister of Delta Gamma. You guided me into being a better person and taught me how to stay true to myself and how to uphold the values of our sorority. Now this is me saying Thank you. Thank you for being a reliable supporting caring big sister to me. Although you’re leaving me in a couple weeks, our sisterhood is not a destination, but a journey that’s just begun. Thankfully you’ll be right around the corner from me in Bloomfield. Im so proud of you for accomplishing so much in your college career. From being in red caps, to becoming a sister in Delta Gamma and now being my perfect big! Congratulations on graduation in a few weeks and good luck in the future. With your determination, pride and integrity you will be successful in anything you put your mind too. Come rain or come shine, low or high tide, always I will stay, right by your side. We’ll always be anchored. Love you so much big! -Your littleface, Medina! Kaitlyn! Let me just say thank you for prefing me! Without you and Meredith I don’t think I’d be here today. I remember the whole conversation that we had on Saturday afternoon. I knew at that time without a doubt, in Delta Gamma is where I belonged. You were such a big part of my decision to join Delta Gamma. You were the main person...
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...never walk under a ladder and was very careful not to break a mirror. I used to laugh at him but doing this research has made me realize that I’m superstitious in some ways too so I should probably call him and apologize when I’m done. All countries have their own superstitions that they believe in. First we are going to look at the different superstitions each country follows. Arturo Bartolome lives in Spain and tells the superstition of Salamanca University. There is a frog carved on the wall in front of the doors to the school. Students must touch the frog for luck on test days. It’s believed if they do not touch the frog, they will be unsuccessful. In Korea, they believe if they see ravens or crows in the morning they will have bad luck for the rest of the day. People there do not wash their hair on test days because it will wash away their memory if what was studied. They don’t cut their nails at night because they believe a rodent will eat them and take their spirit. That superstition came about when...
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...Whether in be in Puritan styled courtroom or in a 50’s styled broadcasting room, both Arthur Miller's The Crucible and George Clooney’s Good night, and Good Luck have many similarities although set in completely different centuries. Both Miller and clooney created their masterpieces with the intent of making a social commentary on the corruption of power and the dangers of envy. Miller does so by writing of the judges who convict dozens of innocent people of witchcraft with no evidence. Clooney, does so by displaying senator McCarthy as an overzealous, unstable leader that would accuse innocent people of being communist and having communist sympathies. Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and George Clooney’s Good Night and Good Luck prove what happens...
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...crosses your way, it brings omen 7. Looking at cat in the morning is jinx, 8. Looking at mother's face or picture of God as soon as you open your eyes in the morning will bring good luck for that day, 9. Giving or taking anything in the left hand is bad (you know what left hand is used for in India ) 10. Never ask the question "where are you going? " while they are leaving house, its purpose will not be fulfilled. 11. Repeatedly yawning indicates that someone is remembering you, 12. Sneezing odd no. of times indicates that something bad could happen, 13. Sneezing once when you make a statement indicates that what you said is true, 14. If a lizard makes a sound when you make a statement, it indicates that what you said is true , 15. Tuesdays & Saturdays are inauspicious for doing anything new or good deeds, 16. Monday is inauspicious day for shaving and thursday is inauspicious day for washing one's hair. 17. You can't have non-veg on certain days, 18. There is particular timing during daytime called "Rahukaal", where it is considered as inauspicious for doing anything new or good deeds, 19. There are two months in a year which are inauspicious, 20. No moon day is inauspicious, 21. Right eye twitching is good for men, left eye twitching is good...
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...In the poems “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas and “After a Time” by Catherine Davis they use diction or word choice to help explain their view on a given topic, in this case it is death. Dylan Thomas uses a lighter or more neutral tone to express his view on the experience when faced with death. In lines 1-3 he says “Do not go gentle into that good night, / Old age should burn and rave at close of day; / Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (Dylan 1-3). Dylan uses words like rave and gentle to express his view point in a more neutral diction rather than aggressive like Catherine. In Catherine Davis’s villanelle she uses darker words along with more negative words choices. “After time all losses are the same./One...
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...Lawrence. I will compare each of their themes, characters, and plot developments in which they are both similar and different. One of the strongest comparison would be that both stories deal with the subject of luck in one sense or another. The Lottery being considered a game of chance in which luck plays an important factor in being the chosen winner but Luck in the Lottery has a different twist of fate because the winner of the Lottery is actually the loser and the chosen loser in the Lottery is actually stoned to death. In the Rocking-Horse Winner, luck is portrayed vacantly by a woman who was actually unlucky when it came to ordinary circumstances in life, an example of this would be the phrase that often echoed through the home, “There must be more money” and the woman’s statement that she wasn’t lucky because she had married an unlucky husband. Further on in the story luck shifts into a different mode towards the male child of the woman in regards to his Rocking Horse being an actual winner in a Horse Race. Luck in the Lottery has a twist of fate though because the winner of the Lottery was actually the loser and the one that was chosen in the Lottery was actually stoned to death. There seems to be a contrast in both stories in regards to being unlucky and the only luck that appears to be genuine is that of a small boy pretending to win a Horse Race upon a Wooden Rocking-Horse. Both stories produce a negative impact upon the children of each story; in the Lottery, the children...
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...On the inside is tsun-tsun and aggressive. Because of her appearance, her past, and the fact that she has little skill as a magus, or perhaps because she has a complex about being a magus, she always acts frightened around other people. Haughty at home but meek outside. At home she acts self-assured. (When like this she is similar to Rin from Fate/stay night, but she isn’t brimming with confidence like Rin. Rather, she acts more like a child) Because her older sister who departed the world 8 years ago was a genius, she has a complex about her ordinariness. Although her father, who also died 8 years ago, told her “There will be a day when you, too, participate in the Holy Grail War”, she was absolutely unwilling, and ran. When she was about to be killed by Lancer, she summoned Saber. Because he saved her, she had no choice but to participate in the Holy Grail War. During the War, her personality changed a little bit. (That is, she broke free from her trauma) Saber 【Status】 Addresses self as: “Boku” (towards Ayaka)/“Watashi” (towards enemies) Servant rank: Rank 1 Strength: B Endurance: A Agility: B Magic: E Luck: C Noble Phantasm: C(EX) 【Comment from Takeuchi Takashi】 Handsome and calm, the 90s ideal image of a legendary hero. As I thought, his plain clothes are a...
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...came in; if not then someone within the family would die. We had this happen once when I was about 9 years old. We didn’t have air conditioners back then and we would leave the windows and doors open with a big box fan in the windows and on the floors in front of the open doors to cool the house. We were having a birthday party for my baby brother, Tony, when a bird flew in through the front door. My grandmother screamed out for everyone to close all the windows and door except the front door; leaving the bird with only one way out. The bird flew towards me, and I ran to the back door thinking that the bird was after me. When I went out the back door, the bird did too. My grandmother was very upset and she told me the reason why it was not good that bird flew out the back door. I didn’t really believe her, but within two week my mother received a phone call informing her of the death of my uncle. Right away my mind traveled back to what my grandmother said. I felt that my actions by running out the back and allowing the bird to get out was the reason for my uncle’s death. My mother tried to reassure me that I was not the cause of my uncle’s untimely death and it had nothing to do with a bird fly out the wrong door of our house. Superstitions about Death BIRD | A bird in the house is a sign of a...
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...parents wanted them to meet the expectations they wanted them to achieve, but they couldn’t live it up. In my next few paragraphs, I’m going to tell how the parents in those chapters affect their children life. In “Rules of the Game” from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, Lindo Jong wanted Waverly, her daughter, to learn how to play chess because it relates a lot to life. Waverly didn’t want...
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