...For this movie project I chose She’s The Man. This movie came out in theatres on March 17th, 2006. The movie’s main character, Viola Hastings, is played by Amanda Bines. She plays soccer at Cornwall, her school, and loves every second of it. She and her teammates are devastated when they are informed that their funding is being cut and there will no longer be a girls’ soccer team. To continue to play the sport she loves, Viola pretends to be her twin brother Sebastian, played by James Kirk, while he is skipping school in London. She does this so that she can try out for a spot on the boy’s soccer team at her rival school. She made the team and was part Illyria’s second string line up and her plan was working flawlessly, until she caught feelings for her roommate Duke, played by Channing Tatum. Duke is a striker on the soccer team as well. She has to hide her feelings to keep her true identity a secret and not blow her cover. Sadly, Duke is in love with “Sebastian’s” stunningly beautiful lab partner Olivia, played by Laura Ramsey. Olivia, however, is in love with “Sebastian”, Viola in disguise, which Duke is not very happy about. Duke agrees to help “Sebastian” with soccer outside of practice if “he” can help him get Olivia to like him. Working with Duke helps Viola make the first string. Olivia...
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...” Joan Gundlach Vice President, Affiliate Sales Central Region A&E Television Networks “Invaluable help for every new manager and a practical step-by-step guide to achieving managerial success. A perfect refresher for any seasoned manager and a must for every corporate training department. A remarkable book.” Arthur Coren Former Chairman and CEO Zenith Controls, Inc. “This book identifies and deals with key issues of transitioning to a business leadership role. Readers will recognize that the authors have been where they are going and will want to learn from their experience. . . . brings essential advice to the next generation of leaders.” Rodger De Rose Former Partner Arthur Andersen “This is the best book I’ve ever read on how to be a great manager. It should be required reading for all new managers and would make an outstanding refresher course for seasoned professionals. It’s full of practical insights, helpful examples, and all the right values. I plan on recommending it widely.” Tom Morris Morris Institute for Human Values Author of True Success and If Aristotle Ran General Motors “This practical and useful...
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...In The Old Man and the Sea, it states that, “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (Hemingway 93) This statement can be seen woven throughout the novel in many different forms. It is expressed mostly in the old man whose name is, Santiago. Many look upon him and merely see an old man who is not worth much. However, despite his age and appearance, Santiago refuses to accept destruction in his life. He believes that a man may be defeated by outside influences, but is only destroyed when he truly gives up on himself. The definition of defeat is to have a victory over an event whereas the definition of destruction is to put an end to something entirely. For eighty-four days the hopeful fisherman continuously returns to port empty handed. Even though he is going through trials and hardships, his mind is as sharp as iron and refuses to be destroyed. When it seems like all hope is lost, Santiago holds his head high and refuses to be brought down by outside influences. He clings to the knowledge that he is an honest man and a good fisherman who is simply trying to survive. He has a humble pride about him that is only displayed in the strongest of men. He does not boast of his great deeds, but his pride refuses to allow his soul be...
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...Analysis of How Much Land Does a Man Need by Leo Tolstoy Anna Gregor, Yahoo! Contributor Network Dec 23, 2009 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here." * More: * Tolstoy * Leo Tolstoy * * tweet * Print FlagPost a comment AdChoices | | In the short story "How Much Land Does A Man Need" by Leo Tolstoy, Pahom is a peasant living on a small plot of land. When his wife brags that a peasant's life is safer than having money, because with money comes temptation, Pahom agrees, adding that he would not be "afraid of the devil himself" if he only had more land. He buys more land, but is unhappy, for no matter how much more land he gets, he wants more. He becomes greedier and greedier until he loses control of his life and, in the end, loses everything. This story shows us that even if we have enough to get by, the prospect of becoming wealthier is so alluring it can cause us to risk all the good things we already have. At the start, Pahom is a content, hardworking men. Unfortunately, he makes the mistake of thinking that more land would make his life better. Pahom says to himself "our only trouble is that we haven't land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the devil himself"! When an opportunity arises for Pahom to acquire more land, he jumps at the chance, convinced that more would make him happy. He paid off his debts and had plenty of fertile land to grow his crops and raise his cattle, but he was only satisfied for a short...
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...How Great Was Our Man Gatsby? As on author said: "F. Scott Fitzgerald created Gatsby, the eponymous character of his novel, The Great Gatsby, as a character who built himself into something great. He begins life as just an ordinary, lower-class, citizen. But Gatsby has a dream of becoming wealthy. After meeting Daisy, he has a reason to strive to become prominent. Throughout his life, Gatsby gains the title of truly being great. Even before Gatsby is introduced, he is hinted at being out of the ordinary. The first evidence of this is when Nick says, "Gatsby turned out all right at the end." (2) Nothing was known about Gatsby at the time and Nick is already saying Gatsby was okay. There's a air of mysteriousness surrounding Gatsby. Everyone knows of him, but no one knows who he really is or where he comes from. Even at our first glance of Gatsby, he's reaching out for something only he can see. There were many stories flying about Gatsby but no one knew what to really believe. In on instance Jordan made the comment, "I think he killed a man." (49) Even when Gatsby confessed about his past he didn't always tell the truth. He told Nick he inherited great wealth, but in reality, Gatsby gained his wealth on his own. Even though Gatsby lied, the fact that he made himself what he was makes him even that much greater. When Gatsby was still James Gatz, he had a dream of leaving his life on the farm behind and become part of the upper-class. Even Gatsby's father knew...
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...The inner nature of man is a corrupting force that is masked behind civilisation. The barrier that the inner nature of man hides behind is taken down on the island by the boys hunger for power, the freedom they are given and fear. When the inner nature of man is allowed to come through, it manifests itself in the form of savagery and the beast. The first way we can see the boys overriding civilisation is when they first they realise there are no adults and that they have unlimited freedom, 'the fair boy said this solemnly; but then the delight of a realised ambition overcame him', the contrast between 'solemnly' and 'delight' whilst being very close together shows how easily and quickly they are letting their ambition overtake their initial views and ideas. Ralph has the ambition to control the island, whilst Ralph holds onto civilisation we can see that his ambition is very primal and this ambition comes from the freedom. Piggy contrasts to the idea of the lack of adults being a good thing, "Grownups know things," said Piggy. "They ain't afraid of the dark. They'd meet and have tea and discuss. Then things 'ud be all right-", the use of tea whilst describing the adults show that Piggy thinks that adults are a sign of civilisation. This shows us that Piggy believes that freedom isn't a good thing and that the boys cannot be trusted with it, Piggy likes the rules and order of civilisation and this is what stops him from being a savage. This also leads onto the fact that Piggy is...
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...“Macbeth is basically a good man led astray. ” Steven Zhang In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth appears to be the evil mastermind behind all the murders he has committed, including that of King Duncan and Banquo, his own friend. However, the plot is not that simple, Macbeth isn’t really the evil person, he simply lost his morals and let his ambitions get the better of him. He was first given the prophecy that he will eventually become king by the 3 witches. He decided that it could be true because he became the Thane of Cawdor like their prophecies and let his ambitions overcome his morals; He is a loyal man and he did not make the decision to kill Duncan alone. His wife convinced him that it was for the “good”; Finally, Macbeth...
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...The Jolly Holiday Man and His Shadowy Counterpart They see you when you’re sleeping, they know when you’re awake, they know if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake. There is one obvious name that comes to mind here, but not many know of the other that has become lost from the holiday culture. It is fair to assume that most everybody knows about the jolly Santa Claus, but few know he has a partner known as Krampus. They are two sides of the same coin, with Krampus also being known as St. Nick’s shadow. Both were and still are highly present in European areas, but when St. Nicholas came to America as Santa Claus, Krampus was left behind. There seemed to be no need for this fearful figure in the new world, but as he is beginning to become noticed once again one must understand who he is to our beloved Christmas childhood hero....
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...Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca was a spanish conquistador who led a five ship 600 man-expedition to Florida. Cabeza de Vaca was not a good leader, and only became leader because the old leader failed miserably. The moment they left for the expedition it was a disaster. The moment the Spaniards entered the Caribbean it was just a disaster, after losing two ships in a hurricane and over 200 men by drowning and desertion. Cabeza de Vaca was a very will powered man. He didn’t care if he lost men, ships, as long as he reached the goals he had set everything was okay. He didn’t really care about the safety of his men, clearly. As soon as they had entered the Caribbean it was a huge mess. He had lost 2 ships, and over 200 men by drowning and...
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...Primo Levi’s If this is a man, is a book about his personal experience at a concentration camp in poland during the second world war. It is very interesting but at the same time horrific because of what he had gone through. Margaret Atwood’s Handmaids Tale is a fictional novel about a woman living in a distopia in the near future. Their world is in that state because of nuclear war. The women who are able to give birth are called handmaids whose soul job is to give birth to children which aren’t theirs. It is also an interesting book but it does have a less realistic feeling to it. One of the main themes in If this is a man is the ‘demolition of a man.’ It is also a theme in The Handmaids Tale, but it is not discussed. During the rule of hitler, the regime would confiscate all of the prisoners possessions, which in my opinion could make them feel almost inhuman. Primo Levis character in this incredible story has a very strong personality. At one point he tells himself and believes that he has no chance of survival and he does not grasp on any chance of hope that comes along, compared to what many others did. He stays strong and is tries not to lose himself without any of his possessions etc. At first he is documenting exactly what happened to him, and gives no apparent emotion to what is happening. His use of the third person when describing events that occur and emotions make his writing more objective. He tells the reader that from what he has seen loss...
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...Lessing, we meet a young man, an individual from a group of schoolgirls, and most importantly, a man about the age of 60. The narrator, whose name and gender is not given, also plays a part in the story. The old man is described as well presented, and knows a lot about paintings, or at least George Stubbs’ chestnut horse. The narrator certainly has respect for the old man, and implies that if he spoke louder when telling about the painting, people would mistake him for an official guide. “How much I would have liked to know as much as he did, and to share his passion for Stubbs and the horse”. This shows that the old man is truly sharing his passion with his young acquaintance, who unfortunately does not want to sit through it. The narrator also has an important role. It is because of him/her we get to hear the old man’s story about his childhood love. However, it is not before he deems the narrator worth it, that he shares his story. “Now he looked properly at me, took me in, decided I was worthy to continue.” This shows that the old man finds the narrator more mature and interesting than the young man. One of the biggest themes is the different stages in life. When the old man was in love with a 16-year-old girl, just like the one who sleeps near him in the story, he was only 12, and it meant that they were in completely different stages of their lives. The age gap was too big, just like it is in the story, now that the man is 60 years old. The young man is also in a different...
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...& Career Fair! Please answer: As a woman or man, how will attending the women’s conference assist you professionally? Email your answer, max 200 words, to GWmbaWomen@gmail.com. We will announce the winners Sunday the 7th. For Career Fair only tickets, we will start the raffle Thursday. NAWMBA’s Full Conference Tickets Competition Write-in Competition for 4 full-conference & career fair tickets to the National Association of Women MBAs Conference & Career Fair! Please answer: As a woman or man, how will attending the women’s conference assist you professionally? Email your answer, max 200 words, to GWmbaWomen@gmail.com. We will announce the winners Sunday the 7th. For Career Fair only tickets, we will start the raffle Thursday. NAWMBA’s Full Conference Tickets Competition Write-in Competition for 4 full-conference & career fair tickets to the National Association of Women MBAs Conference & Career Fair! Please answer: As a woman or man, how will attending the women’s conference assist you professionally? Email your answer, max 200 words, to GWmbaWomen@gmail.com. We will announce the winners Sunday the 7th. For Career Fair only tickets, we will start the raffle Thursday. NAWMBA’s Full Conference Tickets Competition Write-in Competition for 4 full-conference & career fair tickets to the National Association of Women MBAs Conference & Career Fair! Please answer: As a woman or man, how will attending the women’s conference assist you professionally...
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...Hemingway shows how men do not think the same way about abortions than woman do. Hemmingway also sends a message of how men are manipulative towards women. He illustrates how women seem to have a harder time overpowering a man in a relationship. First, Hemmingway shows how men do not think the same way about abortions than woman do because in the story the man says it is a perfectly “natural procedure” (Hemmingway) not thinking of all of the hardship an abortion brings to a woman. According to the criticism “ it reveals perhaps better than any other part of the story the terms of the central conflict” (Madden). The man does not think of what the woman has to go through in the procedure. The emotional state and the physically pain full procedure she has to endure, knowing that she will not be having a child that could be the start of a new family for her. Because of the way that the man does not seem to care that he is getting rid of a child with life and just wants to continue the relationship with the woman after she has to sacrifice so much with the abortion shows the lack of knowledge the man has about the feeling a woman goes through when they have an abortion. Second, Hemmingway sends a message of how men are manipulative towards woman. In the story the man continuously keeps talking about how the woman should have an abortion without considering her opinions to the aspect. The man says “it’s a simple solution to a clear problem.” (Hemmingway) The fact that the man says it is...
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...becoming a man. Jefferson was found guilty for the murder of Alcee Gropé, the liquor store owner. During the trial Jefferson's attorney referred to him as a hog, trying to prove he was not able to plan and execute a murder due to his plan stupidity. Jefferson took what his attorney said to heart belived that we was actually a hog. In the seats of the Courtroom Miss Emma and Tante Lou sat and listed every day. The two ladies also took what the attorney said to heart and called upon Grant to help change Jefferson. Jefferson's godmother Miss Emma does not want him to die as a hog, she wants Jefferson to die as a man. Jefferson is taught...
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...characteristics. The plot involves man against nature and the burden of survival requires either adaptation or destruction of the characters involved. In this style of writing, nature or the natural world is continuously pushing man to his limits. When man heeds the warning signs, he may conquer it. But, when he ignores these warnings, it will defeat him. Naturalism is a general understanding of reality and humanity’s place with reality. It mirrors the events of daily life and shows how humans have to be careful when dealing with the natural world. In naturalism, nature is always waiting for man to make a mistake. Jack London in “To Build a Fire” focuses on the idea that nature is indifferent to man. He shows how violent and uncaring nature is. This short story features an unnamed man and his dog venturing into the Alaskan wilderness in the middle of winter. “To Build a Fire” is a short story that illustrates the concept of naturalism and how the natural world, which is dangerous, will gain the upper hand and man will perish. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, the narrator makes it clear that the “unnamed” man is in a dangerous situation with the elements. The man is facing weather seventy-five degrees below zero and he is not prepared to survive. Jack London writes that the cold, “did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man’s frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold.” The man is new to the environment...
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