Heroism

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    Life Boat

    responsibility. I must fully assess the situation and act, this is my only choice, I must salvage what human life I can! My conscience will always rule the logical decisions that I make in my life, although, this is my final test of leadership and heroism. I would use the “old fashion” logic, woman and children stay on the boat, and they must live in my mind. Whom do I choose after all the woman and children are safe? If there’s any space left, some of the younger men stay to lead and make the decisions;

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    Clueless

    Values/ Themes o Social Class/ Hierarchy – determined by wealth, popularity and image o Love o Self-awareness o Secrets in society o Heroism Opening Scene  Montage of images depicting Cher’s life – seen driving her jeep, shopping for clothes and socialising with friends at luxurious settings  Cher is also “handsome” and “rich” with a “happy disposition”  Voiceover – used to highlight consumerist nature of 20th century.  Also allows viewers to see misconceptions Cher has of herself

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    What Is America's Gift To My Generation

    America’s Gift To My Generation What is America’s gift? America’s gift to my generation is the freedom of speech, freedom, love, liberty, and Education. The key thing America offers us is freedom, freedom to speak, write, learn, and think. The America I know has freedom even though the couples of wars and disagreements. America fought for our freedom and our rights, America itself to me is like a small seed in fertile soil full of potential. When we have wars and disagreements the planet loses its

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    Emma May

    Emma May and A Day in the Life of Willie Faust I attended the Friday, November 1st showing of the LA Rebellion. The films that were shown were “Emma May” and “A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan” both by Jamaa Fanaka. A Day in the Life of Willie Faust is about a man who makes a deal with the devil. He gave his soul in exchange for women, money and honor. The story of this short film was told with very little dialogue. The audience’s interpretation of the film was

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    Colin Powell's Contributions

    Colin Powell, a well-known militant who surpassed many obstacles in his lifetime and is best recognized for his great military accomplishments such as, a 4 star general. Even though Colin’s parents were immigrants from Jamaica they still stressed for him to execute his assignments in order to become a great man. Colin Powell, a exceptionally admirable individual who had quite encouraging parents that wanted him to establish a beyond sophisticated life. His choices made an incredible difference

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    Vietnam Nurses With Dana Dilany Summary

    out of words. This is such a powerful documentary that tells the experiences of 8 nurses in the Vietnam War. Every time a war ends, all we hear in the news are about the male soldiers returning home to their families and recognize them for their heroism, yet we exclude the women that also helped out. These 8 young ladies where fresh out of college, the only thing they wanted to do is help out on the war. They had no idea of the experiences they were going to face throughout the years in the Vietnam

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    Narrative of English Department

    ------------------------------------------------- S.Y. 2014-2015 A Narrative Report “With English we can become Heroes” Everything starts with a plan. As early as August we started planning this whole thing. We started with the theme; we decided to focus on heroism since that was the year of the laity and so we come up with the theme: With English we can become Heroes. We also decided to retain all the previous activities from last year’s celebration and we added only one activity which is the poetry writing

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    Constitutional Law

    OUTLINE INTRODUCTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL LAW There were four main purposes of the Declaration of Independence: • Getting reluctant colonists to realize that loyalty to Britain was a lost cause • Explaining the colonists' position on the purpose of human government • Listing the colonists' grievances against King George III to show the legitimacy of their actions to others • To encourage foreign nations to help them UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SERVES TWO MAJOR FUNCTIONS” It creates the three

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    Moris Gleitzman Once

    me wants to run away, another part wants me to move on.” It is through POV that we can see what Felix is feeling. G has highlighted the importance of determination and will power. Another narrative convention is Symbolism used the show the theme heroism and the imp of books. An ex of this is the knowledge that Felix absorbs from books “I couldn’t read any of the words in dads big book about 2000 years of Jewish history” Felix took his favourite author as his hero instead of Adolf Hittler after he

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    Luna

    Heneral Luna ("General Luna") is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June 5, 1899 - a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic. Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productions, the film received

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