PLOT SUMMARY – SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle Jamal Malik‚ an 18-year old Mumbai slum kid‚ get right through to the last question on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’ and the chance to win 20 million rupees. But straight after the show breaks for the night‚ he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. The show’s quizmaster Prem Kumar‚ himself a product of the slums‚ is unwilling to share the limelight with the young upstart. A night of mistreatment and torture fails to elicit a confession‚ so
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City of Ember (2008) Plot Summary Showing all 3 plot summaries When mankind is about to come to an end‚ a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however‚ the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It’s left to two young adults to
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Plot Summary Forrest Gump is the story of an incredibly kind and gentle person who is also what some people might call "mildly retarded." It’s true that he is not too smart‚ but he is very fortunate‚ because he has a mother and friend who love him dearly. Forrest is born and raised in rural Alabama‚ in the Southern United States. He grows up with his mother‚ who rents out rooms in the family house to people traveling through the area. Despite his lack of sophistication‚ and the
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to a lengthy war between the two nations. Compared to early letters‚ films‚ such as Braveheart‚ depict King Longshanks as a devout adversary of the Scottish people instead of praising his unique characteristics. Early English sources have depicted King Longshanks as a mighty and grateful monarch‚ while later ones‚ specifically mainstream media‚ have portrayed him as a ruthless tyrant. In the 1995 movie‚ Braveheart‚
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Plot Summary – The Simple Gift The story The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick‚ focuses on Billy‚ who is a sixteen year old boy living in Australia. Billy reveals himself as a reject‚ a thief and a troubled character who rejects school. Billy’s ‘alienation’ is a cause of the combination of all his troubles‚ his abusive father‚ rejection from school‚ bad neighbourhood. Billy runs away from his family on a freight train‚ and packs a set of unusual things like cigarettes and alcohol. Whilst catching a
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Dave Arreche Historical or Historical Fiction Main Characters of Braveheart Braveheart is supposed t o be the true story of William Wallace and his battle to free Scotland from English rule. Most of the characters in Braveheart are true historical characters‚ however‚ the manner in which they are portrayed in the movie‚ tends to lean a bit towards fiction. Little is know about the true history of Wallace. Wallace was born around 1270 near Elderslie‚ in Paisley Parish. It is believed
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Invisible Man: Plot Summary Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man opens with a prologue describing the main character in time after the beginning of the body of the book. In the prologue‚ Ellison tells of the main characters invisibility. It is not a physical invisiblity‚ but rther he is not recognised‚ and therefore persieved‚ by the world at large. This is coupled with the fact that he is constantly trying to be someone else‚ other than himself‚ creates for his a complete loss of identity‚ and he
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------------------------------------------------- Animal Farm: Plot Summary ‹ Previous PageNext Page › Manor Farm is a small farm in England run by the harsh and often drunk Mr. Jones. One night‚ a boar named Old Major gathers all the animals of Manor Farm together. Knowing that he will soon die‚ Old Major gives a speech in which he reveals to the animals that men cause all the misery that animals endure. Old Major says that all animals are equal and urges them to join together to rebel. He teaches
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Braveheart Edward the Longshanks‚ king of England was a dominant figure bent on obtaining allegiance by most any means available. He was an autocratic leader in that he was the central authority. The only power that he was willing to give was to those that he could still control through fear and bribery. Expansion of his power base came by using the greed of others. Given no concern for human needs‚ he expected his followers to do what they were told and not think for themselves. Input from others
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Plot summary The story begins in the future‚ in which the time machine has been invented but is still very temperamental. A hunter named Eckels pays to go traveling back into the past on a guided safari to kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex. As the party waits to depart they talk about the recent presidential elections in which an apparently fascist candidate‚ Deutscher‚ has just been defeated by the more moderate Keith‚ to the relief of many concerned. When the party arrives in the past‚ Travis (the hunting
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