The Star Chamber The movie‚ The Star Chamber‚ takes a poignant look at our judicial system and forces us to consider what is legally and morally right. The movie stars Michael Douglas as a judge who is discouraged after he sees that one of his cases is dismissed on a technicality. The defendants‚ two men charged with kidnapping and murder‚ are released because the police officers who arrested them did not follow the law when it came to collecting the evidence. Michael Douglas’s character becomes
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The Stars My Destination Introduction “...The key turned in the lock of his soul and the door was opened. What emerged expunged the Common Man forever.” The Stars My Destination ~pg 22 Gully Foyle. Uneducated. No skills. No merits. No recommendations. A short description given by the author Alfred Bester of his main character as the stereotypical Common Man of humanity. A man who later motivated himself to become something more than just a ‘mere’ man
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’Star Wars: Episode 8’ Spoilers: The return of Han Solo and the connection between Snoke and Leia Fans are super excited about “Star Wars: Episode 8” and though the release is still an year away‚ some update has emerged about Han Solo. It looks like Harrison Ford aka Han Solo might return in “Star Wars: Episode 8‚” reports The Melty Galaxy. In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel‚ Ford indicated at the return of his character. Though he did not say anything when asked about his return‚ his mime act was
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Alexander Charles‚ what a nice name. I wonder if Mr.Charles was an English teacher? In his poem star-crossed‚ Charles talks about two skeletons discovered in Mantua Italy. These skeletons "linked in a lovers embrace" are the underlying theme throughout the poem. At the the beginning of the poem Charles links love to these 5000 year old lovers while at the end he links them to his age. However he incorporates a sense of bias in the poem. "I shall grow old" age is a something that some
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English 101 Professor Caruth 9/21/2011 Life of a Pop Star When I wake up I don’t get to hear silence and peacefulness‚ instead I’m surrounded by the sounds of ambulances going off and my assistant in my ear telling me‚ “RiRi get up you have a photo shoot at ten”. My life is at a fast pace and I signed up for this once I entered this business and being this global pop isn’t just handed to anyone on a silver platter. Ever since I was 17 years old my life changed from being the small town girl
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The Fault In Our Stars essay “That’s the thing about pain‚” Augustus said‚ and then glanced back at me. “It demands to be felt.” (4. 10) Who among us hasn’t been plagued with a serious case of angst? For teenagers‚ it seems par for the course (all those raging hormones). But it’s especially true for the two main characters in John Green’s hilarious and heartbreaking cancer-kid novel‚ The Fault in Our Stars. Brought to us by a master of young adult literature‚ The Fault in Our Stars will have you laughing
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Desire brings forth blindness and self-destruction. At least‚ that seems to be the message Sir Philip Sidney tries to convey in “Thou Blind Man’s Mark.” Sidney uses poetic devices like imagery‚ personification‚ and tone to address his complex attitude towards desire. “Thou blind man’s mark‚ thou fool’s self-chosen snare” (line 1). Sidney invokes metaphors to describe the subject of his poem before revealing what it actually is. The contradicting and confusing images are likely due to his passionate
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Psychoanalytic Criticism on Featured Film‚ Star Wars A Myth-Freudian Criticism Star Wars is a classic movie written and directed by George Lucas that encompasses a vast array of archetypes and phallic/yonic symbols that yield fascinating "between the lines" interpretations. An analysis of such archetypes reveals a great deal of what the main characters are thinking. The synopsis of the movie is as such: The story commences with Princess Leia escort ship being boarded by Empire in hope to
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Most people never have to find their inner strength. People can go through life without having to be strong for someone else or themselves because they have someone to lean on. In “All the Bright Places”‚ Violet and Finch have no one to lean on‚ until they meet each other. Violet and Finch have no one to share their struggles with‚ they feel alone in this world and because of that they can feel lonely and suicidal. In this book‚ one of the main themes is strength. Strength is shown in this book in
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Five Star Tools Five Star Tools is a small family-owned firm that manufactures diamond-coated cutting tools(chisels and saws) used by jewelers. Production involves three major processes. First‚ steel “blanks” (tools without the diamond coating) are cut to size. Second‚ the blanks are sent to a chemical bath that prepares the tools for the coating process. In the third major process‚ the blanks are coated with diamond chips in a proprietary process that simultaneously coats and sharpens the
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