Movies are made to be sold and not history to be perfectly told. If movies include a complete history‚ it wouldn’t be known as a movie anymore. However‚ it would be called a documentary‚ which most people get fed up of. So interpretations‚ exaggerations and idealistic scenes are added to the movie to make it more interesting for the audience. "The Patriot" is a similar film made during the modern day time about a time period in which none of the experienced the real revolution. Politically‚ socially
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depicted as a voiceless beauty without any power or opinions of her own. As her sister Hei affirms in Chapter 3 of part 1‚ “[s]he is the most beautiful girl in Saigon. […] She is delicate‚ […] She needs care. She deserves care. She is very‚ very loyal” (Greene‚ 46). At this part of the novel‚ Hei meets Pyle and instantly wants to set her sister up in a marriage with him. Hei sees him as a better match than Fowler because he is
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THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel
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The author of The Quiet American book; Graham Greene‚ explores the theme of idealism vs. realism strongly but delicately; because it is present as the background of the novel. In this paper‚ I will try to give my feelings and arguments of how I think the author managed to deliver a complete story with more than just one theme. The one that caught my attention this time is the most relevant one; the analogy between idealism and realism. One of the most easy-to-recognize fact is that the main characters
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United Kingdom Entered the war on 4 August 1914‚ South Africa Entered the war on 4 August 1914‚ Serbia Entered the war on 28 July 1914‚ Russia Entered the war on 1 August 1914‚ Romania Entered the war on 27 August 1916‚ etc. Major General Nathanael Greene‚ Colonel Henry Knox‚ Brigadier General Hugh Mercer were Washington’s Lieutenants. Battle of Trenton: Background “Having been defeated in the battles for New York City‚ General George Washington and the remnants of the Continental Army retreated
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The Broken Window Theory‚ which is also known as the Epidemic Theory of Crime‚ is one of the foundations of the bestseller book Tipping Point (2000) by Malcolm Gladwell. Gladwell defines tipping points as "the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable; these are the moments of critical mass‚ the threshold‚ the boiling point." Tipping points are made possible through epidemics. Gladwell came up with the three rules or principles of epidemics‚ based on learnings from worldwide
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The Destructors (A Summarized Summary) By: Felix Cheung‚ Pareen Sehat‚ & Sean Stubbs What its About: In the short story‚ The Destructors‚ by Graham Greene‚ a gang of youths expresses their anger and frustration against society by destroying the last remaining house on a bombed out street. The protagonist‚ Trevor‚ or T‚ becomes the gang’s leader‚ who is fuelled by a desire to take revenge on the middle class. The previous leader of the gang‚ Blackie‚ loses his position when Trevor develops a superior
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On May 25th 1787 fifty-five delegates from the thirteen colonies meet in Independence Hall in Philadelphia. They met after the Shays Rebellion to discuss the problems with the original Articles of Confederation and adjust things accordingly to the problems. This meeting would otherwise be known as the Constitutional convention and would go on for the next five months. One of the fifty-five delegates was William L. Pierce. William L.Pierce was on the the four delegates from the states of Georgia at
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Intro about the story The Case for the Defence is a well-written thriller by Graham Greene‚ a famous English novelist‚ which deals with a strange murder trial. The defendant‚ guilty of murder of a woman and having four eye-witnesses to testify against him is thought of standing no chance of acquittal. Yet‚ a twist in the story renders the jurymen helpless and they have to acquit him for lack of evidence. In the end‚ he or his twin brother meets with a horrible death‚ having been crushed under a
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The Elegant Universe is a book‚ also adapted into a television broadcast‚ in which Brian Greene introduces and discusses the string and superstring theory. Greene discusses the essential problem facing modern physics: unification of Einstein’s two theories‚ general relativity and quantum mechanics. He suggests that the string theory is the solution to these two conflicting theories. Albert Einstein‚ throughout the last thirty years of his life‚ was determined to pursue a single theory so powerful
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