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    Mary and Max

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    Mary and Max It is 1976‚ an 8-year-old Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore) is a lonely little girl living in Mount Waverley‚ Melbourne‚ Australia. Her relatively poor family cannot afford to buy her toys or nice clothing‚ and she is teased by children at her school due to an unfortunate birthmark on her forehead. Her father is distant and her alcoholic‚ kleptomaniac mother provides no support. The closest thing she has to a friend is the man for whom Mary collects mail‚ Len Hislop‚ a World War

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    Mary and max opening scene analysis The Adam Elliot’s claymation Mary and Max opens with credits on a black screen with sad contemplative orchestral music. Then the screen if filled with darkness‚ followed by climbing upbeat hopeful music illuminating a sepia coloured ordinary Australian suburban landscape. Many typical Australian domestic icons portray this: like the Australian rules Sherin branded Football on the roof‚ the thongs protruding from a rubbish bin on Lamington street and a barbeque

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    Empathy In Mary And Max

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    the characters in Mary and Max. Elliot harnesses the use of claymation in his 2009 film‚ Mary and Max‚ to show the effects of imperfection and obscurity to his audience. Mary’s “poo coloured” birthmark and Max’s Asperger’s Syndrome invites the audience to feel their emotions and embark on an adventure with them to explore their both tragic and comedic lives through a series of letters. Music plays an important role to evoke the empathy in the audience towards both Mary and Max. During the scene

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    belonging is determined by their perception of the relationships and culture around them. Through Adam Elliot’s film ‘Mary and Max’‚ the idea that the way in which the characters look and act becomes almost as important as the ideas they communicate. This way of expressing the characters as individuals is evident through the scenes of letter writing throughout the film‚ when Mary was young‚ her wobbly handwriting‚ spelling mistakes‚ occasional crying and her postscripts such as‚ ‘P.S. ’Have you ever

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    actually make the whole thing work. The Roald Dahl-esque Mary and Max paints two lost souls on opposite sides of the Earth who become unlikely friends. Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore‚ then later Toni Collette) is an eight-year-old girl living in Australia (where everything is brown) with her monstrous mother and taxidermist father. At the post office one day‚ she randomly picks a name out of a New York phone book. That name is Max Jerry Horowitz (a vocally unrecognizable Philip Seymour Hoffman)

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    Max Weber

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    One of the founding fathers of sociology Max Weber was born on April 21‚ 1864 in Erfurt in Thuringia‚ Germany. He was the oldest of seven children of Max Weber Sr. and his wife Helene Fallenstein. His father was a prominent politician and politics was a major theme Weber was surrounded and grew up. From the early years Weber proved to be very intelligent. When he was only thirteen‚ as a Christmas present to parents‚ he wrote for them two historical essays. Weber enrolled in the University of Heidelberg

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    Max Hamburger

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    Max Hamburger History- Established in 1968‚ Max was the first burger fast food chain in Sweden. Their founders Curt Bergfors and Britta Anderson opened their first restaurant in Gallivare‚ high up in the northern part of Sweden. Max is a second generation family owned company run by the sons of founder Curt Bergfors. The name Max stems from founder’s nickname. The founder‚ Curt Bergfors is still active in the company as Chairman of Board‚ and family still owns 1000 percent

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    Typeface and Max

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    major discovery of this research? (max 30 words) 4 marks 2. Identify the three (3) genes that is the focused of this study and briefly describe their roles. (You will need to identify the full name of these genes). (max 60 words) 6 marks 3. In this publication‚ the author used the terms ‘germline origin’ and ‘epimutation’ in describing their analysis and finding. Define these terms‚ and relate them to the context of this study. (max 100 words) 6 marks 4. Based on this study

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    Max Wertheimer

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    Max Wertheimer was a Czech psychologist who was born in Prague. He lived from April 15‚ 1880 to October 12‚ 1943. During his childhood‚ Wertheimer seemed to be destined to become a musician. He composed symphonic and chamber music and was adept at playing the violin. His father served as the director of a local school in addition to being a teacher. In 1900 he studied law at Charles University‚ but soon switched to philosophy and psychology and got his doctoral degree from the University of Wurzburg

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    widespread oil shortages. (This is not explained in this film but in the sequel‚ Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.) Central to the plot is a poorly-funded national police unit called the Main Force Patrol (MFP‚ derogatorily called "The Bronze" by their enemies)‚ which struggles to protect the Outback’s few remaining townspeople from violent motorcycle gangs. The MFP’s "top pursuit man" is a young police officer‚ Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson)‚ badge number MFP4073. A member of one of the motorcycle gangs

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