I’m a big fan of rap and hip-hop music‚ so one of my favorite movies is ‘8 Mile’. It is a semi-autobiographic film about Eminem’s life. Starring well-known artists in the movie industry‚ such as Brittany Murphy‚ Mekhi Phifer‚ Omar Benson‚ Kim Basinger‚ and Eminem himself‚ ‘8 Mile’ became one of the most successful movies about musicians ever made. Set in Detroit‚ 1995‚ the story revolves around a white boy named Jimmy ‘B-Rabbit’ Smith‚ an inspiring rapper‚ trying to succeed in a music style most
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An Analysis of The Green Mile January 10‚ 2013 "We each owe a debt‚ there are no exceptions. But oh God‚ sometimes The Green Mile seems so long." The 1999 film‚ The Green Mile was a film that touched many. Originally this film was a novel‚ written in six volumes by the award-winning author Stephen King. In this film King sought out to depict the moral issues surrounding the death penalty from the beginning but as the film continues the audience is drawn to
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historical figures in jazz‚ was Miles Davis. Miles came from a well off middle class family. His dad was a successful dentist‚ so money was never an issue. Miles’ father encouraged the arts‚ while his mother discouraged it because the chances of making a good living are slim to none. However‚ Miles ended up going to Juliard for trumpet and his career began when he started playing with other musicians in New York‚ rather than focusing on school. It was when Miles was playing in Billy
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when he was in prison and the story of the movie is related to his own life. The main character of the movie is Miles Montego played by Jeff "Ja Rule" Atkins‚ he is a gangster and a drug dealer‚ and the other one is Vanessa Leon played by Adrienne Bailon as the girlfriend of Miles and lately she became his wife. Vanessa is a very religious girl and has a strong devotion to God. Miles first saw Vanessa when he is driving but he does not has a chance to talk to her. Fortunately‚ in the next day when
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Daniel Clavin 9/28/12 McGrath/D’Abramo 42 mile run The 42 mile run is from Buna to Gleivitz and it takes place during the Holocaust. It seems impossible especially since they are prisoners and they are skin and bon literally. They had accomplished it by being almost like a machine‚ also having a large pack of people contributed a large amount. The most important contribution was if you had family‚ if you had family you can use that as motivation like Elie Wiesel the
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Madison Dedman A2 Book Review: Ten Mile River Ray and Jose are the result of the foster system and have long ago deserted it. The style of writing is very creative while Paul Griffin uses a dialogue that demonstrates a different type of jargon of young teen age boys. They share a brotherly love‚ however many homophobic jokes establish that they love each other in a family sense. In Paul Griffin’s “Ten Mile River” (published 2009)‚ Ray is the brains‚ and on the other hand‚ Jose is the brawn. Despite
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The Green Mile‚ March 1999 Stephen King‚ 1947-? Summary: John Coffey is brought to Cold Mountain accused of rape and murder. It becomes known that he has a healing touch. Paul Edgecombe‚ the superintendent‚ has sympathy for Coffey and later finds out that Coffey is indeed innocent‚ but can find no way to stop the execution. Coffey proclaimed that he “wanted to go” and thus allowed Paul to accept Coffey’s fate as he must‚ and go on with his life. Central Characters: Paul
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It is said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – and in the case of a determined group of young people from the James Bay Cree community‚ that adage is quite true. David Kawapit Jr. a 18- year old Cree from the isolated community Whapmagoostui on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec‚ decided it would be a good idea to walk 1600 km to Ottawa in support of the Idle No More movement. Some of his friends joined him on January 16th and when they arrived on Parliament Hill‚ Ottawa
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History of Jazz Miles Davis Born on May 26‚ 1926‚ Miles Davis is considered to be one of the most influential jazz musicians in history. Being a trumpeter‚ keyboardist‚ composer‚ and band-leader‚ Miles is responsible for the popularization of many styles of jazz throughout his long and prolific career. Miles Dewey Davis was born into a well-to-do family in the town of Alton‚ Illinois. The family owned a large portion of a farm where Miles learned to ride horses as a young boy. In 1927 the
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"The Green Mile" was a novel written by Stephen King in 1996. The story takes place in 1932 on the “E” Block or otherwise known as death row in Cold Mountain Penitentiary somewhere in Georgia. It is narrated by the main character‚ Paul‚ who is the captain of the prison guards who supervise the “E” Block. "The Green Mile" is the hallway between the cells of the cell block that leads to the execution room. The corridor is covered in green linoleum‚ hence‚ the "last" or green mile the inmates take to
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