John Hughes: Reaching New Levels of Achievement in Hollywood David Bordwell (2006) firmly believes that when faced with the challenge of creating‚ people ask themselves how they can raise the premises to new levels of achievement‚ or revive a disreputable genre. He argues that people challenge themselves with the question ‘How can I make casual connections more felicitous‚ twists more unexpected‚ character psychology more involving‚ excitement more intense‚ motifs more tightly woven? How can I display
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The Breakfast Club (1985) Midterm Paper The movie “The Breakfast Club” portrays five main characters all from a different set of cliques in Saturday morning detention in an Illinois high school. Their detention is a result of myriad violations. Each character has different stereotypes‚ home lives‚ and issues but find out they have several similarities. The theme of this movie is to accept yourself for who you are. This movie focuses on different people getting to know and get along with each
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teenage students from different social groups when forced to spend a Saturday together in detention they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock‚ Emilio Estevez‚ a stoner‚ Judd Nelson‚ a princess‚ Molly Ringwald‚ a basket case‚ Ally Sheedy‚ and a brain‚ Anthony Michael Hall‚ talk about everything from parental tension to sex to peer pressure to hurtful stereotypes while serving the eight hours in a library. Ultimately‚ the five find that they may
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and “The Breakfast Club” in 1985 directed by John Hughes‚ shows that this is a strong theme that sticks throughout the industry. These films have many characters that can be compared to one another. The main characters are Claire Standish (played by Molly Ringwald) and Sandy Olsson (played by Olivia Newton-John) and John Bender (played by Judd Nelson) and Danny Zuko (played by John Travolta). The girls are your typical high school “girlie-girls” and the guys are your typical high school “macho men”
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In his article‚ From Identity to Politics‚ Craig Rimmerman analyzes gay rights movements in the United States in order to discover whether it is feasible to connect identity concerns with a liberal coalition for social‚ political and sex inequalities. Progressive democracy has provided some lesbian and gay rights; however‚ they are limited. Gay rights continue to be the focus of political efforts to promote social change through lesbian and gay movements in the United States. Rimmerman also focuses
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According to Debra Kelly‚ Molly Pitcher could have gotten that nickname from carry pitchers of water to give to the soldiers during war (Kelly 1). Kelly goes on to talk about how the whole Molly Pitcher story is a myth and there is no evidence found of the story. Kelly said as the story went that the name of Molly Pitcher was Mary Ludwig Hays McCarthy. This Molly Pitcher story resembles Sara Hull in many ways‚ starting with the carrying pitchers
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Contributions of Women during the American Revolution During the American Revolution thousands of women took an active role in both the American and British armies. Most were the wives or daughters of officers or soldiers. These women‚ who maintained an almost constant presence in military camps‚ were known as "camp followers." Here at Stony Point Battlefield‚ there were 52 women who were captured with the British garrison on the night of July 15‚ 1779 by the American Corps of Light Infantry.
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Chipping Away at Intel Mabel Dawson Managing Organizational Change – HRM 560 Professor Gordon Oct 23‚ 2011 Abstract Craig R. Barrett is the fourth CEO at Intel and has 3 more years until his mandatory retirement age. Upon his arrival he had a strategy and made some significant changes within the company. He made bold moves in the form of production of information‚ production of network servers‚ and reorganized the company. He is almost at the end of his tenure and is wondering what his
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1985 Director: John Hughes Length: 92 minutes Rating: R Characters/Actors Andrew Clark: Emilio Estevez Richard Vernon: Paul Gleason Brian Johnson: Anthony Michael Hall Carl: John Kapelos John Bender: Judd Nelson Claire Standish: Molly Ringwald Allison Reynolds: Ally Sheedy Communication Courses Group Communication Interpersonal Communication Communication Concepts Group cohesiveness Group development Perception Power Roles Self-disclosure Status Synopsis
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Running head: Biography of Allan Pinkerton Biography of Allan Pinkerton Timothy Smith CJS 250 November 22‚ 2010 Thomas J. Blank Biography of Allan Pinkerton Allan Pinkerton was the founder of one of the most top detective agencies in American. Allan Pinkerton was born in Glasgow‚ Scotland in 1819. Pinkerton was the son of a police sergeant who ended up getting injured on the job and he was not able to work which caused Pinkerton to grow up in poverty. His father ended up dying
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