Babbitt: a person‚ particularly a business or professional man‚ who unthinkingly follows conventional middle-class ways (Merriam-Webster). George F. Babbitt of Babbitt‚ by Sinclair Lewis: a 46-year-old American real estate salesman who conformed unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards in the Midwestern city of Zenith in the 1920s. While he lived as a successful businessman with all the modern conveniences—including a very nice house and a very nice car—Babbitt was overwhelmingly dissatisfied
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Movie: Last of the Mohicans Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757 in the third year of a war in North America over land and territory. Mostly‚ the war is between the English and the French‚ but each side has taken up Indian allies to assist them. The main story in the Last of the Mohicans is the love of an adopted Mohican‚ Hawk-eye‚ and Cora‚ the daughter of an English general. There are also other stories embedded in the movie‚ which are harder to recognize. For instance‚ a second love
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Movie: The Patriot Characters: Benjamin Martin is a farmer and was a member of the military during the Seven Years War. He had lost his wife and joins the Revolutionary War due to the loss of his 15 year old son. He is promoted to colonel in the continental army and leads his eldest son to find recruits to stall General Cornwallis until the French arrive. He uses hit and run tactics to take out many British soldiers‚ many of these battles taking place in the swamps. Gabriel Martin is Benjamin’s
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The Last of the Mohicans The book Last of the Mohicans is based on a novel by James Fenimore Cooper‚ and revolves around a clan of Native Americans called the Mohicans. The main characters are Hawkeye‚ his adopted father Chingachgook‚ and his adopted brother Uncas. Chingachgook‚ and his son Uncas‚ are the last of the Mohican tribe or blood line. The movie is also based on these three characters. The era that both stories take place in is the 18th century during the seven years war between
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Freedom Writers Gang violence in Los Angeles was at its prime in 1992 right after the infamous Rodney King incident and Los Angeles riots that locked down the city for three days. (Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots‚ http://www.citivu.com/ktla/sc-ch1.html) Teenagers in the rough neighborhoods of California thought that they were destined to become gang members with their respective races‚ to fight a battle that their ancestors started. During this time period‚ teenage gang members felt that
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Cleopatra The historical epic film‚ “Cleopatra” depicts the queen and her relationships with two great Roman rulers‚ Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Produced in 1963‚ this movie is a one of a kind as it portrays the Roman Republic transition. Although the motion picture is mostly very true to the historic facts‚ there are a few examples where the producers deviated from accuracy. The movie is not entirely correct with some of the costume and set choices‚ representation of the character Octavian
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The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans is an American classic‚ was written by James Fenimore Cooper and published in 1826. The Last of the Mohicans was written in the third person omniscient point of view‚ is a narrative and is in the Historical fiction genre. Cooper’s novel follows the story of the two daughters of a British general (Cora and Alice)‚ the generals trusty major (Heyward)‚ a tag along singer (Gamut)‚ Their Huron guide turned renegade (Magua)‚ and the last two noble Indians
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The Last of the Mohicans is a romantic action film directed by Michael Mann in 1992. The story took place in 1757 during the French and Indian war. The British and French were fighting for territory in North America. The director depicted the three groups of people excellently‚ and used great detail to show the values and traits of each group. The American Colonists were a hardworking‚ and independent group of people. They wanted answers before they agreed to anything. In the beginning of the
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Film Response: The Last of the Mohicans (1992) The story begins with a dying tribe called the Mohicans in which three men are left from the tribe. During the conquest period of the United States in the 18th century‚ French and English soldiers came into battle that forced the native American to choose one party. These three men refuse to take sides for which they want is freedom. Troughtout the story‚ these three men intercepted Indians attacking a small group of British soldiers that included
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Hope Leslie‚ by Catherine Maria Sedgwick‚ receives praise for being a more truthful‚ faithful‚ or positive depiction‚ when compared to James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohican’s. However‚ both novels perpetrate the same majority views on cultural interactions. The respective narrators of Hope Leslie and The Last of the Mohicans apply a similar spin in their descriptions of violence‚ character abilities‚ and wrongdoing in a way that favors the White characters over the Indian characters. One
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