Dear friend‚ I’m not the type of person to keep a diary‚ and I’m not the best at telling people what’s really going through my head. Because honestly no one would understand‚ I don’t even know what’s going on in my head half the time. I’m a person with a lot of thought though. My name is I’m 16 years old and I like to think that I’m living my life up to the fullest. But what am I living for? Am I living or just existing? More and more I’ve been realizing that being a teenager isn’t everything
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December 20th‚ 2012 Dear God Movie Ethical Consideration The film “Dear God” directed by Garry Marshall is about a young man named Tom Turner who is a specialized con man. However‚ once he gets caught by the police‚ he has the choice to either go to jail or find a real job. He chooses the job. Tom finds himself working at a post office‚ sorting dead mail. In all likely turn of events‚ Tom finds himself answering “dear god” letters and helping those who are in
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Director Martin Scorsese’s Academy-Award winning movie The Departed shows Billy Costigan having a character epiphany. Billy early in the film is set on being a cop. He goes through the Academy and graduates as a trainee. He wants to be a cop so badly that he takes Captain Queenan and Sergeant Dignam deal to go undercover. He does so only after Dignam takes several jabs at his pride telling him he isn’t a cop and will never be a cop: “Hey asshole‚ he can’t help you! I know what you are‚ okay? I know
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The Departed The Departed is about two people playing the "rat" and the "mole"; Leonardo DiCaprio as a cop pretending to be a thug for the Irish mob and Matt Damon as his opposite‚ an informant for the mob. Both are trapped in circumstances where you can’t tell the good from the bad. Each man is living a double life where one misstep will mean life or death if he is caught. This movie was directed by Martin Scorsese with the lead actors Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Matt Damon‚ Jack Nicholson‚ Mark Wahlberg
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Theories of Criminology and The Departed Martin Scorcese’s film‚ The Departed‚ gives a great depiction of contrasting theories of the origins of crime‚ and how they may be applied to each character. Each of the four major theories‚ Choice Theory‚ Trait Theory‚ Social Structure Theory‚ and Social Process Theory can be seen to be accurate at one or more points in the film‚ but the film ultimately advocates for Choice Theory. Each of the major characters has the opportunity to choose who they
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When asked to choose a film based on its great editing techniques‚ I had to choose academy award winning‚ The Departed (Scorsese‚ 2006). This film starring Hollywood power houses‚ Matt Damon‚ Leonardo DiCaprio‚ Mark Wahlberg‚ and Jack Nicholson‚ won the 2006 academy for best editing and I believe that it was deservingly so. The editing in this film is very interesting in a sense that it is pretty different from the editing of most films that I have viewed. The editing is done by Thelma Schoonmaker
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Tan Jing Zhi WRIT 340 Assignment 3 10/30/12 Prof. William Gorski The Departed: A Quintessentially American Story Have film makers today run out of original ideas and ways to artistically express their individuality? With the recent slew of film remakes and adaptations of classics such as King Kong‚ The Manchurian Candidate‚ and Ocean’s Eleven‚ it would appear that the film industry has had to reach into the past to seek inspiration for their new works. Critics may claim that in the capitalistic
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“War has a damaging effect on all those involved” Do you agree? I agree with this statement whole heartedly‚ the text’ Dear America’ edited by Bernard Edelman‚ demonstrates the damaging effect of the war in depth. The compilation of letters writer by soldiers serving in Vietnam to family and friends home in America establishers the varying effects war has on the people involved. I will outline the significant cases. War is both brutal and brutalising‚ its dehumanising influence can bee seen in
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Dear Dora‚ We love you‚ and support you in everything you do; however‚ we think as your parents it is a very bad idea for you to drop out of high school. Furthermore‚ we would like to encourage you not to drop out because we know this is not a good decision‚ or the right decision for you! We know that if you drop out now it will follow you for the rest of your life and you will really regret it. For that reason‚ you should listen to us because we know what’s best for you. Here are our thoughts regarding
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From watching the 2006 film titled “The Departed”‚ I argue that the social message of the film is not just identity but the changing of identity through socialization. This can best be described through the symbolic interaction theory. Like the main characters of the film‚ people give meaning to their behavior based on the meaning they impose on objects‚ events and other behaviors (Anderson & Taylor‚ 2009). The film’s main protagonist Bill Costigan and main antagonist Colin Sullivan both share similar
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