Citizenfour is a movie about a man who was an employee of the NSA (National Security Agency) and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and he reveals the secrets of these two american corporations.The name Citizenfour was given because the woman who did this movie (Laura Poitras) was receiving messages from an unknown person that had he’s name as Citizenfour. Edward Snowden was Citizenfour he send a crippled message to Laura Poitras that said “You asked why i picked you. I didn’t. you did. The surveillance
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In the book “The Lorax” the main character Ted Wiggins lives in a town that is all fake and plastic. This plastic town is called Thneedville‚ Thneedville is based off of a period way back in time. Ted’s community that he lives in is very compact. The houses are the same the people are the same and nothing is real‚ including the grass. A girl who Ted really likes named Audrey‚ has a fascination of seeing a real tree. She doesn’t care about the fake one all throughout the town‚ she wants to see “the
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In the beginning of the story sophia is twelve years old and is aware of all the bad things happening around her. She first witnessed a man being hung in front of anyone who was willing to watch. She was flabbergasted by the dramatic event. Her family took in a man by the name of john andre. He was british and sophia’s family believed him to be very polite due to the current events in town. Sophia immediately gravitated towards him. John andre eventually left and sophia was really hoping he would
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The documentary “I AM” was directed by Tom Shadyac‚ who was a such successful Hollywood director until a bike accident in 2007 left him cripped‚ possibly for good. Despite the fact that he at last recovered‚ he raised a changed man. After an expanded fight against post-blackout disorder‚ he chose to figure out what life is truly about‚ since he says his 17‚000-square-foot manor as a case—hadn’t brought him joy. Shadyac travels around the world and starts off with a small camera crew to interview
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The Consolation of Philosophy is a work by the sixth century philosopher Boethius‚ written in prison after his drastic fall from power‚ that has often been described as the last great work of the Classical Period. It is a combination of Menippean satire and apocalyptic dialogue that resonates in structure to a classical Greek Dialogue‚ with a more pronounced personal‚ religious and mystical significance. It is impossible to ignore the impact that Consolation had on Medieval Europe‚ with numerous
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Adichie’s protagonist Ifemelu‚ is a girl who travel from Nigeria to America for college. During her stay‚ she makes several accomplishments including a successful blog that talks about race relations and a prestigious award at Princeton. She has a few boyfriends during her time in America as well‚ each coming with their own good and bad times. While in America‚ she is not whole heartedly resistant to the American culture. The biggest issue for her is the void between people of different color. This
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The Sympathizer follows a nameless narrator‚ a communist spy working as a captain for a South Vietnamese General‚ beginning just before the fall of Saigon in 1975. The narrator is destined to be divided as a half-Vietnamese‚ half-French‚ American Educated‚ Communist sleeper spy working for the anti-Communists‚ raised with only his mother’s love. He most often plays the role of a loyal captain‚ who happens to be a spy‚ but he constantly reminds himself that the role is meant to be his reality. He
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I chose to write about The Ceiling. This story begins with the narrator attending his son’s birthday party and he remembers the day so well because it is the first day that he saw the object in the sky later referred to by the press as the Ceiling “The square was without blemish or flaw‚ no larger than a child’s tooth‚ and I could not tell whether it rested on the moon itself or hovered above it like a cloud.” (Thing’s that fall from the sky pg.103-104). The object continued to grow larger and larger
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In the novel “Skellig”‚ David Almond describes how death is natural and has to happen in order for our world to keep moving. Imagine no one dying‚ just the world populating over and over again. There would eventually be no room for the new boys and girls entering our world. Death is natural‚ and has to happen. If there was no death‚ there would be no new generations with new minds to think and process the information the current generation can’t. In “Skellig” Ernie Myers’ death in the beginning
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The Brethren is a book about the evolution of the Burger Court during the years of 1969 to 1976. The Brethren takes readers inside the court for a fascinating view of how things really work: how justices build majorities for their points of view and‚ occasionally‚ how they lose them; how the chief justice can use his power to assign cases to impress their philosophy on the final decision; and the unique role played by the law clerks. This book is a balanced account of the inner workings of the Supreme
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