John K. Dr. Erin S. Honors English 118 3 December 2012 Political Extremism and the Internet David Weinberger‚ a former advisor to Howard Dean‚ said "Don’t think of the Internet as a broadcast medium...think of it as a conversational space. Conversation is the opposite of marketing. It’s talking in our own voices about things we want to hear about." This mentality towards the purpose of the internet is becoming more and more common. It is seen by politicians and political advisors as an instrument
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02.28.13 Animated Sitcoms 1.Paper -The Simpsons=American Culture ?- The Simpsons is an animated sitcom created in 1989 by Matt Groening for FOX. The Simpsons can be described as a series which is about a middle-class family of five and their daily life. I want to give a short information about this family. Homer Simpson is the father of the family‚ works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and we can say that he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Marge Simpson is the mother of the family
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Hunting Assignment The movie Good Will Hunting displayed many issues and themes of young adulthood. There were a couple of themes that stood out more than others. One of the central themes was abandonment. The main character Will Hunting played by Matt Damon has been an orphan his whole life. He is scared to be close and have a relationship with people because he hasn’t had anyone there for him. He moved from foster home to foster home not being able to bond with anyone. Another character that experiences
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in small doses There seems to be a widespread view of a bleak future for the human kind today as we are bombarded with information that makes us feel as if we are unquestionably turning our planet into an inhabitable rock for future generations. Matt Ridley‚ although not the only optimist on this planet‚ has a more encouraging outlook on our future as a species as he writes in his latest book The Rational Optimist. The author‚ with a strong background in science and who has written books relating
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obliterated by the virus MEV-1. Upon dissection the coroner says‚ “Oh my God‚ should I call someone?” to which his assistant says‚ “Call everyone.” Millions of other people soon follow Beth’s crude death. Her scraggly looking husband‚ Mitch‚ played by Matt Damon‚ remains unaffected by the virus due to his immunity. Contagion‚ unlike other movies‚ keeps the hero‚ Damon‚ oddly detached from the viewers. The director‚ Steven Soderbergh‚ decided to keep Damon out of the minimal action in the movie by immediately
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After the T.V. show ended the viewers could no longer see the characters that they had grown to love and see their friendship. “Were they still friends?” was a question that was thought between fans of the T.V. series. In an interview with ET Online‚ Matt LeBlanc said‚ “We don’t get to see each other as much as we used to‚ but whenever they get back together it’s just like old times (Flanigan 1).” He says that‚ “It’s like no time has elapsed you know‚ but when they get back together it’s like it never
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apartheid era‚ bearing the old South African flag’s color of green and gold and boasting just one black team member. Despite overwhelming black support for abolishing the team altogether‚ Mandela meets with the team’s captain Francois Pineaar (Matt Damon) to convince
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director develops with the use of several characters along with meaningful dialogue. In Martin Scorsese’s The Departed the theme of loyalty is expressed along with the symbolism of the state building and animal clothing. In the film The Departed Matt Damon’s character Collin Sullivan infiltrates the Massachusetts State Police department as a detective who is secretly working as an informant for the Irish Mob lead by Frank Costello who is played by Jack Nicolson. Meanwhile Leonardo Dicaprio’s character
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place in 1995‚ when South Africa was divided into black ands whites. Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years and was elected as the first black President of South Africa. Mandela who was played by Morgan Freeman join forces with Pienaar; Matt Damon’s character‚ who was also the captain of South Africa’s rugby team; Springboks. The both of them worked together to try and win the World Cup championship and inspire South Africa‚ even when Pienaar was faced with much backlash from his team
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Page: 31- 32 My Favorite Movie This movie described that the captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) was given a new mission when he was finishing his tough mission‚ landing on Omaha Beach in the World WarⅡ: To find and rescue the private Ryan (Matt Damon)‚ whose three brothers all had been killed in combat. Miller obeyed the mission and took a small troop behind enemy lines to retrieve Ryan. With no information about Ryan’s whereabouts‚ Miller and his men moved from town to town‚ venturing deeper
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