The Sandra Bullock Trade The core issue of writing is catching the attention of the reader. This is especially true when it comes to writing news articles where you have less than a second to get the reader interested in your story. Writer David Brooks uses the famous actor Sandra Bullock to address what he considers a rising problem in society‚ where people tend to think that career success will grant them more happiness than a stable personal life. The opening paragraph of the article “The Sandra
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David Brooks The Sandra Bullock Trade David Brooks effectively engages the reader in the text quickly by asking the reader a direct question already in the third line. “Would you take that as a deal? Would you exchange a tremendous professional triumph for a severe personal blow?” By doing so‚ he makes the reader fell like he is talking directly to him/or she‚ and that way fell more engaged and curious about David Brooks opinion. Almost right after‚ in line 10 he answers the question by writing
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was that post 9/11‚ all Middle Eastern people became potential terrorists. This demonstrates how people aim their anger and frustration at people of certain ethnic groups. Stereotyping was also a major factor in the film. In one of the scenes‚ Sandra Bullocks character made a statement about the relationship between white and black people: ”If a white woman sees two black men walking towards her and turns the other way‚ she’s a racist. Well I got scared and didn’t say anything‚ and the next thing
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The Sandra Bullock Trade David Brooks wrote an op-ed column in The New York Times: “The Sandra Bullock Trade” (3.30.2010). David Brooks has a smooth way to engage us in the text‚ he uses a lot of thought-provoking rhetorical questions. These questions are a nice way to make sure he gets the reader’s attention‚ and to force the reader to think about what he writes about. After Brooks has asked questions‚ he gives us much information about the subject this makes us wonder even further about the
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just how racism is portrayed without racial or class barriers‚ and how we all experience it in some form. The lives of different people become intertwined in a thirty six hour scenario in Los Angeles. The all star cast‚ including Don Cheadle‚ Sandra Bullock‚ Ludacris‚ Terrance Howard ‚ and many others really bring this film alive with their emotional acting seeming so realistic. The film really makes you question how one reacts in their daily life‚ and how we may affect others more than one may assume
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The Blind Side is one of the best movies I’ve seen so far. Sandra Bullock’s character was the most interesting one for me. She played Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a middle class woman with a great heart. She adopted Michael‚ a big black kid who was very shy and careless. The aim of this essay is to show the strong personal qualities of this character and why she inspires me. Michael was found walking by the streets in a cold night when Leigh Anne and her family were driving home from a play that her son
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Two weeks notice Bullock plays Lucy Kelson‚ a committed left-wing attorney with an immaculate Ivy League background who fights the good fight against the heartless developers of lower Manhattan and the outer boroughs. Complications ensue when she finds herself working for one such figure‚ George Wade (Grant) in exchange for his preserving a Coney Island landmark near her childhood home. Wade’s not a bad guy‚ but he’s frightfully dependent on Lucy for everything. When it seems possible she might
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and comical way. This holds true throughout the whole movie. The film shows a typical tomboy whom no one notices to be attractive change into a stunningly beautiful woman that most definitely everyone notices. This happens because Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) who is at the bottom of the ranks in her FBI division takes on an assignment that changes her life and how every one of her colleagues view her. The assignment is to go undercover at the Miss America pageant to find out and try to prevent someone
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impressive scenes. The first was a scene in which Sandra Bullock lies on her bed smiling after bringing Mike home with her. It’s a smile of content and of real happiness. It’s that kind of smile we draw on our faces when feeling satisfied and fulfilled with goodness. This is what real happiness is about; it’s not wealth or positions. True happiness is feeling good about yourself. The second scene which is the most to touch the heart is when Sandra prepares a bedroom for Mike to sleep in and takes
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Cited: Crash. Dir. Paul Haggis. Perf. Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock. Lion’s Gate Films‚ Film. W. Norton & Company‚ 2011. Print. Richard Barsam and Dave Monohan. Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film. W.
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