The patriot Part 1: Introduction Because I know I’m not writing this essay for someone who hasn’t seen the movie‚ I’m not going to describe every single second in this summary‚ just the most important parts. The movie is about the historical event: the American Revolutionary War. The main character‚ Benjamin Martin‚ whom I like to call Martin rather than Benjamin and so I will‚ has fought in the French – Indian war‚ also known as the Seven Years’ war or the War of
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Essay «A Hollywood smile: so many teeth and so little heart». What does this aphorism mean? Is it about a Hollywood smile? I dont think so. To my opiniom‚ it is a metaphor. «Hollywood smile» is a well-known expression which means an ideal‚ well worked-out smile of Hollywood actors and actresses‚ the incarnation of Beauty. But the author looked at this phrase in a wider way‚ I can suppose he meant under the smile the whole cinema world‚ existing in Hollywood. Is it a world of Beauty? Is this life
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Prior to the revolutionary war‚ there were three categories that the colonists would fall into. The first two are colonial revolutionaries also known as patriots‚ the conservative colonists called loyalists and the neutralists who took neither side. Patriots were the ones who wanted to separate themselves from England because they felt the need they wouldn’t benefit from being under their control and thought Britain brought more harm than good. Loyalists were quite the opposite because of their
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Patriot Act Essay The House of Representatives passed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 on October 24‚ 2001. This is also known as the USA Patriot Act. The Patriot Act was designed to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (USA Patriot Act‚ 2001). Honestly I believe that the Patriot Act is beneficial to America
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Hollywood has developed the most entertainment movies and television shows. The production of entertainment has made Hollywood number one worldwide across the globe. The entire world watches television on a daily basis‚ it keeps us entertained. Most television programs have a purpose in our life we watch it for our own enlightenment everybody has their own story‚ so why not share it on television? We can relate to some issues so we keep on watching these shows. Is Hollywood enlightening us or misleading
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The Pantages in one of the many outstanding landmarks of Hollywood. In the past‚ it has been a movie house‚ with live vaudeville acts between features. For ten years the Pantages Theatre was the habitation of the Academy Awards Presentations. The Pantages was primarily a movie house for several decades. In 1949‚ Howard Hughes acquired the Pantages Theatre‚ changing its name to the RKO Pantages Known as “The Biggest Night in Hollywood”‚ The Academy Awards ceremonies took place at the Pantages each
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The film “The Patriot” is about a father named Benjamin Martin who quit fighting in order to raise his family but is forced to fight when his son Gabriel Martin returns to the army after being injured. Benjamin leads a militia into battle against the British army who were considered as the most powerful army in the world at the time. At the beginning of the movie‚ the mood starts off in a happy way because it’s a sunny day and the kids were excited because the post rider came. Benjamin Martin visits
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The USA PATRIOT Act stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." This act was enacted 45 days after more than 3‚000 American lives were lost at the state of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The intended purpose of the act is to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world‚ to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools‚ and for other purposes. There are four primary initiatives of the act in improving
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their ownership in movie theaters in a decision now known as the Paramount decision. Hollywood’s reaction to the financial consequences of this decision along with a heavily reinforced postwar pro-American sentiment led to what is now known as the Hollywood blacklist. I believe the impact of these two courtroom decisions was a mass restructuring of how films are made in order to maximize distribution‚ rebrand the types of films being produced and to cull existing talent‚ all to turn a larger profit
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Patriot Throughout many decades history has been learned by reading books and listening to past experiences or stories. Although many still use standard history books‚ it seem fair to say that most people now a days are getting their history‚ or what they think is history from movies. It is an unavoidable phenomenon now that televised entertainment is such a big thing. More and more people watch Television so why not put some education into it. Many movies don’t have an accurate explanation‚ or
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