their fear are truly brave." This quote means that it takes a lot of courage to overcome your fears. I agree with the statement that I have interpreted. In the text‚ Speak‚ Melinda Sordino shows her bravery by facing her fears against Mr. Neck and Andy Evans. One example of Melinda’s bravery is when she defies Mr. Neck. This example is the conflict between Melinda against Mr. Neck which may be considered as man vs. man (woman). Melinda does not have any advantages against Mr. Neck but does have
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He who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers - Henry David Thoreau The Violets in the mountains have broken the rocks - Tennessee Williams "You have to die a few times before you can really live." — Charles Bukowski "You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming." — Pablo Neruda "great writers are indecent people they live unfairly saving the best part for paper. - Charles Bukowski "to fight for each minute is
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success. The main character of the movie‚ Andy Dufresne‚ was an innocent man who was life imprisoned because of a wrongful conviction of murdering his wife and her lover. But he does not give up easily for his freedom‚ he is very patient and at the end he succeeds. Persistence and perseverance covers the psychological perspective in the Social Sciences because whatever Andy did to succeed and get his freedom‚ is because of the way he thought and acted. Andy is given permission from the Warden of the
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throughout most of the novel. But she proves to be very courageous when she finally tells Rachel about what at the party and when she goes face to face with Andy Evans. In the fourth marking period Melinda proves to be very courageous and finally speaks up for herself. Melinda builds enough courage to tell Rachel that she was raped by Andy Evans‚ Rachel’s boyfriend‚ at the party. Melinda tells Rachel that she called the cops because she was raped at the party. “I didn’t call the cops the break
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Shawshank Redemption from his 1982 collections. Thomas Newman delivers the score to the film. The story is chronological and is in the same time period of the film (1994). The film stars Tim Robbins‚ who plays a young and successful banker‚ Andrew “Andy” Dufresne‚ sentenced to life term at Shawshank State Prison in Maine‚ for murdering his wife and her lover. Morgan Freeman‚ who plays the Character Ellis “Red” Redding‚ a prisoner in the same jail‚ narrates Andy’s story to the audience. The film also
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Relationships Between Characters In the film “Shawshank Redemption” there is a character by the name of Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who is accused of murdering his wife and her lover. He is unjustly sentenced to serve two consecutive life sentences at Shawshank State Prison. Andy‚ a quiet and stoic former banker‚ uses his skills to make friends with some of the inmates and even the prison staff. Andy becomes especially friendly with Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding. He puts his skills to use to earn himself
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their emphasis on their intellect rather than their appearance. In The Devil Wears Prada the protagonist Andy Sachs fits the academic and dowdy female protagonist archetype that makeover films typically perpetuate. Andy Sachs follows the makeover film formula in the sense that she starts out the film as an intellectual with a blatant disregard for her appearance and performance of femininity. When Andy realizes how feminine performance or lack there of effects her perceived ability to do her job efficiently
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they are similar in the time line. In the movie we can observe with clarity the 40’s environment‚ old fashion car‚ the shoes of Andy and his custom is related at that time. Even though in the movie no date appears in the beginning we can infer the time‚ later Red speaks the date in what Andy arrives to the prison. In the novella the date is stated in the beginning “When Andy came to Shawshank in 1948‚ he was thirty years old…._” (King 5). _ Another similarity is the dialogue in the trial. Both are
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underlying themes. The personalities of the inmates are very interesting and when they are combined they create a very fascinating plot which looks at prison life in a interesting and different perspective than one normally thinks. The main characters are Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) and Eliss "Red" Redding (Morgan Freeman). These characters are well complimented by the wise and simple old man‚ Brooks (James Whitmore)‚ and the evil warden. The personalities of the Shawshank prison combined to form a sort
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and the same. Do they coincide on this issue? Andy Becket is an extremely skilled and competent lawyer working for the firm of Charles Wheeler. He has defended numerous clients with great success and renown. He has also earned a friendship with the firm’s management‚ including Wheeler himself. However‚ he had accomplished this by means of evading mention of the fact of his homosexuality‚ a lifestyle against which Wheeler holds a prejudice. When Andy receives AIDS as a result of an act of recklessness
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