Babbitt: a person‚ particularly a business or professional man‚ who unthinkingly follows conventional middle-class ways (Merriam-Webster). George F. Babbitt of Babbitt‚ by Sinclair Lewis: a 46-year-old American real estate salesman who conformed unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards in the Midwestern city of Zenith in the 1920s. While he lived as a successful businessman with all the modern conveniences—including a very nice house and a very nice car—Babbitt was overwhelmingly dissatisfied
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The Amistad The Amistad is a film released in 1997 directed by Steven Spielberg. Spielberg’s career as a producer‚ director and writer has made him known as one of Hollywood’s best film directors. The Wagon Train in 1957 was the first film that Steven Spielberg assisted in producing. Some of the first works of Spielberg are shown in the short films the Battle Squad and Escape to Nowhere. The first movie that Spielberg directed that put him on route to being one of the most well known and wealthiest
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Freedom Writers Gang violence in Los Angeles was at its prime in 1992 right after the infamous Rodney King incident and Los Angeles riots that locked down the city for three days. (Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots‚ http://www.citivu.com/ktla/sc-ch1.html) Teenagers in the rough neighborhoods of California thought that they were destined to become gang members with their respective races‚ to fight a battle that their ancestors started. During this time period‚ teenage gang members felt that
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Historical Issues Addressed/ How accurate is the film in portraying the historical issues addressed? Although the movie did a very good job of representing some of the events that occurred in the American Revolution‚ some parts were not historically accurate. There were three battles that the
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Movie: The Patriot Characters: Benjamin Martin is a farmer and was a member of the military during the Seven Years War. He had lost his wife and joins the Revolutionary War due to the loss of his 15 year old son. He is promoted to colonel in the continental army and leads his eldest son to find recruits to stall General Cornwallis until the French arrive. He uses hit and run tactics to take out many British soldiers‚ many of these battles taking place in the swamps. Gabriel Martin is Benjamin’s
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Play With Light‚ Leads to War Movies are always trying to duplicate what actually happened in real life. The directors have to read and learn about the specific time and the events that they want their movie to be based upon. During WWII‚ there were many critical moments that could be historically accurate or inaccurate. Empire of the Sun directed by Steven Spielberg‚ is a historically accurate movie because it depicts what is what like for a younger child to live in a concentration camp during
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According to a New York Times article on technical mistakes in the movie (and personal observation)‚ the film shows the moon changing phases several times during Apollo 13’s four-day journey. There should have been only one phase‚ a waning half-moon‚ since Apollo 13 was scheduled to land on the left side of the moon and landing was always planned for sunrise
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inspiration to the people of 1939 to give them hope about their future after the war. It was intended for both the soldiers taking part in the war‚ as well as the people left behind. It showed the world a realistic view of war rather than a glamorized version of war we so often see in movies. The movie Gone with the Wind was written in a point of view which keeps the audience more involved in the movie‚ making them feel as if they were a part of the film‚ and closer to history. Gone with the Wind tells
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The movie Munich is a critically acclaimed film that follows Mossad agent Avner Kaufman‚ as he assassinates every member of the Black September group that took eleven Israeli athletes hostage during the 1972 Olympics. The movie was so popular because of its mixture of historical accuracy and added drama to make the movie a thriller. This paper will go into detail about the accuracies and inaccuracies of the film Munich. This paper will show one example of how “based on true events” doesn’t necessarily
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What can I say about "Empire of the Sun" other than it is a brilliant book‚ "Empire of the Sun" is not about the end; it’s all about the journey. Knowing that’s going to happen is irrelevant‚ it’s how things happen that’s important and how people react to the events. The novel tells the story‚ in a fictional account‚ of the author’s experiences as a young boy in Shanghai at the outbreak of the Second World War. Jim‚ the third person narrator of the novel‚ is separated from his parents when the Japanese
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