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The Patriot is a heart-breaking movie that follows the journey of Benjamin Martin, a father of seven children (Gabriel, Thomas, Margaret, Susan, Nathan, Samuel, and William) and an ex-warrior who fought against the Great Britain army while carrying the burden of a parent. It is filled with clash of ideals, where Benjamin’s priority to save his children from experiencing the war met with the reality that his country needed him to act.

Disney movies have been the leading outlets for child education and social learning. Due to such power of influence controversies have been raised which include the following, but not limited to, gender roles and stereotypes, issues of independence, and misrepresentation. Many people argue that despite the morals and messages that occur within such films there are still underlying messages that deal with beauty standards and norms. However, others may argue that Disney is evolutionary and evolved the imagery of male/female standards. The controversy then becomes: are Disney films doing more harm than they are good? Due to certain themes brought on by such movies, it has left younger audiences with both positive and

The film ‘The Incredibles’ depict and display societal issues through the family’s inherited super powers. Mr. Incredible is a man whom the civilians looked up to before any of the residual damages were acknowledged. He is known for his super strength and durability.

Uncle Ben doesn’t just start by erupting with his famous line “With great power there must also come great responsibility” in this volume, he has a really well established bond with Peter. From his dialogue, the reader learns that uncle Ben is an old hippie who still wears a pony tail. He shares an array of moments with Peter ranging from

Many people assumed that you need to have a reason to do something in your life. In My whole life I have heard that you could do anything you want in your life it’s your choice what to do and not to do, don’t let anyone to choose for you or manage. Although I agree with Shaun Callarman what he says about Chris McCandless “Really, I think he was just plain crazy.” But I cannot accept his overall conclusion that Mccandless “He had no common sense, he had no business going to Alaska with his Romantic silliness.” I may agree, as Shaun Callarman may not realize, that Chris has freedom to do what he did in his journey and his life. He chose what he did and he maybe didn’t know what he was going through, but he just wanted

On the outside Ben Nelson may look like a tough wrestler, but on the inside, Ben's unbreakable passion for humanity and dedication to hard work shows he tears down the traditional stereotypes attributed to his outside appearance. When asked what he values most in life, Ben answered “hard work”. Ben has worked for everything in his life, whether it be relationships or school work. And Ben's continual drive to work hard everyday is what makes him a great person.

In the book, The Red Queen, the author Matt Ridley claims that men find women’s ratio of waist width-to-hip width attractive (Ridley 292). It was observed by Physiologist Dev Singh who argued that a man will find a woman extremely attractive as long as her waist is much thinner than her hips (Ridley 292). In addition, this ratio is also hints if a woman is childbirth potential (Ridley 292). Throughout human time, this waist-to-hip ratio theory has changed on what is preferable (Bovet and Raymond 1). However, this sexual attraction is still a trait that influences men’s mate preference (Bovet and Raymond 1). I also found that a woman’s waist-to-hip ration also provides information about a woman’s age, and health (Bovet and Raymond 1). Overall,

Tom Streissguth wrote this book to tell the world about John Herschel Glenn, Jr, he is a national hero. He is my hero and after I tell you about him he might be yours too! I want you to know about his family and life. I will tell you a little about his careers. Lastly, I will explain to you why he's my hero.

Movie reviewer Roger Ebert of RogerEbert.com writes, “Both Dan and Ben have elements in their characters that come under test in this adventure. Dan fears he has lost the confidence of wife Alice (Gretchen Mol) and teenage son Will (Logan Lerman), who doubt he can make the ranch work. The son Will, who has practically memorized dime novels about Ben Wade, idealizes the outlaw, and when Dan realizes the boy has followed the posse, he is not pleased. Wade intuits, however, that the boy is following him, and not his father. That's an insight into Wade. He plays his persona like a performance. He draws, reads, philosophizes, is incomparably smarter than the scum in his gang.” (Ebert)

Sebastian Rock is a fourth year student at Avila and general costume enthusiast. Night of the Living Dead is his first costume design at Avila. He would like to thank Tammy Keiser and Megan Segars for teaching him everything he knows and being amazing resources, Director Char Gould for being incredibly supportive and inspiring him creatively; and the costume crew and the design/tech team in general for creating such a lovely work environment. He would also like to thank his family for supporting his love of the theatre, and his friends Eliza Knopps and Alex Walters for encouraging him to work in the theatre and for always being there to support him. Lastly, he would like to thank all of the members of AUTC for being some of the most wonderful

Many young children grow up watching Disney films. Many parents do not think that these movies could have a negative impact on their children. Henry Giroux, who wrote the book, “The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence” is a firm believer that Disney films have a negative impact on the children that watch them. For several generations Disney films have been a huge part of children’s lives, but many parents do not realize how these films can negatively impact their children. Disney films can teach young children stereotypes, how to deal with life events such as death and they can learn negative ideas and values from these films.

Ben is a member of Flint’s original crew. He was forced to live on the island for three years and survive on his own. He found Flint’s treasure, and then buried it. Trying to keep it away from the pirates that try to capture Jim and Sliver. The pirates think that Ben is unintelligent, but Jim and Silver know that’s he’s really a nice guy who is agile and quite smart. Ben returns with Jim and Sliver and the other crew

Ben is also a peculiar character in that he is not really a character.  For one, he was completely a figment of Willy's imagination.  He also does not appear inn the requiem (Smith).  In a Paris Review Interview, Miller acknowledged

Thus, many adults had a problem with this movie. The movie is addressed to not only children but adults as well. My adults are stubborn and don’t like things that are not how they see it. These parents have metathesiophobia. Also, those adults believe that the kids should not be watching these types of movies that shows them how to be rebellious. These parents focus on the parts of the movie that were irrelevant like how Elsa ran away. Other adults who see the positive difference between the old Disney movies and the new Disney movies encourage their kids to watch it and recommend other parents to watch it with their kids. It is parents like those who have helped changed the perspective of the medias role in our socialization. Media has always been negative towards women and the role they have in the world. But movies like “Brave” and “Frozen” are helping change those perspective in a positive way.

In order to establish a group that censors televisions and movies, the Motion Picture Producers Association (MPAA) was created. Each rating category has a description of the appropriate age at which to view the film and whether or not a parent’s accompaniment is necessary. The Motion Picture Producers Association assesses a film and gives it a rating of G (general audiences), PG (parental guidance suggested), PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned), R (restricted), or NC-17 (no one under seventeen admitted). As the film industry has been changing over time, so have the ratings. More and more parents are having issues with the ratings that some films are issued. “The man behind the ratings, Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), says the system works just fine. ‘Parents use it and trust it, and that's why it's lasted for almost 35 years,’ Valenti says. ‘It warns parents in advance about what's in a particular movie, but ultimately, parents are responsible for the behavior and conduct of their children — not the ratings system’ (Hansen 273).”