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    story was first published in 1881 by Carlo Collodi in Italy . Collodi published his masterpiece as a serial story in a children’s weekly paper, Giornale dei bambini, between 1881 and 1883 (Liukkonen, 2008). Collodi wrote the story to be a lively adventure for children and a very adult social critique, attacking poverty and emphasising the importance of education (Liukkonen, 2008). Walt Disney adapted the story in 1940, lightened it up some and proceeded to make a

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    Crowdfunding and the gaming industry The video games have been marked with a considerable advancement since its first introduction in 1970s. Emergence of the modern technology and social networks has enabled games to expand and explore new means and forms of its application (http://www.statista.com/topics/868/video-games/ ). The crowdfunding has gained a lot of popularity over the years, especially in the gaming community. Not only is the industry perceived as one of the most innovative and forward-looking

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    A story always has a meaning or lesson it teaches. Fairy tales are stories with the addition of a magical element. They, too, have meanings the reader is supposed to take away. Authors purposefully fill their tales with symbols and characters that are meant to represent something. The meanings could be intending to teach societal values or rules. There are infinite interpretations one could potentially perceive from a single story. Likewise, a study from Cedarville University states, “the Bible is

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    movie become the most popular activity among the teenages. Different genres of films help us to gain different kinds of informations or knowledges those we would never learn in the reality. If I am given a choice to choose two favourite genres of the movies, I will definitely select adventure and disaster. Both of the genres have their own characteristic and styles. Adventure films are very similar to the action film genre, in that they are designed to provide an action-filled,

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    The action adventure genre has long been considered the easiest kind of book or movie to sell. People believe that the similarities, which are universal throughout the genre and many times very obvious in the most popular books and movies, are just a product of the author’s laziness and overdone clichés. Yet action adventure still remains one of the most popular and most generally liked types. This is because the genre of action adventure fills the holes that are created, in our lives, by modern

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    her out. In the rush of AAA tittles vying for your attention this Christmas season it would be easy to overlook something like Lilly Looking Through. It would also be a huge mistake as this game is quite amazing. I was a big fan of point & click adventure games back in the Lucasarts heyday but nothing managed to draw me back to the genre in recent years. To be accurate,

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    Classical novels through Cinematic Lens: The Approach to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland within The Matrix Classical novels are novels of literary significance, which are known around the world. Its importance is the way these classical novels represent key themes and messages within society. The literature and its themes in classical novels is an important factor as it tells a story of history, giving the reader the ability to time travel and learn the traditions of the society back in that period

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    novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It was the book that marked the beginning of American literature and eventually, a film was produced. Between the book and the movie, there are differences as well as similarities. A few points of comparison and contrast in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is missing scenes, added scenes, and characters’ personalities. The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn is told in first person view by Huckleberry “Huck” Finn and it informs the reader of his adventures on a

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    The Oxford Dictionary defines a ‘bildungsroman’ as ‘A novel that has as its main theme the formative years or spiritual education of one person’, and in this essay, I am going to prove that both Carlo Collodi’s ‘The Adventures of Pinocchio’ (1883) (hereafter referred to as ‘Pinocchio’) and Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ (1997) are both bildungsromans. To prove this argument is correct, I will: concentrate on the experiences of the children within Roy’s work (Estha, Sophie Mol, and Rahel)

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    McCall also states “A major evolution in the adventure genre was the translation of the text-adventure to a visual format”. Graphics have improved the visual quality of games since they first began, creating more of a competition to continue to improve the graphic quality with 3-D screens and movies. “During the 1940s and the

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