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    Returning into his room Mark sees his friend, Eduardo Saverin and tells him the idea of a project called “The Facebook”, a social network site exclusively for Harvard students. He says it could boost the popularity of Facemash. When the site is launched, the Winklevoss twins and their partner and friend

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    The Social Network reveals an ironic story of a computer genius who creates a global social networking website that now benefits over 5 million users, while he is alone in the end because of his cynical, unsympathetic and egocentric personality and behavior. The Social Network is a compelling movie and the movie-makers had done a magnificent job using sophisticated cinematography, editing, sound and lighting techniques to attract their audience’s attention and affection throughout the whole movie

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    The Social Network Essay

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    The Dramatic Interpretation of the Social Network Myth After watching the movie The Social Network, the first thing I did was to search for Mark Zuckerberg’s real life experiences to see which parts are facts and which are fictions. As a matter of fact, this Harvard genius that founded the world’s first social network was not as childish as the movie portrayed. At least he didn’t write programming for getting into elite Harvard “Final Clubs” or for retaliating his girlfriend. During Mark’s

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    poetry to bring to light the powerful experiences Chile has endured. The Latin American documentary tradition uses ways to expose the exploitation and underdevelopment of Latin America through the perspectives of the voiceless and ones in poverty. Eduardo Galeano He finds a connection between nature and the repulsive acts put forth by the Pinochet regime. The chilling connection between it all is water. Patricio Guzman uses Latin American Documentary tradition to vindicate the oppressed. He

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    Pinochet's Disappearance

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    The United States is set to believe that they actually helped Pinochet rise to power in Chile by getting President Allende overthrown. As of now there is only 40 thousand people that where victims and are being recognized. The Chilean people were in step into facing a horrible genocide right when a man, by the name of Augusto Pinochet, took over which lead to many death as well as torture. Pinochet’s Growth in Power In October 1998 he became the centre of international attention when he was arrested

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    Pinochet Gender

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    Under the reign of Augusto Pinochet, Chile suffered extreme oppression culturally, socially, politically, economically, and religiously. As a dictator in a military government, Pinochet shut down the Chilean government, stifled political discourse, banned trade unions, and made Chile his own. Over 3,000 political opponents disappeared during his rule, and the Chilean over arrested over 30,000, torturing thousands. In response to the suffocating reign of Pinochet, Chilean citizens began to express

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    Augusto Pinochet was the Dictator of Chile for 17 years from 1973 until 1990 after overthrowing President Salvador Allende. Economic and political circumstances in Chile under Allende played a major role on the creation of the Pinochet dictatorship. While the dictatorship has been known for its repression and violence, Pinochet was able to maintain his regime for seventeen years due economic prosperity and military strength. However, Pinochet would eventually meet the end of his rule due to human

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    Genocide in Chile

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    ChileFrom 1973 - 1977, there was genocide in Chile. The targets were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th, 1973 when Chilean commander in chief, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende's economic plan. With it, inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing

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    italian saying “fai u stupibo pe nu ghi a uerra”; “being stupid so you don't need to go to war.” So likewise to war he understood the struggle just being in the police station. After the war, Antonio went back to the theater. He started a band with Eduardo and Peppino De Filippo and Cesare Bixio. He wrote poems, composed songs and dedicated so much time in the show business. Continuing on this road he accomplished a certain fame, and from here on he will grow to become very very

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    Manuel Noriega Failure

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    Noriega’s intelligence was his strongest attribute as he used it reign Panama decisively . Noriega was abandoned at age five then raised by a separate impoverished family. With little to no financial support, he decided to take the initiative and worked hard in school. His perseverance paid off, and he was able to attend many top notch schools in Chile; the first one being The National Institute located in Lima, Peru. Many would suspect that Noriega would fail due to his impoverished upbringing

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