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    Pay It Forward Reflection

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    young boy in social studies class is given an assignment, along with the rest of the students, to come up with an idea that could change the world. As well as coming up with an idea, the students also have to put it into action. Trevor McKinney (Haley Joel Osment) does not know nor understand how a kid his age can change the world. When he is riding his bike home from school, he passes up a site where a group of homeless people live, and the idea of how he can change the world comes to him. He figures

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    Many believe that Secondhand Lions (2003) is about action and adventure, but the essence of the film lies deeper. It is a coming-of-age movie written and directed by Tim McCanlies. The movie is about an adolescent boy named Walter, who develops trust over the course of a summer. Walter’s irresponsible mother, Mae, leaves him with his two great-uncles who resurfaced in Texas after forty years of adventuring through Africa. The acting, mise-en-scene and cinematography presented in the three images

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    to come into the mainstream with his second feature length film Wide Awake. The Sixth Sense had a huge box office success all over the world and after being nominated for 6 Academy Awards, it won two - Best Supporting Actor (Haley Joel Osment) and Best Screenplay. This film is another where Bruce Willis is co-starring with a child (previously Mercury Rising). Bruce Willis was specifically chosen to play the role of Dr. Malcolm Crowe. This is not a role that the audience

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    “recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of child psychology”, was visited by Vincent Grey an ex-patient. Before Grey committed suicide, he shot Dr Crowe. A year passes and he is signed on to a boy called Cole Sear played by Haley

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    Sense The sixth sense tell the story of a troubled young boy named Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) and child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis), and their own personal struggles in life. Malcolm is a deeply respected child psychologist, who once had a patient appearing to have many of the same mental struggles as Cole

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    Aristotle said the best plays have both an anagnorisis and a peripeteia which occur at nearly the same time. Anagnorisis which means "discovery" and peripeteia which means "reversal of fortune" have been a successful duo through the years. A simple way to state this is that within a story there is a startling discovery, which brings a change from ignorance to knowledge. These theatrical elements can make what appears to be a simple plot into an intriguing and attention-grabbing story. The play

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    Forrest Gump Year of release: 1994 Genre: Comedy drama Director: Robert Zemeckis Main actors: Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), Jenny Curran (Robin Wright), Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise), Bubba (Mykelti Williamson) , Forrest Gump Junior (Haley Joel Osment) and Fru Gump (Sally Field). Summary The movie is about a man who is called Forrest Gump. He lives in Alabama with his mother in a big house. His best friend is called Jenny and she is his neighbour. The movie starts with Forrest Gump as a grown man

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    At the ripe stage of retirement, you’ll want to settle down and enjoy the wonders of life that couldn’t be achieved during your working years. You are now given the time and tools necessary to command the life you’ve patiently awaited. You’ve worked hard, contributed to your community, raised the next youth generation; and now it’s your time to unwind. Sun Lakes is an admirable community for seniors looking for a new leash on life. The community is located in the scenic avenues of Arizona. Arizona’s

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    Pay It Forward is a movie about one boys idea and determination to change the world. Eleven year old Trevor McKinney is just now beginning the seventh grade. On the first day of school he is introduce to his teacher Eugene Simonet. Mr. Simonet's first extra credit project that will go on all through the school year is for the class to come up with an idea on how to change the world and put it into an act. So Trevor comes up with the idea of “Pay It Forward” which is the concept where you do acts

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    On Trevor McKinney’s first day of his seventh grade year his social studies teacher, Eugene Simonet, assigned the whole class an assignment that would be something they would try to do during the whole year. The assignment was, “Think of an idea to change our World — and put it into action.” After being assigned the assignment Trevor knew what to do. He then came up with “pay-it-forwardism.” This is when one does a selfless act for three people, and then those people do the same for three more people

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