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    The movie Saving Private Ryan was made on July 24, 1998 by Steven Spielberg. There are several main characters in the movie Saving Private Ryan. One of the main characters is Captain Miller who is played by Tom Hanks. Captain Miller was the one who lead the troops on to Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. His troops had several casualties during the invasion. Private Ryan was also a very important character. Private Ryan was played by Matt Damon. Private Ryan lost all of his brothers in combat

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    The Main character in Forrest Gump by Winston Groom is Forrest Gump. Forrest's exceptionality is not specified, it is said that he has a IQ of 70 and it is implied that he has some sort of autism but he most likely has Asperger’s Syndrome because he has difficulty communicating and trouble going through social situations. He is verbal but he has a language processing disorder that makes his responses seem less intelligent then a “normal” person’s responses. He also interprets figurative phrases like

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    “Stupid is what stupid does ma’am.” Forrest Gump would constantly repeat to people he met, How would you feel if every time someone was talking to you they called you stupid, I wouldn’t like it. Forrest Gump grew up his whole life getting bullied and picked on from kids and adults alike. That didn’t stop him from being who he was or what he wanted to do. Forrest was a troubled boy with little intelligence, but a big heart. His mama knew this best of all. She always helped Forrest understand things

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    “Forrest Gump” is a romantic and satirical modern film in which relates to romanticism in many ways. The Romantic hero is portrayed in the story as Forrest Gump himself, and would be classified as a perfect figure in Romanticism nowadays. The contemporary film in which promotes many themes related to romanticism, tells an intriguing story of the unintelligent good-hearted Forrest, which embarks in a journey full of surprises and historical moments with an air of innocence. “Forrest Gump” embodies

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    Forrest Gump is a film based on a 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and produced by Robert Zemeckis. The film portrays several decades in the life of Forrest Gump, a slow-witted, naïve but goodhearted man from Greenbow, Alabama. Gump witnesses these events and in some cases influences these events to happen (Wikipedia 1). In the midst of the film Jenny Curan, her childhood friend and lover, appears throughout the film also taking part in some of these events. Forrest Gump revises popular

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    (a) Do you think Forrest Gump is an idiot? If yes/no, why? I think Forrest Gump is no an idiot because Forrest can do many things as a normal thing. For example, Forrest can take care himself just like a normal people. Then, Forrest can learn a thing very fast. For example, Forrest can play the harmonica with very well skills, just like he was known. Forrest’s friend, Bubba also give a harmonica to him and Forrest feel very happy in this situation because he can play the harmonica all day. Forrest

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    Sometimes some people come into our lives and they become so incredibly important. We tend to see the good in them however they don’t always see the same when they look in the mirror. This is exactly what happens with the character of Jenny Curran in the movie Forrest Gump. Jenny is very important to Forrest but she struggles her whole life with coming to terms with who she is after suffering years of abuse from her father. She spends her life running from her problems, but in the scene when Forrest

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    This paper is being conducted on the ethical dilemma that occurred during the movie Saving private Ryan. A mother unknowingly has lost three sons to battles across Europe in a single day. The Chief of Staff of the US Army has made the decision that the last remaining son must be pulled from the battlefield at once as he is the last surviving male in his family. There are many ethical dilemmas throughout the entirety of the movie, but there was one that stuck out to me the most. As the movie is steadily

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    Red Dawn “vs” Tomorrow When the War Began Personally, I believe that Red Dawn was a better movie than Tomorrow When the War Began. This is because Red Dawn was so much more immersive, had a bigger budget and overall had a better storyline. Tomorrow When the War Began was basically just a movie to skip a few lessons. Red Dawn was so much exciting and immersive than Tomorrow When the War Began. Rather than hiding in the bush the whole movie the Red Dawn characters would actually plan “terror attacks”

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    Saving Private Ryan takes place in the year 1944 and is about a World War II recovery attempt. It deals with a US captain and his rescue unit to recover a mothers last living son of four while dealing with the lives of his unit. He has to find the hidden details of where Private Ryan is and get him home. Saving Private Ryan was directed by Steve Spleiberg and was made and released in 1998. The length of the movie is approximately two hours and fifty minutes long and the genre is drama/ action. The

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