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    The theme of “Michael Vey The Prisoner of Cell 25” by Richard Paul Evans is courage is needed to fight what is right. The theme is shown early in the story when Michael faces on of the bullies at Meridian High School, Jack, Jack is the biggest bully at Meridian High and has been held back two years in a row. Michaels faces Jack early in the story when Michael is leaving is leaving school to head home Jack stops Michael right as he steps outside. In the text it said “I had just come around the corner

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    Shawshank Redemption Essay

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    convey the message of redemption? (Give scenes, dialogue to back up your statements) The movie “Shawshank Redemption” conveys many messages of redemption and hope throughout the story. This is evident especially in two main characters; Red and Andy. Morgan Freeman’s character, Red, conveys many messages of hope and redemption especially during the times where he applies for parole. This is evident as Red is knocked back for parole twice during the movie, but is accepted in the last scenes of the movie

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    .    What does your film suggest about an individual's adaptability in the face of challenges?   For any individual, enduring hardships and facing challenges can be inevitable. These challenges often leave marks on our souls, creating lasting impressions on an individual. In order to grow into a stronger person, it is crucial for an individual to be efficient at handling these challenges that life brings in. In the film The Shawshanks Redemption, Andy Dufresne - a bank employee, is falsely convicted

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    Million Dollar Baby Essay

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    and has been training boxers all of his adult life. Hilary Swank character is Maggie, a women from Mississippi, who has been serving tables since she was a teenager to get by and has a deep passion for boxing and sees that to make a life for her. Morgan Freemans plays character Scrap, who is a former boxer and trained under Frankie. Scrap lives in a room of the gym Frankie owns and is Frankie’s go to for advice. Maggie showed

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    I chose to do the movie “Half Nelson” related to drug abuse. This movie was directed by Ryan Fleck, and was released in year September 2006. The film started out by showing that the main character Dan Dunne was a Caucasian History teacher and the girls’ basketball team's coach in a middle school in Brooklyn, he taught the 8th grade students. During the daytime, he seemed to be pretty normal, active and cared a lot about his students in the classroom. When he started discussing dialectics of power

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    Incarceration In Prison

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    The film explains the story of Andy Dufresne, a young city banker who is sentenced to life in prison after being wrongfully accused of murdering his wife and her lover. The film analyzing the effects of long-term incarceration on individual prisoners by exploring what is called institutionalization. It portrays how individual’s experiences within a prison can rapidly grow onto someone until it is only life one is familiar with and can relate to. It outlines how one has to rely on the institution

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    Red Dog Film Analysis - Question 6 "The world is a funny place, no? Sometimes you pick your dog. Sometimes your dog picks you." This quote by Vanno emphasizes the true love, friendship and connection between a man and a mans best friend during the famous movie, Red Dog. Red Dog is an Australian film released in 2011 based on the numerous stories of a real-life red kelpie dog that lived in northern West Australia during the 1970s that unified a dissimilar local society while wandering the Australian

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    Grittiness play a key aspect in the story of Million Dollar Baby. It takes a person with authentic strength and the mindset to overcome and achieve some of the obstacles that are presented throughout this storyline. Maggie Fitzgerald and Frankie Dunn are the two main characters that make this movie intense and engaging. Although both characters are very gritty and have similarities, only one holds the title to be the grittiest. Maggie Fitzgerald is gritter than Frankie Dunn because she exemplifies

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    in the film Shawshank Redemption? Frank Darabont directed “Shawshank Redemption” and it is about Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who has been falsely accused for the murder of his wife and her lover. While he is there, he forms a friendship with Red (Morgan Freeman), and they both experience two different ideas of hope. Darabont explored this in “The Shawshank Redemption” by using music, lighting, characterisation and symbolism. Darabont uses Andy Dufresne to show how much power hope has in the prison

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    Lockdown by Evans D. Hopkins Lockdown starts out as the quintessential prison story: the prison is in lockdown, the prisoners are punished. There is even a hostage situation, prisoner suicides, and angry, mean guards who put the prisoners down. As a reader, my first thought was of the TV show Prison Break. My next was of the movie The Shawshank Redemption. From the first line about guards “wearing armored vests and riot helmets taking a head count” I categorized, assumed, and wholeheartedly stereotyped

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