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    In Capitalism: A Love Story- Michael Moore sheds light on the capitalist system that has caused much of society’s problems. This documentary emphasizes how the capitalist system has benefited only the top one percent by further concentrating their wealth at the expense of the working class. In order to explain how the capitalist system operates, Moore examines how politicians are bought by corporations, homes are repossessed, and how families are exploited by peasant’s insurance and private ‘for-profit’

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    Leaving 13 dead and 26 injured, the school Columbine grabbed the attention of Americans from all over. Dave Cullen’s book Columbine tells the true stories of the fatal events that unfolded seamlessly before, during, and after the Columbine massacre. Published April 2009, Columbine is about two honor students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who seemed perfectly normal were plotting to blow up the school and “leave a lasting impression on the world”. When the bombs failed to detonate the boys decided

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    Filmmaker Michael Moore takes up the lane and splits the nation with his controversial documentary Bowling for Columbine. The Oscar winning film shows America and it’s gun culture within it. Made in 2002, a bit after the infamous columbine shooting, this movie was made to open up all discussions on media and gun control. By asking the question of why America is so violent compared to other civilized countries, Michael Moore successfully raises awareness of the causes of gun violence. But how does

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    Michael Moore is the writer and director of the highly relevant documentary film, Capitalism: A Love Story. To me, the most interesting chapter of the film is Dead Peasants. Moore talked about “capitalism is a system of giving and taking, mostly taking”. In my opinion, it sounds true for me. Moore illustrated Irma Johnson’s husband Dan ironic case. Who recently died of cancer, leaving behind Irma and their two sons. They filmed the woman cried and sadly talked about her husband. Her husband worked

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    Rorschach’s journal from the grave: It has been sometime since the comedian died. From then on nothing has been a laughing matter. Us watchmen have been through nuclear war, murder, and ice cold twists and turns. I feel like our story could be influential to anyone's life. Through Alan Moore's exquisite writing and plot twists he encompasses identity, real world problems, and non­superhero like storytelling. Identity is one reason why Alan Moore's Watchmen is one of the most influential books of

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    Casino Royale Symbolism

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    How James Bond is symbolism in the story Casino Royale by Ian Fleming such as how James Bond’s car is a symbol of him. Along with how his drink and his gadgets symbolized James Bond. In this book James Bond’s car was the Bentley 4.5 liter and it was supercharged and it is called the blower Bentley. The reason it is called the blower Bentley is because of the supercharger. Superchargers spin really fast with the RPMs of the motor while its spinning it’s blowing air into the engine that’s why it is

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    The Morality of Vigilantism From 2012 to present day a new superhero has been brought to our televisions. His name is Oliver Queen better known as the “Arrow”. In this hit series Oliver Queen, a party hard, billionaire playboy, ends up stranded on an island after his boat was shipwrecked. This island was unlike any other place, where Oliver had to overcome many perilous situations with some very dangerous people, which left him struggling for survival. Long story short, after being saved from the

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    The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTique and the novel After the First Death by Robert Cormier both presents the issue of terrorism which is significant problem in the society. Similarly, both the text and the film portray the notion that terrorists use violence to achieve their goal of anarchy. The terrorists in both the film and the novel are willing to sacrifice themselves to fight for what they believe is right and pass the ideas onto the society. However, V, the terrorist in McTique’s

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    Bowling For Columbine

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    Columbine is a documentary made by the filmmaker, Michael Moore in 2002. This documentary looks into the mysterious circumstances leading to the Columbine massacre in 1999, in which, 2 students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, aged 17 and 18 years, in their final year of high school, had killed 13 (12 students and 1 teachers), injuring many, before turning the gun on themselves. By utilising satirical, but persuasive dialogue and visuals, Michael Moore delves within the reasons of America’s high gun violence

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    Tangled Stereotypes

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    SUMMARY The movie I chose to watch and evaluate is called Tangled. Tangled is a Disney movie and is fairly new; the movie was released in 2010. The plot of the story is based on a princess named Rapunzel who has been locked in a tower by her ‘mother’ for her whole life. Rapunzel has seventy-foot long, magical hair that heals people when she sings. She is about to turn eighteen and for her birthday, she wants to go outside to see the sky lanterns that the kingdom puts on every year for the lost princess

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