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    prolong their lifespan. However, author Alan Moore challenges this view of superhero comics by creating Watchmen, a revisionary comic series that redefines the purpose of the superhero and explores how superheroes can greatly impact the world in a political and social context. By incorporating these ideas in Watchmen, Moore effectively creates a more realistic, and ultimately a more novelistic, depiction of the superhero figure. Right from the first chapter, Moore (through his artist Dave Gibbons), creates

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    The next group of Disney Princesses start with The Princess and The Frog (2009) and go until the most recent princess film, Moana (2016). The other films that fall into this category are Tangled (2010), Brave (2012), and Frozen (2013). These princesses are described as “rebels who live on the edge, full-figured, well endowed, and sexually charged.” Tiana (The Princess and The Frog), Rapunzel (Tangled), and Anna (Frozen), still end up with a romance at the end of the film. Tiana is Disney’s first

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    Akrafena Creative Writing

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    “This is so cool!” Carl’s ecstatic declaration filled the room. “It’s called a katana?” She was standing with her arms extended, as she displayed her Katana for the two children to see. “Yep,” she nodded, feeling a sense of pride in her bauble. “It has a smaller dagger called a Tantos to go along with it. I also have a Nimcha, a Flyssa, a Khopesh, an Akrafena and a Shona Bakatwa from Zimbabwe at my sister’s place. The Akrafena is my favorite because it is very difficult to get these days. My Bakatwa

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    Violence is defined as the use of excessive physical force, which causes or has obvious potential to cause harm or destruction to an individual. Violence in sports comes in many forms, and divides into social and cultural factors related to the sport ethic, gender ideology, the dynamics of social class and race, and the tactics used in sports. Violence in sports has gone too far because sports violence has become so severe in sports, that players are injured each years. However, in sports some violence

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    Cary English 12 Pd.5 3 November 2016 Title Filmmaker Michael Moore explores corporate greed, the global economic meltdown, and their disastrous effect on American lives. As he travels from the Heartland to the financial epicenter of New York and the halls of government in Washington, Moore delves into the price the country pays for its love of capitalism. Michael Moore demonstrates the failure of Capitalism as an economic system in America. The movie explores what

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    analysis and evaluating essay to Cinema Verite’s next addition, disclosing how filmmaker Michael Moore successfully persuades the audience to adopt the invited reading.  The invited reading is that the United States government cultivate a culture of fear which directly impacts gun violence as citizens are granted accessible gun ownership and which also implementing unemployed citizens.  Michael Moore presents Bowling For Columbine a documentary comprising of confronting and proactive messages on

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    Flint town is a small town in Michigan. Flint was a prosperous town when it had many General Motor workers. The General Motor factories made most of the people who lived in Flint middle-class citizens (Canepari, et al). They made about making about $80,000 a year. After General Motors shut down all of their factories in Flint, most of the people lost their jobs. This put Flint into major poverty and increased their crime rate (Canepari, et al). The documentary shows flint town in current years. After

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    Heroes In Watchmen

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    The heroes from the early age of comics are grand, god-like, and morally good, without much anxiety to keep them from achieving their tasks. However, this characterization evolved over the years, showing that such characters have many layers to them. The characterization of heroes, as given in Watchmen, has evolved to fit that of the problems of the age, and here, we see that there are more problems than just political or economic; the society itself is faulted, but perhaps due to the different experiences

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    filmmaker Michael Moore released his award winning documentary ‘Bowling for Columbine,’ which persuasively conveyed his negative view on the ownership and retail of guns and ammunition in America. Moore’s emphatic use of documentary techniques and fallacies collaborate to strengthen his biased message, that America’s questionable attitude towards firearms is the primary cause of the Columbine High School massacre and other acts of arm related violence. Throughout the film, Moore continually utilizes

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    Fahrenheit 9/11 Analysis

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    Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 documentary film by a well-known American Film maker, director and political commentator Michael Moore. The film takes a serious critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush, the war on terror 9/11, and its overall coverage in the news media. In the film, Michael Moore argues that American corporate media were basically “cheerleaders” for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and did not provide at all an objective or accurate analysis of the reasoning for the war or the resulting

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