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    Taken Review

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    Requirements for the Course PACO 604 Crisis Counseling ___________________ by Michael Bruce Plont November 18, 2009 Nature of the Crisis The movie that I chose to review is entitled “Taken”, which stars actor Liam Neeson as he plays the part of Bryan Mills. The “crisis” of the movie is that Mills’ daughter is abducted, drugged, and sold into sexual slavery. Mills, who is a former government operative, begins the longest 96 hours of his life, as he hunts for

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    The story the sniper is a suspenseful short story written by Liam O'Flaherty. The story is about a republican sniper that has the face of a scholar that is involved in the Irish civil war. The story the sniper uses suspenseful phrases such as hurriedly, immediately, suddenly, and slowly to describe the pace of the story. The thesis of The Sniper is that the story uses timing to create suspense. The story the sniper uses back to back action to create suspense. One example of this in the story the

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    The Call Comparison

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    How likely is it in this day and age that teenage girls get captured and tortured? News today seems to be filled with these types of horrors. In Taken, a 2008 a crime fiction starring Liam Neeson, two friends are kidnapped to be used as sex slaves. In The Call, a young girl is taken from a parking garage, taken to an underground hideout, and scalped for her blonde hair. The 2013 thriller stars Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin as the main characters of the movie. The Call uses more horror elements

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    directed by Steven Spielberg. This movie is based on the 1982 biographical novel published by the Australian author Thomas Keneally. It is an R rated movie with a 185 minutes running time. The main character of the movie, Oskar Schindler is played by Liam Neeson. The movie portrays the story of the German businessman who tried to preserve the lives of some Jewish refuges during the holocaust. In times past, the Jews have been victims of ethnic prosecutions. The Jewish history has been stained with

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    Barrios 9/3/15 Period 3 “The Sniper” by Liam O’ Flaherty Liam O’ Flaherty is the author of the short story “The Sniper.” The story is about a soldier in Dubai who is in the middle of a civil war with many dangers around him. He eventually get shot in the arm. In a quick moment he plans an escape in which the enemy thinks he has killed the soldier. In a twist, the soldier actually ends up killing the enemy which turns out to be his brother. In “The Sniper”, Liam O’ Flaherty suggests the horror of war

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    Suspense In The Sniper

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    Sniper Essay The sniper by Liam O’ Flaherty is about a sniper that has to secure out an area in the war, yet while doing so he faces many dangers and threats. This genre is suspense. The sniper has various things that help with the development of suspense in the story, while keeping you wonder. Leading all the way up until the end. The author keeps things moving and interesting throughout the story. Such as in the first part, him determining if he should smoke a cigarette and take the risk of being

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    Liam Hemsworth Liam Hemsworth is actor from Melbourne, Australia. He was born on January 13, 1990. His parents name are Leonie and Craig Hemsworth. His two brothers, Luke and Chris Hemsworth are also popular actors. During his teen years, him and his family moved to Phillip Island and he became devoted to surfing. For a while he worked in flooring, then started to pursue an acting career. In 2007, Hemsworth joined the cast of the famous Australian soap opera Neighbours. His brother Luke had

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    The short story “the sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty tells the story of a man who is in the Irish war, he gets shot at by another sniper, and eventually gets shot in the arm. After some planning, the sniper steps up a plan that successfully kills the other sniper. The Sniper is about consequences and shows that we must live with the consequences of our actions. The sniper is shot at by another sniper, which turns out to be his own brother. After a gunfight, the sniper kills his brother without knowing

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    Written in 1923 by Liam O’Flaherty, The Sniper is a gruesome short story that is narrated in the third person point of view. I decided to analyze this short story because this introduction had caught my attention unlike other short stories that I had read. I enjoy to read stories that are exciting and give you thrilling rush to keep reading. I enjoy reading mystery, warfare, and horror novels, because you really never know how much the plot can deviate, that can relate to action thrilling movie

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    Liam Neeson stars as Bill Marks, a U.S federal air marshal. Bill is on a plane traveling from New York to London. Soon after the flight takes off, he begins to receive threatening text messages telling him a passenger will be killed every twenty minutes, until $150 million is transferred to a bank account of his choosing. It's revealed that the bank account is in Mark's name. This leads others to believe he is the hijacker. Bill can't be sure who to trust, but must find out what is really going on

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