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    In the film IP man directed by Wilson Yip, we are taken on an adventure with Master IP he lives In the town of Fo Shan, a town of martial arts, where he is one of the greatest of all the teachers in this town. Everything is going wonderfully for the town until World War 2 starts and the Japanese invade China. With this invasion comes General Miura who wants Master IP to teach the Japanese Wing Chun because "Admires his talent." He refuses and IP man and general Miura have a fight in front of the

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    Bruce Springsteen grew up in Freehold Borough, New Jersey. He was raised in what you would call a working class household. His mother, Adele, worked as a secretary in a local insurance office and brought in way more money than his father, Doug, did. Doug worked any job he could really get his hands on to help out with the family, but he had trouble all throughout his life with holding down a steady job. What nobody knew is that this environment was molding a little boy into the rock star sensation

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    The claim in the commercial for Bruce Braley is that Bruce Braley wants to help the people of Iowa. Throughout the commercial Braley uses a combination of ethos, logos, and pathos to get people to vote for him. Coupled with the use of the video, audio, and text track he provides a commercial that provokes the audience to think of Braley as the guy to help Iowa. The first track we hear being used is the audio track. To start off they say his father died and it was the most difficult time in his life

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    underrated family to ever live. To begin with, of all the Kardashians-Jenners, Kris Jenner is the most tolerant of them all. If it weren’t for her, her family would be unstabilized. We all know that she and Bruce Jenner got a divorce in March of 2015. Wait, would we still call him or her, Bruce or Caitlyn, I don’t care he’s still considered a man in every straight guy’s book. Either way, it all wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the glorifying Kris Jenner somehow causing him to “change” because

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    Section 1 Everybody needs a place to rest/ Everybody wants to have a home/ Don't make no difference what nobody says/. Ain't nobody like to be alone- Bruce Springsteen, “Hungry Heart” In 1980, Bruce Springsteen released a song called “Hungry Heart”. This song is a very gloomy in a sense. Bruce tells us a story about man who impulsively leaves his family and moves away. These lyrics “Everybody needs a place to rest/Everybody wants to have a home/ Don’t make no difference what nobody says/ Ain’t

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    Janet Su Professor Xue October 21 2015 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, directed by Ang Lee revolves around ancient chinese martial arts, highlighting 2 specifically skilled women warriors (Jen Yu and Shu Lien) who break out of the traditional social norms set in chinese history. The director of this film really brought out the capability of women leading strong and independent roles, instead of the typical weak, timid, and compliant roles. He compared and contrasted

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    Power In Hrotswitha

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    In Hrotswitha’s plays, there was a common theme of power and how it impacted the characters in her stories. Both in Callimachus and Dulcitius, she revealed the importance of faith and believing in the power of God. The most prominent idea that she depicted was the powers of gender and coercion. By the end of the plays, the three sisters, Drusiana, and Callimachus were no longer subjected to the trials of the devil, men, status, or wealth because they realized that God was the ruler of all. One of

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    Throughout this course I have learned that Bruce’s songs have a deeper meaning than the tempo, instruments and lyrics of the song present. This is proven again with the songs Nebraska, Born in the USA, Ghost of Tom Joad, and Streets of Philadelphia. These songs can almost be looked at spiritually and emotionally for those who feel they don’t fit in with society. As Chet Flippo says about Bruce’s songs in his interview “a fundamentalist acceptance of life and its troubles, along with the faith that

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    What motivates Huang Feihong to train in the martial arts in the Drunken Master so that he can defeat Yim Tit-sam or as he’s know as, Thunder leg. Similarly in The Matrix, Neo decides to learn martial arts so that he can also defeat enemies in physical contact, which are the Agents. What makes the two different is that Huang has to go through rigorous training to achieve these skills and techniques, while all Neo has to do is upload the knowledge to his brain. In Drunken Master Huang’s enemy Yim

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    Buk Masks Research

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    Buk (Mask) The buk, or mask, comes from the Mabuiag island in the Torres Strait. The Torres Strait is located between Papua New Guinea and Australia, and contains hundreds of islands. The mask is made of turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell, and was created in the mid to late 19th century. Intricate masks and figures made from plates of turtle shell are unique to the people of the Torres strait. The majority of pieces that come from this area incorporate the use of the turtle shell in

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