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    Vittorio De Sica and Roberto Rossellini composed two of the most influential Italian films of all time. Their productions of such captivating and eloquent pieces, during critical moments in Italy’s history, have shed light upon ethics and political quarrel present after the world wars. The wars left Italy in a devastating state, the economy ruptured, and the film industry dismantled by this detrimental catastrophe. With the introduction of neorealist films Bicycle Thieves and Rome Open City, society

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    Bishop Noll Institute Roberto Clemente Tybolt Meyer Theology Hour 3 Mr. Castaneda December 5, 2016 Roberto Clemente My five page paper is on a famous baseball star named Roberto Clemente. As he was very talented, he also cared and loved for everyone. He would help those in need and enjoy it too. All around Roberto Clemente was a wonderful man. In these next five pages I will be talking about his life and how he was a good samaritan throughout his life. Roberto Clemente was born in the

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    Italian neorealism (1945-1953), through directors like Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica, made its trademark on cinematic history not only in Italy, but also throughout the world. It was films such as Rome Open City (Roma città aperta, 1945), The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette, 1948), and Umberto D., (1952) whose style of depicting the harsh economic and social realities of the poor and working class of Italy took off as a new cinematic style after World War II. Neorealism is a response

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    Belano (Roberto Bolano’s alter ego in the book). Amulet describes her experiences with these artists over the course of the book as she tries to ‘find herself’, find her meaning in life. Time plays a very large role in how she depicts this story and how she describes her relationships with these writers. The unit of time is a part of the setting in the story. It helps describe the era and provides context for the reader. Setting is very important to a good story, therefore so is time. Roberto Bolano

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    Paragraph 1 Planning Roberto Clemente comes from very humble beginnings. Roberto clemente was born on aug. 18, 1934 in Puerto Rico in San Anton Barrio. His parents were Louisa Walker and Melchor and had six siblings. His parents were hard-working, Clemente's father worked in the sugarcane and construction area and Clemente's mother was a laundress and gave food to the construction people and cane workers. Roberto's parents taught the siblings and Roberto about not being ashamed of being poor. Even

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    Roberto Clemente was born in Barrio San Antón, Carolina, Puerto Rico, his father was Don Melchor Clemente and his mother was Doña Luisa Walker. Roberto was the youngest of 7 siblings; Clemente had 4 older brothers and 2 older sisters. Throughout Roberto’s childhood, his father worked as foreman of sugar crops located in the city. Because the family's incomes were restricted, Clemente worked along his father, loading and unloading the trucks. Clemente demonstrate curiosity in the of baseball when

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    Italian Film and Neorealism

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    Italy with the new ideals of freedom and social order. Some directors choose to add melodramatic elements to their neorealistic film which goes against Neorealism’s goal to project the Italy in its real form. However, although Rome Open City by Roberto Rossellini and Bitter Rice by DeSantis have classic hollywood narrative characteristics, the portrayal of women and children represent neorealist principles that help us further understand the struggles and conflicts of women and children during post-war

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    Neorealism In Open City

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    Historical films like Roberto Rossellini’s Open City (1945) The importance has in taking part of the Italian neo-realism movement that was important, This film was created after the fall of Benito Mussolini’s government, Rossellini wanted to create the film to show the realism and the after effect of the war, the films were created majority on the streets of Rome all the buildings and the infrastructures were damaged the film was well thought out Neorealism was a sign of cultural change and social

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    that Troy is not very accepting of Cory wanting to play football or that Troy does not believe negro baseball players are getting a chance in the big leagues. In Act I, Scene III, Troy will not admit that Hank Aaron is changing the game and that Roberto Clemente's coaches give him plenty of chances to bat. Troy finds weakly argued excuses to deny that baseball is treating black players fairly and changing for the better. He even denies Cory of playing football because he would rather have Cory working

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    Hands of Stone is a 2016 film, directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz. The film is a biopic based on Panamian boxing legend, Robert Duran, played by Edgar Ramirez. The film shows his rise from a poor street boxer to a feared amateur known for his free spirit and early knockouts. In his quest for greatness he meets the love of his life, Felicidad (Ana de Armas), illustrious boxing coach Ray Arcel (Robert Di Nero), and goes head to head with American champion Sugar Ray Leonard (Usher Raymond). Through the

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