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    The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview about my experience attending the Philadelphia Art Museum on March 15, 2013. The museum is Located in Philadelphia, PA and the exhibition that caught my attention was Journeys to New Worlds it explores the artistic exchanges between Spain and Portugal and their colonies in the Americas and Asia during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. (The Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. Philadelphia Art Museum). A journey to New Worlds originates The exhibition

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    Success Is The Key to Life Everyone has a different opinion on the term success. According to the Webster Dictionary, the word success as a noun defined as achieving wealth, respect, or fame. Success can also be measured in many other ways. Many people throughout today's society strive for their own forms of success. Success has many interpretations; while some people's understanding of the term is similar, everyone's definition is a little bit different. To me, success is when someone or something

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    and movie Rocky. It will take a better look at the specific conventions of this genre and how this movie fits the gangster genre. Romantic comedy films create a comic climate through a series of cues to the audience: subject matter is treated as trivial, jokes and physical humor make fun of events, and characters are protected from harm (Grindon Leger (2015). Romantic comedy films usually have a couple that meet and fall in love in some way throughout the movie. In the movie Rocky Sylvester

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    accomplishments and trophies for Stallone too. Stallone won three Oscars for his movie Rocky (Schroeder 15). Stallone acted in sixteen movies (32). Stallone’s biggest hit was Rambo (Sanelb 16). The first ever movie Stallone was in was Lords of Flatbush (64). This movie got him into his other big hit movies and those other movies made him a Hollywood star. Lords of Flatbush got him the main role in the movie Rocky which then got him the lead role in Rambo which then helped created the other Rocky’s

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    The Contender Themes

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    A universal theme conveyed in The Contender is that life is filled with obstacles; one must become a contender in order to be successful in life—as Mr. Donatelli, Alfred Brook’s trainer remarks, “Everybody wants to be a champion. That’s not enough. You have to start by wanting to be a contender” (Lipsyte 35). Though the viewers will definitely grasp the meaning of the word contender throughout the film, it is of utmost importance for them to learn its exact definition on the first scene. A contender

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    that you like, you always want to try your best. But in this story Rocky dedicates his whole time and effort into his favorite sport which is boxing. Boxing to rocky was wasn't only fun loving sport to him it was also hard working and risks. After all his matches he was fully prepared for his all-time big match in his hometown in Philadelphia against the world wide champions. During the year of 1776 there was a man named Rocky Balboa who lived in Philadelphia in a tough neighborhood. While boxing

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    Creed is a movie about boxing with the theme of sport psychology that is derived and continues the Rocky film series. Creed is directed by Ryan Coogler, written by Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington. In the movie Michael B. Jordan stars as Adonis Johnson Creed, son of Apollo Creed, Sylvester Stallone stars as Rocky Balboa, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Tony Bellew and Graham McTavish also star in this movie. The movie starts as Adonis Donnie Johnson is serving in Los Angeles juvenile correctional

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    The Lion King Adonis

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    1. Adonis Johnson never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born. However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out Rocky Balboa and asks the retired champ to be his trainer. Rocky sees much of Apollo in Adonis, and agrees to mentor him, even as he battles an opponent deadlier than any in the ring. With Rocky's help, Adonis soon gets a title shot, but whether he has the true heart of a fighter remains to be seen. 2. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are

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    The purpose of the "Training for Big Fight" montage in the film Rocky is to showcase the progression of strength the protagonist needs in order to face the enemy he is set to face in the ring. Juxtaposing sound against image and allowing for clear action and music to ramp up together, Rocky's development as a fighter and his struggle to reach the top is distinctly shown. Further, the use of sound, outside of music, in the montage is placed strategically in order highlight the physical impacts of

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    of the underdog develop through acts of violence? We must look from a sociological perspective at the different acts of violence that’s has created a group acceptance for the underdog. In doing so will examine three movies including: Lucas (1986), Rocky One (1976), and Karate Kid (1984). In each of these movies, acts of violence granted each character acceptance within their respected groups. In the first movie Lucas, main character Lucas is an unusually great teenager whose nerdy look makes him an

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