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    The movie Saving Private Ryan was made on July 24, 1998 by Steven Spielberg. There are several main characters in the movie Saving Private Ryan. One of the main characters is Captain Miller who is played by Tom Hanks. Captain Miller was the one who lead the troops on to Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. His troops had several casualties during the invasion. Private Ryan was also a very important character. Private Ryan was played by Matt Damon. Private Ryan lost all of his brothers in combat

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    Daylight Savings Time was initially proposed by, “Benjamin Franklin, in 1784.” Daylight Savings Time was used to “relief war effort,” in order to sustain sufficient supplies to last longer. However, DST was not established and considered in the United States of America until 1918. Later, in 1960 cities around the United States had an open choice to participate or not in DST. Soon, this caused confusion with several schedules with transportation and entertainment. Finally, in 1966 “Congress established

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    Saving Private Ryan Movie Review The movie Saving Private Ryan directed by Steven Spielberg is probably one of the most exquisite movies to show World War II. Unlike most war movies Saving Private Ryan does not show what we want to see but what we need to see. The graphics used to show the horrific effects on war can drastically put an deep impression in your heart. The movie includes actors such as Tim Hanks, Matt Damon, and Vin Diesel. When Steven came up with the idea for the movie he showed

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    Saving Private Ryan is arguably one of the greatest war films of all time. However, did Spielberg attempt to change the narrative of World War II? The popular opinion is that the objective of World War II was to put an end to the spread of totalitarianism and protect democracy, thus it garnered the name “The Good War”. There are some historians that believe this could skew the public’s vision of the war by leaving out the negative aspects that occurred. I don’t believe this was the case regarding

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    minute of life is precious ,and it’s important not to waste it.Daylight savings can make a huge difference in people’s life. First of all , in today’s society the government at least changes the time once a year. The United States first adopted daylight savings time to try and save energy for World War I and World War II, but there were mixed results. As read in source A \, “In 1918, the United States adopted daylight saving time, in an effort to save energy during World War I. It didn’t prove

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    My Opinion on Daylight Savings Time Why is daylight savings time useful? I have heard about daylight savings time, but I never realized that it had a purpose. Reading about the history of daylight savings time was really interesting, it was a way to save money and to do more activities in the evening. Just about country moves their clocks on hour ahead in the summer and one hour in the fall, but they all have different change dates. The amount of light around the equator is twelve hours long each

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    Fighting for the freedom of others is heroic and horrific, especially in the case of soldiers who risk their lives to fight in gruesome wars. The film Saving Private Ryan directed by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg goes through the graphic and horrible events of war. The film is based on World War II and follows Captain John Miller and a group of soldiers on the journey to save Private Ryan, a soldier to has lost three brothers due to the horrific events of war. Throughout their journey, the

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    Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is arguably one of the finest masterpieces for a war film. Spielberg took another approach when he directed this film. Unlike most war films, which have a more patriotic theme to them, Spielberg implicated a “Survive at all costs” ideology for his audience members. Spielberg’s unique tactics and tactics depict this same ideology throughout the entire film, which coincides with my own through a perspective of individualism. The film itself visualizes unbearable

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    Saving Private Ryan Argumentative Essay The film Saving Private Ryan, is about a United States Army Captain (CPT) and his chosen squad that are tasked with locating and recovering Private (PVT) Ryan, after the news of his three brothers’ deaths reaches the Army. The CPT chooses a few specific men to aid him with this mission. The first dilemma being whether the lives of the CPT’s eight men is worth the life of a single soldier. In the film the CPT and his men are able to recover PVT Ryan at the cost

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    much of it. People across the world wake up wishing they had just one more hour of sleep. Whenever daylight saving time (not plural) rolls around in the spring the hour lost is always dreaded even though it is balanced by the hour that is gained. Matt Schiavenza from The Atlantic says, “...Americans lose around 40 minutes of sleep on the Sunday night after the shift” (Schiavenza). Daylight saving time or DST is considered useless by many Americans and should be abolished. Americans do not dislike DST

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