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    Impact of The Color Purple by Alice Walker The film, ‘The Color Purple’, was released in 1985 and it is based on the novel published in 1983 by Alice Walker. ‘The Color Purple’ won nine Oscar nominations and was directed by Steven Spielberg. The film, ‘The Color Purple’, tells the story of Celie from the age of 13 through to womanhood. The man she thinks is her father rapes her. She has two children who are both taken away from her. She is forced to marry an older

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    industrialist who saves the lives of twelve hundred Jews by employing them in his factories, while The Pianist tells the story of a Jewish musician who survives the wrath of the Nazi’s with sheer luck and the kindness of a few non-Jews. Neither Spielberg nor Polański shy away from showing all the blood, gore, the violence, and the killings that are embodied in the Holocaust. These movies portray the Holocaust with astonishing detail, but they fail to uphold the

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    get a college education, but he later went on to learn more about history and he later ended up writing one of his most famous books Schindler’s List. Thomas’s book has been praised by many people and has even been turned into a movie by Steven Spielberg. Thomas is also a professor, who today teaches about history and he works at the University of California. Also his story today is known world-wide as his book tells of the events Schindler lived through. Oskar Schindler was born in a Zwittau,

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    How does the director Steven Spielberg, use film techniques to convey one or more themes in his film, War of the Worlds? Steven Spielberg utilizes many techniques, in his film, War of the Worlds, including camera work, actors and sound effects to convey various themes such as family relationships. An initial scene, ‘Eve of the War’, establishes the relationships amongst the family especially around the central character Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) which are built upon in ‘Coming of the Invaders’. ‘Worst

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    battle of the movie. Was there something or anything about Private Ryan’s rescue that we could use to justify that saving him at the expense of the team member was worth it. During the movie Captain Miller turns to one of the Sergeants and says that (Spielberg, 1999) “Ryan had better do something great, such as finding a cure for cancer to justify the loss of the men’s lives” from Captain Millers

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    The movie starts out with the narrator talks about how the Union and Confederate armies meet at Gettysburg. The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by Gen. Robert E. Lee is pushing north and taking an offensive position throughout Pennsylvania. They are hoping to entice the Union Army of the Potomac back to the north for a war to end all the war. The Confederate President Jefferson Davis wrote a letter of peace that was going to be sent to President Abraham Lincoln once the Army of the Potomac

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    Red Dawn “vs” Tomorrow When the War Began Personally, I believe that Red Dawn was a better movie than Tomorrow When the War Began. This is because Red Dawn was so much more immersive, had a bigger budget and overall had a better storyline. Tomorrow When the War Began was basically just a movie to skip a few lessons. Red Dawn was so much exciting and immersive than Tomorrow When the War Began. Rather than hiding in the bush the whole movie the Red Dawn characters would actually plan “terror attacks”

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    Saving Private Ryan takes place in the year 1944 and is about a World War II recovery attempt. It deals with a US captain and his rescue unit to recover a mothers last living son of four while dealing with the lives of his unit. He has to find the hidden details of where Private Ryan is and get him home. Saving Private Ryan was directed by Steve Spleiberg and was made and released in 1998. The length of the movie is approximately two hours and fifty minutes long and the genre is drama/ action. The

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    Color Purple Banned

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    The Color Purple There's always been a controversy on whether certain books should have to be banned from school libraries or if they shouldn't. Due to the fact that most books either have vulgar language, sexual context, violence, or even racism. Although, most books always speak the truth and show the real world issues that are out there. The Color Purple is one of those many books that have been removed from school libraries for multiple reasons. The book was written during an era that shows how

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    Big Chief Research Paper

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    Meta: Taking players on a spiritual journey, the latest game from Booming Games carries a true calming presence. Allowing players to become one with nature, unleash your inner warrior through Big Chief. Big Chief Become one with nature, become one with spirits, become one with the animals, and allow your inner warrior to shine through. You may be wondering, why I am talking such a metaphysical nonsense? The answer is simple, Booming Games has a new release on the horizon, and it is aptly named

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