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    Peter Pan. Disney’s version shows three children on the adventure of their life. But, Barrie’s Peter Pan is the exemplar of the childhood horror experience because of the actions of the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Darling, the actions of the character Captain James Hook, and the dangers inherent of being a child in this anarchistic place called Neverland. With a name like “Darling” one may assume that the holder of that name would be an inherently good person. However, this is not the case with the characters

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    Theme and Meaning Peter Pan is a timeless tale in which transcends time and culture through its’ underlying themes. Each of the characters fulfilled their roles tremendously, and was able to bring forth these themes in their own unique ways. The most apparent, from the beginning, is the emphasis of youthfulness. Peter is the main embodiment of this theme, given he does not physically age. From the beginning, his role was that to entice Wendy and her siblings to journey with him to Never-never land

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    ‘Describe how a character changes in the film ‘Remember the Titans’ Explain why this change occurs.’ In the film ‘Remember the titans’ which was directed by Boaz Yakin. I thought that Julius had changed the most during the film and these changes occurred in these three points. One point is how Julius was a very strong an opinionated person. The second point is Julius and Gerry finally confronted each other about getting along and the last point is how coach Boone pushed Julius and Gerry to share

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    Carnegie November 25, 1835 a captain of Industry was born. In Dunfermline, Scotland Andrew Carnegie lived and moved to Pennsylvania 13 years later. He grew up to become a very well known man specifically for his impact in the steel industry. His conditions for his workers were as well as he thought possible even though at times it was dangerous. After Andrew amassed a fortune in steel he became a philanthropist. After giving his fortune away, you can tell he was a Captain of Industry. To begin with

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    was an amazing movie with examples of many fantastical elements included. This movie takes place in Spain, after the Spanish Civil War in 1944. One of the Spanish captains is oppressing everyone around his village and there is rebels who are attempting to take that power away from him. Ofelia’s mother, Carmen is impregnated by this captain and they are forced to move into his mill. Here at this mill, Ofelia is faced with many events that most people would consider to be fake and coming out of her imagination

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    “O Captain! My Captain!” “Oh Captain! My Captain!” in a poem by Walt Whitman in 1865 shortly after the death of the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. This poem shows how a leader, or captain, can bring people through very difficult times. The example the poem itself uses is the captain of the ship leading his crew through perilous weather and conditions on the sea, but still getting them through it. However, he may have got his crew through the journey, but he himself is overcome

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    this “cetacean” then it hit the Abraham Lincoln sending Conseil, Professor Aronnax, and his friend Ned Land overboard. They were soon rescued by a submarine. The submarine turned out to be the cetacean that had been destroying ships. They soon met Captain Nemo, a man who wanted to cut himself off from society so he built a submarine that

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    about how Professor aronnax goes on a sea journey to find a giant sea monster. In their journey Professor Aronnax and his friends find that the sea monster is actually a giant steel submarine. Professor Aronnax and his friends are held hostage by Captain Nemo in the Nautilus. Nemo decides to let them explore the depths of the sea with him, and his crew. Aronnax discovers Nemo is crazy, and finds a way to escape, but once the escape, the Nautilus is unseen. The theme of 20,00 leagues under the sea

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    team captain argued and fussed, while the team members scrambled to find a solution. The team captain started to push of the members when the lead singer stepped in to interrupt. "You guys stop !" Callie said " showing your anger in a fuss, you must be disgusted!". "I'll tell a story about how wrath can be deadly, it's a must." One upon a time there lived a young man by the name of Jimmy. He was an average sized fellow and very bright. Although he had a very bad temper, he was the captain of the

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    gun she stole from Rumlow, in hand. 10:18 AM Meanwhile, Captain America had already compromised two of three helecarriers that were to shoot at civilians. He stood in his classic uniform as he stared down his childhood friend on the balcony inside the third helecarrier. He hoped that Bucky would remember him and their friendship if he presented himself in the same suit they fought together in. But the Asset looked annoyed by the Captain. "People are gonna die, Buck. I can 't let that happen,"

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