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    it first, take it. Here, I 'll give you my number. After your done watching it, call me!" I offered. "Sure, here" he chuckled, then gave me his phone. I put in my phone number and my name. "Cambree Williams; Bookstore girl" he read. "Cute, I 'm Trevor! It 's nice to meet you Cammie" He left after he paid for the movie. I paid for my book and left. ~~~ I entered my new home, hearing the younger half siblings fighting in the basement. "I 'm home Janice" I coldly stated. I walked into my bedroom

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    upset or angry when Arlene slapped Trevor across the face, I felt this way because Trevor said “Dad is not coming back”.No where in this scene did I feel it was necessary to hit Trevor. Trevor had done nothing wrong it was Arlene’s fault that she can not accept the truth and is afraid of the future. During this time in the book I could tell that Arlene was emotionally unstable due to the leaving of the father Rick. I felt upset because the mother knew that what Trevor had said was true but she did not

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    Trevor was just a normal boy that didn't stand out until he changed the lives of countless people, and now people know him from across the world. In the book Pay it Forward, there is a boy in middle school that got assigned a project which turned out to be more than expected when he started changing people's lives. Trevor shows the power of one in the book more than anyone else because he changed the lives of many other people, he cared about people, and he stood up against society. Trevor changed

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    Self: Trevor McKinney has had a rough childhood and it puts ideas into his head with every reason to believe that life is terrible, wasteful and painful. Trevor’s mother is a recovering alcoholic and his father is an alcoholic who walks in and out of his life whenever he likes. Trevor shows no sign of respect towards his father due to him begin absent through his life and is abusive towards his mother whenever he’s present. Additionally, the only way Trevor can enter school is walking through a metal

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    For our final project, we interpreted the filmmaking works of Martin Scorsese. Our interest in doing Scorsese is reflective of how influential he has been as a longstanding filmmaker and innovator in the industry. Considering Scorsese’s filmography is quite large, we decided to narrow down what aspects of his films are to most prominent. With this in mind, we decided to drive most of our focus on his 1990’s crime drama GoodFellas, while incorporating similar elements from his other works such as

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    sexually harassed twice, and instead of not telling anyone and letting this event eat her alive, she spoke up and has made a difference for many college women. From the novel titled as Pay It Forward, a young boy named Trevor experiences disbeliefs along the way of the growth of his new project. Although all of these people approach different types of troubles, they all learn different ways to solve them. Showing courage in the face of one’s adversity can lead to one’s growth. Adversity is defined as:

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    kinda roll cage for the eggs that we use. And on a day to day basis you would probably never see this design but it can help because if you drop and egg in this machine it would save it. And gravity affects my machine by pulling it down but me and Trevor are going to put balloons on it to create drag.

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    film Pay it forward depicts a 7th grade boy, Trevor, who is given an assignment from a social studies teacher. The assignment is to create a way to make the world a better place in which Trevor comes up with paying it forward. To pay I forward Trevor helps one person and challenges them to help 3 more people eventually getting everyone who helps others challenge someone else to pay it forward. Through his mothers’ alcoholism and his teachers’ support Trevor helps people throughout his state to another

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    In his interview, Joseph Campbell talks about what he thinks makes a hero. He talks about the journey heros must go on, and the sacrifices they must make in order to achieve their moral objective. In the movies Pay it Forward and Amelie, Amelie and Trevor go on different journey to achieve their moral objective, which in both cases is making the world a better and happier place. Both films incorporate the idea of helping others without prompt, and trying to do good for the sake of doing good. This

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    Trevor: Nothing Personal “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.” famed painter, sculptor, and poet Pablo Picasso remarked during the later parts of his life. Even Picasso’s genius creative mind knew the potential that destruction has in terms of life; an untapped force of creation and desire awaiting to be fulfilled. In the legendary short story “The Destructors” by Graham Greene, protagonist Trevor is an intelligent fifteen year old boy who joins a children’s gang in the wake of the Second

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