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Essays 421 - 450
In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...
of Boston and Philadelphia. Rather, the film endeavors to expose the man behind the myth. It discusses his life essentially in c...
someone was sick, or out of a job, or when things were going wrong, they asked God for help (Rodriguez). At home, "God the Father ...
in explicit language and vivid descriptions of sexuality that were shocking within the conservative cultural context of the period...
kind of money people like Lester makes. He has all these schemes and dreams and he ultimately learns they are pointless, just as L...
such a level of significance which allows it to be seen as a representation of the issues which are applicable to the society, and...
bed, or even beginning to become amorous might secure a PG rating, but during that time period, blatant sexuality in film was not ...
how dependent upon technology the average citizen has become in everyday life. The fact that God initially contacted Bruce via hi...
enjoy his vacation but pushes aside that vacation to help his friend find retribution for the murder of his father. There are mome...
counterculture. Thus, by setting his film there (he filmed most of it on location), Lester was tapping into the one spot in the co...
above racism as he deals with his fathers death. White supremacy groups are, like many hateful groups, designed to control their...
brutalized in this event and the historical record shows that such a background would be historically accurate. Alienated against...
clearly an attempt to redefine the modern cowboy for modern audiences by penetrating the invincible stereotype and revealing vulne...
have reattached since he could not afford the cost of both. According to Rick, the hospital priced the reattachment of his middle...
as icon ... you dont cast Denzel Washington unless youre willing to accept that charisma is often the secret weapon of the success...
The writer discusses the efforts made by the U.S. during the Cold War to win other nations to its view. The methods discussed incl...
This paper discusses typology of individual adaptations as is evidenced in the 1999 film American Beauty. There are two sources i...
This paper takes an Afro-Centric perspective in discussing the film, Sankosa, and its impact on modern-day African-Americans. Thi...
This paper examines the relevance of the film, Sankosa, and others like it that focus on African-Americans holding onto their heri...
In six pages this essay examines Hollywood Shuffle, Glory, and Gone with the Wind in order to analyze how African Americans have b...
This paper examines the problems involved in transferring novels from print to the big screen in twenty seven pages and includes s...
Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...
a jury in the wake of racial stereotypes and roles. The defendant is an uneducated, teenaged Puerto Rican slum dweller. The "peer...
American values were the primary motivation of the U.S. participation in the southeast Asia conflict. Author Richard Slotkin expl...
In twelve pages the communication patterns exhibited in the French film Cousin, Cousine and its American counterpart Cousins are c...
The ways in which the style and storyline of this film can be regarded as critiquing the superficiality of American culture and so...
sociologist, Erving Goffman and Elaine Pagels, a historian of religion. The concept of otherness as a proponent of discriminator...
In five pages this paper discusses how these films reflect expansionism, individualism, success, economic wealth, the 'American Dr...
In five pages the depiction of Native Americans in the novel by James Fenimore Cooper and in the film by Kevin Costner is contrast...
In a paper consisting of nine pages drug use as depicted in American films is examined. Fifteen sources are cited in the bibliogr...