Essays on Clint

American pulp fiction is iconic; it influenced the development of American culture for decades and maintains a lasting influence to this day in the form of comic books, movies, and current literature. Pulp fiction was printed on cheap pulp paper during the 1930s and 1940s, though they were first created in 1896, and was hugely successful because of the rising literacy rates of the American population and the cheapness and proliferation of the products themselves. Pulp fiction eventually lost its popularity during World War II when paper rationing affected the population and movies, television, comic books, and normal paperbacks ( ...

In ‘Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America’ racial profiling is a major tent of prejudice and for many growing up the idea that people of a particular race are not as privileged as others is what upholds the prejudicial culture. ‘In Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse’ the argument presented is that prejudice is a creation of humans in which they set laws that undermine and enslave members of a particular group. In particular, women and the poor are subjected to laws because men and ...

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The purpose of using interactive digital menus in restaurants and pubs.4 The examples of a digital menu integration in trading venues5 The benefits of using interactive digital menus6 The working principle of e-menu in restaurants and bars 8 Conclusion....10

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Introduction The current technological conditions are fascinating. The struggle between the outdated technologies and innovations can be seen every single day. The printed information has been already replaced by digital technologies, cell-phones have been replaced by smartphones, tablets and laptops replaced books and journals, and even in restaurant industry, the old-fashioned paper menu is being replaced by new ...

Casablanca: Plot

Directed by Curtiz Michael, Casablanca is an American film of 1942 that features romance and drama. It is a production of the Warner Brothers who base it on Burnett Murray and unproduced play Everybody Comes to Rick's of Alison Joan. The setting of Casablanca took place during the Second World War, which underlies the plot of the film. It focuses on an expatriate of the United States who has to sacrifice his relationship with a lady he loves for helping her husband – a leader of the Czech Resistance - escape from Casablanca. Getting out this Vichy-controlled town would help ...

The Movie, Invictus, portrays various leadership qualities among two national icons between characters played by Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar (Invictus). The movie is an inspirational piece of art; it portrays post-apartheid racial divisions that existed in South Africa between the Blacks and the White South Africans immediately after the country attained independence. Morgan Freeman acting as the Country’s President, Nelson Mandela, exhibits essential leadership qualities that unites the Whites and Black citizens (Invictus). One of these qualities is Wisdom; immediately after taking office as the first Black President, he wisely recognizes ...

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The 2003 Iraq War received a wide variety of different opinions throughout the international media. While American networks and press organizations entitled the conflict as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Canadian media and the channels in some Arab nations referred to the conflict as "attack and occupation." One character in this conflict was Chris Kyle, a deadly sniper in the American military whose life served as the inspiration for the film American Sniper. He wrote a book by the same name that teems with his utter disdain for the Iraqi fighters as well as with his excitement at the chance ...

The article is about movie star Clint Eastwood who damaged the career of Sandra Locke, his former girlfriend. Eastwood did so by securing her a movie development deal with Warner Bros which led to Locke calling off the palimony suit she had filed. Clint Eastwood then further used his influence to block Sandra Locke from directing any films. This led to Sandra Locke not working in any film as a director since signing the deal. This caused a serious harm to her career.

The case highlighted in this article is a classic example of how a party to a contract (first party) may intentionally interfere ...

Gran Torinao is an American drama film that was directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. The story of this film revolves around a Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski. Who aspires to reform his neighbour a young teenager who is apparently a thief who stole Kowalski’s high valued possessions (Curi and Mario 15). By definition, the American dream is a life that exemplifies happiness, material comfort and the accomplishment of one’s desires as sought after by the American citizens. Apparently, the plot, themes and particularly the characters of this film reflect the achievement of the American dream in many apparent ways. With ...

Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is the story of a grizzled war veteran who tries to make peace with the changing world around him. On the surface, the film only appears to confront the racist follies of an old man, unwilling to let go of prejudices stemming from his time spent at war. However, the film is much deeper than that. Walt, the war veteran, had an American dream that was taken from him when he returned from war. Gran Torino is a delicate examination of that dream, and how Walt reconciles not only with the changing landscape of America, but ...

The movie “Gran Torino” is a captivating drama directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie portrays broad-mindedness, hopefulness, sacrifice and cultural differences in a new perspective. Racism is directly attacked in the movie and violence has been unsympathetically abhorred. The movie succeeded in getting praises and acclamations from audiences and critics. This paper intends to discuss the movie, “Gran Torino” along with presenting an evaluation analysis of the movie. The story is well-written and revolves around Walt Kowalski who is a retired man and a veteran of the Korean War. Director and producer Clint Eastwood has acted marvelously in the role of Walt ...

The central claim of this paper is: the movie Million Dollar Baby is a cinematic argument containing the central thesis of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave from Republic and Aristotle’s moral philosophy from Nicomachean Ethics. First, the allegory of the cave will be explained as well as Aristotle’s theory of virtue. The paper will give examples from Eastwood’s film to back up the thesis, along with possible counterarguments. The story of the cave is Plato’s argument for how knowledge begins in darkness and ascends towards truth (517a). The ascent to knowledge is gradual. Darkness ...

I. Thesis Statement The production of Ephebophilia I watched was a really fascinating, creepy and surprisingly humorous and heartfelt show about the differences between who we think we are and who we really are. II. Overview: 1. The title of the play is Ephebophilia. 2. Ephebophilia was written by Dusty Wilson. 3. The group that produced Ephebophilia was an independent group for just this show, called The Phebe Project. 4. I saw this play at the Collaboration space in the Fine Arts Building in Wicker Park, Chicago, IL. 5. I saw this show ...

On a personal level soccer has never been a sport but more of an outlet where I can release stress and feel rejuvenated. Although because of the increase in workload of studies and more demands of my courses I have been able to give less time to it, I still follow all league matches and try to remain as up to date about my favorite teams as possible. I have been following the Seattle Sounders FC in the Major League Soccer,and I think that the team has immense potential. In particular I have been following Clint Dempsey who is a midfielder ...

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Darren Aronofsky is considered to be among the best film directors of his time. Born in 12 February 1969, Darren went on to defy the odds to become a screenwriter, a film director and a film producer at the same time. Darren was born in Brooklyn, New York city to Charlotte and Abraham Aronofsky. His parents by the time he was born were all teachers in American public schools. They were also renowned conservative Jews. During his early life, Darren spent much of his time growing up in Manhattan Beach in the borough. For the fact that his parents were Conservative Jews, ...

The Appalachian Mountains can be seen to be a barrier and divide between developed and rural America. The people who live in the region are certainly steeped in past rural traditions and are stuck in their lot with not much hope for improvement. Since the settlements and towns here are cut off from the regional towns and cities in West Virginia such as Wheeling and Charleston, they are also in a sense detached from reality. In the short documentary, The Hollow we can observe this sense of detachment and as such the society here is deviant from the norms which we ...

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Many novels have been enjoyed by many book readers as they contain interesting story that made book fanatics keep on reading the succeeding books. There are even books that were adapted by film producers so to provide enjoyment to moviegoers. Similarities of the story between the book and the film are comparable enough to distinguish by its readers and watchers. However, even if the film version was successfully produced and adapted what is on the book version, there may still have some contrasting scenes and parts between the two versions that can be distinguish by critics. This will respond ...

Movie Review of “Gran Torino”

“Gran Torino” – is one of the masterpieces of American actor and director Clint Eastwood. His films astound me with their sincerity, sensuality, uniqueness. I believe this film to be a masterpiece of cinematography, which is worth of the highest awards. “Gran Torino” – is an abstruse film, which makes its cinemagoers think much about, rethink many things. It addresses a number of problems, which, unfortunately, are present in the modern world. The main character – Walter Kowalski – is a former military man, a man of the old school. Every new is alien to him, he does not recognize and does not buy any of ...

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This paper will reflect over crime problems from the movie Gran Tornio that was directed, produced and star in by Clint Eastwood. It will reflect over the angles of crimes. It will consider the worldview that is being presented. It will show also how the problems could have been dealt with in a Christian worldview. This movie was so beautiful for it incorporated the themes of cultures, racism, family, religion, hope, and change. A movie that was so elegantly done that only a noble and well respected person like Clint Eastwood could create. Clint Eastwood also stars in this movie which ...

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening paints a beautiful picture of a different time. A horse and rider take time to stop and watch the snow falling in the woods. It sounds like a painting. Yet, much more is going on here than appreciation of nature. The meaning of the poem is that the only character is about to go on a long journey to fulfill a promise. The promise is a great responsibility. The promise might be going to war, taking care of a loved one who is ill, or just taking a moment to rest before resuming the normal responsibilities of life.

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Never judge culture by one man and never judge a man by popular culture.

- Anonymous

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In “The Death of the Author,” structuralist thinker Roland Barthes suggested the notion of the author as a distinct identity in the creation and interpretation of a text was a thing of the past. Instead, he preferred the use of the word “scriptor” to refer to the person writing or typing a work for the first time. The ideas in the scriptor's mind would have to travel through his or her semiotic filters to make it to the paper – those filters take the ideas and shape them – for ...

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Social character exhibited by society members is significantly influence by a number of dominating external elements which are found in that given society. These elements usually constitute the practiced religious beliefs, cultural background, media influence and political administration found in any given country. Media is one of the factors which is known to extensively influence the behavior and character which is held by society members. This is through vigorous campaigns and advertisements which are designed to lure in any accessible audience. Media is a general term which is used to refer to any communication channel targeting a significant fraction of the community ...