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Plains Indians
<view this essay>.... rich symbolism and complicated rituals we are able to catch a glimpse into these peoples' view of the world. A Sun Dance is held when a man feels the need to be a dancer to fulfill certain wishes, primarily "for his deliverance from his troubles, for supernatural aid, and for beneficent blessings upon all of his people." (Welker) It is this dancer who usually bears the expenses of the Sun Dance (Atwood), including a feast for all that comes to the celebration. (Welker) Motivations behind the Sun Dance varies slightly between tribes. The Crow held the ceremony to seek aid for revenge for family members killed in warfare. The entire event surrounding the Sun Danc .....
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West Side Story
<view this essay>.... to lure the viewer into the plot as it did when it was first shown in theaters. I think that it truly is one of the best pictures of this century because it offers entertainment and an important lesson about hate as well.
is primarily a social statement with a touching love story surrounding the social aspect of the film. has three main themes, love, tragedy, and justice, which are brought to light throughout the course of the movie. The plot of the film involves two race-based gangs fighting to rule the same strip of street on the West Side of New York City in the late 1950’s. The film teaches a valuable lesson; a lesson about how hate can kill a perso .....
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Aztec
<view this essay>.... to make dough, then patted into tortillas, other principal crops were beans, squash, tomatoes, cotton, chilies. The two crops maguey and agave were used as cord, sacks and sandals and a substitute for cotton in clothing. From the juice of the maguey was use in a mild form of alcohol called pulque, which was the ceremonial drink. Only the old men of the committee was able to drink pulque freely, otherwise among the younger generation couldn't get drunk except at certain religious feast. Drunkenness was considered a serious offense even punishable by death. In the s culture there were clans, each clan there was tribes and each tribe was divided up. Then eac .....
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Dr. J (julius Erving)
<view this essay>.... There, Julius maintained a high academic average and played on the high school team, all-county and all-Long Island teams competing in state-wide tournaments. Erving acquired the nickname "the Doctor" while still at Roosevelt High. His teammates would later alter this to "Dr. J."
The basketball coach at Roosevelt High, Ray Wilson, introduced young
Julius to Coach Jack Leaman of the University of Massachusetts. After
high school, Erving entered the university, where Ray Wilson was hired
as assistant coach the following year.
At Massachusetts, Erving broke freshman records for scoring and
rebounding, leading his team through an undefeated sea .....
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I, Tituba Black Witch Of Salem
<view this essay>.... of disgust. The slaves thought that Tituba should be working, out with them, because of the color of her skin. They didn't look at what she had been through or even did they know what she had been through, just the color of her skin. In addition, Tituba felt racism from her people in another way. When she didn't know how to party and didn't know how black people were "supposed" to act she felt resentment and animosity from the blacks present. They felt as if she didn't know how to be one of them and that she was not truly "black". We take from these examples that racism isn't always felt from someone outside of your race but it can be felt the same .....
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Roswell
<view this essay>.... this, people are at a level at which they understand. Not only do these movies entertain, they inform people about the little information we obtained from the government. The thought of government cover-ups have been long discussed. The government has always, in the past, tried to keep any sign of aliens, whether it be pictures from space, to crashes on earth, to a low or nonexistent level. Just recently has the government been harassed to the point where they actually gave us clues to alien existence. It has in some ways been believed that the government has worked in partnership with popular movie directors, to produce alien movies to ease the thought .....
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The Persian Gulf War
<view this essay>.... attitude toward Iraq soon became a worldwide occurrence. The United Nations Security Council passed 12 resolutions condemning the invasion. The ultimate decision was to use military force if Iraq did not withdraw by January 15, 1991. When the deadline was set, it was time to start preparing for war.
President George Bush confronted little difficulty in winning Americans’ support for the potential war against Iraq. However, the government found it difficult to decide upon a reason for going to war. It was either to oppose aggression or it was to protect global oil supplies. Other powers were more directly concerned as consumers of Persian Gulf oil, but they w .....
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Reservoir Dogs
<view this essay>.... he did. There was just something attractive about all his negative personality traits. Before he really starts getting into torturing the cop, he casually turns on the radio as if he needed some music to accompany the grizzly acts he was about to commit.
He was a man who insisted on having total control. He liked controlling situations and people. When they were in the jewelry store he advised the employees not to hit the alarm. When they did, he started killing them. This was his way of regaining control of the situation. At the same time he was acting out this concept, he was actually totally out of control. He went fucking crazy in the store. He slaughtered .....
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