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    Deven Fiandaca English IV Mr. Wormwood Period 4 When thinking of Bob Dylan, two immediate things come to mind. First off, and most obvious, Mr. Dylan is known for his nasally voice. This seems to be the first topic of discussion when Bobs name comes up. Secondly, and more importantly, Bob is known for his talent of song writing, unlike many other artists in today 's world, bob tells a story with all of his songs. Many of his songs are over 5 minutes long, for those who don 't know much about music

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    Jewison. It is about Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, a black boxer wrongfully convicted for the murders of three people in 1966. Two black men in a white car shot and killed three people in the Lafayette Bar & Grill. Carter and his black friend, John Artis, were arrested for driving a white car and being black. The police assumed that Carter and Artis were guilty. The police then asked two witnesses – Bello and Bradley – if Carter and Artis had shot at them. Both witnesses said that Carter and Artis had not

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    ” The song “Hurricane”, written by Bob Dylan takes a stand and ignores what was safe, popular, and politically right during the 1960’s and 1970’s, in order to paint a picture of injustice. Dylan organizes the actual events of a man named Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was a middleweight boxer wrongfully accused and convicted of a double homicide. Dylan narrates the song and uses his credibility as a rock star to reason with a broader audience, while evoking the emotions of listeners by describing horrific

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    Innocence from my opinion is “ To not be found guilty of a cause or problem” eg: Invulnerable. I will be using four pieces of texts to help me back this up. The first text is Hurricane directed by Norman Jewison, Hurricane is about a man named Rubin Carter who’s dream is winning the middle weight boxing title but all came to a crash when some unsuspected murders happend. The second text is Eye In The Sky directed by Gavin Hood, Eye in The Sky is about the British army preparing to take out a group

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    Analysis of The Film The Hurricane The movie that was analyzed was "The Hurricane" starring Denzel Washington. The movie was based on a true story, which was about a boxer who was wrongfully accused for murders he did not commit. Rubin Carter had been a victim of racial prejudice since the age of 11. From that time on he had been haunted by the racial prejudice that would take most of his natural life away from him. At the age of fifty he ended up going to the Supreme courts to get his trial

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    Justice is all I ask for. Justice The Justice system did not treat Rubin Carter fairly because he was wrongfully convicted of murder. Carter was racially profiled because he was a black man and the evidence of the crime committed was hidden from the justice system. Carter had gone through three trials in total and out of those three trials two trials were based off of the given evidence that was tamperd with which made it look like Carter had done the murder. Those two trials only had white people on

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    credit for their actions and they will either lie or leave out the truth to save themselves from going to prison. In this case it makes me think of when a famous boxer, Rubin Carter was convicted of murdering several men, the only reason Carter was convicted of this was because witness match his car to the science of the crime. Carter want to jail for nine years before they reopened the case and found that he was innocent. This all could have been

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    larger tradition of folk music. The song combines aspects of typical folk and rock music in a particular kind of electrified that is commonly associated with Dylan, as well as a distinct ballad form, offering the narrative of a particular event in Rubin Carter’s life. The instrumentation includes Scarlet Rivera’s fiddle, acoustic guitar, vocals, electric bass, and drums. All of these instruments, save for electric bass, are characteristic of folk performance. Nonetheless, the driving rhythm of the

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    The song "Neighbors" by J cole is a song about how he feels people in the world today view the black community and how they are treated by authority and civilians. One of the lines that he raps is "Travon kind of fate," this line obviously referring to the death of Trayvon Martin; the young black boy viciously murdered by a white man. Another line that hits home with a lot of his fans is the line, "cops bustin down the door with army guns no evidence of the harm we done," this line referring to the

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    OVERVIEW This project describes Drake Carter aged about 25 years of age. He is a sex offender who has been convicted and put on rehabilitation program as means of integrating him back into the society. He is a subject a case study of the sex offenders and what drives these people to engage in such crimes. Carter lives in the white neighborhood where the population is not dense, and people are friendly to the neighbors. This community also has many single mothers. Carter was very friendly and ready to help

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