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    Before I get to the analysis portion of this assignment, the speech I have decided to go with is former President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day that was delivered at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, on June 6, 1984. This is the speech I wanted to use for my analytical paper because I have always been extremely interested in World War II and anything affiliated with it. Also, I actually had two grandfathers that served in the Philippines fighting alongside American soldiers

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    Essay On Rainbow Warrior

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    ‘Operation Satanic’ occurred around the time of midnight on July 10th 1985. In the Waimata Harbour on Marsden Wharf in Auckland, New Zealand, the Rainbow Warrior had visited before leading a group of vessels to Mururoa Atoll to protest against the French nuclear testing that was going to take place in the South Pacific. The Rainbow Warrior had been the flagship of an international environmental organisation, Greenpeace. The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior ended with the death of Fernando Pereira,

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    independence from France. The territory of New Caledonia wanted a Kanak Cultural Centre that would be dedicated to the future development of the culture as inspired by Jean-Marie Tjibaou. (Architectura) In 1990 as part of France’s president at the time, Francois Mitterrand’s “grand travaux” or “grand works”, an international invitation-only tender was established for the project. The scope of the brief was broad: the design must honor traditional Kanak culture; while at the same time provide a focal point

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    “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury is an excellent book that is truly captivating and engaging to all of its readers. The book is about a time in the future when books are illegal and firemen start fires instead of stopping them. Society has forgotten what real social interaction is like and everyone prefers to watch giant televisions instead. It is very engaging and makes the reader feel like he or she is actually in the book. The symbolism in this book helps understand the story even more. It very

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    Nightlights, locked doors, and bedtime stories all evolved for protection against the unknown horrors of the night. Humans have incessantly feared the darkness that follows the end of a day. This dark, negative connotation of the word ‘night’ is explored in Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night. In this memoir, Wiesel, the protagonist and author, recounts his personal hardships as a Jewish victim in the Holocaust. As a teenager, he was taken from his home and, through numerous concentration camps, had a firsthand

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    The Difficult Transition from Duvalierism to Democracy in Haiti Haiti has historically been the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, suffering from mismanagement of resources and corrupt rule by the elites. The rule of the Duvaliers had concentrated the wealth of the state in the Duvalier family and its political allies, the Duvalierists. This had been the way Haiti was always run since its independence in 1804: the wealthy, French-speaking elite ruling as an oligarchy or dictatorship

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    Katerina Syntelis Barbara Bontempo, Ph.D. ENG694 – Teaching Literature January 20, 2008 PSYCHOANALYTIC ANALYSIS OF LOOKING FOR ALASKA It seems natural to think about novels in terms of dreams or psychoanalytical realities. Like dreams, novels are fictions, inventions of the mind that, though based on reality, are by definition not exactly and literally true. Conversely, dreams may have some truth to tell but like novels their truth must be interpreted before it can be grasped. Such is

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    In Night, the point Elie Wiesel is making about survival is disheartening, giving examples of what people will do to survive and their every man for themselves mindset. While fighting to survive, numerous animalistic instincts control every aspect of how a person thinks. Moreover, these instincts make you think you must do whatever you can to survive, regardless of who you are harming in the process. Night gives an excellent example of the concept that family and friends do not matter when it comes

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    Francois Boucher

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    The Famous and greatest painter in Rococo period was Francois Boucher was born on September 29 1703 and he was a famous French painter in Rococo period. Francois was the best decorative painter in Rococo period. He has its own style in painting. He uses unique style. Boucher was a son of lace designer. He was also a son of a painter and his father was his own teacher who really trained him how to paint. He came from a not wealthy family but he also work hard. His painting was also won in many competitions

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    The Implications Of Auteur

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    The concept of Auteur was first introduced by Andre Bazin in an essay featured in a 1954 edition of Cahier du Cinema, often referred to as ‘camera stylo’ or ‘signature style’ as a way of critiquing French new wave cinema. This theory allowed film to be criticised and analysed in the same way as other creative platforms such as art and literature. By identifying the director as auteur as opposed to just ‘Metteur-en-Scène’ it transformed them into an artisté, by assuming creative control they in turn

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