Movie review I found “Full Metal Jacket” to be the best movie I watched during our movie course. I found the acting to be superb and found the attention to detail in the move to be amazing. The movie was interesting all throughout the movie and I never felt bored. One of the reasons I …
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“Full Metal Jacket” part 1
Notions The Iron Curtain A political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other non communist areas. It was popularised by winston Churchill in 1946 in his speech. The blockade …
“Help”
Notions Civil Rights Movements The Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and to secure legal recognition and federal protection of the citizenship rights enumerated in the Constitution and federal law. This article covers the phase of the movement between …
“The Immigrant” part 2
I found “The Immigrant” to be a rather boring movie. There was not enough action and the movie felt stretched out. Though the movie depicted the life in that time (the 1910s) pretty well, I feel like the nearly 2 hours run time was what killed the movie for me, it was plainly just not …
“The Immigrant”
Notions Discovery of gold and gold mining In 1847 in Coloma, California, James Marshall found a site for a sawmill. On January 24, 1848, Marshall went down to the river to inspect progress, and, as he later told the story: “My eye was caught by something shining in the bottom of the ditch. . . …
“Glory” part 2
I enjoyed watching the movie “Glory”. I think it gave a unique, and often not talked about, point of view of the American Civil War focusing on a colored unit, the 54th. While watching the movie I found it to be very interesting and historically accurate and the critics seem to agree with me. One …
Glory
Notions Different developments in the North and South On paper, the Union outweighed the Confederacy in almost every way. Nearly 21 million people lived in 23 Northern states. The South claimed just 9 million people — including 3.5 million slaves — in 11 confederate states. Despite the North’s greater population, however, the South had an …
“The Patriot” part 2
Movie analysis I very much enjoyed the movie “The Patriot”. I think that the movie had a compelling story and gave a good overview of the life then, however some people seem to be overly critical about this movie. I will bring out some of these opinions. One of the reviews I can’t wrap my …
Patriot
Notions The origin and essence of the conflict between England and the colony – Before the French and Indian War, the American colonies had been left more or less to themselves. During this time, they got used to having relative autonomy and came to see it as a right. At the same time, the colonies …
Mayflower
Notions Origin of Native Americans – There are many theories on how and when the first people made it to the Americas. The widely accepted school of thought is that about 23000 years ago, a single group splintered off from an East Asian population. The group, crossed the Bering Land Bridge between northeast Asia and …