...“wild” by being the focal point in which the beginning of american social issues and history occurred. Having been of a time of rapid industrialization and civilization growth, issues that were seen during the decades of western times and films were the strong influence wealth took on, relations with the law and those who enforced it, and divisions of power within american cultures. It is within the roots of western stories that character positions such as the outlaw hero and the official hero were born. In the film Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino (2012), issues of slavery, race, and the differences of power between social classes were the main topics of the motion picture. The setting of the film occurs during the year 1858, a time in where western issues were quickly evolving. Django takes on the role of the protagonist who goes against the social norms of what is expected from a negro man. He joins a german bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz who takes Django under his wing and joins him in efforts of securing the whereabouts of Django's wife, Broomhilda. His biggest obstacle is going against a house slave named Stephen. Stephen consistently tries to get in the the way of Django’s main objective of retrieving his wife, whom was sold as property to Stephen’s owner Calvin Candie. Throughout the film, issues witnessed are battles of what is right and wrong but also who is the last man standing. Although there is a declining interest in films that focus and are stylized with...
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...Django Unchained The movie Django Unchained is a good movie that is set back in 1858. It involves a slave by the name of Django that was sold away from his wife. I think this movie gives a clear picture of how people and times where back in the 1800’s and displays a very good message. The movie is very good by the standards that it shows very clear of how slaves were sold and treated, also the ways people acted back in time. This movie captioned how slaves often were treated less than any other human and called nigger frequently. In these times slaves were often treated differently depending on their owner and in Django’s case the bounty hunter that came along treated him like a human being equal to himself and trained him in his profession in order to get his job done. The film clearly prefers a more definitive, spectacular, comprehensive, and ultimately simplistic portrait of revolution-via-revenge. Even though this movie has been labeled a spaghetti western the morality overrides the fiction shown in the movie. Even though a lot of the events are not exactly chronologically correct Quinton Tarantino brought true insight to the demoralization to the African American culture. Through out history there have been many slaves of different races but not here in America. This is history that we can not change and even though this movie may come across very offensive to some, if you are able to push past the degrading name calling, the abuse and violence it does a great job of...
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...However, Django Unchained is not all that ordinary. Yes, of course, there are men with hats and horses riding into the sunset and let's not forget the occasional explosion with the badass departure, but this movie incorporates multiple genres making it more diverse. Quentin Tarantino's strange style of producing dramatic, action packed, and bizarre pieces grasps the audience. With the combination of violence, a captivating plot, an unfamiliar script, a thrilling soundtrack, and exceptional characters and actors Tarantino is able interpret his version of a blend of slavery, heroism, and comedy without flaw. "Django, have you always been alone?" The movie begins, an introduction so raw and unbearable to watch. There are men chained to each other by the foot; they are slaves...
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...Ethnographic CD Review: Ensemble La Roue Fleurie – Gypsy Guitars The Music of the Gypsies The Gypsies or the Romani people are an ethnic group now living predominantly in Europe. They are believed to have migrated from an Indian Subcontinent some 1000 years ago due to persecutions and their status on the Indian caste system. It wasn’t until around 1856 that the gypsies were freed as slaves in Walachia and Moldavia, which are now part of Romania. In Western Europe, hanging, flogging, and branding of Roma people was encouraged, and an estimated 1 million were killed in the holocaust. The Gypsies are nomadic and live in caravans or trailers, setting up small camps and moving from place to place. Music as a tradition is paramount in the lives of the gypsies, who have always been revered as being exceptional musicians, especially for their virtuosity in their instruments. For the gypsies, music has always just been a part of life, and it has been extremely important in helping them to cope with the harsh reality of their existence. As a result of the years and years of traveling throughout the world, a myriad of musical influences have left their mark in the traditional gypsy music. Beginning of course with Indian roots, tinges of Greek, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Serbian, Czech, Slavic, Romanian, German, French, and Spanish can be heard in the music. Indian influence can be heard through the use of the harmonic minor scale and the double-harmonic minor, or Hungarian minor...
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...jaws of slavery.” Slavery has always been a topic people believe as brutal, cruel, inhumane and horrible so when I went and seen the movie supposedly based on slavery; “Django Unchained” written by Quentin Tarantino, released on December 25, 2012, I was disappointed. The movie Django Unchained mocked slavery and tried to make a serious matter funny. Slavery was nothing closed to a joke, if any slave was asked to describe slavery, the last thing it would be described as is a joke. The movie takes place two years before the Civil War. Actor, Jamie Foxx played the main character, Django, in the movie. Django becomes a bounty hunter in the movie after he is recused by a German dentist/bounty hunter man named Schultz at the beginning of the movie. Django agrees to take the job offered as a bounty hunter because he can think of no better job than to kill white men for money. In the movie he says, “Kill white folks and they pay you for it? What’s not to like?” Shultz, played by Christoph Waltz, offers Django his freedom along with seventy five dollars in exchange to help him track down the Brittle brothers (previous slave owners of Django). After hunting down the Brittle brothers and Django is given his freedom, Django decides to become partners with the German and continue his job as a bounty hunter. Django agrees to...
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...Emmet Ray was one of the most talented guitarists in the world, but he lived his life outrageously by deceiving and stealing. Ray was a fictional character from the movie Sweet and Lowdown directed by Woody Allen, despite the realistic interviews from critics who commented on Emmet as if he was a real person. Inspired by Django Reinhardt, Emmet became a jazz guitarist in the 1930s and achieved moderate success. Emmet was talented with the guitar, but he was frequently late, drunk, or missing when he had to perform. Although Emmet Ray was cruel and heartless on the surface, deep down inside he was quite fragile. He was whole-heartedly passionate with music and considered himself as the greatest guitar player, yet he was afraid he might not actually be the greatest. Emmet was afraid to confront his fears and chose to live his life recklessly as an escape. So, Emmet was not all what he appeared to be on the outside....
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...Corbucci's classic Spaghetti Western is quite influential for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it introduced Franco Nero as a cool leading man, taking cues from Eastwood's performance in Sergio Leone's work, but managing to establish his own character. Django's weapons are rememberable as well, such as his trademark coffin which he drags behind him. The coffin holds his signature weapon: a large machine gun turret (a reference to this film can be seen in Robert Rodriguez' Desperado, which had guns within a similar looking guitar case). Corbucci's film also added to the foundations of the standard spaghetti western that Leone had established, by introducing gory violence and scenes of torture, which added a darker element to the genre. Ears are...
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...Quote 1: Adam Rothman from the Daily Beast, emphasizes that “The true history of the Cotton Kingdom before the Civil War was no less bizarre and bloody than anything the movie has to offer”. This shows that Rothman thinks that the South before the war was not any less sanguinary and of equal peculiarity than that shown in the movie. Quote 2 A reverend from Georgia describes what could be a hot box in American Slavery As It Is:Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses:Electronic Edition on page 20 “Sometimes, after being whipped, some have been shut up in a dark place and deprived of food, in order to increase their torments”. This relates to a scene in Django Unchained when Django goes to Broomhilda's master and he has her locked in a small box with dirty water.Broomhilda was punished for trying to escape. This really shows that most of the movie was historically accurate and what is shown is pretty lenient, even though it is horrible treatment for a human being, compared to what most likely happened....
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...Robel Haile Richard Armandi Mus 114 12/04/2017 'Sweet and Lowdown' essay response Sweet and Lowdown is an American comedy drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. This comedy drama was about jazz guitarist Emmet Ray, who falls in love with a mute woman. I don’t think so, Emmet Ray was a real person, but I felt like it’s based on a real, despite the fact that relatively unknown person. Ray was the second greatest guitarist in the world, and he admired Django Reinhardt as one of the greatest guitar players in the world. Whenever Ray saw his idol Django and listened his song, he fainted and cried. Ray was a fascinating character and drank heavily. His hobbies were shooting junkyard rats, Trainspotting, and playing eight-ball pool. His hobbies affected his work because whenever he drank, he was going late to work, and sometimes he didn’t show up....
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...powerhouses seem to have left the door wide open for the Cincinnati Bengals. The Associated Press Anthony, 3 others tossed as Bulls beat Knicks NEW YORK (AP) -- Bottled up by the Bulls and baffled by the officials, Carmelo Anthony expected to spend the final minutes of the Knicks' loss alone in the locker room. 16 mins agoThe Associated Press Lives remembered at string of Conn. services The community of Newtown, Conn., is in the thick of funerals and memorial services for the 26 children and adults killed a week ago at an elementary school. A look at services held Friday: Associated Press Exclusive ‘Django Unchained’ trailer, plus Kerry Washington talks tough days on set "More blood!?" Kerry Washington recalled saying on the set of "Django Unchained" in apparent disbelief over Quentin Tarantino's latest vengeance-themed cinematic creation. The new "Django" trailer, seen here first on Yahoo! Movies, features the most we've seen yet of Washington as Broomhilda -- the… Yahoo! Movies Golden Globes Blog NRA offensive exposes deep U.S. divisions on guns WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any chance for national unity on U.S. gun violence appeared to wane a week after the Connecticut school massacre, as the powerful NRA gun rights lobby called on Friday for armed guards in every school and gun-control advocates vehemently rejected the proposal. The solution… Reuters Texas' Myck Kabongo suspended for first 23 games, must repay $475 Texas' Myck Kabongo suspended for first 23 games...
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...History Unchained Faith Wright HIST111 Match 23, 2015 Slavery was brought to North America in 1619 to aid in the production of tobacco in Jamestown, VA. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 centralized the importance of slavery. By the 19th century, slavery spread westward which then resulted in the American Civil War. Between 1774 and 1804 all of the northern states outlawed slavery. Congress outlawed slavery completely in 1808, but then the slave trade began to flourish in the south. By the time of 1860 slavery had reached four million people, with half residing in the south. There have been movies that have told the lives of slavery in America such as Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" and Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln". Both directors depict the life of slavery in the 18th century by telling it through the eyes of a freed slave and our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. The quality of those films raises questions on if a certain type of person has to be qualified enough to talk about slavery. The eyebrows of American people were reaised when the Disney Corporation sought to build a park based off of the slavery experience and call it "Disney America." The park would have been used to exhibit the lives and struggles of African Americans throughout slavery. However, one writer, William Styron, felt that unlike the holocaust, slavery could never be re-enacted through a museum. The repercussions of slavery were far to great to show in an exhibit. Styron expressed...
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...SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH LAW 265 Semester 1 2015 Additional Information 4 step examples of Statutory Interpretation Question Assume that research has shown that a person using a mobile phone while driving has a 25% higher chance of having a road accident. The W.A Parliament passes a law called the Use of Mobile Phones and Other Electronic Devices Act 2013 W.A. Section 14 of the Act says: Section 14. ‘No person shall talk on a mobile phone when driving a motorcar, truck, motorcycle or similar vehicle’ Django is charged with a breach of section 14. While riding his bicycle to university one day he was listening to his girlfriend who had rung him on his mobile phone to tell him about her day. He argues: 1. He was not talking on his mobile phone 2. He is not driving a motorcar, truck, motorcycle or similar vehicle Using the rules of statutory interpretation and the four-step process, explain to Django whether he is breach of section 14 by discussing each of his arguments in turn. Step 1 Area of Law: Common law rules of statutory interpretation Step 2 Principles of Law: Students should discuss: Literal approach – define it. IRC v Hinchy and other cases Golden Rule – define it Alder v George and other cases Mischief rule – define it Smith v Hughes and other cases The Ejusdem Generis rule-define it Hy Whittle Ltd v Stalybridge Corp and other cases Step 3 Application of the Law: If the literal rule was applied, this would be the answer If the golden...
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...Rahul Arora Student at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan coderahul94@gmail.com +91-9816920972 Summary I am a student at Jaypee University of Information Technology. I am expert in computers especially in c, c++, python and algorithms development. ->Nothing attracts me more than a challenging programming task. ->I like to explore new technologies. ->Developing customised programs for my own use is my hobby. Education Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, 2013 - 2017 Grade: 7.5 Mahavir Senior Model School, Delhi Science Non medical Grade: 90% Skills & Expertise Programming: C, C++, Python,Java Web framework: Django, Flask Query and Database: MySQL Other skills: Web scraping, Algorithms development,Data structures Projects ONLINE JUDGE FOR COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMING November 2015 Developed a fully working website to host competitive programming contests in college. SLAMBOOK June 2012 to July 2012 Slambook is a real time chat application developed in c++. Apart from the chatting functionality it has some more features like : Friend requests, Profile, Messaging, Feedback and much more which makes it more like an offline social network. The best advantage of this application is that it can be used in places with no internet connectivity. JANGO December 2014 to Feb 2015 Jango is a command line personal assistant developed in python which can be customised according to your needs...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form MS MR – cosmic love flight facilities ft Elizabeth rose – I didn’t believe cold war kids – lost that easy yeah yeah yeahs – despair mumford and sons – whispers in the dark jinja safari – hiccups jinja safari – mermaids empire of the sun – dna andy bull – baby I am nobody now architecture in Helsinki – in the future massive attack – teardrops spiderbait – buy me a pony blur – song 2 silverchair – tomorrow the wombats – lets dance to joy division muse – knights of cydonia queens of the stone age – no one knows grinspoon – chemical heart modest mouse – float on augie march – one crowded hour radiohead – paranoid android pixies – where is my mind pixies – here comes your man pixies – debaser the smiths – this charming man the smiths – there is a light that never goes out the smiths – asleep glasvegas – the world is yours glasvegas – euphoria, take my hand the big pink – hit the ground the big pink – crystal visions Bombay bicycle club – shuffle Bombay bicycle club – always like this Bombay bicycle club – lights out, words gone The wombats – Tokyo The wombats – jump into the fog The wombats – techno fan The wombats – 1996 Karise eden – threads of silence The kinks – waterloo sunset The kinks – you really got me The kinks – all day and all of the night The kooks – naïve The kooks – seaside Ray lamontagne – let it be me Ray lamontagne – trouble Kings of leon – supersoaker ...
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...between siblings, but that does not mean that they do not love and support each other . * the author effectively conveys this theme through his use of characterization and internal conflict body: topic sentence : the author shows us the rivalry between the brothers by emphasizing on Moses’ internal conflict. -“the thing is ,he hasn’t got my flat fleet. thanks god” -“where’d he learn get the style”? topic sentence : the author also show to us that there is love between the two brothers by the characterization of moses . -“fools ,thinks moses, and feels a certain pride at how he has weaned his brother …off that awful habit” -“ the best evenings are when ben finished his homework and they turn of the hi-fi and listen to early Coleman Hawkins ,Django and bird” conclusion In fact , the author suggests that siblings may be competitive among themselves to prove themselves against pairs but that does not mean that they are not solider to each other. life is full of obstacles it does not matter how you fell but what matter is who was there to pick you up that is why family is important and even though we have some misunderstanding with them they will always be with us no matter what . Running Nicely “ Running nicely,” by Morris lurie , is a short story about two brothers who are orphan that are running in the Suburban Melbourne streets. This is their usual run between them but unfortunately this particular run is going to be full of surprise by making the...
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