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… gymnasium in Springfield, Mass., has grown into a game that more than 300 million people play worldwide. The man who created this instantly successful sport was Dr. James Naismith. Under orders from Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Physical Education…

… seemed practically impossible. He was to defend Judd and Artie the confessed murderer of the Kessler boy. Before he was given the job the boys had already confessed to the cold blooded murder. There was really no way that he could convince the…

… is film about the pornography business in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Through this industry we meet many different characters going through varying problems. This paper will show that although most of the film follows the career of a young…

… Death of a Salesman, was a well presented performance. The show’s main characters were Willy and his son Biff. Willy is a 60 year old man who has been a traveling salesman throughout his whole life. His family feels that he is at an age, where he…

… is the predominant technique used to tell the story. What actually happens to the characters is overshadowed by the way they see themselves during the story. “There are four basic types of point of view: the first person, the omniscient,…

… went against all film form previous to its release. It was released during the German Expressionist period in history, which had its heyday after World War I. During this period, Germans were interested in art, such as fictional stories, theatre,…

… brought on by his cut-short childhood, loneliness, the tension formed due to his questionable relationship with Julie, and eventually, his terrible disfigurement. Using Freud’s definition of schizophrenia, David has escaped to an early and secure,…

… off and on screen here. In addition to producing, writing and directing this piece, he also stars, and his character is almost always on screen. In fact, it's this nearly myopic attention to the one character here that makes "The Apostle" both interestin…

… by Orson Welles. Influenced by Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst, Welles created the character Charles Foster Kane. This was a black and white film made in 1941 about a boy who inherited a millionaire’s fortune and dedicated all his time…

… the psychology behind discrimination within the African American race. The film reminded me even more of the continuous discrimination African Americans face, yet it bothered me to know that I too am a participant in that discrimination. We are the…