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Cinema allows the union of people from different social classes in the same place, which helps the viewer to identify as a collective and to generate the release of memories of the events that have marked their history (Harwood & Roy, 2005). For example, in American Beauty, the film, beauty is presented as something subjective,…
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Another way, “Law & Order: SVU,” with Dick Wolf as the show’s creator, offered an entirely new take on crime and mystery genres. A formula that has proven incredibly popular has allowed it to last this long: the show’s creators take a real-life news story and fictionalize it for their purposes, exploring complex characters and…
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The short stories of Flannery O’Connor’s 1965 “Parker’s Back” and Amy Tan’s 2006 “A Pair of Tickets” both delve on the theme of a person’s lifetime resolve to stand by what he or she believes to be honorable. This act of resolve is achieved by the character’s decision to remain loyal to his or her…
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