Fictional characters from New York City Essays

  • Meaningful Symbols in the Rye by J.D Salinger

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    Cetchir on thi Ryi”, by J.D Selongir, os ebuat e buy nemid Huldin Cealfoild. Hi thonks thi edalt wurld os e banch uf “phunois.” Thi nuvil cunteons meny kiy symbuls thet hilp divilup thi nuvil, end tu hilp shuw Huldin Cealfoild’s puont uf voiw un thi wey hi siis thi wurld. Thrii uf thisi kiy symbuls oncladi: Huldin Cealfoild’s rid hantong het, thi dacks on thi Cintrel Perk leguun, end Thi Masiam uf Netarel Hostury. Oni uf thi must ompurtent end ricugnozebli symbuls on thi nuvil os Huldin Cealfoild’s

  • Character Analysis Of Mark Zuckerberg In The Social Network

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    Britton, best known for her role in NBC’s Friday Night Lights, makes the best of a bad situation, serving in an aimless motherly role – where her only goal is to protect Mike. Why? Good question (not really). Topher Grace, best known from his TV days in That ‘70s Show, is an acceptable choice as a villain – oddly enough, because he’s easily dislikeable in basically all of his roles, regardless of whether its protagonist, antagonist, or anything else in-between. Here, he portrays a

  • Doubt: Comparing the Play and Movie

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    opinion about certain characters and situations in the story. Though the differences are few one would agree that at least one of these differences are game changers or at the very least they get you thinking and having doubts of your own. John Patrick Shanley creates a movie as a whole I feel was more informative than the play. In the play you have 4 characters Sister Aloysius, Father Flynn, Sister James, and Mrs. Muller. While the movie introduces a few other characters, for instance the children

  • Metoric Rise of Tommy Hilfiger

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    small town of Elmira, New York. He was one of nine children. Even at a young age, his fashion and artistic talents were shown through his dress. "He's always wearing a shirt or a pair of pants that was a little different than what everyone else was wearing" a friend of his remarked. In 1969, Hilfiger and two friends opened People's Place, a store specializing in trendy fashions and other items. The store grew and expanded with People's Places opening in various upstate New York towns such as Ithaca

  • What Are The Similarities Between Roosevelt And Teddy Roosevelt

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    backgrounds, their physical uniqueness, their personalities, and their policies. Taking a detailed look at the comparison of two presidents can lead to a more in depth, applicable way of studying history. Both men from New York, they had wealthy fathers as mentors. Each was inspired to branch off from their inherited wealth and create their own fortunes. How they went about this

  • Research Paper On Elsie De Wolfe

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    Elsie de Wolfe, (1865-1950) is a design legend and to many, she is referred to as America's first decorator. According to the New Yorker, "Interior design as a profession was invented by Elsie." Because of her support system and increasing social status, de Wolfe's style and interiors were noticed, and accepted. She was able to open up a whole new sense of style to her era. Her reputation as an actress, her success in decorating the interior of her own home at the Irving House, and her social connections

  • A case study on Levis Strauss.

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    are based in San Francisco. It is a company that was valued over the 7 Billion dollar mark in 1997. Its most famous product lines are Silver Tab, Red Tab, Dockers and Levisengineered brand. At the current time Levis are trying to promote their New "Silver Tab" brand. It is regarded as their most "hippest clothes" and it appeals to the core teen market. Levis plan to spend 5 times the amount they have spent on the year before on promoting their products this is because they have realized recently

  • Diane Arbus: Photographing the Freaks

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    lucky to others, a camera was always in the hands of Diane Arbus, even when she was stark nude. What she brought to the photography world was something no one had ever seen before and it appalled many people. Shocking images stare back at the viewer from her photographs; a man’s face entirely covered in hair, faces of identical twins so similar you can’t tell them apart, a transvestite’s face with large curlers in his hair, and a face completely covered in tattoos. These are only a few of subjects

  • Kingdom of Matthias by Paul E Johnson and Sean Wilentz

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    one thing in particular Matthias was trying to prevent. Matthias went so far to prevent women preaching in the church that he was kicked out of one of the churches that ... ... middle of paper ... ...s would act upon women in many different ways from beating them or with sexual activities on a regular basis. These acts of misogyny, trying to keep them only doing household chores while verbally degrading them could be known as just a small bump in the progression towards women’s rights and could

  • Father Flynn in John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt

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    the boy a gift, to make Donald like him. It was a girl’s toy, and Father Flynn, being a priest, giving a little boy a toy is slightly inappropriate when the purpose of why he did this is unclear. "Every perfect gift has its origin in God- it comes from above." (James 1:17, King James Bible) Shanley leaves it completely open for interpretation. The segment is brief and vague of Father Flynn’s intent. Later on, there is a scene where the toy was stepped on and broken by the other kids at school. Father

  • The Maltese Falcon

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    Hammett’s San Francisco: A Unique Setting in the Changing World of Early 20th Century Detective Fiction The Pacific coast port city of San Francisco, California provides a distinctively mysterious backdrop in Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon. Unlike many other detective stories that are anchored in well-known metropolises such as Los Angeles or New York City, Hammett opted to place the events of his text in the lesser-known, yet similarly exotic cultural confines of San Francisco. Hammett

  • E L Doctorow's Ragtime, By E. L. Doctorow

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    during the 1920s. Each family is in a different position of society. One family is rich and white and lives in the exclusive upper class neighborhood of New Rochelle, NY. Their lives are sheltered and privileged. Another family is African American. They live in Harlem, which was populated only by African Americans at the time. The main character in this family that we follow, Coalhouse, is a Ragtime piano player. The next family represents the immigrants of that time. Tateh, a Jewish immigrant,

  • Religious Allusions in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle

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    Kurt Vonnegut’s fictional novel “Cat’s Cradle”, indirectly explores issues that parallels into topics such as religion, scientific/technological advancements, political power and much more. Vonnegut’s novel is narrated by a character named Jonah (John). He, Jonah, sets out to write an anthropological book based off of what key people were doing on the day that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Throughout Vonnegut’s novel it can clearly represents how a writer can become a very destructive

  • Analysis of Generational and Racial Differences in Dionne Brand's What We All Long For

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    erasures that emerge: fictional and historical. The fictional erasures work to create an unconscious space for the characters. This means that the characters navigate spaces in an intangible manner where they face issues that are not directly impacting to them. It is brought on or is created by the issues they ‘actually’ face. The ‘actual’ issues that these characters face are then transposed into a greater erasure that presents itself as a historical erasure. The fictional erasure becomes a mirror

  • The Underdogs By Marians Azuela Sparknotes

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    Gustavo Pellon’s translation of Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs is a fictional story of the Mexican Revolution that occurred from 1910-1915. The story takes place in small villages and cities of Mexico. The main character, Demetrio Macias, is an Indian peasant who becomes a rebel against the corrupt government that is under the rule of Victoriano Huerta. Macias abandoned his family when the soldiers come after him in his home. He joins a rebel army led by Pancho Villa and he eventually becomes a general

  • Gangs of New York

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    Picture Manhattan in 1860, a time before the city had been dolled up and gotten ready for the silver screen, before the glamour and allure took over. Amsterdam Vallan (DiCaprio) is a young Irish man that migrates to the USA at a young age. Amsterdam’s story takes place in Five Points District of New York, a filthy and dangerous part of the city before it was deleted form history. As a young boy Vallan witnessed his father’s murder at the hand of William Cutting or Bill the Butcher (Day-Lewis) during

  • Differences And Similarities Between Marvel And Dc

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    universe. Besides the obvious difference in characters, they also differ in origins, tone, location, villains, and how the heroes acquired their powers. Although there are some similarities in characters and their abilities, there are mostly differences. First, Marvel has been called many different names like Timely Publications and Atlas Comics throughout the years. Martin Goodman first created this franchise in 1939. Main writers who created the famous characters we have today include Stan Lee, Jack

  • Thos Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49: No Escape

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    There are two levels of participation within The Crying of Lot 49:  that of the characters, such as Oedipa Maas, whose world is limited to the text, and that of the reader, who looks at the world from outside it but who is also affected the world created by the text.3  Both the reader and the characters have the same problems observing the chaos around them.  The protagonist in The Crying of Lot 49, Oedipa Mass, like the reader, is forced to either involve herself in the deciphering of clues or not

  • Olivia Benson

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    justice system, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit….” This short monologue is the opening for Dick Wolf’s fictional television show, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. This show follows the detectives of the Sixteenth Precinct in Manhattan, New York City through their lives and the cases they work day after day. In this unit, it is

  • The Glass Castle: The Memoirs of Jeannette Walls

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    life. This memoir depicts the defining childhood of Jeanette Walls. Since a memoir is a non-fictional story, the element of non-fiction and truth is the most important. There has to be significant amount of truth to the story in order for it to be considered non-fictional. That is why accuracy of details is so vital when writing a non-fictional story. Unlike a fictional story, these details and characters are typically not made up. The Glass Castle is the story of Jeannette Walls, the author, who