... of a 12-year-old trapped in the hopelessness of ghetto life and a teenage pregnancy. "Now Brenda never really knew her moms / And her dad was a junkie putting death into his arms / It's sad because I bet Brenda doesn't know / Just cuz you"re in the ghetto / Doesn't mean you can't grow." "Can U Get Away," Me Against the World (Interscope): Playing the knight ... Holmes, a co-producer of "Juice" and the executive producer of "Gridlock"d," two of Tupac's most critically acclaimed roles. "I think his poetry gives a more accurate picture of who he is than anything else the audience wants, bu...

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• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: High School

... The Patriot. This movie tells the story of a reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin, who enters the war after his family, becomes endangered by the British. Martin and his son take up arms against the British by leading a small militia into battle. Martin soon realizes that the only way to protect his family and freedom is to fight for a young nation's liberty (The ... men. These men from Massachusetts fight for the freedom of their enslaved brothers in the South (Glory). This movie puts a positive twist to war in that the blacks took up arms too to support a cause, which is something they had...

• Word Count: 4363
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... unequal territorial and financial gains, disrupting the balance of power and creating tension and uncertainty. Militarism pervaded these societies, as massive armies were needed to continue these conquests. Inevitably, a dangerous arms race developed, most notably between Germany and England, the latter feeling threatened by the presence of a naval fleet possibly rivaling the strength of its own. The consequences of these actions ... . Remarque parallels this downward spiral within the actions and emotions of Paul Baumer, the novel's narrator and protagonist. Early in the text, the uniqu...

• Word Count: 1278
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... The Patriot. This movie tells the story of a reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin, who enters the war after his family, becomes endangered by the British. Martin and his son take up arms against the British by leading a small militia into battle. Martin soon realizes that the only way to protect his family and freedom is to fight for a young nation's liberty (The ... men. These men from Massachusetts fight for the freedom of their enslaved brothers in the South (Glory). This movie puts a positive twist to war in that the blacks took up arms too to support a cause, which is something they had...

• Word Count: 4263
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... go! 'T is Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow. He rais'd his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword. The streaming blood distain'd his arms around, And the disdainful soul came rushing thro' the wound."" (Please note that the latter quote is from a different translation of the Aeneid by John Dryden.) In a manner of speaking ... , the Aeneid is sandwiched between elements taken directly from Homer; thus it is inviting us to consider Virgil's poetry in light of Homer's. The Aeneid is both praise to the Homer's style "if indeed imitation is the most sincere...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School