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    English Work: Name: Barbara Avendaño Date: June 4, 2013 Teacher: Gonzalo Muñoz Class: English

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    The student chose to write about the movies Chronicle and The Help. For Chronicle, they summarized that it is about three boys who gain telekinetic powers and explores how this affects them, particularly the main character Andrew who is going through family issues. They note the movie examines human nature and consequences. For The Help, they summarized that it is set in 1960s America and depicts the racial issues and abuse faced by black women working as maids for white families, and some people who fought against this injustice.

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    The student chose to write about the movies Chronicle and The Help. For Chronicle, they summarized that it is about three boys who gain telekinetic powers and explores how this affects them, particularly the main character Andrew who is going through family issues. They note the movie examines human nature and consequences. For The Help, they summarized that it is set in 1960s America and depicts the racial issues and abuse faced by black women working as maids for white families, and some people who fought against this injustice.

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    The student chose to write about the movies Chronicle and The Help. For Chronicle, they summarized that it is about three boys who gain telekinetic powers and explores how this affects them, particularly the main character Andrew who is going through family issues. They note the movie examines human nature and consequences. For The Help, they summarized that it is set in 1960s America and depicts the racial issues and abuse faced by black women working as maids for white families, and some people who fought against this injustice.

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    English Work: Name: Barbara Avendaño Date: June 4, 2013 Teacher: Gonzalo Muñoz Class: English

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    Name: Barbara Avendao Date: June 4, 2013 Teacher: Gonzalo Muoz Class: English

    Chronicle
    I chose it because is not the typical superhero movie, despite what many will lead you to believe. Sure the whole crutch of the story is that these kids get super powers but its not like they use them to do superhero stuff. Its more of a character study about these kids who get powers and what real kids would do if given the chance. No capes, no costumes, no secret identities. The thing is, this movie is about growing up, learn, know that every move you make has consequences, good or bad. When you watch for the first time you are indeed stunned and want to see more and more the super telekinesis powers that the boys have, but after a while you see that thats not the main plot of the movie. Thats clear because you dont have to know where those powers came from. So, as the boys keep using their new powers, they become stronger, now moving bigger things such as cars, buses and whatever is big. They also start to fly. Well, the main character is Andrew a regular boy, not popular in school, who has problems at home, his mother is dying and his father is an ass.. Well, good enough, isnt it? Now, what happens if you give unlimited powers for such a boy? Yeah, the powers corrupted him. Thats why this movie its reflective of how evil we are naturally, in response to a cruel world, or just plain misunderstanding and suffering. It got me thinking quite a bit about it all. Its an interesting movie that struck a chord in me for sure.

    Chronicle

    Director : Josh Trank Genre : Sci- Fi Release day : February 3, 2012 Cast: Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw, Bo Petersen,Anna Wood, Rudi Malcolm, Luke Tyler Awards : Golden Trailer - Most Original Trailer Plot: Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

    The Help
    I chose this film, for the important message it brings, it is also a very emotional film.

    It is situated at the beginning of the 60s and shows how the issue of racism was at that time and how those people must have suffered humiliation from people who believed superior. Fortunately today we are far from that racism is illustrated in the film. In it we see women of color who had to work in the homes of white women and withstand abuse while tending and raised children of others for low pay. What most struck me about this film is that unfortunately is not fiction and that this did happen in USA. The racial issue is really important and sad because that never should happen. But as we see in the film there are people who was disagree with it and fought for the injustice against those womens and men of color.

    The Help
    Director : Tate Taylor Genre : Drama

    Release day : August 10th, 2011 Cast: Jessica Chastain , Viola Davis , Bryce Howard , Allison Janney , Chris Lowell, Sissy Spacek , Octavia Spencer , Emma Stone , Cicely Tyson , Mike Vogel , David Oyelowo Awards : Best Supporting Actress - Octavia L. Spencer - 2011 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Octavia L. Spencer - 2011 Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Supporting Actress - Octavia L. Spencer - 2011 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Breakthrough Performance - Jessica Chastain - 2011 Detroit Film Critics Society Breakthrough Performer - Jessica Chastain - 2011 New York Film Critics Online Top Ten Film of the Year - 2011 New York Film Critics Online Plot: An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

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