Angelina Jolie Essays

There is no doubt that Angelina Jolie is one of the most famous women in the world. Her acting may have put her in the spotlight, but it 's her beauty and resistance to cultural norms that have made her a supercelebrity. There have been rumors that she has had new tattoos. The public 's seemingly endless curiosity about her personal life has made her a tabloid fixture. Yet her truly impressive humanitarian work goes virtually unnoticed-usually eliciting nothing more than a fleeting mention. So in

“A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory “ (Older Pete) Unbroken is a film produced in the year two thousand and fourteen. The main director of this film is Angelina Jolie. This film won the following awards: Academy Awards, USA 2015, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2015, AFI Awards, USA 2015, African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2014, Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2015, American Society of Cinematographers, USA 2015, Art

Washington D.C., Angelina Jolie delivered her incredible speech on refugees to spread awareness of their horrendous conditions. To get her point across, she made great use of rhetorical devices and appealing to the audience. In Angelina Jolie’s 2009 speech for World Refugee Day, she uses rhetorical devices such as allusions, anaphora, charged words, and restatement to appeal to emotion, and devices like repetition, appositives, and restatement to appeal to reason. First of all, Jolie uses rhetorical

Angelina Jolie Research   * and she is known for her humanitarian acts and activism  * Angelina Jolie adopted her first child from Cambodia named Maddox  * Angelina Jolie became the Ambassador of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees   * Angelina Jolie has visited more than 20 countries with world issues to aid refugees running away from war or struggling to make a living with poverty   * Angelina Jolie has been trying to bring awareness about day to day real world issues such as girls and

This paper will be a discussion on the famed Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie’s celebrity persona – her status as an academy award nominee and winner as well as a UNHCR ambassador and the face of global motherhood. This article will focus primarily on Jolie’s presentation of her agency and embodiment and the significant transformation that her celebrity underwent from the 1990s to 2014. From her provocative “disturbed bad girl” image to her action star status, philanthropist efforts, global motherhood

The role of Angelina Jolie in the Development of Community Service in relation to Refugees and child Immigration. Student’s Name Institution Due to continued conflicts around the world, the number of refugees seeking humanitarian aid continues to grow. From the battlefield of Syria to the jungles of Congo, the number of people running away from conflict zone continues to be a problem for international Aid organizations, countries hosting refugees and donors. Among the most affected are children

Stars such as George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt on Board. Angelina Jolie is a big topic on celebrity activism, thanks to her hands-on work with the United Nations high commissioner for refugees as a goodwill ambassador. Jolie who pays her own way on U.N missions and says she donates one- third of her income to charity emerged unscathed from her tabloid- ready romance with Pitt. as for Winfrey

Fox, a character played by Angelina Jolie in the 2008 movie, Wanted, is a member of an assassin group, called the Fraternity. The mission of the Fraternity is to assassinate individuals whose names are given by the Loom of Fate as targets “through a binary code hidden in weaving errors of the fabric” (IMDb, 2008). At the start of the movie, Fox seemed to exhibit an egoist ethics or synonymously, “enlightened self-interest” (Gower, 2007). She was killing others, either through assassination or

Throughout the text of Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxons translated their beliefs when they passed this epic tale generation to generation. Loyalty existed as one of the strongest beliefs of the Anglo-Saxons. They believed that loyalty to the authority would lead normal people to greatness and rewards. Another belief expressed in Beowulf was the establishment of the epic hero. These heroes could do more than regular men could, as they defined themselves as strong, loyal, and well known people. While honoring

Alexander Falconbridge served as a surgeon on the ships that transported slaves through the middle passage. He managed to only make four voyages between 1780 and 1787 due to the harsh circumstances he was witnessing, which ultimately led him to write An Account of the Middle Passage. The Middle Passage was the hardest and most dangerous part of the voyage for any slave transported out of Africa. The article carefully describes the strenuous conditions the slaves were in while being in the ships.

My heroine is Angelina Jolie since I was 6 years old. For me a hero is someone that helps people, take care of them, it is kind, intelligent, brave, and humble. I chose her to be my hero, because she has all the qualities to be a heroine. She helps and saves people all over the world. This is a big deal to me and it is what I want to do when I grow up. One example of her kindness, was when she helped Vietnam, and she did it so well that she earned the right to a Vietnamese passport. She also works

The two stories of Macbeth and Beowulf have different plot, but hold similar elements. The legend of Beowulf, set in 500 A.D., begins with an evil monster terrorizing the mead hall of Heorot. The monster, Grendel, attacks Heorot with desire for wickedness. For copious amount of years, Grendel slaughters the men by night, each night. Until a hero named Beowulf hears the Geats cries and comes to their rescue. Beowulf arrives and devises a plan to kill the beast at night when he comes to attack the

Angelina Emily Grimké was baptized with her sister Sarah, holding her in her arms. She had pledged that she would protect and be an active part in her sister’s upbringing, which she in turn was. Angelina was nicknamed “Nina” and became very close to her older sister. As a child, she was seen as inquisitive, rebellious and outspoken, which was often looked down upon by her traditionalist friends and family. Considered a beauty, Angelina had many suitors who had offered her hand in marriage, but she

Joan Crawford was one of the most recognized actresses in classic Hollywood cinema, and starred in many various television shows and movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Joan lived a seemingly perfect life of luxury and fame; she lived in a massive mansion, had three beautiful daughters and a son, and was always married or dating a rich businessman or lawyer. Little did the world know, Joan was suffering from a variety of chronic, crippling personality disorders, that not only affected her, but were also

INTRODUCTION The diagnosis and treatment of diseases pertaining to human beings is a very risky profession as it is accompanied by a high degree of morbidity and mortality. Since the profession is risky therefore the professionals should be more cautious while practicing medicine. Even the mere mistakes and recklessness can cause severe injuries that to an extent which possibly can take anyone’s lives. It means if a good treatment can save the life of a person the negligent one can take the very

I have the Artemis Film Festival to thank yet again for another amazing connection with this beautiful, talented stuntwoman and actress--Tammie Baird. She and I had a delightful conversation a few weeks back, and we discussed a wide variety of topics, including how she got started, her aspirations in the business, and the passion she feels for specific charity work. (I can hardly wait to actually meet her in a few days!) RH: Nice to get to talk with you, Tammie. TB: Glad it worked out to talk

Instead of withdrawing from the public stage, Angelina and Sarah went on to achieve more notoriety, in 1838, Angelina testified at a Committee of the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts, becoming the first American woman to testify in a legislative meeting. Later in 1838, at the age of 33, Angelina married abolitionist Theodore Dwight Weld, and they moved with Sarah to Fort Lee, New Jersey. Although both Angelina and Sarah wanted to continue giving speeches and attending meetings, the pressures

Kino, the protagonist of The Pearl, is an impoverished, simple, hardworking, and content family man but changes into a greedy and selfish man. He lives with his wife, Juana, and his first-born baby, Coyotito, in an unadorned and simple brush house in a small village of fishermen. “It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings” (3). In the beginning, he is a simple and content man; he does not have riches nor does he need it, for he is already fulfilled with his family’s love

On January 2, 1987, Stephen Crane’s boat Commodore sank twelve miles off the coast of Daytona Beach, Florida. After much chaos and confusion in abandoning ship, much of the people aboard perished in scattered life boats that capsized, but Crane was lucky enough to be on the solely surviving dinghy. Thirty long hours of paddling through stormy seas later, the boat barely arrived ashore. After this traumatic experience, Crane decided to transform this incident into a short story—one that explores both

The novel Candide, written by Voltaire, portrays the adventures and experiences of the main character named Candide. Being a very honest man, a character like Candide can be easily swayed and convinced to do and believe anything. From carelessness to greed, the reader can clearly understand that Voltaire ridicules many decisions and situations that occur in the novel. One of many themes Voltaire mocks in the novel would be how greed can result from wealth. What Voltaire is ultimately conveying to