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    blessed with an abundance of national treasures, and Tom Hanks is among them due to his

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    not there are different “levels” of dishonesty, people often sacrifice their integrity in order to succeed. However, is this always the best method of getting ahead in life? While it may be easier to excel in the professional world by cheating, Tom Hanks, Simon Cowell, and Malala Yousafzai have proven that success can come from being honest, and that one does not have to sacrifice his integrity to achieve. Actors and celebrities may enjoy the spotlight constantly surrounding them, but their massive

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    Tom Hanks' Bringing Out of Sympathy in Audience as Forrest Gump Tom Hanks plays the main character in the film Forrest Gump.' When the film was released in 1994, it shot Tom Hanks to international stardom as the film received unbelievable amount of critical and financial success. Due to the international stardom of 'Forrest Gump,' Tom Hanks has now appeared in several big names films, such as Apollo 13, Green Mile, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and the film that

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    Community College: Tom Hanks on His Two Years at Chabot College” published January 2015, the author Tom Hanks talks about his experience in Community College. The article being published in the New York Times was directed at an older group of people. Hanks begins the article effectively persuading the reader that Community College changes the lives of the students who attend. Hanks addressed his experience at a two-year junior college in Hayward, California with positive critique. Hanks’ succeeds with

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    has won over 50 awards and two Oscars, Tom Hanks has really made a difference in this world. Tom Hanks has been a director for multiple movies and a few television shows. He also has a networth of over $350 million (“Tom Hanks Charity: Star's Wide Range Extends to His Philanthropy”). After Tom Hanks got done with his jobs of being a director, motivational speaker, and many more, he decided to donate some of his money to charities around the world. Tom Hanks continues to greatly impact the world by

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    The first thing most people think of when they hear the name Tom Hanks is a toy cowboy, but there is so much more to him. He has a lot more to tell the listeners then just how to get beyond infinity; he can tell listeners how anyone can change the world. Hanks gave a commencement speech at Yale University in 2011 to the graduating class. Hanks talks about how, even through fear, anyone can change the world for the better. He emphasizes that people should work to make the world better instead of posting

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    Forrest Gump Thesis

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    Zemeckis and based on the book by Winston Groom, Forrest Gump follows the life of an Alabama native with an IQ of a mere 75, whose entire life is spread against the backdrop of many iconic American events, such as JFK, Vietnam, and Watergate. Tom Hanks plays the simple yet loveable titular character, Forrest Gump, and his quest to be with the love of his life, Jenny (Robin Wright). The film begins in the late 1950’s with a very young Forrest Gump living in Greenbow, Alabama, where he lives with

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    Tom Hanks once said, “Sometimes a man just wants the impossible.” In his lifetime, most would agree that Hanks achieved the impossible through his acting career; he personalized many influential movie parts from a gay lawyer with AIDS in the movie Philadelphia to a dumb man who experienced many important events throughout history in Forrest Gump. This shift in the acting world happened on July 9, 1956 when a star was born. Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California; his parents names are

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    sadness, in a story rich in big laughs and quiet truths. Tom Hanks excellent portrayal of Forrest Gump makes it easy for the audience to identify with Forrest. Hanks’ portrayal of him as a kind hearted and honest simpleton is what does the trick. Tom Hanks does an excellent job as Forrest Gump, after seeing how he made Forrest into a person so majestic, so pure and loving, I can’t think of anyone else as Forrest. Its hero, played by Tom Hanks, was an innocent, lovable man, Forrest Gump, who had a

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    One big question that stumps students is the decision to attend a community college or a university. Even though Hanks’ does a successful job of telling why he enjoyed community college, Tom Hanks’ article, “I Owe It All to Community College,” fails to prove why others would benefit from community college because of his non-existent logos, extremely weak ethos, and overuse of pathos. Hanks’ did not appeal to his readers due to his non-existent logos. The entire article was based purely upon his opinion

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