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The biggest overall challenge to further assimilation of Muslims into Western cultures is the lack of education for both Muslims and Westerners regarding the cultures and societies of each other. Muslim youths are often indoctrinated with extremist, anti-West views from the time they are quite young. They are often subjected to the repeated narrow views and anti-Western drilling of the Madrassas that are past of Muslim communities around the world. As Lazur (2005) maintains, ôDenied any exposure to alternative training or experience, young Muslims are æhookedÆ for a significant portion of their life and for some, all their existent young lifeö (p. 8). It is such youth who often become attracted to the Muslim supremacist groups that promote violence as a means of undermining the West and its cultures.

On the opposite side of the dilemma, many Westerners remain ignorant of a deeper knowledge of Muslim culture and society. Extremist groups and terrorist factions often create negat

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e saw Laurie stand up to Steve in ways in American Graffiti that it is not too much of a stretch to think she could have evolved the independent and haughty characteristics of Princess Leia. It is not hard to imagine Laurie Henderson repeating Princess LeiaÆs line to Governor Tarkin when he tells her how difficult it was for him to sign her death order, ôIÆm surprised that you had the courage to take the responsibility yourselfö (Lucas 1977). Therefore, many of the influences in LucasÆ early life evolved in compilations of film characters as he matured. Question 4 One of the greatest casting feats that helped reinforce the theme of small town American in American Graffiti was the casting of relative unknowns in every role, except for Ron Howard who had starred in ôThe Andy Griffith Show.ö By casting unknowns, Lucas decreased the chances that audiences members would not buy into the small town nature of the characters because they would see the ômovie starö instead. He was so unknown at the time, ôHarrison Ford had given up the idea of show business to become a professional carpenterö (Newcomer, 2006, p. 439). Another casting technique that aided the believability of the characters was their maturity. Richard Dreyfuss was
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