Citizen Kane is not a movie that you see everyday‚ creatively speaking. Even with today’s standards‚ there’s something still special about the style and what makes this film just as famous as its main character. While the film explains Kane’s life‚ it’s also is an investigation into film style by challenging classic Hollywood styles with a different and darker look. Citizen Kane made advances on many fronts ‚ in-regards to cinema‚ and its most significant contribution to cinema came from the use
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enforce curfews‚ eavesdrop on the conversations of the citizens‚ and make examples out of anyone who speaks out against them. Fear is their ultimate tool. They evoke fear in the citizens by using lies. While discussing the topic of lies to the main character‚ V‚ Evey Hammond says‚ “Politicians use them [lies] to cover the truth up” (V for Vendetta‚ 2006). What this is implying is that Parliament must use lies to keep fear instilled in the citizens. During much of the film the Parliament’s oppressive
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Is racism still a problem today? There are many white people today that do not want to acknowledge that there is still a problem. There is an abundant amount of people of different colors that have their own viewpoint on it. Some will call it racism and some will not. Why is there still racism in today’s society? There are many different races‚ and as long as there are different races there will always be racism. We cannot accept that we are all the same people but with different skin tones and different
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Responsibilities of Citizens on a Democracy After reading Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham jail” and “Citizen Responsibilities‚” there are three concepts that describe the roles and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy. The three concepts are‚ voluntary laws‚ mandatory laws‚ and just and unjust laws. Voluntary laws are duties that are not demanded by law‚ the best example would be voting. The right to vote is a duty as well as a privilege. It’s important for citizens to vote in
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His work is central to many of the Humanities and social science parts of life. He came up with idea that people govern themselves‚ and his Panopticism essay revolves basically around this central idea. There are many panoptic examples in society today that have both positive and negative connotation. Generally I believe the panoptic theory is associated with negative experiences. The panoptic idea was started by Jeremy Betham‚ who is a famous architect that created original panopticon. This idea
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Problems facing by elderly citizens are a universal topic throughout the planet since elderly people contributed a lot to the social development. As one of the members of the strongest developing countries‚ the elderly problem in China has become a public focus. It was predicted that in elderly population in China will reach 280millionin 2011‚ ranking first in the world. Therefore‚ establishing the health insurance system to improve the quality of life of old persons‚ and promoting physical and mental
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Character and Mental of Indonesian Citizen towards a Successful Political System Indonesia is now standing as a big democratic country towards international environment. The freedom could be seen everywhere. Freedom of speech‚ media‚ and governmental transparency such as in a general direct elections. Indonesian citizen able to enjoy their daily life in such an open environment. However‚ the political situation within the country is not facing a smooth process. Seen by the amount of corruptions
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I am allowed to do many of these activities because I am an American. Being American gives people the freedom to make their own choices and have more opportunities. Generally‚ American citizens have more rights than citizens of other countries around the world. Because of our democratic government‚ citizens are given many freedoms‚ including
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The U.S. Citizens Involvement of our Country Why should every person living in the United States be an active and involved citizen? This is a question I would ask to the public or an individual like you. Why‚ well I want to know if our citizens of the US is active and is willing to lend a helping hand to the community or help in other ways that can impact the US in a significant ways. Even if it’s doing something small like having solar panels to conserve power‚ doing community service to help
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“Sometimes‚ I think that I would prefer a rival of flesh and blood.” In 1946‚ Ruth Warrick spoke these powerful words as Emily Monroe Norton Kane in the film Citizen Kane. The setting for her line is a full breakfast table that she shares with her husband Charles Kane (Orson Welles) at the beginning of their day. Warrick is referring to Welles’ character being out late the night before while working on his newspaper. We know this part of the narrative to be aptly spoken for the timing of the film
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