MY LAI MASSACRE AS A RESULT OF OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY The Vietnam controversy made many people feel at distress. It was never considered a "war‚" although that is exactly what it was. The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam was one of the many atrocities of that war. There is an unquestionable connection between Milgram ’s "Obedience to Authority" and the My Lai Massacre. According to Kelman & Hamilton‚ "Unquestioning obedience has been the cause of such disasters as the My Lai massacre and the Holocaust
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old photograph of a boy which is a 9-10 year in a costume‚ we are told that she is not quite as old as he is. We know that she is a young girl‚ judging by her verbal skill and behavior. “With the sun in my eyes‚ I couldn’t see my mammy’s face‚ not even squinting with both arms above my head and my head tilted”. (p.2‚ l.22-23) The language is very descriptive and it seems as if one were looking through the eyes of a child. The short story varies from other traditional first person stories by putting
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achieve success he felt like he needed to leave home. Staples didn’t want his past to affect who he was trying to become. As he said in the essay “I added a psychological dimension to the physical distance that I had already achieved I rarely visited my hometown” (Staples 361). Staples thought that if he could add this dimension to his life then he would be able to help his brother out. I understand why he wanted to block out his past. Some of the people I’ve hung out with did things I disagreed with
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morality of the building. (The artless word P96) Ludwig Mies van der Rohe‚ as one of the most “Zeigeist” architects in the biography of modern architecture‚ began his career under this ultimate paradox era. Now we scale our eyes down to the three projects successively done by Mies van der Rohe during the 1920s‚ that is the Brick Country House‚ the Wolf House‚ and the Barcelona Pavilion‚ through which‚ we can follow the penetration of Mies’ ideological transformation from the neoclassicism to the
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Barcelona‚ Spain‚ the German Pavilion‚ designed by Mies van der Rohe‚ was used for the official opening of the German portion of the exhibition. To this day‚ the German pavilion is seen as one of the most significant buildings built during the 20th century. When analyzing the building formal‚ structural‚ and material qualities‚ it becomes effortless to support the proposition that the German Pavilion was built with the concepts of nature in mind where Mies van der Rohe successfully blurred the lines between
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Always have courage no matter what people say Roll of Thunder‚ Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor‚ I chose Cassie Logan as courageous and brave. When she stood up for T.J despite what he did‚ then having to face Lillian Jean in Strawberry‚ then being embarrassed in front of everyone in front of Mr.Barrett’s store in Strawberry. Would you have courage through it all? Cassie helps T.J when he gets beat up on (pg. 247)” beating him with savage blows until he could not stand‚ then flung him into the
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During the movie‚ My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ there was a lot of positive and negative communication that influenced the main character’s life decisions. The story is about a young woman‚ named Toula‚ that is of Greek decent who is fearful of being stuck in the life she is now living. She is a frumpy girl that works in her family’s restaurant because she has not been able to find a Greek man to marry‚ and because of this‚ her family claims that she is old and has failed in life. She is allowed to
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Film Conceptualization Paper My Big Fat Greek Wedding‚ is a 2002 film‚ that portrays the main character‚ Toula Portokalos and the conflict that occurs after she decides to marry someone outside of her culture. In the film‚ Toula is the middle child of an immigrant family that proudly represents their Greek Heritage. The most prominent cultural belief is that Toula must marry a Grecian man. With the assistance of her mother and her aunt‚ Toula is able to attend college and work for her aunt’s travel
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Analyze the different ways in which injustice is presented in Roll Of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry. We learn more about “injustice” as we read through Mildred D. Taylor’s novel: Roll Of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry. This story reflects on an African American family facing dark and difficult times in Mississippi. Throughout the story‚ Mildred D. Taylor symbolizes hope and bravery for oneself when facing inequality. In the novel‚ the author emphasizes injustice throughout problematic stages in Mississippi. Through
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The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a very clear example cultural diversity. Cultural diversity is differences based on cultural‚ ethnic and racial factors. This movie was about a Greek female‚ named Toula Portokalos‚ who was embarrassed by her culture. Her father‚ Gus only wants her to do three things: get married to a greek boy‚ have kids with a greek boy and cook greek food. Gus is ethnocentric‚ this means that he believes that being Greek is better than being in any other culture. In the beginning
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