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    Chris Gardner VS Me In the scene of the movie The Pursuit of Happyness‚ Chris and his son Christopher are sitting at a booth next to a window in a full diner at night. The camera zooms in on them eating. As Christopher eats‚ he begins to stare at an African American family across from the diner. The family is laughing and joking around as they enjoy their family dinner. Christopher begins to become distracted with envy of the “happy” family. Gardner looks at him with a smile and the realization

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    Ambiguity In Frankenstein

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    In the novel‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelly‚ Victor creates the creature in order to be noticed and remembered for creating life. However‚ even though making the creature was fascinating and exciting for Victor once the creature was animated Victor wanted nothing to do with his creation. Throughout the novel the creature can be seen trying to fit in and be accepted by Victor and the other people in the society. However‚ he is turned away and treated harshly because he does not look like a normal human

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    place in the history of the West since he was the pioneering philosopher to reason that happiness occurred through human effort. Socrates existed in Greece around 460 BC in a place where happiness existed as a preserve of the people favored by the god only. The perception of hubris existed where one could only attain happiness through harsh punishment in this context; the Greek philosopher diverted this view of obtaining happiness from the body and focused on the soul. Aristotle was also one of the

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    In this essay the paradoxes and difficulties associated with the ongoing debate between ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ and scientific knowledge will be thoroughly discussed. An attempt will be made to take a stand and decide whether ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ and ‘Scientific Knowledge’ should have distinct boundaries or whether they are able to co-exist successfully. In order to do this‚ reference will mainly be drawn from readings by L. Green (2012)‚ M. Leach and J. Fairhead (2002). I will draw on evidence

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    The obsession of gastby Gatsby’s feelings for Daisy show that Gatsby is in love with her but he’s also obsessed with her like how he was trying to get her attention by moving into a massive house and by throwing parties every week night and by having her cousin nick invite her to his house. Gatsby his love eventually became an obsession when he came back from the army and had learned that she had gotten married because after that he started to come up with ways to somehow get her back to him instead

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    Blade Runner Frankenstein

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    Blade Runner and Frankenstein despite contextual differences reflect almost identical concerns transcending ethical boundaries for scientific advancement. While Blade Runner can be seen as offering a parallel plot to Frankenstein‚ Ridley Scott take the story of a creator and his being to new heights and answers questions Shelley left unsaid. Parity between both texts is driven in the meet the creators scene that demonstrate the fundamentally similar themes prevalent in both contexts‚ where the lines

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    Is There a God?

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    Is there a God? The problem with this question is‚ there is no definition of God‚ the perception of God is different in everyone’s mind. This is the one question that every human being asks themselves. The ultimate question. A question with a million answers‚ therefore I cannot tell you the definition of God‚ as an Atheist I don’t have a definition of God because I don’t believe in any gods‚ every concept of God I’ve been presented with‚ I have rejected as baseless‚ if I make up my own definition

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    Gatsby’s love for Daisy could be considered an “obsession.” If Gatsby truly cared for Daisy‚ he would love her enough to let her live her new life with Tom in peace. Gatsby’s love for Daisy is undeniable‚ but is it really for the right reasons? Gatsby goes out of his way to become the person that Daisy would actually want to be with. Love and obsession are two different things. Love is having an intense feeling where obsession is filling your mind with someone or something in a troubling way. It

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    Mary Shelley’s nineteenth century epistolary novel‚ Frankenstein (1818)‚ and Ridley Scott’s late twentieth century post-modern film‚ Blade Runner (1992)‚ bear striking similarities when studied as texts in time‚ as they both aim to warn humanity about attempting to usurp of the role of God in creating life. However‚ their respective contexts mean that the way in which they present notions about humanity differs. Shelley and Scott have extrapolated their various concerns born from their respective

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    Frankenstein Literary Analysis In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein‚ the author takes you on a journey through a time of scientific error. As she embraces the horrors of scientific advancement through different frame narratives she uses imagery and foreshadowing to enhance the terror of it all. Imagery brings the novel to life and allows you to visualize the intense details of the dark monster created by Victor Frankenstein. As the story progresses the importance

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