its audiences to the future with its films. Andrew Stanton’s film Wall-e and Spike Jonze’s film Her are examples well-made science fiction films identify and explores the ideas of technology and humanity. In the film Wall-e‚ the main character Wall-e is a lonely robot living on earth after all the life forces has died or left the planet. Wall-e’s main function and purpose within the film is to collect garbage and minimize waste. Wall-e later meets Eve‚ a robot who comes to earth to explore if the planet
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Presentation: Wall-E Is poor CSR of Buy N Large (or any corporation) to blame for the state of the earth as seen in WALL-E? Our movie choice is Wall-E The movie WALL-E is set many centuries in the future around a dystopian vision of Earth. The Earth is choked with poisonous gasses‚ deserted cities with crumbling buildings and obelisks of rubbish making up the skyline. The humans boarded a space cruiser‚ Axiom‚ and left the rapidly deteriorating environment of Earth in 2100. The plan was to return
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team of trash compacting robots. In the movie Wall-E‚ directed by Andrew Stanton‚ society took a reactive approach to dealing with their trash by attempting to consolidate it into hidden and smaller areas. However‚ that effort alone was not enough to stop the inevitable pollution. By not taking action to reduce the amount of waste they produced‚ the humans suffered the ultimate consequence of losing their own homes. Although the scenario depicted in Wall-E is extreme and unlikely to occur within my
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A widely-renowned contemporary movie containing multiple themes of apocalyptic literature is “WALL-E”. In this movie‚ a futuristic dystopian society is presented in which there are no longer any humans present on Earth due to it no longer being sustainable for life. The humans have now been long-removed from Earth and now live on an enlarged spaceship named the “Axiom”‚ which is funded by the monopolistic company “Buy ‘n’ Large”. Over time‚ the passengers of the “Axiom” have become morbidly obese
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happening‚ oil‚ coal‚ and car companies are thriving‚ and people continue to become unaware of the ramification of climate change‚ or global warming. The point is‚ we are still in danger of damaging the earth beyond repair‚ and the movie The Lorax and Wall-E are examples of the endangered Earth drifting away from efforts to repair. In any business‚ some businessmen or women will not be content with what they have‚ and find shortcuts to obtaining their desires of business. Sometimes‚ their corruption
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Chapter 4: Early Nineteenth Century - American Transcendentalism (AT): A Brief Introduction Paul P. Reuben Note: Nineteenth Century American Transcendentalism is not a religion (in the traditional sense of the word); it is a pragmatic philosophy‚ a state of mind‚ and a form of spirituality. It is not a religion because it does not adhere to the three concepts common in major religions: a. a belief in a God; b. a belief in an afterlife (dualism); and c. a belief that this life has consequences
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Transcendentalism Transcendentalism is the power to be an individual. Thoreau once said “Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable‚ but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.” In this he meant that the individual didn’t need superfluities in order to happy or be one’s true self. In today’s society‚ this philosophy is not evident. When looking to the world around him‚ the individual constantly has things thrust at him telling him what
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Jeff Linkback Mrs. Jones College Prep English 2 March 2015 Transcendentalism vs. Anti-Transcendentalism Transcendentalism was a movement that began in New England during the time period of the 1830’s. There is no definite starting point‚ but it is often believed by most people to have begun with the Transcendentalism club which birthed in September 8‚ 1836 by Ralph Waldo Emmerson. The movement had changed the views of philosophy‚ religion‚ social‚ and the devices of literature. The main idea of
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Transcendentalism is an idea that focuses on the good things in life. A main element in Transcendentalism is nature. Nature is the most important thing in the world because it is what the world is made up of. Everything Transcendentalists believe in is based on things found in nature. Anything unnatural‚ or man-made‚ is considered ruined by man. Another big focus in Transcendentalism is God. God ties into nature because He created everything in it. Another key part of Transcendentalism is stressing
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Waldo Emerson. Transcendentalism was a movement in the 19th century. It was a religious and philosophical movement the focused on self-reliance and the nature around us. Some of the main philosophers in the movement were Ralph Waldo Emerson who is known for his book Nature‚ Henry David Thoreau with his book Walden‚ and also Margaret Fuller who wrote Women in the Nineteenth Century. Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson are the most influential philosophers from transcendentalism‚ many of their
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