playful‚ yet sardonic stories. The films of Her by Spike Jonze and Worker Drone by Sharat Raju are postmodern works that share the universal themes and characteristics of the implementation of hyper-reality‚ ambiguity‚ and the development of characters in inescapable situations. Postmodern works allow the audience to interpret the story through different lenses. For example‚ an editorial article by Reykjavik Boulevard‚ a magazine publisher‚ argues that while Her is a love story‚ it is also “a philosophical
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This argument arises in “Her (2013)‚” a film about a professional letter writer‚ Theodore Twombly‚ who falls in love with his operating system‚ Samantha. In the film‚ Theodore’s relationship with Samantha is questioned‚ a couple of times‚ to be real or not. From the outside‚ it seems impossible for an artificial intelligence with no physical body to be conscious and capable of having mental states. Though‚ before one can decide if Samantha is truly conscious‚ they should first consider all of the theories
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depicted with feminine hips and exaggerated features. Early images of Nefertiti show a stereotypical young woman‚ but in later ones she is a near mirror image of Akhenaten. Her final depictions reveal a regal but realistic figure. On the walls of tombs and temples built during Akhenaten’s reign Nefertiti is depicted alongside her husband with a frequency seen for no other Egyptian queen. In many cases
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2014 First Impression is always not right. First impressions are often formed when people observe others for the first time and use those observations to determine their personality traits. "You should never judge a book by its cover" this means that not everything is what it appears to be especially people. Some people believe that a person’s first impression is generally right while it is better not to judge a persons character quickly because first impressions are often wrong. First‚ opponents
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Kenya Quezaire My First Day at Vincent H.S It was an early September morning and I was on my way to my bus stop to begin my first day at Vincent High School. I show no fear on my face but in the inside I was terrified. My bus arrives at 7:45 and as I waited on the block of 14th Walnut waiting for my bus to come more kids started to come stand on the bus stop with me so I didn’t feel along and more. When my bus finally pulls up to my stop I step on to the Joy Farm bus and I was looking to
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“Bernice Bobs Her Hair” Have you ever at one time or another felt like an outsider? Many people do‚ trying desperately to fit in with their social counterparts. Whether it be in school‚ at work‚ or life in general‚ many yearn to be accepted by their peers and feel as though they are a part of some sort of “club” that is viewed by others as the “in” crowed. F. Scott Fitzgerald tries to express this turmoil with the short story “Bernice Bob’s Her Hair”
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portrait done by her. The painting that would haunt my thoughts was called Girl Arranging her Hair. From the minute I saw this
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I Became Her Target Growing up black and living in a prejudicial and racist society is how these two author “Shame’” by Dick Gregory a young boy whose peers continually to ignorant to him because of his color‚ poverty and not having a father. In “I Became Her Target‚” by Roger Wilkins a young boy is the only black child in and all white‚ upper –class school. He dealt with racism when his parents moved to a white community. They both share similarities dealing with racial issues from their teachers
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better known by her stage name Lady Gaga‚ is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City‚ she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan’s Lower East Side‚ and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company‚ her vocal abilities
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PARTS OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVES WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? An adjective is a word that describes a noun (person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea). Adjectives help us communicate our ideas more precisely and artistically. By knowing how to identify adjectives‚ we can avoid problems such as sentence fragments‚ excessive wordiness‚ and adjective/adverb mix-ups. Adjectives are far too numerous to name‚ but here are some examples: blue‚ cold‚ ancient‚ frustrating‚ dark‚ stormy‚ delighted‚ afraid‚ hairy‚ stressful
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