Module B: Close Study of Text Text: Witness ‘Witness’‚ an American film‚ directed by Australian director Peter Weir‚ is a film set in 1985 about a clash of modern American society‚ and an idyllic Amish community. Maeri Saeli describes it as “the two worlds meet‚ but never merge” This is shown in the interaction between ideas‚ characters and techniques that make an impact on the audience. The main ideas represented in this text are Violence versus non-violence/ pacifism versus direct action‚ relationships
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09/27/12 “Television Shapes the Soul” Television is a teacher of expectations. In his essay “Television Shapes the Soul” author Michael Novak stresses the many different effects television has on its viewers. Novak states that T.V. can guide the way people perceive things. He says that from watching T.V. our minds have become molded into a fast moving pace. In every different program‚ the viewer must figure out the connections between people‚ between chains of action‚ and between scenes‚ which often
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The Columbian Exchange: Beneficial or Detrimental? The Columbian exchange was born from a single event that completely changed the course of the world. It was the exchange of plants‚ animals‚ people‚ foods‚ diseases‚ technologies‚ and ideas between the Old World and the New World. Three main groups of people were involved: the Europeans‚ the Native Americans‚ and the Africans. When the Europeans came to the New World‚ they brought diseases‚ crops‚ and livestock. The diseases included smallpox‚ influenza
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In this essay I will be discussing the role that religion played in the American colonization process. When the Europeans explored to America‚ their religious beliefs were major influences on how they approached the natives‚ treated the land‚ and fulfilled their exploration. Let’s begin with why the Europeans felt that the Native Americans were savage and barbaric. Thousands of years before the Europeans knew of America‚ the Indians called America home. Many Indian tribes established empires and
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times? To what extent has Tibet been able to maintain its cultural identity? China’s and Tibet’s long and haggard history reached its dramatic climax in 1949‚ the start of China’s invasion and illegal annexation of a country they claimed was crying out for liberation’ from imperialist forces’ and from the reactionary feudal regime in Lhasa’‚ with ludicrously fabricated justification that it had the right to do so using its own colonial policies‚ and Mongols and Manchu imperialism. What has resulted
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The Distinction between Classic and Modern games Currently‚ video games have gone through many changes in the past years from the first video game‚ invented in 1952‚ all the way to today’s time. Classic video games were made with 8-bit pixels and in very low resolution than modern day games. However‚ if those low-quality games were never made‚ the games would not have evolved into the games they are today. Today‚ games are more defined and have more of a storyline to them. Modern day games are made
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1. The most important problems of the modern (contemporary) world. The modern world‚ the world that we live in is exposed to many perils. Among the major problems are poverty‚ unemployment‚ wars‚ terrorism‚ racism‚ air pollution‚ climate change/global warming‚ and diseases. Poverty The gap between rich and poor nations is still growing. Although rich nations have provided aid and technical assistance to Third World nations‚ the developing nations face many obstacles in their drive to modernize.
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In chapter 15‚ as the world became flat‚ some parts of the world remained unflat because they could not participate in the flattening process. The unflat world consisted of developing nations while the flat world consisted of developed nations. Since the unflat world could not participate‚ it has kept them unadvanced‚ stagnant‚ and deprived. Rural Africa‚ China‚ India‚ and Latin America were left behind because their nations were plagued with diseases due to their broken government system being unable
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Orwell’s writings are timeless classics and they’ll forever be read throughout the years and will be relevant for centuries. Looking through modern day high schools you can most definitely find some of George Orwell’s popular books such as Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. Which brings up the question‚ what impacts did Orwell’s brilliant writings have on the world? Orwell’s writing allows us to better understand corrupt governments and the role it’s people play to maintain their civil leaders or risk
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Plastic –Modern Invention that changes the world Born in the 20th century and grew up in the 21st century‚ my life involves many new development and invention from head to toe and every aspects to benefit our life. Things are changing around us very dramatically and very quickly in each century subject to the demand and resources change. Modern inventions cover from hardware‚ technology‚ manufacturing‚ information‚ medical‚ education‚ telecommunication‚ sport and even food. I would say that several
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