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    body is a shrine that any Colombian women would die to have. In that sense‚ Ariadna’s Instagram account strives for superiority. Striving for superiority is a common motive that society places on one another. It is considered the universal psychological phenomenon that includes the goals toward perfection‚ security‚ and strength (Adler‚ 1932). Ariadna’s post show her aim for perfection and she strives to be the perfect person. Her perfect image throughout her Instagram post could be considered a way

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    is without fear And the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up Into fragments by narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depth of truth Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom‚ my Father‚ let my country awake Summary:

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    convey messages to the audience by highlighting issues relevant to the context of production. ‘Gattaca’ incorporates many themes which highlight the corruption and inequality in this strange‚ new world. Niccol explores concepts such as elitism‚ perfection‚ inequity and modernism. This film opens with two contrasting epigraphs‚ which entices viewers’ interest into moral themes in ‘Gattaca’. The first quote reads: “Consider God’s handiwork; Who can straighten what He hath made crooked?” Ecclesiastes

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    Porter’s generic strategy Low price strategy can be defined as the pursuit to maintain a lower price than the competitors. This must be achieved with similar products and services as offered by the competitors. EasyJet believes they can manage this strive strategy. To manage it two choices are made by the company. They have to find routes or services where the competitors are not interested in. The other one is to find paying and price sensible customers for those routes and services. EasyJet succeeded

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    ’tampering with nature’. In the opening sequence of Gattaca we are shown the quote‚ "I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature‚ I think Mother Nature wants us to." This theme runs throughout the entire film. The human obsession with perfection rules society causing all kinds of struggles. Vincent’s story was an outstanding tale of one mans fight against science. Through Vincent’s story the director‚ Andrew Niccol conveys a message to viewers about to kind of complexes science can burden

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    Plantinga expressly defines maximal excellence in such terms. Though Anselm doesn’t expressly address the issue‚ it is clear (1) that he is attempting to show the existence of the God of classical theism; and (2) that the great-making properties include those of omnipotence‚ omniscience‚ and moral perfection. There are a number of plausible arguments for thinking that even this restricted set of properties is logically inconsistent. For example‚ moral perfection is thought to entail being both perfectly

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    reflect upon them in many interesting ways. The author says of her mother: “but‚ in my lifetime‚ she never washed her hair with her own two hands” (p. 49) When we read about the perfection with which her hair was done and her weekly trips to the salon‚ we can see a woman who is conscious of her social standing‚ strives for acceptance and wants to live through the revitalization of her hair. The hair styles which resulted “bore the stamp of property”‚ were “constructed” and looked like “a museum

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    What is Quality? Hoyer & Hoyer state that quality standards and customer expectations‚ in various guises‚ have been in existence for many centuries. However international quality standards‚ the formal study and implementation of “Quality” are the preserve of the 20th & 21st centuries. Consumers in the last 20-30 years have become finely tuned to the existence‚ value and need for quality but do they actually know what it is? Hoyer & Hoyer identified 8 quality guru’s and summarise their definition’s

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    Michelle Spremulli   Mrs. Petitbon  English III HAT   8 December 2014    Title:  Ordinary People  Significance of Title:  Ordinary People is named so because it tells the story  of a year in the lives of “ordinary” (normal) people.   Author:  Judith Guest   Biographical Information:  • born March 29‚ 1936  • American novelist/screenwriter  • studied English and psychology at the  University of Michigan  • graduating with a BA in education  Date Published:  1976  Historical Significance:  In

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    Forms teach us nothing about the physical world” It can be argued that the Forms don’t teach us anything about the physical world because Plato said that the Realm of the Forms is a world which no human has ever been to or can get to; they can only strive to be as close as they can to the Realm of the Forms‚ therefore humans cannot be taught anything about the real world from a Realm which doesn’t physically exist. Furthermore‚ contained within the Realm of the Forms is the perfect version or copy

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