‘V’ For Vendetta Written by the Wachowskis -- Andy and his brother‚ Larry and directed by first-timer James McTeigue‚ the movie (Travers)‚ ‘V’ for Vendetta expresses an individuals’ vengeance over the government who destroyed his life. Escaping from the torture camp‚ where he was held‚ ‘V’‚ the main character of the movie‚ seeks to take revenge on the government who changed his life forever. The movie shows the character ‘V’ turning into a mutant with special powers and skills due
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Can machines think? Turing didn’t describe the human vs. machine game right away‚ to make a point. He didn’t just flip a coin to see what he was going to write about. His point is simple. If you can distinguish between a man and a machine‚ in the game‚ you could come to the conclusion that the machine doesn’t think‚ right? WRONG! He introduced the idea of the man vs. woman game to prove that making such a conclusion is not in fact a conclusion‚ but an assumption. If it was a fact that‚ if you
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A form of literature that is rapidly growing more popular today is that of the graphic novel. This unique type of text has been associated with and been more commonly called the comic book. But‚ in recent years‚ this form of literature has grown more powerful through the realization of all the values it offers and has thus caused scholars to adopt other more sophisticated names such as graphic novel or graphic narrative. Books that have become sources of scholarly learning have been categorized under
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Prisoner B-3087 written by Alan Gratz and inspired by Jack and Ruth Gruener is arguably one of the greatest WWII Novel ever written on a true story. Yanek is a ten-year-old Jewish boy who grew up in Kraków‚ Poland. He had a passion for entertainment and one day wanted to go to America to pursue his acting career. When Hitler took over Germany‚ he conspired for the death and slavery of Jew’s because they were blamed for all that was wrong in the world such as the Depression‚ and Germany’s loss of
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What strategies does Alan Bennett use to create sympathy for the characters in the History Boys? To what extent is he successful? Alan Bennett is a playwright acclaimed for his controversial plays such as “Beyond the Fringe” and “The Madness of George III”. The most famous of these is “The History Boys” winner of a Tony Award for Best Play in 2006. It is set in the 1980s in a traditional secondary school in working class Sheffield. Education‚ in this case A levels‚ is the overall focus of the
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The British political book that most moved me this year is not a political book at all. Former home secretary‚ Alan Johnson’s This Boy(Bantam) is an often harrowing memoir of his impoverished 1950s childhood at the northern fringe of Notting Hill‚ which‚ though not as grand as it is today‚ still represented two utterly different worlds divided by a few streets. Alan’s dad was a charming wastrel‚ Steve "Ginger" Johnson‚ a womanising pub pianist who blew his chance of a musical career and left the
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Dr. Jim Laub is the President of the OLAgroup and is the creator of the Organizational Leadership Assessment (OLA). Jim currently serves as the Dean of the MacArthur School of Leadership at Palm Beach Atlantic University . Prior to this appointment he served on the doctoral faculty of Indiana Wesleyan University’s Ed.D in Organizational Leadership and as the Director of the undergraduate Leadership Studies program where he developed a unique degree program (Minor and 2nd Major) in Leadership.
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“Will Your Job Be Exported?” Summary As a professor of economics at Princeton University‚ Alan S. Blinder has had many publicized writings‚ including several books and textbooks‚ as well as‚ various newspaper and magazine columns. In recent years‚ Blinder has become known for his writings on the topic of “offshoring” (441). In his article titled‚ “Will Your Job Be Exported?”‚ he discusses this topic of offshoring and how it could vastly affect the future of America. Blinder begins his argument
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The History Boys‚ by Alan Bennett‚ is a play that tells the story of the conflict between two teachers over students while they prepare of their exams. The first teacher is Hector. Hector has been the boys’ teacher longer‚ teaching them literature and knowledge for the sake of it. Irwin is different in this matter. He was brought in solely to prepare the boys for their exam and was promised a permanent position if the Oxbridge boys do well enough on their exams. One scene in which you can see Irwin’s
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In the assigned article‚ “Professional Liars‚” Alan Ryan states that the most important ground for an individual’s right to be told the truth is autonomy. Ryan defines autonomy as‚ “the capacity to plan one’s own life‚ to form and act on a scheme of one’s own” (623). I do not agree with Ryan’s belief‚ because of the duty of individuals to protect the life and well-being of others. Ryan’s belief that autonomy is the most important ground for an individual’s right to be told the truth ignores other
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