OUR SURROUNDINGS AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES SHAPE OUR IDENTITY. Good morning ladies and Gentlemen. Do our surroundings and the people in our lives shape our identity? I will explore how this quotation is reflected in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee‚ the film ‘Witness’‚ by Peter Weir‚ and the film ‘The Lion King’ by Roger Allers. The meaning of identity is not easily defined. Identity generally refers to the stable defining characteristics of a person that makes them an individual
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History of the Illuminati The Illuminati trace their origins back thousands of years to their conception as a result of the genetic inbreeding between a reptilian extraterrestrial race and humanity. Their modern origin‚ however‚ traces back to the 1760s and a man named Adam Weishaupt‚ who defected from the Catholic church and organized the Illuminati‚ financed by the International Bankers. Since then‚ according to the Illuminati‚ their top goal has been to achieve a “one world government”
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Friedman had agreeable ideas‚ however his thoughts were unorganized‚ making it challenging for his audience to stay focused. Friedman gives an example to support his theory that capitalism is essential to have total freedom using the Amish. He explains that the Amish “regarded compulsory federal old age programs as an infringement of their individual freedom and refused to pay taxes or accept benefits.” He goes on to explain the result of their refusal‚ but then changes from the injustice of social
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The Amish are a charming people‚ gentle oddities in today’s techno world. They don’t do handguns‚ cars‚ or telephones‚ and they’re exceedingly clannish in their desire to keep out technology generally and outsiders in particular. The basis for Witness is an age-old fish-out-of-water story: a modern man trying to fit in with the quaint Amish in Lancaster County‚ Pennsylvania. Taken on that basis alone‚ Witness is a success; it’s when the "real" world intrudes‚ with its drugs and crooked cops and dead
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English Essay Question – Identify one interesting character represented in Witness. How has Weir used film techniques to shape your response to the character? “Witness” by Peter Weir portrays several interesting characters. John Book is a prime example of these characters. Weir has incorporated several techniques in various scenes to shape John Book’s character traits. The “Barn Dance Scene”‚ the “Barn Raising Scene” and the “Showdown Scene” are crucial in understanding and analyzing John Book’s
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Immortals Of Meluha – Book Review Author : Amish Tripathi Year of Release : 2010 About The Author Amish is a 40 year old Indian author. He is known for his books Immortals Of Meluha‚ Secret Of The Nagas and the Oath Of The vayuputras which is collectively known as Shiva Triology. Immortals of Meluha is his debut book and the Shiva Triology became the fastest selling book series in the History of Indian Publishers. The Immortals of Meluha is a ground-breaking novel that has set a new bar for
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dimness getting brighter. This is a symbol. The rhythm of the song is rather slow and the tone is reflective. This is effective in making the scene more intimate and reflecting to the audience. Barn Raising Scene The scene opens with a focus on the Amish coming through with their equipment. This represents cohesiveness. Wondrous music is played within the scene. Middle angle shots are used when barn wall is raised. A low angle shot at the barn establishes the brilliance of the work. Singing and panning
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“Ohio Amish girl ordered to resume chemotherapy despite pleas of parents” Akron Children’s hospital can now force a child who is Amish and only ten years old to resume chemo after her parents decided to stop the treatment. The court wrote in its ruling‚ “Parental rights‚ even if based upon firm and honest convictions can be limited in order to protect the ‘best interests’ of the child.” This decision came from an appeals court after two previous judges ruled in favor of the parent’s decision
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Community spirit and isolation Witness also makes a comment on community values and individualism. Rachel is clearly part of a caring community‚ even if it is patriarchal and rigid. The values of Amish culture are depicted through the funeral and barn-raising scenes‚ where we are left in no DANI doubt that serving God and others before yourself is the cornerstone of society. Quilt-making‚ building barns‚ cooking and mourning are all collective pursuits. While Weir projects these qualities in
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distinguish from dom grp (socially visible) 3. ascribed status 4. solidarity: feeling of in/ out grp intense 5. in grp marriage (endogamy): discourage marriage w/ outsiders/ dom society unwilling to marry inferior 6. sense of terriotoriality/ ethnocentrism 7. membership serve as master status -enjoy higher living standard than ever b/ fore -9% live below poverty line maintenance political‚ economic‚ and cultural domination over ppl by foreign power--extended period ex. Europe (sim to rel b/w capitalist/
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