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    Child labor is one of the most controversial debates existing today. It is an issue that is spread throughout the world and has in some way or another been apart of every country. One cannot describe child labor using one specific definition because it has different meanings in almost every country. However‚ there is one common characteristic it possesses: the lack of development in a country. Looking at the world today‚ the economies of each country vary so greatly. Many of the less developed‚

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    themes which challenge the viewers intellect and curiosity on a number of levels. Primarily‚ This dramatic thriller exposes the contrasting worlds of modern American "English" society with the traditional and nostalgic existence of the Pennsylvanian Amish community. However‚ as the viewer is taken on the intended emotional journey a number of other themes are also exposed and deserve consideration. Film techniques significantly contribute to ensuring that viewer engagement is achieved and maintained

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    Rachel Scene Thesis The film witness encourages us to think about our world in new ways. Witness shows us an underlying theme of corruption and encourages us to think of our society as evil. Witness achieves this through a comparison between the Amish and English world. Schaeffer represents the evil of the English world‚ this is shown through the interrogation scene between him and Carter Schaeffer uses a cold‚ manipulative and sarcastic tone to talk to Carter 
‘Why don’t you tell me where

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    English 4th Genre Film Essay Dead Poets Society: Neil takes the gun and commits suicide. Neil’s father comes rushing through the door into the study to find his son’s dead body. Witness: When McFee and Schaeffer enter the Amish community looking for Samuel and Book has just killed McFee and he comes out running looking for Samuel. Neil Perry has just performed A Midsummer’s Night Dream against his father’s wishes and even though he is congratulated by all of his peers and gets a standing

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    Ethnographic Analysis

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    Ethnography is a term that is typically associated with the discipline of Anthropology. The term has been adopted by many other disciplines beyond anthropology which allows for the word and its meaning to evolve along with the ever-changing societies in this world‚ yet some fundamental aspects have remained the same. Based off the readings done so far is‚ a working definition that best fits the interpretation of ethnography is the study and analysis of people based on culture‚ history‚ and society

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    Rebecca Yoder Narrative

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    I am Rebecca Yoder‚ and Rebecca Yoder is dead. two weeks prior In my Amish community‚ we rise with the sun. Every day‚ we greet the dusky morning sky with outstretched arms before the men go to the fields and the women tend to the house. And if you’re me‚ every single day you think of a way that you could get out. Being twelve‚ I of course live with my family. The presence of family is of utmost importance to many Amish and especially to my father‚ who wants us to do everything together. If anything

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    Canada and the United States. These two ethnographies highlight the discrepancy between the views of marginalization and the actual methods deployed to marginalize; however‚ what De León and Simpson hope to bring to attention are the forms with which each respective group resists said marginalization. Here is where the commonality is found between the two authors’ main arguments. Audra Simpson on one hand writes the entirety of Mohawk Interruptus as an ethnography of refusal. By doing so‚ she highlights

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    personal bond with Rachael‚ he starts to appreciate himself – he was finally coming out of his isolated shell. The experiences Book salvaged from living with the Amish eventually allowed him to break free from the isolated state of mind he had been enclosed in. Furthermore‚ John Book was isolated from both the police force and the Amish community due to the lack of relations he held with them both. He had lost his connection with the police force when he learnt that it was riddled with the corruption

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    research‚ observe and write in order to produce ethnographies. Though many travel to foreign locations to examine natives and exotic ethnic groups‚ others conduct ethnographic research within their own culture. However‚ is the process of ethnography essentially the same regardless of the diverse cultures anthropologists examine‚ and the use of a recording device rather than a notebook? Though there are similarities between the processes‚ ethnographies differ depending on the anthropologist and the

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    different than those of Americans‚ and we think that they’re strange. The truth‚ however‚ is that we seem strange to them. All around us are things and people telling us what to become‚ influencing our everyday lives. The Amish culture seems strange to many Americans. The Amish are fundamentalists‚ and don’t want to modernize. They’ve been raised and surrounded by the old ways of doing things‚ before electricity. They think we’re lazy and strange. Hard work and skill of hand are part of their

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