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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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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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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It’s 2010 and the human species as we know is in a monumental technological crossroads. Globally‚ we have defined the age of technological and industrial growth. As a whole our society has always been improving on all of the technological inventions to provide the general public with seamless automated and convenient applications to our personal and work life. In the age of pin size microchips and artificial intelligence the sky is the limit to our advancement of faster and more integrated technology
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Anderson Speech and Debate 04/02/2013 Utopia VS Dystopia A utopia is an imagined place or state of being in which everything is perfect. Opposite to that is a dystopia which is an imagined place or state of being in which everything is unplesant. The first time that a utopia was invented was in 1516 in the book Utopia by Sir Thomas Moore. Two present day examples would be an Omish Community‚ because of the set rules that everyone must follow to make the society perfect‚ and Heaven‚ which is
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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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Amish What would it be like if you had never watched television? What If you didn’t own a CD player? What would your home be like if you didn’t own a telephone? How would your parents go to work if they didn’t have a car? Welcome to the world of the Amish a people rich in history and culture! Who are the Amish? The Amish are a Christian religious group that stresses humility‚ family‚ community and separation from the rest of the world. The Amish came from Europe to the New World beginning
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cultures and lifestyles into the limelight. TLC’s Breaking Amish has cast that light upon Amish youth and their desire to break out of their stereotypical molds. Once the young Amish decide to become “English” or break away from the Amish Church‚ they are usually shunned and become outcasts of society. Are these young Amish renegades promoting unhealthy lifestyles and giving the Amish Church a bad name? It can be deemed that the Amish community is indeed being negatively portrayed and that the
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Peter Weir witness speech Scene 3 In the film witness I have undergone certain Throughout the film I have decided to tell the story of different characters. I have done this with the use of camera work‚ following the characters as the story unravels. This subtle camera work allows the audience to experience each of the characters perceptions at the given time. A good example of this is when Samuel is wondering around the train station‚ showing the viewer his childlike innocence as everything
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Family The Amish idea of family has been continuous since the 17th century. Amish communities place a high value on family‚ forming the key foundation of their society. Amish families are exclusively patriarchal. A typical Amish family comprises of a mother‚ a father and a few children. The extended family usually lives in close proximity and provides dependable support. Grand-parents are respected and are seen as knowledgeable‚ providing valuable advice. Our society doesn’t place such high
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