story of an Amish family learn a lot about the ‘English world’‚ more than they wanted to know. The first theme I am going to talk about today is the differing cultures. In Witness huge differences exist between the Amish and modern ‘English’ society. These include dress‚ language‚ religion and lifestyle. The conflict between good and evil‚ individual and communal responsibility with both cultures emphasising adherence to prescribed codes to behaviour‚ dominate this film. The Amish have basic
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closely related to‚ but distinct from Mennonite churches. The Amish are known for their simple living‚ plain dress and the reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. The history of the Amish church began with schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptist in 1963 led by Jakob Ammaann those who followed Anmann became known as Amish.Family is virtually the most important social unit amongst the Amish with very large families of seven to ten children. Several generations
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Publishers. Bhugra‚ D.‚ & Becker‚ M. (2005). Migration‚ cultural bereavement and cultural identity. World Psychiatry. 4(1)‚ 18–24. Graham‚ L. & Cates‚ J. (2006). Health care and the sequestered cultures: a perspective from the old order Amish. Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health. 12(3)‚ 60-66.
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associated with remote African tribes. There are also other sects of the population where their youth enter a transitional phase that lasts from months or years‚ such as the Amish and the Aborigines. Their youth use this time as a period of learning to think and act as adults and for decision making about their future. Amish or plain people as they are also known migrated from Europe in search of religious freedom. They were originally part of the Mennonite religion and follow many of the same practices
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followed by the panning out‚ illustrates the size of the buggy compared to the tailgating truck. The simplicity of the buggy compared to the truck signifies the Amish cultures way of life compared to that of the ‘English’ as being portrayed as oversized and complex. This portrayal challenges the viewers thought process into thinking the Amish society are a minority within the twentieth century urban American society. The use of an overhead camera angle when Samuel Lapp is at the train station looking
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naive Amish boy views a horrific murder. The close up shot of Samuel’s terrified eyes is strongly juxtaposed with the graphically shown slitting of the victims throat along with violent sounds of the thuds and grunts. The camera shots were moving back and forth from Samuel’s face and the horrific event happening in front of him‚ the shots kept increasing in speed demonstrating Samuel’s beating heart. This is an unnatural scene to Samuel‚ one he would never have to experience within his Amish world
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American society and the Amish community in regional Pennsylvania‚ the theme of power between Book and his world precisely emphasize this juxtaposition. The competent American society is seen as a violent and arrogant group of people‚ whereas the Amish community is seen as the defenceless peaceful‚ religious group of people. Peter weir is careful to portray power realistically; he does this though the use of violence. Weir uses three basic groups when it comes to violence. The Amish‚ who refuse violence
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be seen in peter weir’s “Witness” where the people in Amish Community clear identify Amish values to Samuel. Samuel want to play the gun out of curiosity‚ Eli told Samuel that Amish never touch the unclear things. Family is like the foundation of Samuel‚ everything begins with the values that children ate like mirrors. Samuel might in the later life reflect everything knowing by Eli in the way they understand it. Our families just like the Amish Community shaping us in different ways. By Contrast
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life as a child in the Amish community is corrupted when he comes into contact with crime and the city and experiences a loss of innocence. By contrast‚ John Book faces many obstacles when he leaves his life in the city for that of the sheltered life of the Amish and suffers turmoil when he falls in love with Rachel‚ who comes from a world in which he cannot belong. Similarly‚ the corrupt policemen‚ McFee‚ Schaeffer and Fergie find obstacles when they enter the world of the Amish‚ looking for Book.
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Adolescence is typically a time of experimentation and testing boundaries‚ but if you’re an Amish teenager‚ you’re faced with a confounding choice between family or isolation‚ tradition or the modern world and faith or uncertainty. Even in the restrictive Amish culture‚ where kids lead a way of life with no electricity or music and are expected to be entirely obedient to their elders‚ they are given a temporary break. Once they turn sixteen‚ their church gives them a period of self discovery called
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