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    TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. Many of us have seen and heard the often recycled topics found on such shows as Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey. And anyone who watches talk shows on a regular basis knows that each one varies in style and format. One might enjoy watching the sometimes trashy subject matter found on Jerry Springer‚ while someone else might prefer the more serious and light hearted feel of the Oprah Winfrey show. A talk show is should

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    Reality shows has grown in popularity for several years and it will never slow down because of the excitement and attention it brings to the viewers. A reality show is based upon many things that go on in a daily life such as romance‚ drama‚ friendship‚ hate and etc. Being on a reality show may look fun but it’s a lot of hard work. Reality shows bring a lot of attention and the companies are making a lot of money for it because of the viewers. * Reality shows are bad‚ lazy and violence television

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    Discourse Community Project 1. I am studying the outdoors discourse community. a. Majors relating to the outdoors include ecology‚ environmental studies‚ sustainable food production‚ climate science and geography. Related departments include: Biology‚ Environment and Society‚ Plants‚ Soils and Climate‚ Watershed Sciences and Wildland Resources. Some disciplines are ecophysiology (the interrelationship between the physical function of something and its surroundings) and behavioral ecology (the way

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    REALITY VS FANTASY What are the differences between Truman’s world and Christof’s world? Which one would you rather live in and why? Turman’s world was a reality tv show‚ a world full of lies- every person he met was an actor as for Christof’s world was the real world in which we live in today. Personally I would rather live in Christof’s world as it is the real world‚ a world of truth where we are constantly learning from our mistakes. As for in Truman’s worlds everything is staged and too

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    | Understanding Ourselves Through Philippine Literature Every work of literature is somehow a reflection of the world around. I say reflection because in every work‚ one can find topics about life and all its problems. Whether the literary piece is in the form of poetry or narrative‚ the work will always bear themes that are realistic and based on experience. These themes vary. Themes on love‚ death‚ and others are often seen in many literary works. These

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    Gees Ideas About Discourse

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    that has stuck out in particular to me is Gees ideas about Discourse. A Discourse is “ a socially accepted association among ways of using language of thinking and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or social network” (Gee 274). Literacy can be seen differently though everyone’s eyes because we all have different interpretations of it. Gee believes that literacy is all about Discourses. This connects to all of the literary critics works in how

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    Our biggest enemies is always ourselves People work long hours because they fear poverty. People eat too much because they fear starvation. People get married because they fear being alone and so on. On balance‚ we always fear something‚ but fear never does. We needn’t fear to disappear completely because some degree of caution is to avoid tragedy. While I was thinking about my fear of heights‚ I couldn’t climb high enough. When I thought about a necessary cleaning job‚ I had motivation

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    Turman Show

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    constructing a setting in a studio space 1960s postcards were used as inspiration for the film’s design‚ natural landscape + post-production visual effect vs reality-> cool and rational -> innovative and intensive‚ busy city-> restaurant the TV show studio‚ administration -> technology and cold color tone-> blue‚ black ‚ gray-->like NASA station 2) reflection and implication basement-> childhood style-> memory and secret + Fiji map revolving door-> company-> imply change->inside company->

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    Truman Show

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    Fears and External Obstacles versus Freedom to Leave (The Truman Show 1998) Lauren: Yeah. I know. Look‚ Truman‚ I’m not allowed to talk to you. You know. Truman Burbank: Yeah‚ well‚ I can understand‚ I’m a pretty dangerous character. - When Truman met Sylvia first time Everyone in the world has different characteristics and personalities. When many different characters make harmony together‚ it leads to great wealth in our lives. Not necessarily money‚ but the quality of life. However‚

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    Contemporary Sustainability DiscourseDiscourses‚ using spoken or written language in a social context‚ are more than narratives of human existence. A contemporary feminist author and professor‚ Chris Weedon‚ paraphrases French philosopher‚ Michel Foucault in the following passage: (discourses are) “ways of constituting knowledge‚ together with the social practices‚ forms of subjectivity and power relations which inhere in such knowledges and relations between them. Discourses are more than ways of

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