Adrian Kong HILD 10 11/15/2011 Tuesday 6 Reading Response Week 8 In the readings for this week‚ from Mair entries 54-59‚ the various author’s wrote poems to describe the life in Song China. These poets shared their stories by using beautiful imagery to describe it for them. Stories that describe the noise of rats to the paintings of bamboo‚ the writings of the Song poets conveyed the outlook of the Song Dynasty. Although these poems served as an art for entertainment‚ the poems‚ in a deeper
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Mercy Killing Pros and Cons Weighing mercy killing pros and cons against each other is the best way out if you are finding it difficult to take a stand on this issue. Continue reading for some important points of mercy killing debate which you can’t afford to miss out on. Mercy Killing Pros and Cons"Right to live or death with dignity? The entire controversy surrounding the practice of mercy killing revolves around this very question - with each side putting forth strong arguments for and against
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for all the accusations of supposed theatricality‚ Mario O’Hara’s flawed yet masterful Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio (The Trial of Andres Bonifacio) is truly cinematic‚ probably the most important and cinematic creation that the Cinemalaya Film Festival ever produced in its six years of existence. Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio starts off after the Tejeros Convention where Andres Bonifacio (Alfred Vargas)‚ a commoner from Tondo who is the founder and regarded father of the Philippine
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EA Misinterpreting The Act of Killing: Why Joshua Oppenheimer’s Demands Lack Contextualization “‘War crimes’ are defined by winners. I’m a winner. So I can make my own definition.” -Adi Zulkadry (A mass murderer featured in The Act of Killing) Adi Zulkadry’s belief in the notion that his direct involvement in the mass killing of communists make him a “winner” is just one of a number of chilling moments in Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing. In this 2012 documentary‚ Oppenheimer
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Because targeted killing is a critical tool in the fight against terrorism‚ I affirm: Resolved: Targeted killing is a morally permissible foreign policy tool. For clarity‚ I offer the following definitions: According to the report “Hellfire and Grey Drones: An Empirical Examination of the Effectiveness of Targeted Killing”‚ targeted killings‚ though lacking a concrete definition under international law‚ are characterized by 6 key features: 1. The act is carried out by a state actor. 2. The target
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Reading Response to Ali and Nino The most evident and reoccurring theme that I noticed in Kurban Said’s‚ Ali and Nino was the importance of religion and cultural backgrounds. In many different places in the story it is evident that Ali and Nino have been taught some completely different things about the world in general. The first major example that I found is when Ali speaks with his father and Nino’s father about marrying Nino. Although they are both somewhat supportive of the marriage‚ they
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Reading Response Journal- "The Destructors" In my opinion‚ the main idea of the story‚ "The Destructors" by Graham Greene is that when humans let their own personal feelings get in the way of doing what is right‚ it leads to a feeling of detriment and dissatisfaction. Also the Wormsley Common Gang chose poor decisions that affected their innocence throughout the entire story. These poorly made decisions took away their youth innocence and replaced it with selfishness and destruction. In the story
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HONOUR KILLING INTRODUCTION: To understand completely or in view of the trends in Honour Killing‚ in order to remove the epidemic of honour killing from the society‚ one should have complete knowledge and understanding of what makes these murders unique. Honour killing is an ancient ritual in a modern world. in simple terms it can be defined as the killing of a relative‚ especially a girl or a women‚ who is perceived to have brought dishonor on the family. Victims of honor killings are killed
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Reading response to a poem: Richard Wilbur Boy at the window D. Jones ENG125 July 1‚ 2012 For: Jennifer Miller Reading response to a poem: Richard Wilbur Boy at the window When one is considered naïve‚ it has been thought to determine one as “having or showing a lack of experience‚ judgment‚ or information; credulous” (www.dictionary.com). In Richard Wilburs’ poem‚ Boy at the Window‚ Wilbur uses simple form language to paint the image of the boy staring out the window at the snowman
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