Professor Michael Cheng Writing and Reading (II) 4 January 2011 Comparison-Contrast Essay Outline I. INTRODUCTION A. Background Information: Avatar is such a spectacular movie full of fantastic special effects. The director‚ James Cameron‚ had spend over a decade making this movie‚ from creating the screenplay‚ learning the scientific techniques‚ to shooting the film. “An enormous cost of over $280 million makes Avatar one of the most expensive movies which have ever made.” B. Thesis statement: However
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Avatar Archetypes Archetypes are one of the rare things in the world that speak a universal language. By using powerful archetypes in literature‚ an author can move a story forward and make it more comprehensible for the reader. The movie Avatar was written and directed by James Camryn in 2009 and is a prime example of powerful archetypes that propel a story forward. Avatar takes place in the futuristic world of 2154. Humans in Avatar are on a planet called Pandora where a strange species called
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Europe‚ Portuguese in China‚ Us in Japan‚ Europeans in America‚ and British in China. Imperialism is thought as negative because of propaganda. Avatar is a movie that came out in 2009‚ directed by James Cameron. The plot of Avatar is imperialism of this planet called Pandora throughout the film Avatar portrays imperialism negatively‚ the imperialism of Avatar hits the aspects of economic incentive‚ militaristic‚ and the view of Natives. In fact‚ the economic incentive is when the country gets valuable
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experience of the other which facilitates understanding and complete empathy. It as well proclaims importance of openness to others. the film Avatar portrays this tradition fairly well throughout the movie. For example‚ when we compare Jake in his avatar form to his regular appearance as a simple human being. Nonetheless‚ when first presented to his avatar‚ Jake perceives that the blue gigantic creature floating in the tank looks like his deceased twin brother Tommy. Thus‚ Norm Spellman disagreeing
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11/20/13 Avatar and Aztecs essay The invasion of a new world: Aztecs and Avatars Could the very large and powerful blue creatures of Pandora have similarities with the ancient civilization of the Aztecs? Yes‚ they have many similarities‚ not in terms of culture or lifestyle like one might think. Rather‚ both these civilizations share one identical aspect of their history‚ they were both invaded by an unknown‚ foreign mass of people. These two invasions have many similarities between each other
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The question of whether the movie ‘Avatar’ is a metaphor for Earth or not is really a simple question to answer. I wouldn’t even say it is a metaphor. It is more of a prediction of where we are heading with the Earth. The story of the movie makes several references to Earth and how it’s dying. In the opening scenes of the movie‚ you see how overpopulated the Earth has become. They don’t specifically say it‚ but the battles the main character‚ Jake Sully‚ had been in and received his crippling
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when two cultures come in contact with one another‚ though media‚ trade‚ or immigration. The film Avatar is based on cultural contact and the outcomes of this concept. Pocahontas‚ another example of a film based on cultural contact‚ both films are relatively alike‚ they show ethnocentrism to other races until two people from different cultures fall in love‚ and learn to accept each other’s culture. Avatar depicts several concepts of economic globalization by portraying‚ ethnocentrism‚ acculturation
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Avatar synopsis- Opening scene: a camera sweeps high across the treeline of a lush‚ green world. Intercut is a sequence of images of Jake Sully‚ a crippled war veteran and former Marine. He wakes up in a giant spaceship on its way to Pandora‚ a lush Earth-like moon orbiting Polyphemus‚ a blue planet similar to Jupiter. He is one of a large number of passengers‚ all waking up after almost six years of cryosleep en route to Pandora. Drifting out of his sleeping pod in zero G he’s tended by the ship’s
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Avatar Review Avatar is a clear example of imperialism‚ which has occurred throughout history immensely. There are many times in history were natives of a country have been imperialized by a foreign country for their lands resources‚ this occurred in Avatar as well. For example when the Native Americans were imperialized by European countries. Also when Africa was imperialized by Britian. They were taken over for their lands’ resources‚ without recognition of how the natives felt. Avatar’s imperialism
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acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas. In the late 1800s to the early 1900s‚ mother countries took over Africa‚ and it was looked at negatively because they used force‚ power‚ and international propaganda. The movie Avatar‚ directed by James Cameron and released December 18‚ 2009‚ is the futuristic portrayal of imperials impact‚ including: militaristic force‚ economic incentive‚ and destruction of culture. The reality of imperialism‚ in our history‚ has been shown
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