AMERICAN LITERATURE I Instructor: Dr. Le Thi Thanh Troy University – STU Campus The Pocahontas Incident John Smith Group members: Ho Truong Phuong Thao TranThi Hong Nhung Nguyen Van Huy Objectives: Understanding author ’s biography and his work Understanding Pocahontas ’s biography Answer three impotant questions about his work A. John Smith ’s biography John Smith (1580 – 1638) had have a heroic life since he was not only a English
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A stranger in a new land must get accustomed to their new lifestyle. In Henry Clavell’s Shōgun‚ James Cameron’s Avatar‚ and Edward Zwinks’ The Last Samurai‚ the protagonists must find a way to learn and live through the native culture. Going native is need for survival in an unknown place. Wearing the clothing‚ learning the language‚ falling in love‚ taking part in lifestyle activities‚ and risking their lives to be trusted are part of going native. All three works show the protagonist learning
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Butterfly Avatar‚ metamorphosis‚ soul‚ courage to change. The life cycle of a butterfly goes like this egg‚larva‚pupa‚butterfly the egg hatches turning into larva then the larva turns into a pupa and the pupa turns into a butterfly then the butterfly starts the process all over again. catapiller or larva eats leaves so when you see them in your garden eating on your leaves they are eating but the first thing they eat is their own eggshell. the catatpiller then turns into a pupa which is cocoon that
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Ever since James Cameron created the science fiction saga‚ followers are asking what Avatar 2 and the rest of the sequels have in store. It seems that the villain of the first movie is coming back. And not just for the second movie but for the third and fourth as well. The question still remains - how will Stephen Lang’s character‚ Colonel Quaritch‚ come back to life in Avatar 2? The answer to that is simple. “It’s a science fiction‚” says Stephen Lang. The last time the hard core and angsty marine
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A True Outer Body Experience The term Avatar‚ in the Hindi religion‚ is an incarnation of the divine in either human or animal form. James Cameron chose the perfect name for his movie‚ Avatar‚ because you see what it is like being able to leave your body and inhabit a completely new one. This movie lets you view life in a different point of view and see how allowing yourself to be vulnerable can open up your eyes and change your views on life and what truly matters. This movie conveys such
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James Cameron’s film‚ Avatar‚ is a very moving story about freedom and choices. Jake Sully‚ an ex-marine‚ travels to Pandora to fulfil his brother’s dream of being in an avatar body and researching the environment on Pandora. Jake goes through a lot of hard times and ends up having to choose between being human and destroying Pandora‚ or being one of the Na’vi and saving the girl he loves and her people. James Cameron has highlighted choices that we have to make in our world by presenting them in
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Case Study: Do Our Avatars Learn? 1) According to the text‚ classical conditioning occurs when a stimulus that elicits a response is paired with another stimulus that initially does not elicit a response on its own. As time passes‚ the second stimulus is able to cause a similar response because of the fact that we associate it with the first stimulus. An example of classical conditioning would be one that was demonstrated by Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov. He conducted research on digestion
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We are so tired‚ but we still pursue something we can’t reach. We set new goals insistently to push ourselves to achieve‚ but we never stop to think if that desire come from our heart. During the interview of the hero in James Cameron’s film- Avatar‚ a very common actor Samuel Worthington defeated many famous film stars and got the chance to be the hero
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In the article “When Will White People Stop Making Movies like Avatar?‚ Annalee Newitz makes the point that James Cameron is making this out to be some culture conflict as race but it is not. Its mainly about how readers and watchers don’t think movies could have many meaning to it that we human don’t really think of . Annalee is basically trying to make us look at it in many way. I was puzzled on if I agreed to her side. I disagree with reading this story as it makes it seem stereotype. We as
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the Disney movie called Pocahontas and the History of Virginia‚ a narrative by John Smith‚ very different from each other. They are still based off of a similar place and time in history‚ which causes them to have certain similarities. The most easily recognized similarity is of that John Smith is in both the movie and narrative. The most noticeable difference is that in the book is that the Native Americans can speak English. Also another difference is that the men in the colony have come for gold
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