James Cameron’s AVATAR is an epic science fiction action drama movie. This film‚ even though it is a fantasy‚ contains so many scenarios that can apply to modern or past societies. The story revolves around Jake Scully in his journey as an anthropologist/ body guard in the world of Pandora‚ and how he experiences first hand a lot of the anthropology themes and terms we have discussed in class. The story starts off in 2154 when humans have depleted the Earth from its natural resources. A company called
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Avatar Allegory By: Brian L. H. Alderson Don’t you think that the movie Avatar is very similar to how the pilgrims treated the native Americans? The movie Avatar is an allegory to how pilgrims treated the native Americans because of what took place and where it happened. When the movie opened up into its exposition‚ it mentioned the planet Pandora‚ which was inhabited by these natives called the Na’vi who use bows and arrows which seemed just like how the native Americans were when the pilgrims
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In the movie Avatar‚ it is seen that humans bring materialistic desires with them to the moon‚ Pandora. This is where humans have found a superconductor‚ unobtanium‚ which would provide enormous amounts of energy for the people on Earth. Because the environment on Pandora is not suitable for the human body‚ this called for the invention of an avatar. The avatar is a human‚ Na’vi hybrid. The Na’vi are the humanoids that inhabit this planet
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Avatar Ethics An avatar is a physical shell controlled by forces from the outside. In the film‚ paraplegic marine Jake Sully’s mind/soul is placed inside the body of a genetically modified alien creature. He can control the massive and beautiful body‚ and is sent to infiltrate the native people on the lush planet of Pandora. They control the precious metal unobtanium‚ worth billions to the humans. In this grim future‚ Earth has been destroyed and is uninhabitable. Jake embraces this new life
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For this assignment‚ the movie I decided to watch was called ‘Avatar’. This movie is about humans‚ or “sky people”‚ travelling to the planet Pandora to conduct studies over the natives that live on the planet‚ and to gain resources that the planet provides. The natives on Pandora are called the Na’vi‚ and they are blue creatures who are much different than humans. One of the humans that travelled to Pandora to study the Na’vi is named Jake Sully. Jake is a paralyzed ex-marine who decided to travel
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Running Head: FAMILY THROUGH DIFFERENT SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Family Through Different Sociological Perspectives Stephani Marlow SOC 101 Instructor Marian Spaid-Ross Jan 15th‚ 2012 All families are unique. A few decades ago‚ the most common type of family was the mother and father living with their unmarried children. Today‚ families are vastly different including more single-parent households than ever before‚ stepfamilies‚ and adopted families‚ and grandparents raising their grandchildren
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The three major theoretical perspectives in sociology are symbolic interactionism‚ functional analysis‚ and conflict theory. Symbolic interactionism suggests that symbols are quintessential to understand how humans view the world and interact within in. Further‚ this theory states that the way we define ourselves and our relationships with others ultimately shapes how our interactions occur. Functional analysis is simply defined as viewing society as a unit with working and moving‚ interrelated parts
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Nature with Technology With the movie Avatar‚ Pandora is presented as a virgin land of unspoiled beauty‚ a paradise with a vast landscape full of wildlife‚ huge trees‚ plants that react and move like animals‚ astonishing rainforests‚ wonderful waterfalls‚ lakes‚ rivers‚ massive cliffs hovering above the ground‚ impressive mountains and magnificent animals. It is nature as something divine and marvelous. Contrary to Pandora’s magnificent natural landscape‚ the base’s environment is purely a military
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“Body Rituals among the Nacirema” is an article written by Horace Miner about a group of people‚ the Nacirema‚ and their everyday functions or rituals. Miner relates the culture‚ practices‚ values‚ and beliefs of a seemingly exotic and strange tribe. He vividly and descriptively describes behaviors and activities that are interpreted as unusual and strange. The tribe Miner depicts seems primal and uncivilized‚ and yet somewhat familiar. They are a “North American group living in the territory between
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my movie is avatar‚ now I will give a summary of this movie. The story is start at 2154‚ human have severely depleted Earth’s natural resource. Pandora‚ a planet which is has mines for a valuable mineral – unobtanium. And RDA wants to gain it. In order to explore Pandora’s biosphere‚ scientists use Na’vi-human hybrids called "avatars"‚ operated by genetically matched humans. Jake Sully is a paraplegic former marine who works for a corporation called RDA. He infiltrates a native group of people known
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