In 1998 Peter Weir released‚ The Truman Show‚ an ingenious movie that urged viewers to reflect on ethics related to modern day television programmes and the media. His latest movie‚ released in 2003‚ Master and Commander was a gentleman’s action movie. Although the latter was much more entertaining‚ it is a movie that corresponds meticulously to Hollywood formulas. The Truman show is a movie that doesn’t relate to Hollywood formulas but does the complete opposite. Truman Burbank’s character doesn’t
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The tenth child of fourteen children‚ Commodus was eventually the oldest male left in the family‚ which made him the immediate heir to the throne. Because of this‚ he was spoiled rotten. Any injury or illness was treated immediately‚ as he could not afford to pass away. Anything he longed for was at his feet in an instant‚ and he was groomed at an early age to be his father’s successor. He was given a high level of education and was spoiled rotten. He was pushed into leadership at an early age‚ which
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I am here to declare my independence from being judged by my own opinions and cleaning after other people. Everyday I come home and see all the messes that everyone leaves at the house and I continue to ask myself WHY? Why can’t these clans gather up ones own disarray? Why make the virtuous and pure one rack up all the wreckage laying around? Why am I looked at differently because I have unalike views on certain matters in our society? Why do I continue to let people run me over as if I do not
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Weekly Case-studies for Small Group Seminars Semester 1‚ 2012 Week 2 case study Deciding what legislation means Case-study: The toxic waste Late in the afternoon on 1 December 2009 Alex Demetriou‚ who owns a waste removal business‚ collects a truckload of contaminated soil from excavations at a building site in Melbourne. He drives the full truck back to his company’s yard in Werribee. He leaves it parked there overnight‚ intending
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prevent injuries (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). • Drowning in toddlers can happen in water just deep enough to cover their nose and mouth. Toddlers should never be left for even a second around any water source whether it is a bucket‚ small fountain‚ bathtub‚ or pool. Very close monitoring‚ self-locking gates around pools and blocking access such as doggie doors can prevent accidental drownings (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). • Burns from electrical outlets‚ fireplaces‚ hot running water‚ or pulling down pots
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When the door creaked open‚ Margot slowly walked out of the closet; she was sad‚ confused‚ and full of fear‚ and she didn’t know what to do. All she heard was rain falling on the roof. Margot was frustrated and furious at the students who had locked her in the closet. Seeing the sun is all she had wanted to do‚ but they took that away from her by locking her in the closet. Margot was surprised that no one said a word. Finally she asked quietly‚ “Why did you do that?” No one answered. Margot was
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Roland Flint the mother helps to portray what a mother should be. One example in first line of the poem‚ “How she left kettles of water; On the kitchen stove for baths”‚ this shows her love and kindness by heating up each kettle of water for the bathtub. Back in 1950’s when he was a boy they didn’t have showers with running hot water like in our modern day and age. She would take her time filling and heating up each kettle‚ which was then used to fill up the tub to the right temperature. There are
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sheltered when it comes to understanding what really is happening in the real world. They do not care to read the latest articles of newspapers or watch television to find atrocious news about how a child had accidentally drowned in the parent’s bathtub. In all seriousness‚ this is a never ending‚ horrifying problem that is always going to be worldwide. Child abuse
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How would earth be different if iron didn’t exist? What would we lose? how might it affect you? If we didn’t have iron we wouldn’t have a large portion of the earth’s core. Without the earth’s core we would have less gravity and everything would be lighter and atrophy would happen to our muscle and bone density. If there is less gravity the would drift away from earth leaving us with chaotic weather and chaotic tides. The core also creates a shield which helps with a variety of of things not happening
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Intro scene: How are the characters established in the context of the group (‘southern XX ballroom championships’) Opening scenes establish insular sense of belonging- silhouettes of characters giving high fives and hugs. President established as powerful in the group- low angle shot‚ announcer introducing‚ video of dancing. Ironic- it looks daggy‚ he looks ridiculous‚ but powerful in this setting. Scott’s samba is presented in an over dramatised manner to emphasise how he has challenged
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