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    In the movie “Wall-E” the main character is two robots‚ one is called Walle and another one is Eve. Since they barely have the capacity to talk with each other which makes giving a speech impossible‚ they still can say each other’s name in different tone to express different emotion. Also‚ they use body language and eye contact to communicate. For example‚ when Eve finds out she lost the plant‚ the tone of her voice which calls Wall-E is different from the tone in usual. It shows the different emotion

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    French politician Marion Marechal-Le Pen once said‚ “I have empathy; I am humane. I understand human misery.” Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? challenges the dichotomy between human and non-human species. Dick’s fundamental contention is that humans are dependent upon interactions with living creatures‚ and he further asserts that androids are‚ in fact‚ not human. Humans are inclined to bond to other living beings via social interaction. Such bonds transpire only through

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    The two futuristically apocalyptic novels‚ Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick and The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin‚ masterfully demonstrate the ways in which a severe change in external circumstances and surroundings can cause a new dynamic in your internal perspectives. Both authors display how the need to adapt can lead to intense modifications in characterization of the protagonists in these novels. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is a riveting science

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    Throughout the years‚ technology has become an increasingly important aspect of our everyday lives. Philip K. Dick explores the consequences brought about by a reliance on technology‚ such as the loss of individuality‚ in his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep through the allusion to Edvard Munch’s works “The Scream” and “Puberty”. To begin‚ as Rick is described in the novel as being very reliant on his Pennfield mood organ when he decides to “dial what’s on [his] schedule for today" (Dick

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    The Kite Runner

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    The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini Chapters 1-5 (PP. 1-47) Reading Questions 1. The novel begins with a flashback. What do you think is its purpose? What do you learn about the narrator? The purpose of the book in my opinion is to set up the setting of the main idea of the book and to give the readers Amir’s opinion on his fellow characters‚ so they can see the main idea. You learn about Amir’s life and how this event has affected him. 2. Who is Hassan? Describe him physically. What

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    when an individual thinks of Artificial Intelligence a few things come to mind such as the HAL 9000 system‚ known as “the inimitable star of the classic Kubrick and Clarke film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’”(Picard 2001)‚ others will think of the movie “Blade Runner”‚ this film featured an alternate future where a group of individuals were responsible for tracking down cyborg humans known as “Sims” which were so human like they actually were unaware that they weren’t actually humans (Scott‚ Fancher et al.

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    good arguments‚ but with modern testing and with the proof of growth in society that comes with technology it can be hard to believe everything he says. Carr’s beliefs on artificial memory run side by side with some major plot points in the film “Blade Runner.” Nicholas Carr makes the case that it’s not just the content of our thoughts that are changed by the phones and computers we use‚ but also the make up of our brains. Our ability to have certain kinds of thoughts and experiences can

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    Maze Runner Book Report

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    October 11‚ 2013 Period 1 Maze Runner Book Report Thomas is the narrator and protagonist of the story. He arrives in the maze with no knowledge of who he is or was. He only remembers his name and nothing else about his life. Thomas proves to be brave and clever even though he only has a very limited memory of previous knowledge of the Maze. Since arriving in the maze‚ Thomas makes both friends and enemies and proves to be a leader among the other boys with him in the maze. Teresa is a

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    FRIENDSHIP IN THE KITE RUNNER MOVIE DIRECTED BY MARC FOSTER: HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH A) Background of the Study The Kite Runner is a film of friendship that was directed by Marc Foster based on the novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. This movie was released on December 2007 by Paramount Vontage with the duration 128 minutes. The Kite Runner released in Indonesia on February 2008 and was released on DVD on March 25‚ 2008. The Kite Runner‚ in a novel was number

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    Blade Runner Film Analysis

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    They tell more than just the story‚ but the underlying thoughts behind the film. This can be seen in Blade Runner by Ridley Scott‚ THX 1138 by George Lucas‚ and Children of Men by Alfonso Cuaron‚ as the landscapes help develop the complexity of the story. The directors of these films use setting and landscape to express and contribute to the development of the main argument of each film. In Blade Runner‚ Ridley Scott immediately constructs a dark‚ gloomy‚ and worn out Los Angeles to convey the main

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