Gattaca is a science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It is about a man’s struggle to follow his dream despite being pre-determined by the society in which he lives to not be able to achieve it. Gattaca shows that people can in fact exceed the potential that society and their genes place on them. This is seen in the characters of Vincent and Director Joseph who both exceed their expected potential. Director Joseph’s claim that humans cannot exceed their potential when referring
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THE FINAL REVELATION The house perched on the termination of a weed-infested gravel driveway. Trellised roses which once provided congenial company‚ are presently untamed. The vines excavated the broken clapboards hauling the house into perdition. Few patches of paint remained insusceptible from the weather‚ the cheery yellow now more of a sickly white. The entire house slightly slumped to one side‚ the foundation having subsided‚ gave the impression that it had merely succumbed any hope of being
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When the Ford Mustang went on sale it quickly became the fastest-selling car in history. So it was no wonder that Ford’s rivals wanted to enjoy the same sort of success with their own ‘pony cars’‚ and GM’s take on the formula was the Pontiac Firebird (alongside the Chevrolet Camaro). While it was the Camaro that arrived first‚ the Firebird carried a higher price and was more highly equipped – which is why twice as many Camaros were produced. Nowadays‚ both cars have a following‚ often brought about
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Comparison of Essays by Sartre and Blanchot In his essay “Why Write?” Sartre focuses on the relationship between the writer and the reader. He analyses the process involved in writing and reading. He says that literature involves both the writer and the reader‚ for one cannot survive without the other because a writer cannot produce a piece of literature for his own pleasure and the reader cannot enjoy the benefits of reading if there is nothing for him to read. In other words‚ writing creates
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This is a U.S. presidential election year and a big story has been the rise of Senator Barack Obama as a serious candidate for presidency. I was interested in what various segments of the black community thought about this and chose two magazines that target the black community as their primary audience. JET magazine’s self-described mission is to inform‚ educate and entertain the African American community. The Network Journal magazine claims to serve the needs of black professionals and small business
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Long Distance Relationship Relationship is built when a man and a woman want to make a commitment between them and hope to make their relationship last forever. Everything will bee done in order to make their relationship keep going until marriage. On the other side‚ there is a kind of relationship between people who live separately far away but they keep having relationship between them in the name of love‚ trust‚ and faith. That kind of relationship we call it long distance relationship. Not
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The difference between life and death can be listening to the opinions of friends and family. This is portrayed in Into the Wild‚ written by Jon Krakauer and Grizzly Man‚ directed by Werner Herzog. In Walden‚ written by Henry David Thoreau‚ he did not die but his time spent at Walden was time wasted. Depending on the situation‚ it can be vital to take others’ opinions of our actions into consideration when making our own decisions. However‚ in other situations‚ the opposite can occur where it is
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Art has been around for hundreds of years‚ expressed in a number of ways through different mediums: With painting‚ drawing‚ photography‚ music‚ and endless more. Each having smaller categories within them. One can create a portrait with different types of paint‚ chalk‚ the lens of a camera‚ pens and pencils‚ color pencils‚ and even crayons. A musician can paint a picture within one’s head‚ simply by the use of lyrics or in a few keys of a song. Separate forms of art‚ if someone would them examine
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Essay—Price comparison portals PriceChecker: What’s Your Price? PriceChecker.my is a web-based price comparison engine designed to help customers compare prices of goods---top grocery brands---from various major retailers and across popular hypermarkets in Malaysia such as Tesco‚ Carrefour‚ Mydin‚ and Giant. The site compares five big hypermarkets‚ 16 brands and manufacturers‚ and over 32 products. The product categories include cereal‚ bread‚ cooking oil‚ fresh milk‚ soft drinks‚ and even baby
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Who achieved more for black Americans‚ Martin Luther king (MLK) or Malcolm X During the period of the 1950’s‚ black people were discriminated against and received unfair treatment because of white people’s opinion on the race. Black people at the time had to live in very bad conditions‚ health‚ housing and school wise. It was enforced very harshly that white and black people (or people of colour) to be separated. This washarsher in the south due to the fact they were more openly racist than the
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