HOW IS RACE PORTRAYED IN THE HOBBIT BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN? J.R.R. Tolkien began writing The Hobbit in 1930 and it was published in 1937. In 1930s Europe‚ the political climate was turbulent. The Great Depression of the 1930s crippled the world’s economy. The rise of anti-Semitism in the 1930s emphasized its hatred of the Jews as a race and not only the Jewish religion. There were frequent pogroms of Jewish people occurring in Eastern Europe and the rise of Nazism in Germany led to the mass extermination
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Me Professor **** English 100 25 December 2012 Media’s Portrayal of Sexuality Most media today portrays acts of sexuality especially in the Internet‚ and it is also know as pornography. Most youth ’s today know how to use Internet‚ which advertisement that has pornographic features is inevitable. The effects of the media ’s portrayal of sexuality to adolescents are vast. The staggering size of the pornography industry‚ influences upon the media and the acceleration of technology‚ which paired
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such as their career. When their past poor choices are revealed many people may choose to abstain from associating with current or previous addicts. The poor representation in media creates a hard obstacle for addicts to overcome in their aim to better themselves. The image of narcotics abuse is always exaggerated in media. The representation is
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Cleopatra‚ Queen of Egypt‚ was murdered. The circumstances surrounding her death have been the subject of great debate for many years and will likely continue to be controversial until more physical evidence is discovered. At this point her mummy has never been found and many questions still remain unanswered about her death. Historians argue that she either committed suicide during a point of extreme sadness after the death of her beloved husband‚ Mark Antony‚ or was murdered by one of her many
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How stereotypical are the representations of Gender in my chosen texts? My chosen texts are ’The Inbetweeners’ ‚ ’X Factor’ and ’BBC News’. All three texts represent gender in different ways yet I wouldnt say that any of them truly represent both genders in stereotypical ways. In ’The Inbetweeners’ the main characters are portrayed in a very stereotypical way at first glance‚ they are boystrous and objectify women in the crude way in which they speak about them. Yet when you look deeper into
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new representation of black life‚ resolutely authentic‚ fiercely unsentimental‚ and unflinching in its vision of what happens to people whose dreams are constantly deferred. I compared Act One‚ Scene 2‚ in the play and the film. The setting in the play is on a Saturday morning‚ and house cleaning is in process at the Youngers. In the film‚ the setting is the same as play‚ with lighting and costumes. The plot in the play is when Mrs. Younger gets the insurance check of $10‚000. In the film‚ the
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Media Representation 1 Objective: * To understand the mature of representations and stereotypes * Bea able to apply concepts learned to the relationship between representation and ideology as the apply to gender * Socially constructed : We construct the social Representation * Communication is achieved through shared signs and symbols e.g. language * The media communicate with their audiences through a process of representation by using familiar signs and symbols. * The
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Being Late Being late is unacceptable in any working environment. Every person is late at least a few times in his/her lifetime. Some people can be late occassionally due to circumtances beyond their control. Bill was late for his job presentation. Bill’s excused was because of the traffic‚ and there is an ongoing road construction that is causing the traffic. The people that Bill supposed to meet in the meeting were disappointed‚ embarrassed‚ and not willing to extend their waiting time period
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The Representation of Ideas "For an idea to exist we must have words to express it" (Wilcox). This statement has been disputed amongst my 10th grade English class; I personally believe said statement to be false. Although‚ in court lawyers only need to find one counter argument to prove something wrong‚ I have thought up of numerous arguments to counter this statement. Have you ever heard the axiom "a picture’s worth a thousand words"? I find that you can grasp the concept of most pictures without
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people. There are two kinds of representation for a congress person‚ which are sociological and agency. Sociological is type of representation‚ in where representatives have the same cultural background or traits as their constituents. For example‚ if a congress person has the same ethnic as their constituents‚ the people will feel that they are well representative at national level. The second principle is called Agency representation‚ which is a type of representation where the constituents have the
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