Name: ____________________________ Year 11 English – Outcome One (Part A) Gattaca - Character Study Task You will work either individually or in pairs. It will be your role to prepare an oral presentation in which you will have to speak as your allocated character (in other words‚ in the voice of that character). You will have 7-10 minutes to complete your presentation during which you must fulfil the following criteria: 1. You must provide us with insights into your character: what is
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background about your grandmother by stating: “My grandmother’s name is Maria that is very unusual name for my country. She was born in October of 1940. As my grand mom told me they lived in a very small house near the forest and it was 5 miles away from the nearest village. Her parents were farmers‚ they had sheep‚ horses‚ chicken and cows and they had a garden. So it was seven children in her family.” This shows your reader the earlier years of her life. Nicely done. *Kamila 5755123 has requested
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film Gattaca‚ Highlights the importance of human ambition and willpower as the key to deciding and changing your life/fate‚ by depicting a society that encourages upon genetic profile to decide the future of an individual instead of their determination and ambition. The protagonist‚ Vincent Anton Freeman “A limited invalid” demonstrates how genetics have little influence over sheer determination and grit. Similarly‚ minor characters such as Jerome Eugene Morrow‚ is ultimately liberated from his “burden
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Association 52 (December 1995): 385-406. DICTIONARY/ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE The New Harvard Dictionary of Music‚ 1986‚ s.v. "electro-acoustic music‚" by Jon H. Appleton ELECTRONIC SOURCES Citing electronic documents and information differs somewhat from citation formats for print materials. You still require the same basic information: author -- this can be a person‚ a company‚ a library responsibility -- (Photographer) or (Painter) or ?? date -- of an art work‚ or date of copyright‚ or update
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Dance Concert Critique When I thought of dance for the first time‚ I believed it was just simplistic movement and structured choreography. However‚ dance can be interpreted as a story versus just following a beat through its unique body language‚ musical composition‚ and set of props. The Fall Dance Theatre demonstrates these traits extensively within its performances specifically the pieces “In Sleep‚ We Dream” and “I’m Still with You”. The performance “In Sleep‚ We Dream” has two different
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1. What is the significance of the word "GATTACA" (hint: think about why the letters A‚T‚C‚ and G were highlighted in all the names during the opening credits) They are the bases in the human genome. The movie is trying to emphasize the significance these four letters‚ each representing a base pair in the human genome‚ will have in the theme throughout the movie. Gattaca is the name of the space agency in the film. The name is based on the initial letters of the four DNA nitrogenous bases: guanine
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Should We Use DNA Testing? In Gattaca‚ a film whose roots are firmly planted in the Science Fiction genre‚ the timeline in which the movie is set is never really stated‚ thus it could be next year‚ in another ten‚ or not for one hundred. While this is effective is making us believe that this could be‚ "just around the corner"‚ the society presented is widely regarded as being too close to our present day in order to present a true chilling image. With DNA testing already quite common in the
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Monique attended the Swing class at Ambient Studio on March 14‚ 2009 to heard and dance to the rhythms and sounds of the Etowah Jazz Society. The concert was from 9pm to 12 am in the morning. There look is like a big band but they have a swing feel to them. The bands whole persona is that of a big band that you would see on a dance television show back in the older days. There sound was very mellow and not loud at all. After Monique talked to a couple of the members in the band I found out that
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The given circumstance in this scene is a break up between Javier and Caroline. The previous scene begins with Caroline trying to know where Javier’s new apartment is‚ resulting in Javier giving an answer that shifts the emotion of the characters compare to the prior scene. What began as an awkward conversation‚ led to an argument in which both characters brought up many feelings that one another weren’t necessarily aware about. I am Caroline‚ I am twenty-eight years old and I live with my mother
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‘Gattaca presents a world destroyed by the pursuit of perfection.’ Do you agree? * What is the pursuit of perfection? * How is the world destroyed? * What is gattaca? 1) Everyone is the same there are no individuals – the people are sexless‚ no personality 2) The pursuit of perfection leaves people believing that their genetic make up is what lets them achieve their ambitions‚ they have low self esteem. People who fail to achieve perfectionism can suffer from a lot of mental pressure;
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