In The Last Samurai protagonist Nathan Algren grows fond of his Bushi captors sympathizing with their supposedly “simple” ways like the Natives he had fought in the Great Sioux War. The film’s message is clear‚ like the Natives the Bushi were a relic doomed by industrial modernization and the triumph of western norms. This Eurocentric and sentimentalist understanding of the emerging Meiji period results in a portrayal of the samurai as rusticated and anti-modern‚ fundamentally misrepresenting Bushi
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FIRST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL I WAS VERY NERVOUS WHEN I GOT ON THE BUS BECAUSE I DIDN’T KNOW ANYBODY. I NOTICED ONE GIRL FROM MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL‚ BUT SHE DIDN’T TALK TO ME FOR TWO DAYS. WHILE I WAS ON THE BUS I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO A BOY NAMED TOMMIE AND WE BECAME FRIENDS. EVERY SINCE I SPOKE THAT DAY‚ TOMMIE AND HAVE BEEN CLOSE. WE HAVE EACH OTHERS BACK WITH CLASS WORK AND HOMEWORK. DURING LUNCH TOMMIE SAVED ME A SEAT‚ OUR LOCKERS ARE CLOSE BY EACH OTHER AND WE HAVE SEVERAL CLASSES TOGETHER
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A Tainted Perception of a Beautiful Duchess In Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue‚ “The Last Duchess”‚ the Duke portrays himself as a prideful‚ eloquent‚ man who is impassioned by his art. Throughout the poem‚ the reader soon learns and observes his jealous‚ possessive nature that is concealed within his character. The Duke subtly reveals characteristics of “ruthlessness‚ cynicism‚ contempt for human life” within himself and has an uncontrollable “lust for power”. (Joshua Adler‚ 223) Art possesses
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beautiful and sophisticated. “Hey‚ freshman‚” she greeted me early in the morning. “Hey‚ you can head to school first because I’ll be heading to school after you‚” I said in tediousness. “Sure! Being late on the first day of school? That’s a bad habit. Anyways‚ see you there‚” she replied in her cheery voice and giggled. She went out of my room and for few minutes later‚ she headed to school. Kat looks like a model. She’s tall‚ five-nine‚ and has a figure most girls would die for. She eats everything
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A day in the life of…. Friday morning Supervise 59 students in the Open Learning Centre doing their homework‚ reading or using PCs before school. Sign my son’s work experience permission form (he is in year 10 here). Notified SMT/PE staff that a ex-pupil’s picture is on the front page of the local paper after winning a silver medal at the Commonwealth games. Sort out double room booking problem of three classes in a room built for two. Advise students in the English class where books on
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The Last Of the Dogmen The social problem this movie portrays is a very old problem. It is coupled by fear of the unknown and acceptance of each other as human beings with differences. These differences stem from a lack of understanding of race‚ culture‚ customs‚ and religious beliefs of societies. It is well know through out history that the Indians posed a problem for white settlers. Many Indian tribes were for the most part friendly and willing to share the land and its produce with everyone
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L’OCCASION D’UNE VIE There I was‚ sitting in the middle of the class looked upon by every single student in the entire room. I had a feeling of total awkwardness and embarrassment‚ and my mind went totally blank. There‚ like a terrible dream I never thought would come to pass‚ as time went by like a broken hourglass. I stared‚ as if I had seen the future through my eyes‚ as the teacher stared right back at me with her look of despise. She knew deep inside that I was unaware of her dialogue‚ yet
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for schools to switch to a four day school week‚ but not all of the benefits are for students. There are “Sixty-two school districts‚ constituting 34% of the 178 school districts in Colorado” and those sixty two school districts “schedule 7.5 hours per day for 144 days of school instead of the normal six hours for 180 days” (Dam). By switching to a four day school week‚ students grades and their attendance were improved. The school saved money and since there is only four days in the school week
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people had experienced during the Western Expansion. Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait painted a painting called The Last Shot. The picture represents how they felt and what they did. The Natives weren’t pleased with the encroachment on their land. They weren’t glad that all the americans were on their land. The painting The Last Shot shows the Native trying to kill the American. It was called the last shot because the American only had one shot left in his gun and if he couldn’t kill the Native then he would
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Schools Should Have a Four Day School Week Some people say schools should have a four-day week for a variety of reasons. There are several good arguments for having a four-day week. One‚ is the students become more focused on school in a shorter amount of time. Another argument is that students have more time to rest their brain before going back to school. On the other hand‚ students can become more complacent about their school work if given more time. A counterpoint would be that students
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