film‚ Do the Right Thing‚ Rosie Perez (Tina)‚ became a well-known figure in one of the greatest films of all time. She played Mookie’s (Spike Lee) ostentatious girlfriend. Tina’s character allowed viewers’ reactions to the issues of classism. Many were offended claiming that this is not a positive representation of who Latinos and African Americans. I would conclude that Spike Lee believed that any classist or racist response would only come from White people‚ but it didn’t. Do the Right Thing
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How to do the right things? Lecturer Mr. Bai Lixin is a doctor of engineering. He served as IBM (China) business consulting department operation strategy chief adviser. And he is also one of the main speakers of IBM (China) BBS. He served as Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer of Hampshire Management Consulting (China) Co.‚ LTD‚ and Business Consulting Department Manager of Andersen (Shanghai) enterprise consultation Co.‚ LTD. He once provided a strategy and management consulting
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What’s the right thing to do? I believe the next thing was a do now‚ he was telling us a story. He told the story so that we can imagine it as if it was us in that position. The story was about you driving your car‚ and your brakes stop working‚ then you notice straight ahead that there are five workers in the way. Then you realize there is a construction work sign and you can’t enter. So you’d end up killing those five people. However‚ your steering wheel still work and you can turn to the right and not
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"Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" -Mark Twain. Twain’s quote represents an idealism that should be backwards‚ were doing right wont astonish people because it’s universal. Sadly‚ our world lives in the idealism of Twain’s quote. Yet‚ life is infused with change‚ consequently‚ enabling use to change Twains quote by trying to make right choices part of our lives. Doing the right thing means sacrifice. In my case‚ I sacrificed time‚ using it for Juniors
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gain first whether it involves money‚ property or something else. Therefore‚ these dilemmas were not easy to solve‚ somebody has to sacrifice something. If we were to ask any number of people the question: “What is the right thing for me to do?” they would have different answer according to their own beliefs. The beliefs that people value are the structures in which they live by. “Morals are personal beliefs‚ and ethics are those beliefs and rules‚ which are set by a larger group
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“We are home!” On Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing With his Do the Right Thing producer‚ director‚ and actor Spike Lee has succeeded in creating a truely controversial film that leaves its audience with questions and a source for a lively discussion. And indeed many have taken the opportunity to comment on Lee’s work‚ mostly ignoring its general aspects and rather focussing on its message or deeper meaning. The film deals with both social and racial relationships and shows a community in which
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In Enclave by Ann Aguire and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon‚ they both share a common theme of “do the right thing”. In each book‚ the main characters overcome obstacles‚ tasks‚ and experiences which lead them to do what’s right‚ when it came to situations and decisions. In brief‚ the main character in Enclave Deuce lived in an enclave. She had prepared most of her life to become a Huntress and once she became one she was introduced to her hunting partner‚ named
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Do the Right Thing “When we open our eyes today and look around America‚ we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism‚ we see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare. We haven’t benefited from America’s democracy; we’ve only suffered from America’s hypocrisy.” Malcolm X Spoken in 1965‚ these words still ring true for people of color in
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In the broadest sense‚ Do the Right Thing follows the shifting images of blackness in “commercial narrative cinema‚ attending to its insults and insurgencies‚ and its rare instances of black empowerment” (Guerrero 3). The dynamic opening dance number operates as an interlude for the
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Soul Is Love. “Hate‚ it is with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love‚ these five fingers go strait to the soul of man. The story of life is this; static‚ one hand is always fighting the other.” This is said by Radio Raheem in the film Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee. Radio Raheem goes on to explain that no matter how much hate seems to get the best of us‚ love will always come out on top. The Film centers around the themes of hate and love‚ the supporting character Da Mayor reinforces Radio
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