Last Man argument You are required to contribute to a discussion by contributing two postings. At least one of your posts should be a reply to a previous comment made by one of your fellow classmates. A simple ‘I agree” is not enough—you must explain your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with the posting you have chosen to reply to. (This means at least one paragraph for each answer to the questions below) In your posting‚ you must answer the following questions: 1. Based on the ‘Last Man
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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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The Last Samurai “The perfect blossom is a rare thing. You could spend your life looking for one‚ and it would not be a wasted life” (Zwick). These are the words of Katsumoto‚ an important samurai warrior. The movie The Last Samurai directed by Edward Zwick is about an American War Captain named Nathan Algren who is hired to train‚ lead and modernize a group of Japanese soldiers to defeat a rebellion of the country’s remaining Samurai in 1876. Algren is captured by the Samurai and soon
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This article explains how portion sizes grew over the past centuries through different versions of paintings of The Last Supper. On March 23‚ 2010‚ an article by Melissa Healy was released that explained portion control over the years. She researched and realized that in different depictions of The Last Supper the amount of food grew. She gathered most of her research from two brothers. They found fifty-two different paintings of the meal. They figured out about how much food they ate by the
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The Last Town on Earth The Last Town on Earth in it of itself is an interesting read because unlike most historical fictions‚ the author does not drag the story with too many details‚ but captivates its reader with re occurring themes such as the irrational behaviors during a crisis‚ the American reluctance to enter World War I‚ the attitude towards war – which keeps the plot from fading away. Thomas Mullen brings the setting of his first novel in a mill town called Commonwealth in the
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Air Force‚ every mission was extremely dangerous and many planes crashed into enemy territory. In the story The Last Mission by Henry Mazer‚ the author writes a fictional depiction of the Air Force in World War II that accurately represents real events that occurred. The reader is shown how dangerous missions were and how many underage men enrolled into the war. While the story The Last Mission by Harry Mazer is a fiction book‚ it is an accurate portrayal of events that occurred in World War 2. In
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The Last Emperor is a movie about the last emperor of China. This last emperor was known as Henry Puyi‚ the final ruler of the Qing dynasty. The movie The Last Emperor follows the life of Puyi from the time he became emperor of China at the age of 3‚ to the time of his release from a Chinese communist prison. This movie presents the end of “old” China and what was being done to persevere its traditions and culture‚ in an interesting and dramatic way. Background In the 19th century‚ China was
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barbaric societies into each individually modernized nations‚ social hierarchy proved to be inevitable. In the short story‚ “Geraldo No Last Name” by Sandra Cisneros‚ a fellow named Geraldo was killed in a fatal hit-and-run tragedy (though he could have been saved if the surgeon had no neglected him)‚ however‚ his background was a mystery‚ and no one knew his last name or his existence except for a girl he encountered at a dance‚ Marin. Marin knew little about Geraldo and yet‚ she was his only acquaintance
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The Last Judgement by Michelangelo Painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel is Michelangelo’s The Last Judgement. It is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of religious art. The work of art took over four years to complete and was finished in 1541. The painting incorporates all of the primary elements and principle of designs as it portrays the end of the world. Michelangelo uses lines of various width‚ length and texture to emphasis the complexity of all
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Aviva Patz‚ author of “Will Your Marriage Last” is a divorced and remarried woman who lives in fear that her second marriage will not last. She decided to attend a seminar in Boston instructed by Ted Huston‚ a professor at the University of Texas who introduces the study of the outcome of marriage. After a thirteen year study‚ Huston claims that in the early years will determine the length of your marriage. Really focusing on the first two years of newly wedded couples‚ it can be predicted the
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