Asmita Patel Bradshaw RDG-101 28 Feb 2016 Paraphrase of “WHAT IF….” by Daniel Sokol In the article “What if….” Daniel Sokol talks about ethical dilemmas in real life. These ethical dilemmas arise when someone have a choice to kill someone to save few lives. For philosophers‚ such ethical dilemmas serve as classic experiments. In this article‚ Sokol presents such four predicaments and expects vote from readers in each case. Philosophers use experiments to mental testing their hypothesis. Scientists
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Lost in Translation (2003). Director: Sofia Coppola. Summary The film takes place in Tokyo where two characters find themselves feeling alone and lost in the foreign landscape. Bob‚ a famous American actor‚ and Charlotte‚ who is married to constantly working photographer‚ are drawn to each other. They grow sympathetic towards one another and together they navigate the spaces (clubs‚ restaurants‚ karaoke bars) of an unfamiliar culture. They gain a deeper understanding of one another. Charlotte
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The El Chupacabra is one of the most well-known cryptids in popular culture. The name El Chupacabra‚ means “goat sucker” because of its supposed method of attacking and drinking the blood of goats and other livestock. The chupacabra is said to be reptilian in appearance‚ with a row of spines on its back along with sharp fangs. The monster can be approximately three to four feet tall and is bipedal in standing and hops like a kangaroo. Another image of the creature is that it lacks the hair of a dog
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The Lengend of El Cucuy‚ became a bilingual story that is also known to be “Boogeyman” in American. The legend came from Latin America but has remained a strong part of border folklore. The beast is known by different names to different people throughout Latin America. It has been called cucuy‚ coco‚ cocu‚ chamuco and a dozen other titles. This bogeyman takes different forms depending on the family. It is best known for telling a young child ‚“Portate bien o te lleva el cucuy‚” they say. “Behave
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To Kill a Mockingbird: Racism in Film in the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of radical social change and revolutionary attitude. While people were able to come together on many issues and influence positive change in our nation‚ racism was still a shaky platform for much of society. Because the ideas of hatred and inequality were deep rooted in so many people‚ the social activists in favor of an equal America faced a long and dangerous road toward change. Films of the decade seemed to either dance
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new species created by the U.S. secret government that they do not want us to know about? Whatever the case El Chupacabra is something people should not overlook. El Chupacabra is a legendary cryptozoology creature that has been letting his presence be felt in differents parts of the world ‚including Puerto Rico‚ Russia‚ Mexico‚ the U.S. ‚ Central America ‚ South America. The origin of el chupacabra is unknown but it has not stopped people from inferring or creating their own stories. The term “chupacabra”
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El Presidente‚ The movie was part of the MMMF and landed second. It’s somehow a great movie but it was lacking a lot of things. It works on a plan whether on what Emilio Aguinaldo did and what he did to become the first President of country. The attempts of the movie was epic‚ it’s like you didn’t knew that was coming and anything. There are movies that are related to this like ‘Asiong Salonga’ but in El Presidente it’s more excited than Asiong. El Presidente is a movie that will reflect to kids
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Domenicos Theotocopoulos‚ otherwise known as El Greco‚ was born in Crete in 1541 and died in 1614‚ Domenicos was a talented Cretan painter‚ architect‚ and sculptor. He was given the name El Greco‚ translated literally as "the Greece"‚ because he was born on the island of Crete in 1521 and at that time Crete belonged to Greece. El Greco lived on the island of Crete until the age of 25 when he left to explore the world. In Venice‚ El Greco worked under Titian who was considered the Great Master
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Film Analysis: “MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING” Introduction to Sociology “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”‚ is a wonderful movie all about the Greek sub-culture in Chicago. This movie explores‚ and demonstrates many sociological points. This movie is exceptional because‚ this movie also shows the values of Greek immigrants living in America. Furthermore‚ the American Greeks in this movie promotes three traditional values - marry a Greek boy or girl‚ have Greek babies‚ and feed everyone. This is a value that
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Let’s take for example the feeling of being scared‚ we often experience fear without even being fully aware of it. Let’s say‚ one has a fear of heights‚ this fear can only be explained by the fear of depth‚ the act of looking down and seeing land deeper than your reach is the reason why you feel you are on a higher surface. Now the fear of height is caused (often) by the thought‚ ‘what if I fall down?’ If you fall down‚ it will either cause you injury or you will die. And so the fear of height is
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