I must say that this film is very traumatizing. There are some images in this film that will be burned and scarred into my mind for as long as I live. I have seen many holocaust films‚ but no one was as near as dramatic and depicting as Night and Fog. However I did like the theme of this movie. It is very sad but yet realistic. Our minds are murky and dull. We tend to only remember the important situation in our lives. Yet we don’t remember the importance of our own history. I say OUR history be
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Bassam Theodory Political Science 116 05/13/2013 The Fog of War Any military commander was honest with himself will admit that he had made mistakes in the application of the military power. He had killed many people unnecessarily. But he hasn’t destroyed nations. As McNamara said “In this world‚ there will be no learning period with nuclear weapons‚ you make one mistake and you are going to destroy nations.” According to that‚ McNamara was trying to tell us that using nuclear
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In the short story "The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury the theme "loneliness can be taken for granted" is best shown through the actions of McDunn and the creature in the sea. McDunn describes living at the lighthouse as a "lonely life"‚ but it seems he doesn’t mind being alone. McDunn seems to find comfort in the loneliness of the empty sea and the "mysteries" of it. As well‚ he describes the sound of the fog horn as "a big lonely animal crying in the night". Later McDunn explains to Johnny how once
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encounter with “fog‚ which had evidently grown thicker and poured into the room” (Stoker 161). Mina believes that this is just a product of her overactive imagination‚ but we the reader know that this is Dracula‚ and he came to visit her. Also‚ while Dracula is fleeing to his castle‚ he surrounds the boat that his box is traveling in with fog. Dr. Steward‚ Dr. Van Helsing‚ and Johnathan question the skipper about his voyage and how they made such good time. The skipper told the men “the fog didn’t let
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Ryan McManus Vietnam Film 2/29/12 The Fog of War In the opening scenes of the documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Robert McNamara states‚ “Any military commander who is honest admits that he has made mistakes‚ errors of judgment.” Throughout the documentary‚ I got the sense that McNamara is asking for forgiveness from the American public and is telling them that he wishes things went differently. There are many times throughout the film that McNamara is a sympathetic figure‚ but they are mainly towards
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Jennifer Cudmore Prof. L. Gertsma English Composition 1 6 September‚ 2012 “Morning Fog” I often wonder how many opportunities I’ve let slip by throughout my life. Countless colorful sunsets‚ too many moons rising into the night sky to even count‚ or even something as simple as a glance in the mirror at my own reflection. Far too many times I have been too busy or too tired to stop and notice what I’m missing. On one particular morning a few days ago‚ I awoke to the piercing sound of my alarm
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say that Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog‚ made in 1955‚ was the “greatest film ever made”. The 30-minute film based on the horrors of the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps after World War II combines Resnais’ own cinematography with original images and footage of the captives in their unfathomable state. The film is lead with a somber narrative that not only accompanies the sobering images being shown but both compliments them and puts them into perspective. Carl R. Plantigna’s chapter from his book
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Movie Analysis #3: “House of Sand and Fog” In the movie “House of Sand and Fog‚” we are given a glimpse into the immigrant experience‚ and we are asked to question what we would be willing to sacrifice in pursuit of our dreams. The ownership of a house is the conflict at the heart of the story‚ but the house means different things to the people involved. For Behrani‚ the Iranian immigrant who purchased the house‚ the house represents his piece of the “American Dream‚” and ownership of the house
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Confounding variables- work their way into an experiment which may screw it up without us being accountable for them Diffusion: The spread of a cultural trait from one society to another through social contact Acculturation: The process of contact‚ exposure‚ and exchange of ideas between different cultures that results in adaptations and changes to both groups Wednesday September 5‚ 2012 Strip-Search Case Closed? Summary: An 18 year old girl with worked at McDonalds was forced to strip
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The Fog of War is a movie about the life of Robert S. McNamara‚ the former Secretary of Defense. The movie has actual footage and has an interview with Robert McNamara by the director. Having McNamara to tell the story of his experiences Of the wars from his perspective‚ The director also divides the film into eleven lessons that are taken right from McNamara’s life. Out of all of Mcnamara’s lessons there are three that I believe to be more important than the others. In the first lesson “Empathize
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