Walking Along a Familiar Path In Errol Morris’ documentary Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara‚ we follow the life and times of former United States Secretary of Defense‚ Robert McNamara. The insightful piece follows his life from birth during World War I‚ his success at college‚ cunning business career at Ford Motor Company‚ to his involvement in World War II and his controversial political career during the Kennedy and Johnson presidential terms. Morris highlights
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Carl Becker “Ideal Democracy” QUESTIONS FOR CRITICAL READING 1. Becker says freedom of thought and the competition of diverse opinions will reveal the truth. How important is such freedom of thought and diversity for the survival of a democracy? When stating “freedom of thought”‚ Becker implies that the citizens will use their own thoughts to make rational decisions based on what they feel is right. Citizens are known for being able to be herded like cattle‚ basing their most important decisions
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making some major decisions and giving important advice under loads of stress and pressure. Years after he left his position in the white house‚ he looked back on his life and provided eleven points of his own wisdom. Now let us examine the film The Fog of War and some of the points stated by the former Secretary of Defense and compare them to the ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli and see how the ancient philosopher might have praised or critiqued the ideas of McNamara. “Belief and seeing are both often
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Carl Jung & Personality Biographical 1875-1961 Lonely‚ fantasy-filled childhood A. Stone – perspective of stone B. Manikin – “secret friend” C. Phallus Dream – Lord Jesus D. Throne Vision – terrible thought Lifelong interest in the Occult Lonely fantasy-filled childhood Stone – Mother – J sometimes thought of her as two people: one nice‚ sense or humor‚ other ruthless‚ conniving Experience with stone similar; 7 yrs‚ would sit on a stone‚ then trade
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The Psyche‚ is a culmination of how we interpret the world‚ all our psychological nature. It’s not about the destination; it’s about the journey. The psyches are different paths to knowledge but have the same ending‚ personal ideas‚ experiences‚ emotions‚ as well as the collective unconscious. Conscious is the only part to the mind that is known directly by the individual‚ thinking‚ feeling‚ sensing‚ and intuiting. This is how we grow our consciousness; the attitudes of extroversion and introversion
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Why Do You Have Brain Fog? Do you have trouble learning‚ remembering‚ and concentrating? If so‚ you may think there’s something seriously wrong with your mind. You’re not going crazy. More likely than not‚ your brain fog has a physical cause. You just need to figure out what’s happening inside your body and get it cleared up. What is Brain Fog? Brain fog is an impairment of cognitive function. This dysfunction is usually present at all times and causes problems with memory‚ cognition‚ learning
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Learning task 2: Report Due Date Week 6 Weight 30% Length 12 to 14 pages excluding cover and reference page You will be responsible for identifying and researching one eminent creator – someone who has become known for being passionately creative. They could be a scientist‚ inventor‚ or entrepreneur. You may choose someone from the business world or from any area of life for this report. The person need not be famous per se‚ but must have made many significant contributions
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When watching The Fog of War the first thing I noticed as primary sources were the actual recordings of the conversations between McNamara and former Presidents‚ Kennedy and Johnson. In addition‚ his testimony of his accounts of his actions at those times would be considered primary sources‚ since it’s a first person report. Similar uses of primary sources were found in The Unknown Known‚ first person reports of situations that Rumsfeld participated in; however one difference was the use of memos
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The Fog of War Analysis Nearly 160 million people were killed during the 20th century‚ and film maker Errol Morris wished to show the reason for this in documentary form. He interviewed former US secretary of Defense Arnold McNamara and the two discussed and analyzed some defining moments in US history‚ thus "The Fog of War" was made. The movie was set up in 11 lessons. However‚ I only found three to be completely reasonable. The first lesson that is highlighted in Morris’ film is that
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Carlos Rivas English 2341 Professor Scott Whitebird March 10‚ 2011 The book and the movie of the same name‚ The house of sand and fog which is a movie about the conflict that arises over who is rightful owner of a small bungalow along the California coastline. The story in of itself is amazingly refreshing as the whole story doesn’t really have a protagonist or antagonist because at points in the story all characters are a little bit of both. The book’s and the follow up movie’s main theme are
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