Summary Essay on Oochigeaskw-The Rough-Faced Girl (A Native American “Cinderella”) This Native American version of "Cinderella‚" "Oochigeaskw—The Rough-Faced Girl" was originally told in the Algonquin language and written by the Mic Mac Indian people of North America. They lived in the Eastern Woodland and in the northern area of present-day Canada. There was once lived a great Native American warrior with extraordinary power. He could make himself invisible to many except to his sister. Any
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How does movie Gattaca relate to biology? The movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol is about “a genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel”. During the process (to become as same as Jerome Morrow‚ the superior)‚ Vincent goes through lots of different operations‚ including physical and genetic operations. As we watched it and saw the operations and the doctors in the beginning of the movie‚ we connected happenings to the
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Soo Kim 25FEB13 Gattaca: Ethical implication of genetic determinism. Genetic engineering‚ via cloning‚ eugenics‚ or manipulation of DNA‚ presents important and often chilling possibilities for the future of mankind. Of course‚ we can be comforted by the hope of Jesus Christ’s appearing before humankind is able to completely ensnare itself in its misapplication of knowledge. But we still give some thought to where the future could be heading‚ and how scientists who believe in random evolution
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Gattaca Essay Science fiction films such as Gattaca are able to significantly demonstrate the potential of biotechnology to create unjust implications on the social order of modern society. Niccol‚ the director of Gattaca‚ draws upon the advances of biotechnology to highlight the need for certain prohibitions against genetic engineering to prevent societies strongly manipulated by science and individuals divided by classism from genetic discrimination. This idea is paralleled to genetic testing
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Romulus‚ My Father‚ highlights the centrality of values in connecting through the contrasting experiences of Raimond and Romulus where Romulus’ failure to belong is based on his refusal to acculturate. In contrast‚ Andrew Niccol’s dystopian film‚ Gattaca‚ shows that an individual’s refusal to accept that his values are irreconcilable to society ultimately results in the expansion of both the definitions of belonging and connections being forged. Both texts‚ despite differing contexts‚ are united in
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ENGLISH ESSAY Science fiction is a genre of fiction revolving around science and technology‚ usually conveying the dystopian alternative future context‚ the pessimistic resultant of society. Ray Bradbury ’s Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and Andrew Niccols Gattaca (1997) both explore the values and concerns of human existence. Despite the difference in context‚ Gattaca and Fahrenheit 451 both extrapolate the relationship between man and machine in a metaphorical sense. Both pose similar dystopian concepts
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In Simon Young’s essay “Universities‚ Governments and Industry: Can the Essential Nature of Universities Survive the Drive to Commercialize?” Young implies many universities increase their focus on commercializing rather than focusing to increase a higher branch of learning for university students. Throughout the essay Young voices his concern for this issue through the use of statistics‚ concrete facts‚ research and by acknowledging the issue Young is able to inform his readers about the increase
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In Gwen Wilde’s essay‚ “Why the Pledge Should be Revised‚” Wilde strongly believes that the Pledge of Allegiance should only be used for the sole purpose of patriotism. Included in her essay were many facts of the original pledge. She states that the first “original” pledge‚ which was issued in 1892‚ read as such‚ “I pledge allegiance to my flag‚ and to the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible‚ with Liberty and justice for all.” She then included in her essay that in 1923‚ “my flag”
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Patrick Wyszynski Doctor Todd Bruce ENG 111-68 5 October 2014 Hidden Intellectualism: A Summary During my lifetime‚ I’ve been referred to as “book smart” once or twice. For many years I thought this was preferable to the less flattering “street smart” label. However‚ Gerald Graff‚ a professor of English and education at The University of Illinois at Chicago‚ argues in his writing Hidden Intellectualism from his 2003 Book Clueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind that
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Gattaca Courage and Heroism: In Gattaca‚ courage and heroism is centralized around the rivalry of brothers Vincent and Anton Freeman. As Vincent’s name implies‚ he is a ‘free-man’‚ free to do and go whatever and wherever he wants or feels he need to‚ as long as he is willing to put in the hard yards. Freeman does not apply to Anton‚ because his destiny was almost predestined. Vincent’s courage and heroism largely comes to surface when he finally beats his Valid brother in a game they call ‘Chicken’
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