Giving Voice to Our Values the thought experiment Afundamental premise of many Eastern philosophies and martial arts is to move with one’s momentum and energy‚ rather than fight against them. The approach to voicing and acting on our values described in these pages a ttempts to build on that same principle. Rather than taking a preaching stance wherein we might try to coun- ter temptations with all the moral reasons why we should behave ethically‚ or taking a persuasive stance wherein we might
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ENG 4U1 – Film and Literature Comparative ISP Choose your ISP Topic below. For that topic‚ you must choose one corresponding film and one corresponding novel from the list below. You will then work towards completing a comparative analysis of the two chosen works. The steps of the ISP are as follows: U1A5 – Statement of Intent/ISP Proposal U2A6 – ISP Progress Report #1 (here you will review your ISP novel) U4A1 – ISP Annotated Bibliography U5A1 – ISP Progress Report #2 (here you will
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It’s a state of mind where you feel secure. Home is a place where you’re surrounded by people that you love‚ as well as people who love you back. It’s but a simple place where everything is okay. The idea of a home relates to this text because the girls home starts to separate. Her loved ones have to separate to do work under control of the Japanese military. Many of Sookan’s traits were revealed throughout the book. The first trait that was revealed was optimism. Sookan always tried to stay as
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Saul Dibb in his 2008 film The Duchess and Gillian Flynn in her 2012 novel Gone Girl both deconstruct the bases that form trust and deception within relationships and society. Although Flynn’s thriller of twists and Dibb’s 18th century drama depict two diverse settings the texts both present the idea that trust is an unrealistic expectation within relationships‚ as relationships are created from idealism of the perfect partner. Both texts explore the importance of appearance within society‚ as Flynn
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In “Ranch Girl”‚ two of the main characters’ lives exemplify the strong grip tradition has on keeping people exactly where they are and halting progression. The main character‚ namely‚ the Ranch Girl herself explains how “if you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than to be born a girl on a ranch”(173). In her society‚ it is simply not the best thing in the world to be a ranch girl‚ but there doesn’t seem to be any
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Video Free-Write Freedom Summer In the documentary film Freedom Summer we get to hear the experience of many brave civil rights activists who were part of the fight to challenge racism in Mississippi during 1964. Civil rights groups launched Freedom Summer where thousands of volunteers from out of state traveled to Mississippi to help register voters and set up freedom schools. I see a connection between “Is Racism Over Yet?” by Laci Green and the movie in the concept of how racism is perceived
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view? In the books Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun‚ the tension is created by the point of view. Both stories is in first person point of view. First person point of view means that the story is told by one of the characters in the story. The reader will get an understanding of how they see the situation through their eyes and the reader gets to understand their feelings. In both books‚ tension is created by the narrator’s inner thoughts and feelings. In Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez tension is created
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one talented performer that doesn’t get as much recognition as the others. “All summer long” by Kid Rock‚ is a not so well known song with the current generation. Nevertheless the speaker‚ Kid Rock‚ was recalling a past experience he had in northern Michigan. Additionally‚ the speaker was trying to convey the feelings of how people would feel like in 1989 to the current generation of students/teenagers. “All summer long” by Kid rock is a song trying to pass the feelings and good vibes down to younger
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Girls Trip Provides a Glimpse Into the Lives of 21st Century Americans If you take a quick look around you‚ chances are that you will see someone texting on their phone‚ watching TMZ‚ or making out. Living in America in the 21st century is both a blessing and a curse for its civilians. While there is greater access to resources and information than ever before in the areas of technology‚ medicine‚ and education‚ people are more focused on the more pleasurable and dangerous aspects of society including
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In her novel‚ Girl at War‚ Sara Nović tells the story of Ana Jurić‚ a girl plagued by her past: one filled with war‚ broken memory‚ and the lack of a sense of home. Ana Jurić grew up in Croatia‚ a country that was at war with Yugoslavia in its fight for independence. This war shattered not only a country‚ but also the meaning of home for Ana who fled to America at the age of ten. Having lived so much of her life in Croatia‚ she naturally called it her home‚ and dismissed American culture as foreign
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