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    3.9 Film Assessment write up S1: Nash in the pentagon breaking the codes S2: Nash at home with Alicia bathing baby The film “A Beautiful Mind” by Ron Howard is about a mathematician who suffers from Schizophrenia. The film follows John Nash and his story from start of College to end. Howard uses a range of aspects to help show the audience how Nash is feeling. In this essay I will be looking at two different sequences showing these aspects. Sequence one will be when Nash first went to the Pentagon

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    Breaking the Regular Personal space is an invisible boundary separating one from others to be normally content. When violated‚ one may feel discomfort‚ anxiety‚ or even anger. As humans‚ we set rules in our minds called customs. Many of these vary from culture to culture but some are universal. One of those universal rules is the idea of personal space. In America‚ we have a strong sense of personal space‚ especially when it comes to strangers invading that space. From what I have experienced in

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    Ignorance is something displayed by multiple characters throughout Heart of Darkness‚ most prominently though the European characters who have ventured to the Congo. These European character being Kurtz‚ The Russian and Marrow. The three men however display their ignorance in vastly different ways. Kurtz with his cruel behavior towards the natives of the Congo‚ the Russian in his enabling Kurtz’s behavior and Marrow in not passing on his enlightenment of the errors of European imperialism.

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    Communities around the world are bound by rules and laws. Merriam-Webster defines a rule as a prescribed guide for conduct or action. It then defines a law as a binding custom or practice of a community‚ something enforceable. Rules aid in allowing people to know what they should or should not do. Nearly all communities‚ groups‚ tribes‚ etc. have rules to abide by. They can come together and make‚ change‚ or abolish rules as they see fit. A law‚ on the other hand‚ is a rule that everyone in a community

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    Orwell’s 1984 seem illogical. When hearing the phrase “ignorance is strength”‚ you think to you self‚ knowledge is what allows us to function as human beings. Knowledge has been that vessel that has carried us to where we are today; it is what separates us from the rest of the species. You cannot exist as a functioning member of society without knowledge‚ so how can lack there of lead to strength? Ignorance is the unknown‚ so in order ignorance to lead to strength‚ the knowledge gained must lead to

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    individuals in the original position‚ behind a veil of ignorance‚ debating the standards of equity. In principle of Justice‚ Rawls appropriates the social contract convention in accommodating a liberal responsibility to individual rights and freedoms with a libertarian duty to social and monetary equality. The original position is a focal component of John Rawls’ social contract account of justice‚ Justice as Fairness‚ put

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    cause of the Salem Witch Trials stemmed from sheer ignorance from the Puritan people. The first factor in the ignorance displayed by the people of Salem was a result of their religion. The Puritans held a firm belief in the Bible and had a strict interpretation of the meaning of what was in the Bible. So they took the Bible passage that reads‚ "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live‚" seriously. I think that this is the very root of the problem: ignorance as a result of religion. Had the people of Salem

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    During each of my experiments‚ were I was breaking the social norm‚ I felt uncomfortable because it was difficult to go against my inherent response of making eye contact when the other person spoke. I attribute that internal feeling to me wanting to follow the societal expectation of making eye contact‚ so that I did not seem uninterested or rude to the person I was having the conversation with. When I broke the social norm in the first experiment‚ towards the beginning of our conversation‚ my friend

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    Ismayrani Olmos October 20‚ 2015 English 2.Peeples.1st period Breaking the Rules‚ Wrong or Right? Is it ever okay to break the rules to get what you want? Well it is never okay to break the rules to get what you want. Do you know what that is called? Greed‚ acquisitive‚ avaricious‚ self-seeking. You become so caught up in winning or getting what you want that to satisfy your desires that you disobey the rules. Regulations that have been set so that things run smoothly or fairly for that matter

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    Breaking into the world of a Fashion Stylist A fashion stylist is one who shops for‚ studies body types‚ personalities‚ personal tastes etc. of a potential client. The job duties a fashion stylist are as follows; personal shopping trips for clients‚ and one on one evaluations that determine the personal tastes and preferences of clients as well as make them aware of their body type and present them with figure flattering options. Depending on the area of choice‚ this

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