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    Once Were Warriors

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    of excessive alcoholism and moving away from our ancestral connections. Jake ‘the muss’ Heke is a compelling protagonist. After being laid off from his job‚ he uses his redundancy money to bring home seafood for his family. We are initially positioned to see him as a loving and caring family man‚ that is until his wife Beth discovers he has been laid off and sees her dreams of buying their own home go out the window. Jake is a man of excuses who sees the dole as being “only 15 bucks a week less

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    does not think that having an intimate relationship with someone means that you have to have a serious relationship. Brett does not let her sex life undermine her value as a woman‚ and this can be seen when she states ““Oh‚ well. What if I do?” when Jake confronts her about her multiple love interests. Brett’s unfeminine approach to love and relationships allows for her to feel as if they are invaluable‚ and allows for her to act casually when it comes to her love life. This way of acting promiscuously

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    carefully compiled propaganda and language have been used on us. From what we hear‚ we form identities. In the film‚ Avatar‚ Colonel Quartich‚ head of the Avatar programme‚ tells Jake Sully “ Every living thing that crawls‚ flies or squats in the mud‚ wants to kill you and eat your eyes for Jujubes.” The colonel informs Jake about the dangers on the planet Pandora‚ accurately portraying his negative feelings about the planet. He creates an identity for the Na’vi‚ the natives of Pandora‚ that they are

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    with the Na’vi by artificial yet organic avatars‚ modeled on Na’vi DNA but controlled with a human mind and conscience. Jake Sully‚ a young crippled Marine‚ is given the task of infiltrating the Na’vi and talking them into leaving their homes. He was injured and is now wheelchair bound. In order to have the required surgeries to re-gain the use of his legs‚ Jake must take this offer

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    Bsbd502a Effectiveness

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    Gulfport has just changed presidents. President Sheila Dawes comes from a large university that used ARA to administer dining-room operations. Cindy’s supervisor‚ Jake Platt‚ has told her that she must help him assure the new college president that CFS should remain self-operated. Cindy has been working at CFS for only two weeks‚ and Jake has just assigned her to manage

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    admires the manly man characteristics of Jake; on the other hand‚ she despises Cohn’s lack of masculinity. Brett’s values are distorted compared to those of the native women of the city. She lacks direction in life and finds emptiness in many activities that she would have enjoyed when she were younger. Brett values the pleasure of sex before true love and respect and this is why Brett refuses to be with Jake at the beginning of the novel. Brett makes fun of Jake for bringing a date‚ since he cannot

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    upstanding parent. Not only is he an excellent role model for his children‚ but he takes time to talk to his children. He respects them as growing individuals‚ allowing them to call him Attacus‚ and explains important issues rather than discounting them. Jake cherishes his daughter more than ever when he compares her hypothetically to his client’s victimized daughter Tonya. The power of the family institution is reiterated when Carl takes revenge upon the offenders who raped Tonya. These ties drive an otherwise

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    and the theme of military versus science and invasion. If you haven’t seen Avatar‚ this contains spoilers so you should watch first it. Avatar is a science fiction film. It sees paraplegic soldier Jake Sully who works with scientists to infiltrate the Na’vi‚ a native race on the moon Pandora. Jake learns the native’s culture and falls in love with Neytiri‚ the chief’s daughter. He faces a decision of whether to allow his military unit to invade the land or stay and defend it with the Na’vi race

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    lacking compassion. This is why the situation is more than just a situation. Jake and Mariana fit the typical stereotype of how almost every male and female in L.A..He’s infatuated with himself and she’s trying to make it in an over inflated city working a nine to five still depending on the help of her father like many people in

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    Mr Hyde Analysis

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    idea that human ugliness originates in the soul. In the following passage‚ I will finely analysis every perspectives of Mr.Hyde in order to show audiences how human ugliness appears from this character. Closure is not an intentional escape from Dr. Jake but is actually a rejection of the concept of the world. In the first four minutes of the long shot‚ Dr. Coca-Cola is hidden from the camera‚ which is the world he sees‚ and in this world is all the etiquette and system‚ such as the Butler Poole to

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