The very compelling documentary‚ Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry by Alison Klayman‚ demonstrates a very ambitious contemporary artist trying to change the system in his homeland‚ China‚ Beijing. The film captures Ai Weiwei in his moments of capturing international attention through his pieces of inspiring and controversial art. Ai Weiwei expresses himself through his artistic style and social activism pertaining to China’s government. Ai Weiwei had been assaulted by a police officer in China which
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“I won. I am sorry” by Mariah Burton Nelson pointing out the real differences of men and women based on athletes. The differences occur when the media barely gives attention to female athletes. Media play an important role to promote images‚ positive and realistic messages‚ opinion to the public. However‚ it is disappointing when media play an opposite role and show no interest toward female athletes. Men are getting popular and getting full priority where women are left behind in athletes. According
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hand. I couldn’t believe Kevin Durant had worn down the best player in the world‚ Lebron James‚ on the NBA’s biggest stage. Then I heard six dreadful words in my ear: “Who’s in your top five again?” This was a time my logical‚ objective outlook was really put to the test. I was forced to put aside my personal grievances with KD and‚ after seeing his dominant performance in the finals‚ put him in my top five players in the NBA. My heart breaks when I hear the news. “Kevin Durant has decided to sign
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Ramsay directed the film “We need to talk about Kevin” which has been chosen as the stimulus for this creative response. Nature versus nurture is the main issue depicted through the adolescent boy‚ Kevin. The intriguing debate between nature versus nurture arises as it questions which is the dominate force that determines the characteristics of an individual. “Mummy was happy before little Kevin came along‚ did you know that?” (Time: 00:31:00) Eva‚ Kevins mother‚ believes that he is a burden‚ she
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She does not mother Kevin because of a strong love bond between them but out of a model that intensively pervades Western culture. She exposes with her attitude the constructedness of the maternal‚ making vivid the gap between aspiration and practice. Eva’s attempts to play the mother’s role generate an increasing awareness of mothering as an artificial performance‚ and of the child as an abstract concept that the reality often contradicts. Parenting emerges not as a natural ability but as a learned
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The overlook of Brutus’s and Antony’s speeches are not similar at all in my eyes. Brutus’s speech was trying to show the citizen’s that there was no harm in killing Julius Caesar‚ which there was. Brutus partially manipulates the citizens by saying how much he really loved Caesar‚ but loved the city of Rome even more. The citizens were moved by his speech because of how protected they felt by his words. Brutus talks good of Caesar‚ saying how there are tears for his love‚ joy for his fortune‚ honor
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goal is to influence the belief of an audience‚ convincing them to choose a side. The first persuasive speech I done I was nervous for some odd reason. When it comes to informative speeches I can talk a lot‚ but it’s different with persuasive speeches. Gaining the attention of the audience enough to persuade them is the major key to a good persuasive speech. Speech 3 was the longest persuasive speech being four to six minutes and it seemed to be the longest. With persuasive speeches‚ you want to provide
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1. What did I do well in my second speech? a. In my second speech‚ I think I did a good job in researching the subject which was Age Discrimination. I found five articles dealing with this subject. Some showing statistics and examples to make it relatable to the audience members that were present. My facial expressions was pleasant. I kept good eye contact with the audience members. When I was speaking‚ my voice got louder when I stated key words like elderly‚ discrimination‚ and older. I felt my
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ways in which text to speech technology (TTS) has created an impact towards adding an extra dimension to the usual reading practice is by allowing the physically challenged to be immersed in the online environment. The advent of social connectivity and the diversity of new technologies that bring people together have reached the realm of healthcare. Among the technologies that have been adapted by he healthcare sector is TTS‚ which is viewed as a potential remedy for speech-impairment. However‚ healthcare
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People cannot just hope for real improvement without instituting a stable alternative. A well known example of this is the communist revolution in either China or Russia. The documentary Ai Weiwei: “Never sorry” focuses on the effects of the revolution in China. Mao promoted the overthrowal of the last Chinese imperial dynasty in order to institute a socialist government and in turn‚ millions of people were persecuted and died due to the insufficient institution
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