In The Last Samurai protagonist Nathan Algren grows fond of his Bushi captors sympathizing with their supposedly “simple” ways like the Natives he had fought in the Great Sioux War. The film’s message is clear‚ like the Natives the Bushi were a relic doomed by industrial modernization and the triumph of western norms. This Eurocentric and sentimentalist understanding of the emerging Meiji period results in a portrayal of the samurai as rusticated and anti-modern‚ fundamentally misrepresenting Bushi
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smell from miles away. My stomach turns and rumbles. My mom and dad are amazing cooks. I have many favorite dishes‚ and my parents are always trying out new recipes. Every day‚ I come home from school and expect to see dinner laid out on the table. I feel very fortunate and grateful to have a loving family‚ a warm home‚ and delicious food waiting for me. I can’t help but think how that’s not the case for my parents growing up. My grandparents and their children‚ including my mom‚ immigrated here in
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The Reflections of My Life Kim L. Copeland INF103: Computer Literacy Erteza Abdullah July 1‚ 2010 The Reflections of My Life There has been a lot of research in children and early adulthood development‚ as to how each person is different‚ between the ways that a person is brought up from a child to an adult. Other issues can be the way that a child grows to become an adult‚ and how they handle their own family and life. Everyone’s life if different in so many ways; you have those
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in another. These decisions are examples of free will within the text. Free will is defined as the ability to make one’s own decisions to alter the path one is on. On the contrary‚ destiny portrays the notion of not being able to make choices but rather certain events transpiring no matter the outside influences. The position associated with destiny‚ although a good one has one major flaw and that resides within the oracle scene. The existence of free will within the text is far more integral for
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One day in the life of a shoe I am a shoe‚ and I am my own. I am not like those little elegant high hells or this big chunky boot. You might think I look a bit clumsy or uncool‚ but I might be the best thing that has ever happened to your feet and legs. I was gifted the day my owner bought me; finally I was able to pursue my purpose. I love to run‚ short trips and little longer trips‚ fast or slow. However the weather is behaving I am always ready to help my owner through a run. My days are usually
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LARRY E. GREINER ELIZABETH COLLINS A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products 5:25 A.M. Sweat dripped onto the handlebars of Alex Sander’s StairMaster. Sander was half an hour into a cardiovascular workout‚ while carrying on a conversation in the fitness center of the downtown condominium complex with a neighbor who was climbing steadily on his own StairMaster. At 32‚ Alex was the newest‚ and youngest‚ product manager in the Toiletries Division of Landon
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MUSIC THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE JOSHUA WHEATON HUM 300 1/21/12 Music: The lite of my life Have you ever been walking down the street‚ not a particular street‚ on some idol Tuesday after noon‚ and a song comes on your IPod and you just want to break into a running dance? Scaring everyone around you‚ who think you are an escaped patient from a mental hospital? Well welcome to my life every day. Music plays such a big role in my life that I don’t know what I would do if one day I was to go deaf and
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History 121 Book Analysis “All But My Life” February 15‚ 2013 All But My Life All But My Life is a memoir about a young Jewish girl‚ Gerda Weissmann‚ who was able to endure the hardships of World War II and the Holocaust. Gerda went through and saw more horrific things in the matter of a few years than any of us will ever have to face in our lifetimes. The fact that a girl this young and hopeless can withstand so much pain but yet contain so much strength should be an inspiration to all. Reading
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26‚ 2011 Essay #1 Essay #1 First‚ I would like to tell you how I feel in love with this guy that I loved dearly. Once I met him‚ my life turned around. It was all about him. I forgot about everything in life but him‚ until one day he hurt me. I found out he was back talking to his ex-girlfriend and that really hurt me‚ and I did not know how to take it. All I wanted to do was talk on the phone all day and nigh‚ but he was always busy. So I decided to turn to my family for advice: my mama‚ daddy
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a book entitled Dramatic Lyrics‚ which was a famous work that contained a collection of dramatic monologues. Two of the poems found in this book were “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess”. In “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ Browning introduces a powerful insight into the demented mind of an extremely possessive man‚ while “My Last Duchess” tells a story about the Duke of Ferrara revealing to a guest the murder of his wife and the motives behind it. The two speakers share similar qualities‚ both being extremely
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