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    ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ is a film directed by Michel Gondry and scripted by Charlie Kaufman in 2004. It captivatingly illustrates the interesting relationship of Clementine Kruczynski and Joel Barish. They both undertake a seemingly ordinary technology of their time which is a memory erasure procedure. Performed at Lacuna Inc. run by Dr. Mierzwiak‚ they both intended to eradicate their painful memories of each other indefinitely. After studying this film‚ I have come to believe that

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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind incorporates many stylistic strategies to convey the central message over to its audience. The science fiction aspect of the movie‚ which was being able to erase someone from a person’s memory‚ incorporated with the dramatic aspect‚ made the film make more sense in regards to time. I was very confused after watching this movie for the first time‚ but after the second time‚ many revelations came forth and I saw what certain things really meant‚ why some things

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    to describe or define a single real word must be corrupted by the proclivities of the person attempting the definition. If this is the case‚ then it is possible that reality can be affected by our memories. We see this in a very physical sense in Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman’s film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Yet we also see it in much more subtle ways all around us. For the purpose of considering this relationship‚ let’s suggest reality is subjective‚ and that the affects of memories

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    Huckleberry Finn and Renée Michel are both the protagonists in the compared novels. The authors’ way of developing a character’s point of view and revealing their true identity was put out the same way in each book. For instance‚ Huck was read as a young adventurous boy in the beginning but has then changed into a wise and moraled young man through his experiences during his journey toward freedom. He did not venture alone but with the company of Jim‚ a runaway slave. Huck and Jim have been through

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    in and out of popularity‚ and why the culturally constructed ideal is just a passing meaning. But the other side of gender‚ the embodied side‚ is more concerning and has a impact on people‚ which can affect people in positive and negative ways. Foucault‚ a famous philosopher and social theorist came up with the theory of the Self-Policing‚ Internalized Panopticon‚ which is the theory that people are policed‚ managed‚ and watched so often that they start doing it to themselves. Everything you do

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    Spotless Mind Inspection Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) was written by Charlie Kaufman‚ who worked on the story with the film’s director Michel Gondry‚ and with Pierre Bismuth‚ a French performance artist. The idea started with Bismuth‚ who‚ according to Kaufman‚ mailed a note to Gondry and several other friends explaining that he’d had them erased from his memory‚ in order to see what their reactions would be. The plot of the film is somewhat difficult to follow for the passive viewer

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    Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s was a Haitian historian and anthropologist. Trouillot uses anecdotes through 3 major historical events in history in this first chapter of his book. The Alamo‚ the Holocaust‚ and the significant events of U.S. slavery are all the narratives for which Trouillot assesses. Through these events he provides an analysis of actors‚ subjects and narrative. Trouillot argues that‚ “The vernacular use of the word history thus offers us a semantic ambiguity: an irreducible distinction

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    Andy’s Gift The short story Andy’s Gift written by Michel Faber revolves around a man named Andrew. One morning he wakes up at a nursing home after five years as a “drooling imbecile”‚ because of a rare disease he had survived and made him loose his mind. The short story is about how he is reunited with his wife and children after he got his mind back‚ the changes and the things that had not changed in their everyday lives. Andy’s Gift shows how losing five years can influence one’s family‚ relationship

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    My compare and contrast subjects that I will be discussing about is Leonardo Da Vinci and Michel Agelo. The reason I have selected these subjects is because they are both unique and very talented artists. The included research will prove that both Leonardo Da Vinci and Michel Angelo are the most well known artist with such great talent. Put your seat belts on and get ready for an amazing journey. Leonardo Davinci was born on April 15‚ 1452. He was the son of a pesant mother‚ Caterina and a wealthy

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    pose direct conflict to the norm. But the discourses that determine the norm are subject to the complex social process of normalization. Initially proposed by Michael Foucault in his 1975 text ‘Discipline and Punish’ normalization is the influence of disciplinary power on determining a norm of societal conduct. According to Foucault‚ sovereign power‚ power attributed to a specific authority was superseded by disciplinary power. This power cannot be attributed to a specific individual and although

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