means “the one who serves” in the Japanese language‚ as more noble families appeared‚ the samurai culture shifted from being hired guards into a family organization. In exchange for land or income‚ samurai swore loyalty to their lords and would do nothing to dishonor the family name of their lord. Although the samurai’s main purpose
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meaningless button. Reaching out‚ she pressed it down. For us‚ she thought angrily. She shuddered. Was it happening? A chill of horror swept across her” (110). In the text Norma had finally decided to press the button. She had thought‚ this is stupid‚ nothing is going to happen‚ but something did happen‚ and the results weren’t good. The same suspense was shown in the episode on the TV show‚ and my heart had stopped when Norma hit that button. The camera angles in the shot were at a lower angle making
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The film I will be analyzing is an Alfred Hitchcock film: The Lady Vanishes. It’s about an old women Miss Froy‚ who befriends a wealthy young girl names Iris on the train‚ but later disappears on the way to their destination. The specific scene I will be talking about s where Iris and Gilbert‚ a person Iris seeks for help fight against the culprit‚ who kidnapped Miss Froy. In this 1938 film editing wasn’t the best because there wasn’t much technology and equipment to work with. But there are techniques
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In Vaughn and Henrichon’s Pride of Baghdad‚ there is both a divide and crossing of animal-human relationships throughout the text. Real human life events and emotions are depicted through the actions of several animals throughout the text. It does not depend on which species we are considering as both animals and humans often think and act in the same ways as illustrated throughout the text. Pride of Baghdad illustrates both the divide and crossing of animal-human relationships and emotions. The
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The Poisoned Apple Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)‚ known as one of the greatest novelist of Russia. Dostoevsky’s novel‚ “The Brothers Karamazov” depicts a culture unable to comprehend or understand the essence of human morality. Bringing to light ethical disputes of God‚ conflicts and‚ contrasting views of the world in the 19th century. These are some of the same questions and issues that extend into the 21st century because‚ evil and suffering do‚ very much‚ still exist. To be human and to not
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Lions for the Lambs (2007) The film Lions for the Lamb is a controversial film about three different stories that all tie together and portray a message of as an individual you can either sit there and do nothing or can stand up and make a difference. In this film the Senator makes a difference by his plan to invade Afghanistan‚ the two former students make a difference by enlisting into the military and dying for their country‚ and the professor made a difference in his students life by making the
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The book The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera reminds me of a telenovela (a spanish soap opera). It has a bunch of twist and turns and is an entertaining read. It talks about family‚ school‚ having a confusing love life‚ and being blind to the world around you. The themes of this book are being yourself no matter what and look deeper than just the surface are the main reasons why I read this book. I was interested to see how the main character Margot Sanchez handled her situation as
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potions but sooner than later the potions went out of control and then he would start transforming even without the help of the potions. After this started happening Dr.Jekyll was trying many things to stop the transformations from happening‚ but nothing was working. He started to think that he would soon turn into Hyde forever. He was unwilling to suffer the consequences from the actions of the evil version of himself (Hyde). So that is what lead him to killing himself/ Committing
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Bernard Marx- Bernard Marx could be seen as the outcast of the social group. He isn’t exactly as tall or as involved in “social gatherings” (sexual gatherings) as the other Alpha group members‚ the “rich‚ wealthy” class of the dystopian society. Bernard views the other members of his social class as disgusting human beings with no morals. Bernard is kind of like the “Winston Smith” from George Orwell’s 1984. He questions society and goes against a lot‚ if not all‚ of their ideas. John the “Savage”-
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Silko’s storytelling may seem confusing or strange to some‚ but in the context of the story; it is necessary. Silko does not give any of the characters any type of individual personality. She also does not describe them in any physical way. We know nothing of the characters other than their names. Even after finding Teofilo’s dead body‚ and what would seem like the perfect time to say something‚ they still do not speak. The
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