Phillipa Foot presents a moral dilemma in which one has to place value on what is more important and what is morally right. In this situation‚ there is a runaway trolley barreling down the train tracks. Ahead‚ on the tracks‚ there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing some distance off in the train yard‚ next to a leaver. If you pull this lever‚ the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However‚ you notice that there is one person
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The Journey of Man In the documentary The Journey of Man‚ the intriguing question of weather modern man was descended from a single man in Africa was presented by scientist Spencer Wells. Wells takes the viewer through the extensive and descriptive quest to route the origin of our ancestors. Spencer Wells starts by taking the viewer on the migration route over the millenniums showing how man moved from Africa on a journey to Australia and eventually spread all over the world
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The battle of Agincourt was a significant event during the Hundred Years’ War and had an impact on European history even today. The Hundred Years’ War was a series of conflicts lasting for 116 years (1337 to 1453). The war was fought by England and France for the French empire. The battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415 in the county of Saint-Pol‚ Artois. Which is about 40km from Calais. The most significant events of the battle of Agincourt will be investigated. The events leading up
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Journey’s End is a 1928 drama‚ the seventh of English playwright R. C. Sherriff. It was first performed at the Apollo Theatre in London by the Incorporated Stage Society on 9 December 1928‚ starring a young Laurence Olivier‚ and soon moved to other West End theatres for a two-year run. The piece quickly became internationally popular‚ with numerous productions and tours in English and other languages. A 1930 film version was followed by other adaptations‚ and the play influenced other playwrights
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The narrator fears the white man’s ways because their world view is warped‚ the white men believe that they are supreme and that all other humans are made to be like them. In the narrator’s eyes the white men need control and to be the master of the world around them. They force outsiders‚ like himself‚ to assimilate to their culture and to their definition of “normal.” He is uncomfortable in their brittle mold of society‚ he is also scared by the way that the white men treat others frightens him
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Journey Essay The study of the poems Journey to the Interior by Margret Atwood and A Summer Rain by John Foulcher; the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and the picture book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak has developed the concept that “Every journey‚ if it is truly a journey‚ will change the traveller‚ often quite profoundly by changing their perspective on themselves or their surrounding world. Journey to the Interior depicts Atwood’s metaphysical journey to
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1. The underlying and precipitating causes of the Hundred Years’ War were a struggle for national identity as well as control of territory between the English and the French. King Edward III had land and power in France and the French King‚ Philip the Fair‚ wanted this land to be given back to France. The French and English both had advantages during the war. The French had three times the population of England‚ were a wealthier country‚ and they were fighting on their homeland. England’s primary
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Journey To The West 西游记 Growing up‚ we all had our favorite stories. My personal favorite was the Harry Potter series; I spent hours and hours immersed in those books. For a lot of Chinese children however‚ the story they grew up with was called Journey to the West‚ or XiYouJi. This story was written by Wu Cheng’en‚ an author who lived during the 16th century in the Ming dynasty. A very famous piece of literature‚ it is considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature. The
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of the texts you have studied and discuss how they affected audience’s perceptions of such experiences. In your answer‚ refer to your TWO prescribed texts‚ ONE text from the prescribed stimulus booklet‚ Journeys‚ and at least ONE other related text of your own choosing. A word ‘travel’ suggests adventure and excitement. However‚ if one considers the origin of the word ‘travel’ – from the French word ‘travail’ which means work‚ there is an implication of effort and challenge involved in the
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Everyone faces obstructions‚ both massive and minuscule‚ from physical hindrances to stubborn mentalities. The process to overcome challenges and return “renewed” is known as a hero’s journey. In Kung Fu Panda‚ released in 2008‚ the full cycle of a hero’s journey is portrayed through a panda named Po. Big‚ bumbling‚ and kung fu loving‚ Po’s life is plagued by dissatisfaction with himself and seemingly unfeasible hopes. For all his life‚ Po has aspired to master kung fu‚ like the Furious Five‚ who
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