In this movie I learned a lot more about the struggles and breakthroughs of the deaf culture than I already knew. I didn’t know nearly as much as I thought I did. I found out that some deaf people were forced into speach therapy because hearing people thought of sign language as a bad thing. I also learned that deaf people don’t always choose to sign some choose to read lips. Not all deaf people have kochlear implants and even though some do it doesn’t allow them to "hear" everything. I was also
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In the movie Platoon it takes place during the Vietnam War‚ it describes how soldiers come together to get the job done and try to make their way back home in one piece‚ but in all of this how they lose the sense of right and wrong in the instinct to stay alive. Even though they all come from different walks of life they joined together as a solid unit of brotherhood. The loss of humanity is so strong in the killing of innocent women‚ children‚ and men‚ and the rape of children is something that
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The movie Gandhi starts off with the assassination of Gandhi on January 30‚ 1948. He was killed because of the split of Hindus and Muslims into Pakistan and India‚ instead of trying to keep the country united (which was impossible at the time). The story then jumps back to Gandhi early in his life‚ when he is a practicing attorney. He is traveling in South Africa on a train and is thrown off because he refuses to give up his first class seat. The conductor wants him to move because he is Indian.
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as humans. The white people accept that they have the same feelings. White People want that black People have the same rights. The white People want that everyone treat the black People well because they understand that they have feelings. In the movie “Glory” is between the Shawn and Kendric the following conversation.
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An examination of Philadelphia during the World War II years (1939-1945) reveals that the city of brotherly love even though still deeply divided racially‚ socially‚ and politically could come together as a united front to help support war efforts during World War II. Prior to World War II‚ Philadelphia was a thriving city looking to validate its economic importance in America. Industrialization had transformed the city’s ecological environment as well as the city’s economic and social outlook
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The film “Wit” has provided me the opportunity to obtain a greater understanding of medical ethics‚ and how it is incorporated within medicine. “Wit” has allowed me to experience a patients’ thoughts and feelings while receiving care‚ giving me the insight on how important it is to practice medicine with empathy and compassion. Medicine is complex in that although it is important to remain knowledgeable‚ it is also the duty of the healthcare professional to maintain the patients best interest when
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prosperity overnight‚ but it received a huge jump start in the late 1870s. One large scale event that generated widespread attention and recognition was the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. In an effort to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the United States declaring independence from Great Britain‚ there was a fair held in Philadelphia which celebrated freedom while showcasing a plethora of inventions‚ attractions‚ and ideas. Attractions present at the fair ranged from
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Upon entering the Philadelphia Museum of Art‚ the immediate visual effect of the architecture and large columns peaked my interest‚ while shifting my view towards the seven different exhibits. After analyzing the map to choose a section to start‚ the closest was American Art. This wing featured galleries featuring Philadelphia realist painter Thomas Eakins. The dark nature of the paintings was accented by dim museum lighting‚ adding to the effect of an electricity-deprived society. Haunting paintings
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Summary of Rizal The film started with a scene showing Rizal writing a letter. The letter contains his thoughts that the Philippines has a serious illness and that it is plagued by the Spanish domination over our country. Crisostomo Ibarra was also introduced in the film‚ and it is Rizal’s alter ego. Ibarra had been forced to have two personalities because of the worsening problem in our country. Rizal had published books such as the Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo‚ as his weapons against
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The exhibit that I viewed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was one about European Art between the years 1100-1500. This was a series of paintings‚ sculptures‚ architecture‚ and tapestry of the Medieval and Early Renaissance as well as objects from the Middle East. This exhibit was an important part of the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art because for the first time‚ Italian‚ Spanish‚ and Northern European paintings from the John G. Johnson collection were shown. It gave me a good idea
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