Lincoln Response Paper There is a lot that happened in the movie last week. Overall I liked it. It was interesting to see what it was like back then. Some of my favorite parts are where Lincoln tells his stories. I was watching it and paid attention to how he said it. In that very soft and slow tone‚ he told the members‚ with almost no emotion until the endings. If I remember right Lincoln woke some of his employees up around three a.m. to try to decide if he should pardon a young man who took
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James Knight 12-6-11 Extra Credit Crash: Racially Charged The movie CRASH pertains to a day of encounters of people of different races. An interaction between strangers ended in chaos‚ hatred‚ and fear. The movie portrayed interactions of different races causing clashes between victim and aggressor‚ superior and inferior and an idealist and racist. Racism was portrayed as a common attitude of the characters played. Crash is an eye opener to the problem of our society; racial discrimination
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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. It has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people‚ being able to stand things. In Miriam Toews A Complicated Kindness the theme of tolerance is well presented by literary techniques and by the characters as well. Nomi Nickle‚ the protagonist‚ who goes through tolerance in her everyday life. Nomi has to tolerate with the ridiculous rules they have in East Village. “Before the purges occurred and the Mouth took over
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Crash Reaction Paper In the world‚ there are vast amounts of hate crimes‚ racism‚ and massive bigotry between all ethnicities. Throughout the movie Crash‚ there are examples of stereotyping‚ prejudice feelings‚ and discrimination. A stereotype is a conventional and oversimplified conception‚ opinion‚ or image about a race‚ or group of people. When someone is prejudice they hold preconceived judgments‚ irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group‚ race‚ or religion. Discrimination is
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Movie Response 1 (50 points): This first essay is a response to Food‚ Inc. and Fed Up!‚ should be between 2 and 4 pages long‚ and must be submitted to Moodle. Your responses should answer the questions listed in the rubric‚ demonstrate media literacy‚ critique the movies and offer suggestions for how their messages could be improved‚ and integrate knowledge you gained from class discussion‚ lectures‚ or other movies. This essay should also demonstrate that you took notes while we watched the movies
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Crash Reflection Paper In the movie Crash‚ they show a lot of different values‚ myths‚ rituals‚ networks‚ and symbols used by people in the movie. They also show many bias and prejudices other wise known as stereotypes that many people in the world use today. Trust was one of the biggest values I saw throughout in the movie‚ for example after the two young men drew handguns and carjacked the Cabots’ vehicle‚ they returned home and the wife Jean was still upset‚ and even though a locksmith was
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Babies Movie Response • What was your emotional reaction to this video? It was not my first viewing of the film. A few years ago I accidentally found it on YouTube and revised several times. No matter what‚ I still can say that this is a great movie with a great director’s work and a lot of moments that really can be perceived in different ways. I think that this movie can not leave someone emotionally indifferent. • What moments are sticking with you? Such moments are quite a few: • The first
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Choose three characters from the movie crash and compare their relationship elements based on social status‚ gender dynamics‚ age‚ race and tolerance of uncertainty. The opposing characters within the movie “Crash” depict contrasting lifestyles‚ attitudes and behaviours.The elements of social status and gender dynamics determine the characters’ tolerance for uncertainty as well as the ways in which they react to societal situations. A situation which may be quite dramatic and life changing for
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This short story written by Hemingway is titled Cat in the Rain. The title suggests that something weak (‘cat’) is trapped in a difficult situation (‘rain’). Since cats are generally very afraid of water‚ being in the rain can be such a torture to them. From the title‚ it is hinted that the story may be related to some characters having to go through difficulties and struggles. In the story‚ the American wife cannot find the poor little cat when she goes outside of the Italian hotel to try to
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Professor Boniecki English H102 30 January 2013 Reader Response Paper #1: After reading all of the assigned poetry and having sincerely vivid images accompany almost all of them‚ I settled on “Dawn” by James Laughlin for my first writing assignment. Hearing the writer’s disheveled thoughts‚ spilling out and changing lanes without signaling‚ reminds me of my father who up until recently I was very close to. Thomas [Last Name] is an older man at seventy-five whose thoughts and memory
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