Welcome to the Desert of the Real is a 2002 book by Slavoj Zizek. A Marxist and Lacanian analysis of the ideological and political responses to the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001. The book’s title comes from a quote delivered by the character Morpheus in the 1999 film The Matrix: "Welcome to the desert of the real" Zizek claims that the American Fantasy found in movies is secretly what Americans wanted. The ultimate fantasy of an individual living in a small town suddenly discovers the world
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The T-Distribution and T-Test “In probability and statistics‚ Student ’s t-distribution (or simply the t-distribution) is a continuous probability distribution that arises when estimating the mean of a normally distributed population in situations where the sample size is small” (Narasimhan ‚ 1996). Similar to the normal distribution‚ the t-distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped‚ but has heavier tails‚ meaning that it is more likely to produce values far from its mean. This makes the t-distribution
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Rhetorical Analysis – Food Inc. ‘Food Inc’‚ is an informative‚ albeit slightly biased‚ documentary that attempts to expose the commercialisation and monopolisation of the greater food industry. The film attempts to show the unintended consequences resulting from this‚ and for the most part this technique is very effective; however there is an overreliance on pathos in lieu of facts and statistics at times. ‘Food Inc’ starts off with a camera moving slowly through supermarket shelves with
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AT&T vs. Verizon IPhones which network provider is better? It is the iPhone battle AT&T vs. Verizon for over three years‚ iPhone owners have grumbled about drop calls and slow service and prices on AT&T the exclusive cellular network for Apple’s iPhones. Now they have a chance to see if Verizon can do any better. On February 10‚ AT&T will no longer be the only network offering the iPhone. With Verizon
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xxxxxxx For this rhetorical analysis I have done research on two electronics engineering documents commonly referred to as project proposals. The first project proposal that was reviewed was for Security Guard Monitoring Systems by Group Engineering Solutions (GES). The second proposal is a business-oriented document for Multi-Robot Manipulation and Maintenance for Fault-Tolerant Systems by Shanghai International Conference Center (SICC). The purpose of this rhetorical analysis is to identify various
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Pamela Bradway The Psychology of Robert Frost’s Nature Poetry Robert Frost’s nature poetry occupies a significant place in the poetic arts; however‚ it is likely Frost’s use of nature that is the most misunderstood aspect of his poetry. While nature is always present in Frost’s writing‚ it is primarily used in a "pastoral sense" (Lynen 1). This makes sense as Frost did consider himself to be a shepherd. Frost uses nature as an image that he wants us to see or a metaphor that he wants us
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Neil Perry Neil is the confident and popular student‚ and is well liked by his friend as well as the teachers at the boys-school. He is a person who cares about his friends‚ especially Todd‚ his new roommate. He is portrayed‚ in the film‚ as a boy with brown hair‚ fairly good-looking and tall. In the beginning Neil is inspired by the new English teacher Mr. Keating‚ who is passionate and interesting‚ with his ways of teaching and speaking to his students. Mr. Keating teaches his students to
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F. Dominie. English 1102 Rhetorical Analysis: Life is Beautiful As an exquisite woman walks into a room‚ it is not uncommon to see heads turn her way. We have seen beautiful women be the center of attention in many instances‚ such as when a bride walks down the aisle to her groom‚ or perhaps when Julia Roberts walks out in a stunning red opera dress in Pretty Woman‚ illustrating her transformation from rags to riches. The familiar arrival of the pretty woman in movies and books is also seen
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RHETORIC Throughout the Crucible‚ Arthur Miller uses many forms of rhetoric to progress and shape the plot. Miller exercises three significant forms of rhetoric to shape the play; symbolism‚ irony‚ and suspense. Although only a few instances of deep symbolism occur during the story‚ there are many important symbols. The title itself has two different meanings; a crucible is a melting metal to be forged into something new and different‚ which parallels the story to how it is a new
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Benjamin Swan Prof. Bittenbender ENG208W: Studies in Poetry 04/14/13 Frost’s Metaphoric use of the Natural World in Poetry Born in San Francisco in the spring of 1874‚ Robert Frost is considered to be amongst‚ if not solely‚ the greatest poets in American history. Around age eleven‚ Frost moved to New England where the majority of his poetic inspiration is presumably drawn from. Although he never managed to obtain a collegiate degree‚ he did attend both Dartmouth and Harvard‚ two of the
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