McG’s The Terminator Salvation is based on SKYNET‚ an AI computer network that was created by Cyberdyne Systems Corporation in the distant future. Its main duty was to control military weapon system. Later‚ it realizes its power and became self-aware which eventually leads to the destruction of cities. The Terminator Salvation shows us what could become of the world if machines do become self-aware and turn against humans. To some people‚ the idea alike SKYNET may seem a little too far-fetched because
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SALVATION by Langston Hughes "I hadn’t seen Jesus and that now I didn’t believe there was a Jesus any more‚ since he didn’t come to help me". That final paragraph in Salvation does show the truth that- nobody in the church knows the boy’s secret because he did not see God. What people had told him before and what he saw are opposites. Disappointment is certainly. It is the feeling we all get when something or someone fails to live up to our expectations. Everybody‚ at least one time in their lives
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In Salvation Hughes tells of his confusing yet life changing event that occurred in his church. Hughes sat in church expecting Jesus to come into his life‚ but Jesus never came. When Langston alone sat on the bench and everyone crying and praying for him‚ he decides to get up and pretend to be saved. That night he cries for hours regretting what he did. Now that Hughes grew up he now can tell his story of that day in the church. Langston tells of his childhood experience and conveys into an adult
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Prose Reader “We Are Training Our Kids to Kill” Understanding Details 1. According to Grossman‚ the “virus of violence” is referring to the increase of murder‚ attempted murder‚ and assault rates in not only America but many places around the world. Although the population has been increasing‚ both the assault and murder rate are significantly high. Grossman quotes‚ “Today‚ both our assault rate and murder rate are at phenomenally high levels. Both are increasing worldwide” (Paragraph 6) Then
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creativity‚ and individuality. Lamentably‚ individuality is a treasurable aspect that has begun to be discouraged in modern society. One of today’s trends is to conform to societal pressures and hide one’s true self‚ as seen in Langston Hughes’ “Salvation.” Based on a true experience‚ Hughes exposes how he lost faith in religion as he witnessed his church’s “big revival.” The motif in this piece portrays how children conform to the societal whims rather than expressing their personal beliefs. During
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“To The Reader” Analysis The never-ending circle of continuous sin and fallacious repentance envelops the poem “To the Reader” by Baudelaire. The beginning of this poem discusses the incessant dark vices of mankind which eclipse any attempt at true redemption. As the poem progresses‚ the dreariness becomes heavier by mentioning the Devil and demons‚ and how Hell is the final stop of everyone’s journey. The ending stanza says the most dangerous of all actions is boredom. This proposition that
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Reader Positioning Narratives encourage us to feel a particular way about the events and people in them. They often encourage us to align ourselves with one character in a narrative and not with others. To align ourselves with a character means to be on their side or empathise with them. They might encourage us to feel sorry for character or admire them‚ disapprove of them or fear them. This is called reader positioning: narratives position reader to adopt particular feelings or attitudes.
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The Itching Pressure to Conform It is no secret that humans want to feel accepted. Growing up and reaching adolescence‚ feelings start to change and the way people see you suddenly becomes a priority. In the essay‚ “Salvation”‚ Langston Hughes narrates his vivid memory of a religious revival with his Auntie Reed‚ a committed Christian. Hughes successfully demonstrates how emotionally straining it is to be expected to conform. Hughes fell into peer pressure at a church revival‚ resulting in him
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“SALVATION” Writing Topics 3) It has always been a tradition in my High School for a student in the Junior class to write a letter for all the Seniors that are graduating. During the Awarding of Diplomas ceremony‚ a student would be called to the stage‚ and read this letter‚ which was of course‚ previously approved by the school’s headmistress. All my friends were Seniors. It has been like that my whole life; I always got along better with those some years older than me. Actually all my friends
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Many people now do not get satisfied by buying just a couple items. Anna Quindlen discusses in her essay “Stuff Is Not Salvation‚” how people are obsessed with buying unnecessary things. I agree with her that many of us now spend so much on useless things‚ and the less families buy the happier they seem to be. There seems to be plenty of people addicted to shopping now. They buy and buy even if they cannot afford it. I believe this also has to do with the amount of places we can shop at now
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