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    the government. The value of one’s conscience connects Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience and James Cameron’s Avatar. Transcendentalism was a literary period in America between 1830-1860 and its messages of valuing one’s conscience‚ achieving a state of mind only possible through a person’s “innate intuition” (Byron)‚ and bettering oneself are shown in James Cameron’s Avatar.     Transcendentalists believe the ultimate power is within the mind and individuality of people. Henry David Thoreau

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    which consists of Brahma (the creator)‚ Shiva (destroyer of worlds) and Vishnu (sustainer). Sometimes these deities can appear in a given representation known as an avatar by a human being here on earth. The avatars often appear to save humans from an impending calamity. The Jain Tirthankara share some similarities with the Hindu avatar. For example‚ both the Jain Tirthankara

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    Through the use of Aliens and Medical Experimentation‚ it is clear for one to see that Avatar is a more evolved Sci-Fi genre film than that of District 9. Although the aliens in District 9 do not have the typical green skinned‚ antenna‚ bug eyed aliens like shown in most alien based films‚ they do however share the same thought that aliens physically do not represent human forms and have ugly exteriors‚ thus making mankind feel good about themselves‚ whilst watching the film. The extreme close up

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    The term ’Indigenous’ brings a lot to the table. It is used to describe such a diverse group of people that differ ethnically‚ culturally‚ and economically but are supposed to be looked upon as ’one’. But are we really ’one’? Australian Aboriginals and Native Americans have all seemed to make great strides toward equality in the past 200 years. After 200 years one would think that the people of Australia and America would be able to set aside their notions that people of different races are not

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    Avatar The film Avatar is a strongly spiritual and meaningful film that shows the importance of moral ethics. Avatar is set Pandora‚ the fifth moon of Polythemus. Pandora is a world that is very similar to our own. Pandora consists of luscious forests‚ floating mountains‚ waterfalls‚ and the giant tree that is the home of the indigenous people‚ the Na’vi. The Na’vi are bright blue humanoids with flat noses‚ wide-set eyes‚ tall slender‚ and long black hair that allows them to spiritually connect to

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    Godbey Eng 101 March 31 2013 Avatar             I want to describe the scenes in Avatar to show my readers that Avatar shows greed through the use of technology. James Cameron created this movie to provoke the society and show them many aspects that we ignore. James Cameron also created Avatar to also raise awareness and to criticize the U.S desire to expand by the use of greed. The film Avatar is a movie with vivid colors and images. The director and writer of Avatar is James Cameron won Best director

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    Avatar Due to the recent rapid urbanization‚ and the rapid increase of consumerism that we face in our world today‚ this has led to a steep decline of epic myths been shared in the same way as they have been in the past years. Families and societies hardly have time to dedicate themselves to retain and pass on important myths that have been around for a long time. These myths were seen to teach us things on four levels; which is to feed us spiritually‚ to help explain the physical world to us

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    Maddie Corwin Film Analysis Paper 12/6/12 Lou Gaul Avatar To some people Avatar may seem like just another science fiction action-adventure flick designed to show off some new special effects while raking in the money for Hollywood and giving audiences some feel-good messages in the process. Overall that is the goal in the making of this movie however there are deeper messages to be found in Avatar. There was a highly detailed process behind the film’s production history and it took a while

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    Education between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Assimilation will also be discussed as the main factor in transforming the lives of native children. Further‚ the content of my essay will tackle the different negative consequences of Assimilation and racism on the children and on the people responsible for their growth. Research Question How does the education system contributed to the continuing existence of the gap in education and performance between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people

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    Similarities Between Charlotte Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea. Charlotte Gilman ’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea are stories about women ’s tragic lives in the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries. These two stories contain many similarities. In the novel Wide Sargasso Sea‚ the main character Rochester drives his wife to insanity. Similarly‚ in the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ John drives his wife insane. In addition

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