The idiom‚ “Comparing apples and oranges” has been implemented for a prolonged amount of time in order to convey a vast difference between two things. When the phrase is used it provokes the thought that the items are incomparable and as a result‚ ridiculous to compare. As an idiom it’s meaning is immediately apparent‚ but when carefully examined as a statement rather than a metaphor‚ there are similarities‚ along with differences between apples and oranges that can easily be seen as comparable
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utilizing ‘American’ resources” (Adamson 169). Equally important‚ Tropic of Orange criticizes corporate globalization‚ where labor workers and environmental protection are seen as an unnecessary added cost‚ given the “global geography” and division of labor (Yamashita 204). Sue Lee‚ the author of “We Are Not the World‚” proclaims that‚ “Yamashita’s critique of corporate globalization is represented by key objects: oranges‚ human body parts‚ and highways” (Lee 514). In other words‚ these disparate
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loved them. Tris is much like Pip Pirrip from Great Expectations because after a few years they both leave their families to go somewhere else and try to be someone better. Pip was living with his sister and then he went to live with a different person. Pip‚ the protagonist in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ is a caring and passionate young man throughout
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Film analysis 2-Sherlock Jr. As we have discussed in class‚ mise-en-scene is all about what is staged and arranged in front of the camera: actors‚ props‚ setting‚ color‚ movement‚ costume‚ make-up‚ and more. Identify *three* significant‚ specific elements of mise-en-scene from the scene in SHERLOCK JR. (see link above). Then answer the following questions: 1) For each element you mention‚ write a little about its meaning‚ emotional impact‚ and significance to the story. 2) Discuss whether or not
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First Journal–‘Sherlock‚ Jr.’ by Buster Keaton Film‚ is a powerful and global language. It could be as influential as the state or as simple as a comedy. For example‚ it represented the voice of the state of USSR under revolution in 1910-1930s. However‚ in Buster Keaton’s movie---‘Sherlock‚ Jr.’‚ it is just an entertainment‚ a simple reflection on life‚ and a playground for filmmakers to exercise their imagination. In the period of 1910s-1930s‚ film production was undergoing its primary development
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of involvement of the LGBTQ community in media and the stereotypical depictions of queer sexuality leads us to believe media has become a negative platform. This matter is perceived in the episode “Lesbian Request Denied” from the television series Orange Is The New Black as it captures Lavern Cox’s struggle in prison as a transgender individual. As I considered the impact of cultural gender definitions on transgender people‚ I further wanted to discover
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Examination of the Use of Language in "A Clockwork Orange" The created patch-work language of Nadsat in the novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ satirizes the social classes and gang life of Anthony Burgess’s futuristic society. The most prominent of these tools being his use of a completely new language and the depiction of family life from the eyes of a fifteen year old English hoodlum. Burgess effectively broke arcane traditions when he wrote A Clockwork Orange by blending two forms of effective speech into
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Orange is the New Black is a netflix series that covers most‚ if not all of the topics we’ve discussed in sociology. It’s not just a series about a woman who ends up in jail because she was transporting drug money for her international drug smuggler girlfriend at the time. It is also about individual prisoners who’ve somehow ended up in prison and their backstories. The five topics I felt were most displayed were sex‚ social interaction‚ religion‚ race‚ and groups. One clip that shows how the series
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biological parents as he was adopted. When he was 18 he joined the Marines and was shipped off to Vietnam. While there he was in charge of the men and controlled the radio. During the end of the war he was sprayed with a chemical called agent orange. Agent orange was used to kill trees so that the other group couldn’t hide in the trees. Unfortunately‚ my grandfather ended up getting sprayed which would
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Lewis and Burgess present their novels in different forms – Burgess writes A Clockwork Orange in bildungsroman‚ presented in retrospective first person narrative and continually displayed within Burgess’ choice of ‘unreliable narrator’ (The Rhetoric of Fiction‚ Wayne Booth‚ 1961)‚ which is used by Burgess to show Alex’s justification of his crimes‚ and therefore his inability to objectively narrate; whereas Lewis’ omniscient “salacious and blasphemous elements of his narrative” (Nick Groom‚ 2016)
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