The Big Short - Analytical Commentary The Big Short‚ a film centering around the 2007-08 financial crisis and its causes‚ does an effective job of depicting corporate greed in capitalist society. Through a clever stylistic choice of having well-known celebrities explain complex wall-street jargon through intelligible metaphors - the film succeeds in explaining the build up towards the financial crash. It also shows that not everyone was blindsided by the housing bubble‚ and that a handful of economists
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objective principles of critical and conceptual interpretation. Track the discussion where it is heading‚ was the discussion quite deep if so on what? Title Critical commentary Your contribution And students contribution Assessment criteria and turn it in report for assessment report. 1. A written critical commentary on your group’s online discussion that emphasises the importance of sociological imagination and ethical reasoning for understanding business‚ society and government relationships
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He compares it the experience of seeing “Elysium to a new-come soul” (Marlowe 1.1.11). Elysium is the ancient Greek perception of an afterlife paradise. Gaveston is comparing the euphoria he will feel to that of entering Elysium or paradise. Commentary: Gaveston is over enthused to be returning to the king after being exiled for so long. Gaveston says‚ “My knee shall bow to none but to the king‚” which emphasizes his love for Edward II. Gaveston: Ay‚ ay. These words of his move me as much
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Screening and Reading commentary The 400 blows (Francois Truffaut‚ 1959) Paper by Lucien Bourjeily After viewing “the 400 blows” one feels a very strong connection between the filmmaker and the subject of the film which turns out to be present even more than anticipated since the film is indeed semi-autobiographical and most of the events depicted in the film are directly inspired from Truffaut’s own troubled youth and
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The Great Gatsby Commentary This extract explores the introduction to Gatsby’s character and the curiosity felt towards him by the main character Nick Carraway‚ as well as the beginning of their friendship. The opening line of this extract opens with a contrast between the party and the introduction to Gatsby’s character. The atmosphere of the party is created by the noun “lull” which is a temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity
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individuals helps those who are not as successful work harder. Ender’s Game conveys the social commentary that singling out successful individuals will encourage others to work harder with the use of imagery. For example‚ when their first battle room practice is over‚ Ender thinks to himself “[w]hy had he gone for the smallest‚ weakest‚ and possibly the brightest of the boys?” (167). Card expresses this social commentary by explaining how Ender chose to praise only Bean. When Ender only praises Bean‚ the
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A Commentary on an extract from Angela Carters "The Werewolf" "The Werewolf" like "Wolf Alice" and "The Company of Wolves" is a stylisation of the classic Red Riding Hood story. Written by Angela Carter‚ this narrative once more delves into the depths of death‚ female identity and pseudo-religious superstition. As one reads the text one cannot help but be inexorably drawn to these themes‚ therefore it seems only appropriate to focus with near exclusivity upon them. In life‚ death is always a factor
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Zektser 5/6/2013 Children’s Literature(ENG232) Prof. Keith Walters Commentary to Bettelheim’s chapter on “Cinderella” Let me start off with saying that Bettelheim completely ruined my fantasy on fairy-tales. His contorted mind really made it hard to remember all the beautiful tales from childhood.Of course he is entitled
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newspaper advertisement from Exxon Mobil and “An Agenda for Climate Action” (Text B”)‚ a speech by Eileen Claussen‚ the President of Pew Center on Global Climate Change were both written in 2006 with the focus on global warming. The author in both commentaries strives to bring out the message that as human beings‚ we must take action to stop the worsening of climate change. Text A is a published article by a company that emphasizes that everyone in the world should be able to take part in reducing greenhouse
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Matthew Choma English 101 Prof. J. Douglas 4/9/11 Breakfast of Champions: Science Fiction as Social Commentary Vonnegut’s symbolic and satirical representation of humans as robots in his novel: Breakfast of Champions is representative of the authors interpretation of world events and conflicting nature of human beings. The renowned author often hits on significant and worrisome themes such as destruction of the planet and overpopulation. His unique and unparallel style includes outrageous
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