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    Witness’ remains a text that speaks truths to audience today. Discuss. The themes presented in the film ‘Witness’ are definitely still existing to the audience of today due solely to the fact that the Amish still remain in present society. The Amish are a community where modern technology does not exist. The film establishes a culture clash between the Amish and the ‘English’ which still occurs today. The idea of a culture clash in the film ‘Witness’ is played on by Weir as he establishes a

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    Joy Chase March 3 2013 RELA Mod 3 Essay: “The Story of An Eyewitness” and “Leaving Desire” - Introduction This essay is based on “The Story of an Eyewitness” by Jack London and “Leaving Desire” by Jon Lee Anderson. “The Story of an Eyewitness” talks about how the San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed the city in 1906. “Leaving Desire” talks about a victim of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. London and Anderson’s coverage of these disasters

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    Witness through imagination Gary Weissman evokes the term "non-witness" in order to stress that subsequent generations only experience the Holocaust through representations of it. The term “non-witness stresses that those who did not witness the Holocaust‚ and that the experience of listening to‚ reading‚ or viewing witness testimony is not an experience of victimization. While there is the opportunity to read books or watch films on the Holocaust‚ listen to Holocaust survivors‚ visit Holocaust

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    14 There is no better way to understand an event than to experience it first-hand.  History is an imperfect thing‚ and as stories are passed down‚ people forget their true meaning.  In “The Witness”‚ Katherine Anne Porter’s “Uncle Jimbilly” has experienced the horrors of slavery personally‚ and is frustrated when children of the next generation do not fully understand and respect the topic.  The way Porter describes these characters subtly shows the reader their feelings toward each other. Direct

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    Naomi Weir 2012 A central theme of this module is that conflict seemingly inspired by ethnic hates is in fact driven by the aims of political leaders. Discuss with reference to one of the ethnic wars or genocides that took place in the 20th century. Introduction This question asks what causes ethnic conflict‚ while particularly focussing on the degree to which ethnic conflict is driven by political leaders. The argument that ethnic conflict is driven by the aims of political leaders is

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    Module B: Close Study of Text Text: WitnessWitness’‚ an American film‚ directed by Australian director Peter Weir‚ is a film set in 1985 about a clash of modern American society‚ and an idyllic Amish community. Maeri Saeli describes it as “the two worlds meet‚ but never merge” This is shown in the interaction between ideas‚ characters and techniques that make an impact on the audience. The main ideas represented in this text are Violence versus non-violence/ pacifism versus direct action‚ relationships

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    Murder Is Murder Wrong

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    Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being. It is an act seen as taboo by many cultures since the beginning of time. Although it is highly frowned upon‚ it occurs frequently. If we say all murder is wrong‚ we have to take into account every type of murder‚ the motive behind it‚ and the victim. All murder is not wrong; the murdering of immoral people is beneficial to society. Looking into the victims of murders‚ you have to ask “Did this person deserve to live?” It may be cruel to say but

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    Witness Statement/Bosnia I think that we should not go to war unless the United States’ military‚ citizens‚ or leaders are involved in the problem. A very good example of when we did help and it ended badly was what happened in Bosnia in 1992. Many different ethnic and religious groups lived together under a repressive communist government in Yugoslavia. In April 1992‚ Serbia set out to ethnically cleanse the Bosnian territory by removing all Bosnian Muslims‚ the Bosniaks‚ after the president

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    6ED ETHICAL DILEMMAS: ESSAY (30%) Guidelines for Students Word Length * You are required to write one essay‚ 800 - 1000 words in length: Topic * Certain topics‚ may not actually pose dilemmas‚ and would not be appropriate. * Topic can be chosen from the list. If you have your own idea for the topic‚ please check with your tutor first. * The topic chosen should‚ ideally‚ not be too closely related to your course of study. Please do not recycle versions of material previously produced

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    The Witness to War: Serving a Nation oral history project focuses on telling veterans’ stories. Pairs of students interview a veteran‚ create a website for them‚ and present their veteran’s story to their class. My partner‚ Kajsa Simon‚ and I interviewed Mr. Joe Souza‚ and through him‚ I learned a lot about the military as well as what makes a hero. From the Witness to War project‚ I learned that all veterans are heroes and that you don’t have to risk your life every day to be one. I also learned

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