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    Compare and contrast reading a book and watching a film. With references to “touching the void” and another book. Books and movies have similarities and differences. When we read a book we create a visual image in our heads‚ whereas when we watch a movie the image is already created. In “touching the void” and “my sisters keeper” the written story differs from the film in many different aspects. Books are more descriptive‚ they need to be so you can understand their feelings‚ emotions‚ their expressions

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    Does the Void Exist

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    Does the void exist? One of the main controversies in Pre-socratic philosophy is the dispute of the existence or non-existence of the void. Two groups of philosophers argue this idea. The first group‚ namely Parmenides‚ argues that the void does not exist. This is the opinion of the Monist philosophers. The other group is the atomists who argue this thesis and believe there is a void. This group is primarily represented by the philosophers‚ Democritus and Leucippus. Parmenides argues against

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    Simpsons and Philosophy

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    On Nietzsche and the Virtues of Being Bad‚ Mark T. Conard shows us why people believe Bart Simpson is similar to a philosophical theorist named Friedrich Nietzsche. Bart being the bad boy of the Simpson’s and Nietzsche being the bad boy of Philosophy. Conard says that Bart does not take on the chaos like Nietzsche says but he is just an empty being of bad actions. This argument is ridiculous; Bart Simpson is as creative as creative gets. In this chapter‚ Conard is first shows us how people consider

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    Hugvísindadeild Postmodernism and The Simpsons Intertextuality‚ Hyperreality and Critique of Metanarratives Ritgerð til B.A.-prófs Björn Erlingur Flóki Björnsson bjornfloki@gmail.com Kt. 110982-5779 Maí 2006 Abstract This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons‚ with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality‚ hyperreality‚ and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons‚ some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic

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    The Simpsons: Laughing at Ourselves Jessica French Professor Jean Graybeal The Existential Imagination 16 October‚ 2003 Comedy gives no better an answer to existential question than any other form of art or literature. It does however‚ give such a familiar yet ironical response‚ that the relief attained is often more satisfying than other medium. Jerry Rannow states‚ “humor is necessary to life.”1 The Simpsons is for many‚ the quintessence of comedy and offers a wonderful philosophical study

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    The Simpsons Satire

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    The Simpsons are one of the longest running and most popular television shows. This popularity exists because "the Simpsons [have] always operated on two levels. On one level appealing to children as a fast paced cartoon and then for the older audiences for its wit and [satire]" (Batscha). Satire is the common thread with binds all of The Simpsons episodes. The writers show the absurdity in ordinary everyday situations including religion‚ politics and other social issues. This has been the leading

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    Oj Simpson

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    THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL On June 12‚1994‚ Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered. Their bodies were discovered outside Nicole Simpson’s condominium. Nicole Simpson was the estranged wife of the famous football player and T.V. star O.J. Simpson. The people directly involved with this case are Judge Lance Ito‚ the prosecution lawyers‚ Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden‚ the defense lawyers‚ Johnnie Cochran‚ Robert Shapiro and Robert Blasier ‚ the jury and the defendant

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    Touching Lives

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    Touching Lives In what other profession can you touch lives the way you can in the healthcare industry? You could help bring life into the world‚ or save a life from ending. You can transform lives‚ impacting families the way only healthcare professionals are ingenuous to do. Not only will you impact individuals‚ you could also make an impact on entire communities providing healthcare in a variety of forms. I wish to pursue a healthcare career because I want to make a difference in people’s lives

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    Touching the Timeless

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    Feb. 25‚ 2008 Touching the Timeless A world view is a set if images and assumptions about how the world came to be‚ its design‚ and people’s place in it. All over the world there are different ways of looking at and perceiving the world. There are five World View Universals: self and other‚ relationship‚ classification‚ causality‚ and space and time. For the Huichol and Navajo their world view has many factors contributing to how they view health and illness. The Huichol Indians live in the

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    Lorna Simpson

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    EGITIMATE SOURCES.      1. NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER:  Lorna Simpson     ​ "Biography ­ Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 ​ <​ http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography.html​ >    2. DATE OF BIRTH:August 13‚ 1960 DATE OF DEATH: ­     ​ "Biography ­ Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 ​ <​ http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography.html​ >    3. COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Brooklyn‚ New York‚ USA.  COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: US     "Biography ­ Lorna Simpson Studio." 2008. 21 Mar. 2014 ​ <​ http://lsimpsonstudio.com/biography

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