ENGL 1301 Composition I November 9‚ 2013 Is Torture justified? What is torture? Basically‚ this is the action of physically or psychologically hurting a person without their permission and against their will. The torture has many goals such as obtaining a confession or information of the victim‚ revenge for an act committed by the victim or just for entertainment morbid and sadistic of the torturer. According to the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture‚ the torture is: “any act
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The Battle of Britain was one of the most epic all-air battles in history. The battle took place between the United Kingdom and Germany‚ during World War II‚ from July through September 1940. Germany wanted to take over the land and seaports in the United Kingdom and spread their fascist ways. The United Kingdom wanted to protect their “island”‚ Europe and the world by fighting back and defeating Germany . The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom‚ Winston Churchill‚ is quoted as saying in his famous
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What were the aims of the Documentary Film Movement in Britain? The British Documentary Film Movement describes the group of film-makers‚ put together by John Grierson and they produced content‚ which engaged in social issues. There were several aims to it‚ including: trying to highlight and improve the living conditions of the working class‚ to show the ‘real society’ in comparison to Newsreels and to incorporate a poetic element into film. Before discussing the movement‚ the influences on
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Breaking Bad A typical audience tends to support the main character of a serial television show‚ which can lead to the viewers to be blind to the fact that the protagonist may be becoming the antagonist. Spectators begin to form special connections with the characters and root for their success or their demise‚ “fans will frequently develop sincere emotional attachments to characters”(Mitell‚ “Characters in Complex Television” 10). But for those of us who have not invested our time into the fictional
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reality tells a different a tale. The colonization of America‚ for example‚ resulted in massive deaths‚ rapes‚ and pillages of Native American tribes and communities who had inhabited the land centuries before the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower. Much like the Native Americans‚ Africans were subject to this same type of abuse. Affluent European nations such as Britain‚ Germany‚ and Italy took it upon themselves to claim all the sovereign countries of Africa with a bogus claim of wanting to “civilize”
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Imperialism can be justified based on certain intentions. When Leopold surreptitiously deceived African leaders into signing treaties giving them complete power over Africa‚ it demonstrated the first step of his desire for a colony. The main agent which triggered Leopold into dominating the Congo was because every other European power had their own colony‚ conveying a feeling of discontent in Belgium. This discontent was the cause of the imperialization of Africa. Based on evidence from documents‚ Leopold
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Ursula K. Le Guin wrote The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas‚ which is located on page six-hundred and ninety-six of Current Issues and Endearing Questions. The fictitious short story is written as though an anthropologist was studying the culture and people of Omelas‚ an almost utopian community within the story. Le Guin attempted to grasp what a universal path to happiness might be in the short story‚ and the most difficult obstacle that humanity faces on this journey. In her words‚ “Happiness is
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In "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" author Ursula K. Le Guin uses the utopian society of Omelas to symbolically highlight the ugly and unsavory state of the human condition. This story delves into this idea of ethics and morality and concocts a set of solutions that one can consider when contemplating ethics and morality. People and societies often struggle with morality while facing dilemmas with what is right or wrong. Within this‚ a moral dilemma exists as the story depicts a utopian perfect
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Breaking the chain Breaking the chain (or novus actus interveniens‚ literally "new act intervening") refers in English law to the idea that causal connections are deemed to finish. Even if the defendant can be shown to have acted negligently‚ there will be no liability if some new intervening act breaks the chain of causation between that negligence and the loss or damage sustained by the claimant. Discussion Where there is only a single operative cause for the loss and damage suffered by the claimant
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evening‚ I went to a restaurant called Olive Garden. I was dressed properly‚ and looked well suited for the restaurant standards. I ordered my food from the menu. I ordered a vegetable soup and alfredo fettuccini. Once I got my meal‚ I took the utensils wrapped in a napkin and put them aside. I started eating with my bare hands‚ and drank the soup straight from the bowl. While I was doing this‚ I wanted to see how the people around me would react. Thus‚ I would make slurping noises while drinking my soup
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