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    In the book & the movie Kidnapped what I found interesting in the movie was when the gun did not shoot when the captain tried to kill Alan and it worked when Davie shot the Captain I also found interesting was when the uncle of Davie said “Why are you here” with gun pointing at Davie. Another part that was interesting was blowing up the ship instead of cashing the ship. The finally part that I found interesting was when Alan killed the head of the Red coats the Red fox. I never thought Alan

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    always read the book before you watch the movie. In The Giver Jonas experiences many new places‚ and memories. In the movie and book Jonas experiences many similar activities‚ however there are also many differences. There are many similarities and differences of the setting between the book and the movie‚ The Giver. It takes place in a futuristic city in both the book and movie. In both the Giver still talks about climate change‚ and why the community doesn’t have memories.One difference is that in

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    THE COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAW AND MORALS The law is a set of rules and prinicples enforced by legal sanctions and imposed by the state. Morals involve questions of right and wrong and issues that depnd on conscience and instinct. Immoral behaviour is sometimes sanctioned by society and in somecases sanctioned by the state. There are strong arguments put forward as to why the law should enforce morality whereas others say that it should not. Contemporary issues‚ especially those that deal

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    common law become so rigid and inflexible? Answer: By the reign of henry II‚ the practice of sending the royal justice throughout the country “on circuit” began to result in fairly uniform body of law developing around the country- the common law. The judges were assisted in finding an agreement among them by keeping records known as plea rolls. They set out not only the facts of each case and judgement‚ but often the reasoning behind the judgement‚ in much the same way as the modern law reports

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    In the book and movie‚Othello‚ by shakespeare‚ it showed differences in scenes. The film begins by showing the secrecy of the marriage between othello and desdemona. They marry at night and when all are sleeping. Also scenes of them kissing as othello tells of his feelings for her to the senators. This scene helps build upon the passionate love felt between othello and desdemona. It also allows us to see his arrogance in his status and deserving of desdemona. You see how his confidence

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    Jonas seeing beyond‚ and when Jonas’s father killed one of the twins. A few differences I saw between the book and the movie were the ages of Jonas‚ Fiona‚ Lily‚ And Asher in the book Jonas‚ Fiona‚ and Asher are 12 but in the movie they are 18‚ in the book Lily is 8 but in the movie she is 9. Another difference I saw between the book and the movie was with the Chief Elder in the book‚ you don’t really hear much from the Chief Elder but the when you watch the movie 30 or 40% of

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    Mount Kenya University Nairobi Campus Department of Law Bachelor of Law Law of Tort II Professor Manyasi (Lecturer) Adm./113/01151 Question: What is the relationship between easement and the law of tort? Discuss. An easement is an interest in land which is created by express agreement‚ prior use‚ or necessity that permits one person to make use of another’s estate. An affirmative easement gives one person the right to use another’s land; a negative easement prevents the

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    cheery and polite. Fiona is known as the person who always smiles. Question 1: Some similarities between Fiona in the book and the film is that her personality is the same she is caring and … We can see she is caring in both the book and the film because she cares for the old in the book but also cares for the babies in the film. Some differences between the book and the film is that in the book Fiona was assigned the job of Caretaker in the House of Old whereas in the film she was assigned the

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    Law is an enactment made by the state. It is backed by physical coercion. Its breach is punishable by the courts. It represents the will of the state and realizes its purpose. Laws reflect the political‚ social and economic relationships in the society. It determines rights and duties of the citizens towards one another and towards the state. It is through law that the government fulfils its promises to the people. It reflects the sociological need of society. Law and morality are intimately

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    For this assignment I watched the movie The Giver because although I had read the book before I didn’t actually remember much about it. Even though the book is better than the movie‚ I actually really enjoyed the movie and found it extremely interesting. It all begins with the memories from the past were being erased and a boundary being set to keep the memories away. Everyday everyone would mandatorily have to get injected even though they didn’t know why‚ they would happen because they found to

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