response: Is Vincent the hero in ‘’Gattaca’’? A typical hero is someone who is able to be admired or idealize courage‚ outstanding achievements or noble qualities. Andrew Niccol’s film text ‘’Gattaca’’ displays Vincent Anton Freeman as a character with innumerable heroic acts and qualities but the fact that he lacks some heroic qualities brings him short of being the hero in ‘’Gattaca’’. The film furthermore portrays the fact that there is no real hero in Gattaca‚ just like Vincent Freeman‚ these
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My education will. . . My education will help me to do many things in my life. Before I go‚ and just like everyonhe else will‚ and list all of the obvious bull crap answers I will simply state that I am a realist in my outlook on life. I do‚ however‚ plan to go to college and further my education‚ but I realize that a large portion of what I learn will end up being‚ for the most part‚ useless. A majority of success in life comes from personal experiences and life lessons you learn‚ not‚ from sitting
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Many people love to converse on the subject of religion and how their religion became what it is today. Buddha‚ Confucious‚ and Plato were all three very well aspired men who believed in similar but at the same time‚ different practices. All three lived around the same time period‚ with a few years separating Buddha and Confucious from Plato. Buddha encouraged spirituality and to enjoy the world as it is. Confucious pushed for humanism and that whatever a person does to another‚ may it be good or
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always like this though‚ I was embarassed of my naturality. I dreamt of waking up with straight waves and hair that didn’t frizz up at the slightest percentage of humidity. I was that girl that would stay awake until 2AM to straighten my hair for school the next day‚ only to come face first with 8 hours of discomfort from having to avoid any sort of water. You speak to me with a little spit in your mouth and I’ll run away faster than you can imagine just to avoid having my hair disobey me more than
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time she leaves it’s my heart that she’s taken from me I dunno if she’s gone for good or returning in the morning Cannot wait through the night cause I can’t help the tossing and turning I want you to know that our bed‚ our sheets‚ our pillows get lonely on...Yo side of the bed [Chorus:] Yo side‚ Yo side‚ Yo side‚ Yo side‚ Yo side‚ Yo...On yo side of the bed [x3] Yo side‚ Yo side‚ Yo side‚ Yo side (its so lonely there) I don’t wanna sleep if you ain’t here... noooo I just wanna breathe
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year before if someone would ask me of my love story I would just blandly shrug my shoulders and walk away‚ for no words would be said‚ no feelings would be felt‚ and no memories would come flowing back to my mind - I have no love story to be told. I have no dream of happily ever after‚ I have no dream of prince charming coming riding on his horse‚ and I have really no intention of liking someone‚ for I felt that it’s not yet time - I have no right to do so. I was so full of insecurities to myself
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I Love Basketball 1 Basketball is among the world’s popular sports. Basketball refers to a sport played by two teams whose main goal is to shoot the ball through the rim placed horizontally while following a set of rules. The teams consist of five players and it is played on a marked rectangular court having two baskets on all width ends. The regulation basketball hoop comprises of a rim or basket attached to a backboard. The
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1. What is Horatio’s opinion of the ghost before and after he sees it? What does the ghost look like? 2. Explain the political unrest that takes place in Denmark at the beginning of the play. (lines 90-120) 3. Paraphrase the 3 questions that Horatio asks the ghost. (lines 140-150) 4. List the 2 allusions that Horatio uses in lines 124-137. Explain why Horatio uses them. 5. List 3 examples of figurative language used in Act I‚ scene 1. Scene 2 6. What is the “good and bad” news Claudius
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AND WRITING QUESTIONS p. 583 Read pages 579 - 583 * 1. How does the author define “cell yell” (paragraph 2)? What changes in society since the 1950s does the author suggest account for the way people use cell phones today? -The author defines “cell yell” as a bad behavior from a human talking on the phone too loud‚ in a way that is including stranger into his private conversation. In the 1950’s‚ people were used to have their conversations inside an enclosed phone booth where no
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I’ve decided I want to travel. I mean I’ve always wanted to‚ but now I’m going to start planning it. I think once I finish University I’m going to take a year off‚ and travel the world. Visit different countries‚ move from town to town‚ live and experience different cultures. I’m not going to go straight into work after Uni.. I want to live my life. I mean I’m ready to leave this country right now‚ get away from everyone and just learn to be independant and travel... but I have priorites at the moment
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