‘Perfect Day’ by Lou Reed‚ is the soundtrack used when Renton suffers from an over-dose of heroin and is dragged out on to the road by the Mother Superior‚ waiting for a taxi to take Renton to hospital. The camera angle is seen from Renton’s point of view‚ appearing as if he is in his own Grave. This signifies his near death experience as when he is injected in hospital‚ he returns back to reality‚ and to life. Underworlds ‘Born Slippy’ is played while Renton embarks on his betrayal towards his friends
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Many believe that humans are the perfect species. Many believe that no other species in the universe can compare to the intellect and emotional stability of humans. Although this is the popular belief for the majority of the public‚ many philosophers say this is not the case. Humans are far from perfect and various authors and journalists‚ directors and philosophers exemplify how humans are flawed daily through their works. Alexandre Dumas and Homer are two particular authors/philosophers that not
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Is There Too Much Pressure on Girls Trying to Be Perfect? America is filled with many beautiful women‚ different races‚ different cultures‚ different backgrounds. Being beautiful comes with a lot of things‚ in my opinion anyone created by God is beautiful but‚ being “beautiful” in this society land’s most women jobs‚ such as modeling‚ and acting roles. Most women these days are determined to look like celebrities they see on TV or social media. In “This Thing We Call Life” women often become
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hero. These are people we need‚ what the world will be without people like this to be there so we can call them our heroes. Stories that resemble these heroes can be finding in the news‚ newspapers. All these people are trying to bring change to this world but what if the world was so perfect we didn’t need these people. Who would be meritorious amongst us? Is it that greatness can only be shown if there are others that need a role model or Does the world we live in make it impossible for someone to
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Is the Perfect Body Worth It? Millions of people throughout the world would do anything to have that “movie star” body‚ but when is it too far? Martha was thirteen years old when she went on a diet of only salads and fruits. Her friends envied her because she had a healthy diet‚ but they didn’t know that it was all she was eating. Not eating enough wasn’t good enough for her though. Martha wanted to lose more weight so she decided to do sit-ups‚ leg lifts and jumping jacks on a daily basis
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Should we aim for perfect competition? A perfect competition is characterized by many buyers and sellers interacting in such a way as to produce the highest possible quantity at the lowest price. If one of them produces more or less goods it has no effect on the market supply. This is because the buyers are prone to change from one supplier to the other as the products are homogeneous. Similarly‚ no individual firm exerts enough market power to influence the market price or else the demand for
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The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger is a fascinating book that should stay in the curriculum. The book provides a highly detailed account of a storm that places readers in the center of the storm. Though the descriptions of fishing procedures and equipment are often confusing‚ they are a vital part of the plot. Without these details‚ readers would not be able to picture the dangers of the storm the way Junger wanted them to. The book is riveting‚ but never melodramatic. There is just enough
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A Perfect World Can you imagine a perfect world‚ a world where you had everything you wanted‚ no matter where you were or when it was? What would your world be like? Would your world be the same as it is now or would you change it in any way possible and create a completely different place? Well if I had to choose I would make my flawless world like it was in the essay Walden by Henry David Thoreau or even like it was in the speech “I Have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. In the essay Walden
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People have always fantasized about having perfect worlds. Some people want riches‚ others want peace. It seems that people are never capable of agreeing on what the perfect world should include. The realization of most perfect worlds is impossible because of the fact that people can’t agree. Therefore the perfect world would be one in which everyone agreed all the time. In a world where everyone agreed ‚ argument and conflict would be eliminated. The world would become a lot less diverse‚ and
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The Bell Jar and Black Swan: The Pressure to be Perfect In a society where competition among others and influences from the media are becoming increasingly prevalent by the decade‚ it is easy for one to feel the extreme pressure to be perfect. Many individuals face the internal conflict of feeling that they are not adequate enough for various personal or societal standards‚ often leading to unhealthy insecurities‚ mental and emotional instabilities‚ and identity crises. Firstly‚ society’s reminders
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