Related text to whose life is it anyway? – Power and the individual What ideas of power are represented in “whose life is it anyway” and the related texted material you have chosen and how does the related text link to the prescribe text? There are many ideas and reasons why My Sisters keeper and whose life is it anyway have similar relations to the power and the individual. For one the battle of individual rights‚ Both Anna and Ken fight for their individual rights to their Body and life. Ken doesn’t
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In the film Whose Life Is It Anyway? we are introduced to the character of Ken. Ken’s life is changed after a life-altering car accident leaves him a quadriplegic. Ken‚ being unable to live the life he is accustomed asks to be released from the hospital and refuses medical treatment. Throughout this paper I will delve into the roles that work‚ play‚ and worship played in Ken’s life both pre-accident and post-accident. The roles of work‚ play‚ and worship will also tie in with Ken’s personal freedom
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hospital. He dislikes it to a certain extent when it can be called hate. In this important scene Ken has mentioned that he doesn’t want to live on anymore with these conditions of the body‚ as he only wants to live if he can live a normal life. And a normal life would include living healthily with out the help of medical instruments. Brian Clark has made Ken use a certain amount of sarcasm and partly rhetorical questions to portray Ken to the reader as he is. The reader will most likely think that
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Brian Clarke Use Ken’s Situation To Provoke Both Sympathy And Humour In ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway?’ The book has been written by Brian Clarke not only to entertain readers‚ but to also make a statement about euthanasia. Euthanasia is defined as an ‘easy death’‚ however after reading the play ‘Whose Life Is It Anyway’‚ readers start to get an idea of what a struggle it is‚ not only to have the courage to end your own life‚ but to persuade others around you that it is the right decision‚ especially
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The play ‘Whose Life is it Anyway?’ by Brian Clark explores conflicting issues and views through the protagonist predicament. Having conflict is essential in drama. Conflict is created through disagreement of different perspectives and allows the audience to question their values in society. The three keys areas of conflict that arise in the play are the dignity of choice‚ professionalism and desire. Dignity of choice is a key conflict that is conveyed throughout the play. Ken is a paraplegic resulted
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Emerson was born on May 25‚ 1803[America 5]. When he was eight his father died‚ he also attended the Boston Latin School[drapers 5].He had four brothers and two sisters dad was William Emerson his Mom was Ruth Emerson[draper 5].Emerson’s early preaching had often touched on the personal nature of spirituality[draper 5].Now he found kindred spirits in a circle of writers and thinkers who lived in Concord‚ including Margaret Fuller‚ Henry David Thoreau and Amos Bronson Alcott (father of Louisa May
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In this essay‚ I will be describing and analysing how Ken‚ from “whose life is it anyway”‚ used persuasive techniques to persuade the judge to let him die. Ken is trying to persuade the judge to let him die‚ and he persuades him with this quote “…and I find the hospital’s persistent effort to maintain this shadow of life an indignity and its humane.” this quote is clearly showing that he does not want to rely on other people. The word “maintain” stands for holding something like an object in your
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Who’s in control of your life? Who’s pulling your strings? For the majority of us‚ it’s other people – society‚ colleagues‚ friends‚ family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young‚ of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. We didn’t want to be singled out by the crowd for being different because this wasn’t such
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Emerson’s Good Life (1) “Do not seek yourself‚ outside yourself (Emerson 211).” Emerson suggests that we should live life based on our own intuitions. He proposes that we should live life coexisting in society without conforming to it. “Whoso be a man‚ must be a nonconformist (214).” Coexisting in society allows us to lead a life of our own inhibitions and desires. We should live a life for ourselves‚ not as though we live in a theater and our life is a play. Turning inward‚ one can find
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Emerson’s “Poet” First published in 1844‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson released his essay titled “The Poet.” In this essay‚ Emerson provides his thoughts of the ideals of a poet. He was not speaking of any poet‚ instead an American poet. What should their ideals be? What should their role in society be? And how can the American poet distinguish him or herself and think independently from the European influence? Emerson argues that the poet is a “namer” and a “seer”‚ who permeates the secrets of
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