2010 HSC English Standard – Module B ‘Witness’ By Aiman Ahamad ------------------------------------------------- John Book and Rachel Lapp could never have a successful permanent relationship. Do you agree? Relationships may be permanent or temporary. Different relationship will experience obstacles but may receive considerable rewards. There are many factors that can affect the relationship between people like clash of cultures‚ their inability to conform to alternate societies and the fundamental
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FIRST 10 MINS OF WITNESS ESSAY Peter Weir’s film‚ “Witness” reveals that besides our contemporary world‚ there are other “worlds” with their own values that are unique. These worlds conflict with the Western world through their variation in lifestyle. The Amish are a community of people who live peacefully in the midst of a robust‚ crime - riddled contemporary world. Weir presents a film that fits two genres‚ one of a crime and the other of romance. Within the first ten minutes of the film these
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lWitness Witness is a box office hit film directed by Peter Weir which explores the themes of conflicting cultures on a social‚ cultural and personal level in a film noir style crime thriller. Peter Weir presents a number of themes that are based around the contrasting aspects between two conflicting cultures; the Amish and the “English‚” contradicting between the mainstream American society and the Amish community in regional Pennsylvania. American society is seen as a violent and arrogant group
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Pd.3 09/11/11 Culture Clash in the Chesapeake By the time the English arrived‚ Powhatan was the head of the Indians‚ dominating a few dozen tribes in the James River area. Initially‚ the Indians considered the English as potential allies because the English helped them to control other Indian tribes in the region. However‚ the relationship between them aggravated as time went on. One of the reasons is because the different languages and cultures caused general precautions. But‚ more importantly
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Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|Elders and Chieftains |Democrat |Republican/Democrat
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The clash of cultures and races in "A Passage to India" A Passage to India‚ published in 1924‚ was E. M. Forster’s first novel in fourteen years‚ and the last novel he wrote. Forster began writing A Passage to India in 1913‚ just after his first visit to India. The novel was not revised and completed‚ until the end of his second stay in India‚ in 1921‚ when he served as secretary to the Maharajah of Dewas State Senior. Novel examines the racial misunderstandings and cultural hypocrisies that characterized
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Business Report Culture Clash Crimps Sony CEO Executive Summary This report shall analyse the importance of cultural adaptation and cooperation in multinational companies. Focussing on the Sony Corporation of Japan and the appointment of a western corporate executive officer (CEO) we shall dissect selected cultural aspects to ensure that when implementing such a strategy there is maximum efficiency. As there are numerous management styles that derive from many cultures it is vital that
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Witness (1985) is a film directed by Peter Weir it demonstrates and explores the violence and how it is approached and viewed within two cultures‚ it is shown through various camera angles and shots‚ music and the narrative structure of the film. The scenes that demonstrate this are the murder scene‚ tourist scene and the symbolisation of the gun in the movie. Violence is highlighted in the murder scene because it shows the modern society evidently uses much violence to achieve things whenever necessary
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‘WITNESS’ ANALYSIS The film “Witness”‚ directed by Peter Weir‚ is about the traditional Amish life versus the violent ways of the Western World. The film begins when an Amish boy named Samuel Lapp witnesses the murder of a policeman‚ and when detective John Book discovers it was an ‘inside job’ he gets shot and takes Samuel and his mother Rachel back to their Amish community. While nursing the bullet wound he stays with them for a week and learns the Amish way of life. He is not comfortable at first
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nevertheless very effective. Memorable‚ as what they had been aiming it to be. This was the first Noh play I’ve watched and I don’t think I’ll forget it‚ what with the intense emotional experience and the appreciation for both Japanese and Philippine cultures it has brought me. A Noh play is a traditional play in Japan that usually depicts a soul—a troubled one‚ at that—who comes back to the world of the living to settle whatever disturbs her when she was still alive and she has brought with her to
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