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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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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January 28‚ 2012 Interview a Tourist Interviewing a tourist was a fairly easy task for me because I work among tourist all the time. Recently I got a server assistant job at a restaurant downtown called The Macintosh. We are a relatively new restaurant‚ only being about 4 months old‚ but we have a good reputation among the restaurant community at the time being. With a combination of some marketing‚ great service and food we have people calling our restaurant all day making
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Discuss how Weir represents the concept of "individual struggle" in witness? Good morning/afternoon teachers and classmates‚ I am here today to talk to you about how Weir represents the concept of "individual struggle" in witness. Individual struggle is ones challenge which can decide if they are strong‚ or weak it determines their strengths and weaknesses and almost every individual will walk a path in their lives whereby they will face individual struggles. In witness the concept of "individual
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Article on Witness by Rosemary O’Shea Area of Study 2 Context: Exploring Issues of Identity and Belonging Article by Rosemary O’Shea WITNESS Director Peter Weir INTRODUCTION Peter Weir is an Australian director whose films are internationally renowned. In Gallipoli (1981)‚ The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)‚ The Mosquito Coast (1986) and Dead Poets Society (1989)‚ he has created films that deal with groups under pressure. In Witness (1985) he provides the film audience with a window onto
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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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HNHM TOURIST DESTINATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS: TASK 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..1 a) Compare the appeal of current leading tourist destinations with that of currently developing tourist destinations…………………………………….………2 b) Evaluate how characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal…3 TASK 2 a) Analyse issues that affect the popularity of tourist destinations……..4 b) Discuss the potential for responsible tourism to enhance the host community
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this assessment I would be analyzing the main tourist destination and generators of the world in the terms of visitor number and income generation and also be analaysing statistics to determine tourist destination. Development and predict future development will have analyzed explanation about culture‚ social and physical features of tourist destination. Explaining how they appeal to their tourists. In this assignment I will produce a report on tourist destination of United Kingdom and compare it
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are driven by their double missions of learning and service and the compelling. However young students do not take the class seriously and they do not desired to learn‚ even have the opportunities to learn. In " Expanding Offerings"‚ " many students come to school without any training in foreign languages‚ or that only couple of languages. And " many school districts must deal with immigrant children." School calendar can help teachers to keep their teaching on track and teaching more. But there are
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