...and Italy. Thus, British Parliament decided to follow a non-intervention policy, which hindered the Republican government the right to purchase arms to defend its position within the civil war. This created a lot of backlash in British society because many individuals, such as Charles Duff, supported Spain and sought to garner support in British society. Duff's Spain at War: A Monthly Journal of Facts and Pictures appeals to the human nature of the war by illustrating the graphic horrors of the war to gather support for the Republicans. British newspapers, such as the Times, provided "limited" coverage on the events taking place in Spain that provided pro-Franco support or ignored the war all together. Former British Intelligence Agent Charles Duff sought to provide the British public with accurate information about the war in Spain through his publication's Spain at War: A Monthly Journal of Facts and Pictures and the War in Spain: A Weekly Summery. Both of these publications highlight the horrors of the war and support the Republic, while capturing British support for Republican struggles. However, Spain at War: A Monthly Journal of Facts and Pictures appeal was "not based upon political or religious creeds or dogmas, but on those principles of morality which have been recognized throughout the ages as humane and progressive." This appeal to humanity and morality is quite intriguing because it follows a tone similar to that of George Orwell. In Homage to Catalonia, Orwell...
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...Alyssa Bauman En1320 Lab3 “Why We Crave Horror Movies” by Steven King presents an intriguing philosophy of watching horror movies. I believe that the purpose behind this article is to appeal to the reader’s unrealized dark side. King implies that are able to overcome their hysterical fear of things when they’re confronted with it and watching a horror movie is the easiest way to do that. He explains that in some way we all have this courage to overcome our deepest fears and one of the ways we show it is placing ourselves, in this case a movie theater, directly in front of what we know will scare us. The intended audience for this article is most likely the younger age demographic. Horror Movies are especially popular with ages 15-35. When you are younger you have this need to seek out new experience and thrills. Throughout the essay King directs a message to the young by making a comparison of horror movies to roller coasters describing the excitement that is felt throughout the ride. King is trying to persuade his reading audience to watch horror movies that bring his popularity up because he has books that have been made into movies. Although persuasive, King's article does not have factual evidence to solidify his argument that we all crave horror movies. The article uses many rhetorical strategies such as: compare and contrast, analysis and evaluation, cause and effect, absolutes, generalizations, and assumptions. King's ability to use these strategies demonstrates...
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...people enjoy horror movies so much? It is the same kind of concept, something scares and disgusts us, but when it comes to horror films, shows, and etc. we find it to be pleasurable at the same time. Noël Carroll believes that the thing that attracts us to unpleasant feelings, like being scared and disgusted, is due to the monster. The monster is why there is a paradox of horror. Humans are extremely curious beings of life. Doctor Who season 4 episode 11, “Midnight”, demonstrates Carroll’s philosophy behind why people enjoy horror. “Midnight” starts off with the Doctor trying to convince his partner in crime to join him on a visit to a waterfall made of sapphires, which is located on the planet called Midnight, but she refuses, and the Doctor gets on the Crusader Tour Bus with seven strangers. On his way to Midnight Palace, the bus stops due to “engine” problems; however the Doctor quickly figures out that the Crusader Tour Bus is in perfect condition. The mechanic seems to see an odd shadow that appears to be running toward them, but the driver says its nothing and that help is on the way, reassuring the passengers and the bus attendant that everything will be fine. Suddenly, a random but constant knocking begins. The plot has finally come to the “monster”. The passengers start panicking and guessing what could be knocking: a person or maybe rocks falling. But it is neither, the viewer is now eager to find out who or what is knocking. Carroll states, “because horror fictions...
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...her fame, Andy Warhol greatly admired and looked up to her. This is why i believe he painted her after her death Xx "...and you said you thought "...and you said you thought that coming so close to death was really like coming so close to life, because life is nothing." - A recount of a dialogue with Andy after the assassination atempt from The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. In the early sixties Warhol became deeply interested in death. Searching for new material Warhol serched the media and became fascinated by pictures of electric chairs, car crashes, and race riots. As a result he created the Death in America series, and the viewers were shocked. Warhol blatantly depicted death over and over again shown off centered, layered, or ripped down the middle, and thought the photos were shocking they were also strangely compelling. On first viewing one searches the black image of the car crashes to find the bodies but once the mangled limbs come into view, it is impossible not to see them again whenever the image reappears. Like the crowd around a jumper, the viewers of Warhol's series were strangely captivated in a mixture of horror and curiosity. In...
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... had stopped people from understanding the mystery of life? Stupidity and carelessness 3. Which areas of study did Victor dedicate himself to? The science of anatomy (the structure of living things) philosophy 4. What made Victor persevere in studies which for most people would have been 'irksome and almost intolerable'? He describes himself as being "animated with an almost supernatural enthusiasm" 5. What childhood experience made Victor unafraid of supernatural horrors? His father had taken great precaution, through education, of him not being afraid of horrors. 6. Where did Victory carry out his research? In Vaults (basement like environment) and Charnel houses (storage place for dead people) 7. What did Victor Witness while carrying out his research? He is watching how the worms are decomposing the dead human bodies 8. Did Victor make his discovery without much effort? No, he worked for days examining, observing and analyzing 9. What did Victor discover? He creates life from lifeless matter The Accomplishment Of My Toils 1. How did Victor feel just before giving life to the monster? Just before giving life to the monster he felt with anxiety that almost amounted to agony After the creation of the monster he was filled with disgust and horror 2. What did Victor dream about? 3. What did Victor see when he awoke from his nightmare? Genre of this story Gothic science fiction Gothic Features - Charnel houses, vaults, churchyards - Atmosphere...
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...Lionel Glover Dr. Eaton Philosophy 3030 June 23, 2011 Discussion Paper Are You Living the “Good Life”? Many have an idea in their head of their ideal life. For me, it would be on a beach with my favorite lager or beer, full stomach, and my Marley music. That’s what I would consider the “Good Life”. But, what is the “Good Life”? Is it not having any problems or anything to worry about? Is it a house with a picket fence and a family? Is it getting that dream car completely for free with no strings attached? Horror films have proven to have several way of answering this question while simultaneously showing the viewer how it could lead to and from a bad experience. Between the two films, “The Ruins” and “28 Days later”, they show exactly how these weird scenarios would occur. In the film, “The Ruins”, two couples go on a vacation to experience what they would call the “Good Life”. They take a break from their everyday lives to experience this, but end up losing their own lives. One they feel they have reached their ultimate destination of lost ruins; they realize they are in a death trap. Horror is what they get by watching their loved ones and friends die before their eyes. Horror proved that the “Good Life” could be your worst nightmare. Perception made all the difference in this instance, which is exactly what occurs in the film, “28 Days Later”. “28 Days Later”, is a film that shows the contrary to the last situation. It starts out as a complete and utter nightmare...
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...Ford Coppola. The movie depicts the story of war, not as much the war between Vietnamese but the war within us. At first, movie appears very realistic and formalist and by the end, it is appearing symbolic as during the final scene Benjamin Willard finally killed colonel Kurtz and On the other hand ceremony of slaughtering the buffalo was happening at the same time which illustrate both scenes as one symbolic event. There are few editing techniques that worked well in this film are Sergei Eisenstein’s creative editing techniques who is a famous Soviet filmmaker. Eisenstein’s discovered three types of montage that is Rhythmic montage, Tonal Montage and intellectual montage which is also called conceptual or thematic montage. Eisenstein’s philosophy of intellectual montage which explain a way of editing that could form relation and symbols to two different shots created from juxtaposition. At the end, these two images of shooting and killing of Colonel Kurtz while Villagers were performing the ritual of slaughtering the water buffalo combined to make the connection between the viewers signifying the execution of civilian was more like a vulnerable slaughter. Another editing technique that greatly worked in this film is Rhythmic montage which is editing on the basis of rhythm. The Cloud bursting and shrieking of villagers at the slaughterhouse is paired in a rhythmic montage of contradiction and accompaniment. The images of murdering and slaughtering move before the viewer in rhythmic...
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...Taylor, Richard is a retired Professor of Philosophy at the University of Rochester and an internationally ethicist. Taylor had a lifelong obsession with honeybees. Taylor attended University of Chicago to study religion. His mother was a pastor imagined that he would make a fine preacher. Richard convinced of the absurdity of the Christian religion, were he encounter philosopher there, and discovered Plato. Which was a philosopher in classical Greece. Tim Madigan is an Editorial Director of the University of Rochester Press, and a US Editor of Philosophy now, tracked him down to discuss Schopenhauer, metaphysics which, Richard is noted for arousing art of beekeeping and best-known work is Metaphysics, published in the early...
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...Group work: “John Mortonson's Funeral” by Ambrose Bierce 1: Student A starts by summarizing the story, and the rest of the group ad details where necessary. The story is first and forward about a funeral. Its starts pretty normal and has a certain silence. But it takes a turn when a cat jumped up from the coffin 2: What does “in the presence of death reason and philosophy are silent” (p. 21, l. 16-17) mean? The opposite of reason Heart= feelings, no thinking things through. We think it means that wimping won’t get John mortonson back so there is no reason for philosophy wimping over the coffin. 3: How do we see Bierce's motto, “nothing matters”, in the story? It really means nothing matters, like in question number 2 that nothing matters when you lose someone, it all stops and sadness takes over. 4: What makes “John Mortonson's Funeral” a horror story? In the 3 last lines in the story, we hear something about the cat have a bloody noise so it’s could very much be that the cat have been eating of John Mortonson 5: Do you think the story would have become popular if it had been written today? Why? Why not? No I don’t think it would have been. The today world is much more cruel and horrible. One of the scary movies that are having success is saw. A movie like that is popular because of its mind twisted and crazy. Even crime shows like CSI would be more horrifying then this story. I don’t think people would find it that intersting. It takes a lot to scar people...
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...but more than that it is a riveting piece that compels the viewer to ponder the events that happen throughout the film. The viewer feels the need to follow the film through to the end to determine the outcome of Jacob’s delusions. The film has a universal theme that impacts all of its viewers. Hence the title, Jacob’s Ladder, the film hints on life and death and what lays between as it follows the basic outline of the Christian faith’s afterlife. In spite of the unsettling visuals and sometimes terrifying scenes, the film is essentially about coming to peace with one’s self. It is a story of a driven man and the unwillingness to let go of his family. The meaning of the film is briefly exposed by chiropractor Louis when he summarizes the philosophy of a 13th century theologian by saying: “Eckhart saw Hell too. He said: The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of life, your memories, and your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you, he said. They're freeing your soul. So, if you're frightened of dying and... and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the earth. It's just a matter of how you look at it, that's all. So don't worry, okay?” (Rubin 1990). Though...
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...What is Your Philosophy? Christopher Robinson PHL/215 December 12, 2011 Kathleen Ramsey What is Your Philosophy? How does one define his or her personal philosophy? A variety of personal, social, political, and economic circumstances help molds one’s philosophy. Using myself, as an example, I will explain how each of these areas has played some part in the molding of my personal philosophical views. The formation of my views began when I was a young child at around six or seven years old. I didn’t realize at the time of course. Only through growing up and looking back can one realize such things. According to the Performance Aid, I find myself falling into two categories of philosophy: Social and Post-Colonial. The post-colonial aspect is very easy for me to explain. One of the questions posed by post-colonial Phil osiers is “Can oral history and tradition be preserved for future generations? I believe that it can. This can only happen if we as a capitalistic society stop being so self-involved with money and possessions. We have to realize that history repeats itself in one way or another. Each generation needs to stop and take the time to learn from parents, grandparents, and great grandparents about their lives. The lives of those before you help shaped the ways and methods of thinking for the next. This could be passing along family history or traditions. I have often regretted not hearing more of my father’s stories of his time in the military. He was in, what...
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...Hershey Company Weaknesses in the Product Life Cycle There are a couple of weaknesses in the product life cycle of Hershey. To begin with, candy sales are being lowered by health and wellness trends, which are not only a weakness for Hershey, but the entire chocolate and candy industries as a whole. In addition to that, Hershey has had price inflation for their products. There has been an increase in consumer consciousness when it comes to the health risks related to foods with high sugar and salt products as well as high-fat and cholesterol foods. Consumers are giving more attention to the product labels of the items they purchase and are choosing to purchase the healthiest products available. When it comes to price inflation, rising costs have been a principally tough challenge for the company. The raw material costs having to do with producing a basic milk chocolate bar weighing 3.5 ounces or 100 grams, has soared 28 percent. Hershey’s has been susceptible to market price increases of key ingredients like cocoa, milk, sugar and peanuts, which all have seen increasing prices. The price of cocoa butter, which makes up about a fourth of each chocolate bar, has risen 63 percent in the last 2 years, reaching a four-year high. Whole milk powder, which is another major part, has risen above 20 percent (Tidy, 2013). In order for the company to fight the rising costs, they would need to both raise domestic wholesale prices and lower product weight. The rising price of...
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...did they insert a racist ideology into what was supposed to be God’s will? The author also depicts how she sees and hear racism in the present presidential campaign. That how Donald Trump supporters anger is based on racism, because white supremacy of others in America is being threatened. Bernie Sanders on the other hand speaks to all that are suffering because of American politics and economic philosophies. The author believes his tone is not racist, because he speaks for America has done a lot to protects its image, and that the history we learned wasn’t American history but, (white American history) which was from the perspective of those that were in power. History was taught and learn, but the information given wasn’t in depth, bits and pieces was taken out of the whole. For example, we learned of the brutal racism of white people arriving to American from Great Britain, and inhabiting the land which belonged to Native Americans and massacring innocent people. But our history lessons didn’t get too in depth about what actually occurred. No attempt was made to impart the horrors of such intuitions. In this article minority groups (Black...
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...Sally Arias English 150 Professor Zacharias September 23, 2010 An Examination of the Philosophy of Dadaism and It’s Existential Roots Dadaism is an artistic movement that prospered from Europe around the 20th century. Many believe that this form of art is a representation of the “nihilistic protest against all aspects of Western Culture mainly due to a direct result of revulsion and rebellion against the horrors of war” (Shemool). However, what these artists really wanted was to open the minds of society to a new world of illogicality and endless possibilities without the limitations of moral and religious belief. The purpose of this artistic movement is to challenge the conventional principles of morality and establishment of laws by portraying its unique incongruous form of art. Its bizarre and inimitable ways depict some of the basic principles of existentialism, which is “a modern philosophical movement that stressed the importance of personal experience as an individual who are seen as a free agent in a deterministic and seemingly meaningless universe” (Collins English Dictionary). This concept aroused controversy in society since such eruptions of “absurd” terminology were never before seen or accepted. Although some of the works of Dadaism meddled with the tolerance of human society, its true intentions were to re-establish the values of romantic practices and indispensable morality of humanity when uncorrupted by societies’ taboo beliefs. Many of the people...
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...Veganism along with other diets such as Vegetarisim, Pescatarism, etc. are considered fad diets, meaning that is not originated based on wholly dietary needs, but rather a philosophical view. Veganism is a philosophy in how one decides to live their life, it is necessarily a belief, a belief in which turns into a standard way of living. The vegan diet is a diet that is in high demand due to the public views of possible health benefits and or a new diet challenge. Veganism is a current health fad that will fade when a new one arises. To some Veganism is a choice while others perceive it as a lifestyle, and while both scenarios are true, they fail to realize that their opinions on the vegan diet are based off of principles, which happen to be consoled of a fad. A vegan diet doesn’t just simply develop overnight, as a vegan diet takes careful consideration before...
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