...Aristotle’s Poetics Reflected In “The Lottery” And The Bourne Identity “The Lottery” reflects Aristotle’s Poetics in many ways, such as, the arrangement of incidents. In establishing the plot, Jackson lays out the tragedy clearly by first having the most eager group of the community, the children, gathering then followed by the other townsfolk. One action is as the children arrive they began to pile stones that we later discover to be most crucial in the ending action, the stoning of Tessie. Following are incidents setting the stage for the drawing itself as the box is placed on the stool and Mr. Graves assumes his usual spot and the families continue to gather. Aristotle describes the plot as a painting with beautiful colors, laid on confusedly. The readers are brought into “The Lottery” with some confusion. The scene opens pleasantly on the morning of June 27th a clear and sunny day with children playing in the square. Jackson cleverly lures the readers into a relaxed state before shocking them in the end with a stoning assumingly to death. As the chalk outline of the portrait is shown by Tessie’s character when she first arrives good-naturedly with good odds of surviving the day. When Bill draws the slip of paper with the black dot that seals one of her family members fate Tessie quickly revels her moral purpose as an unsavory character by her action of trying to include as many family members as possible on the second drawing...
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...Genre conventions in North by Northwest and The Bourne Identity The Bourne Identity and North by Northwest are both classified in the thriller genre, yet the changes since 1959 are very recognizable. In both films, violence would have been somewhat shocking to the audience of the time. In 1959 the thriller genre was not as popular or extreme as today, and so they were likely stunned by the tension and visceral nature of the film. However, if you compare it with the violence in The Bourne Identity, it seems completely tame. There are numerous bloody fight scenes, a man attempting to commit suicide and other moments of such ferocity. Yet this film manages to retain a “12A” rating by the MPAA. This shows the changing state of film audiences, and suggests that the populace has become more and more desensitized to such violence. Furthermore, North by Northwest is a much more slow-paced and thoughtful film. It builds in tension and suspense more and more, keeping the audience questioning motives behind the enemy and begging for answers until the very end. In the Bourne Identity, however, there are more car chases and gunfights and generally high-octane action than ever before in a thriller film. The genre has become more “dumbed down’ so as to cater to audiences who require such audacity in films, even if that means lessening the importance of the mystery in the film. There are still numerous questions that the audience wants answered in BI, however they aren’t as complex or intriguing...
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...in this module? Thriller is an engaging genre of text, characteristically making the responder react in a way that reflects their own values and experiences. North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, North by Northwest 1959) and The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, The Bourne Identity 2002) are examples of effective thriller texts. In these two texts, the responder is engaged with unease, worry and satisfaction through the protagonist’s characterisation, iconography, film technique and themes. In both North by North West and the Bourne Identity the protagonist is a dominant and capable male. This capability positions us...
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...Essay#1 : The Personal Essay , The Bourne Identity Identity is the most important thing in someones life . Theres different types of ways you can phrase what identity is . Your hair , eyes , height , skin color , culture , the way you dress , your interests , the way you look , where you live and you social security number is just a couple of things that make up who you are in other words also your identity . A lot of people have trouble finding their identity such as who they are , what they like and etc . This can also cause problems in life , the person who’s identity is not yet found can be depressed or stressed about not being able to fit in with certain groups of people , just not knowing who they are or just not knowing where they stand . Theres a couple different types of identity like physical which is eyes , hair color , age , height and social identity . “The Bourne Identity “ is a movie directed by Doug Liman . The main characters are Jason Bourne , Marie , Wombosi , Conklin , and The Professor . This movie relates to the topic identity because in the movie James Bourne is looking for his identity and who he really is but he’s lost his memory , in the movie Bourne finds out he has multiple identities . At first Bourne was injured but found by a fisherman who helped him back to health which is where Bourne figured out he has lost his memory and doesn’t know who he is or his name , he soon realizes he is being...
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...Bourne A wounded unconscious man is found and when awaken, he discovers that he possesses remarkable survival abilities while suffering from retrograde amnesia. Even though his memory remains sketchy at best he quickly determines that there are individuals, a group or an organization that wants him dead. The novel, The Bourne Identity, is Robert Ludlum twelfth novel released in 1980. In the book, he uses the real life individual, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan born terrorist who was capture after he killed an informant to the French government as well as two intelligence officers. The Jackal, as recent as 1975, participated in the planning of an attack on the headquarters of OPEC in Vienna, Austria. He then led a team to carrying out the attack, which led to the deaths of three people (a policeman, an OPEC employee and a member of the Libyan delegation) and the taking of 60 hostages. This inclusion of the Jackal is the biggest difference between the novel and movie. Universal Studios released their version of the book and they were counting on it being a blockbuster hit movie starring, Matt Damon as Bourne. The movie was well received and fans quickly became fans of the Bourne trilogy as they anticipated the next movie release date. But soon after the premiere, the Ludlum devoted began to turn on the movie blaming the differences between the novel and the movie, how could they mess with the beginning of the trilogy so unashamedly...
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...sub-genre a thriller film falls into, it will ALWAYS emphasize the danger that the protagonist faces. The tension with the main problem is built on throughout the film and leads to a highly stressful climax Examples of Thriller Films: * The Great Escape: A large group of POW’s plan an escape from a German camp in WW2 * The Silence of the Lambs: An FBI agent develops relationship with the notorious serial killer in order to fain his assistance in the hunt for another serial killer * North By Northwest: Mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies, an advertising agent travels cross-country trying to survive. Sub-Genres of Thriller: * Action: uses physical action to create suspense. (Die Hard, Kill Bill Vol,1, The Bourne Identity ) * Crime: incorporates the suspenseful aspects of a thriller with a crime plot. (Jagged Edge) * Film-Noir: stylistic type of crime-drama or thriller that was popular in 1940-1950. Is characterized by a black and white style with stark lighting effects. Main character is usually a cynical hero. (Sunset Boulevard, The Maltese Falcon, Sweet Smell of Success) * Psychological: incorporates elements of drama and mystery (Memento, Rear Window, Taxi Driver) * Science Fiction: incorporates hypothetical, science-based themes into plot of film. (Aliens, Inception, District 9) * Religious: incorporates religious themes, questions, ceremonies and objects. (The Ninth Gate, The Da Vinci...
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...Origin of “Acting White”……………………………...………………...…6 Accusations of “Acting White” in the Caribbean…………………………..8 Combating Accusations of “Acting White”…….…………………………10 “Acting White” and its affects on Identity”……………………………….11 Peer Pressure and Physical Appearance…………………………………..12 Coping with Peer Pressure……………………..……......................….…13 Summary ………………………………..................................................14 References ………………………………................................................15 Introduction In the article “Peer Pressures and Accusation of Acting like others” Author Dr. Bahaudin Mujtaba investigates the pressures students face to conform to what their peers consider acceptable. Due to media exposure and lack of understanding diversity, stereotyping minorities has become more prevalent and those who step out of the box are accused of acting like others. The article references the accusations of acting white that black students face when striving for good grades and aiming for professional careers. The article also references the spread of these accusations in the Caribbean. Students face peer pressure of acceptance not only in racial and ethnic identity but in appearance as well. These accusations can lead to issues with confidence and one’s self identity. With the potential detrimental effects of peer pressure it is important for students to learn effective ways to cope with these pressures. Media’s Role in Stereotyping Media exposure plays a large...
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...Indigenous Australians are the oldest inhabitants of the land with the most extensive practise of religion and customs, what we know as the Dreaming. (Edwards, 1998) The role and function of the Dreaming is to teach the Aboriginal people about the norms and mores of the sacred laws. Also known as customary law, these guidelines are an integral part of the Aboriginal culture as it maintains societal normalities. (ALRC, 1986) The Dreaming is a philosophy that binds every aspect of life together, it assists in knowing the past, present and future, and how to make conscious decisions to ensure the world continues triumphantly. According to Korff (2015) white man cannot comprehend the depth of the Dreaming, as it is more an analogy for providing identity and spiritualism to individuals. The diversity within the various communities explains how in-depth the spirituality is and how important this religion is to each Aboriginal person. Each tribe has their own definition and reason behind the Dreaming. The Ngarinyan kin refer to it as ‘Ungud’; the Pitjantatjar know the dreaming as ‘Tjukurpa’, and Yolngu as ‘Wongar’. (Edwards, 1998) The Bundjalung community believe the Dreaming is personal and calls their totem (place of which his spirit came), ‘his Dreaming’. (Peters, M.E, 2016) The Dreaming provides guidelines for each society; resources, survival skills and gender responsibilities. Hence, the Dreaming...
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...Sum Ming Cheung (Samuel) Mr. Ambler ENG 107 First Year Composition November 4th, 2013 A Brave Deed Is risk taking an essential component for writers ? It is now very common for many writers to produce their work and think of the idea of “playing safe”. It is reasonable for writers to w want to secure their job as this field is very narrow and challenging. Working for Guardian newspaper, Glenn Greenwald and his team writes about the United States government’s surveillance towards their citizens and through the examples he researched with the help of former central intelligence agency employee, Edward Snowden. The article is a clear example of how a writer demonstrates the skill of risk taking. Greenwald took three main risks which includes the possibility of losing his life for reporting such sensitive information as well as not being allowed to enter the country and that his American passport would be cancelled to losing his job and receive criticism. The approach that Greenwald and his team took by secretly interviewing Snowden to publishing the article is a whole process of taking risks and being able to broadcast the truth to the public. The article “Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations” written and researched by Glenn Greenwald and his team.The article discusses the issue of the American government spying on their own citizens to sharing intelligence with Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters. Through interviewing Edward...
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...“What?” you say, “I’m not corn, I’m a person!” ah-ah-ah, you see, I am a firm believer that you are what you eat; and I’m fairly convinced that you, myself, and everyone else in America, eats corn. <Beat>+<Beat in between sentences> About three years ago I was watching an episode of the Colbert Report in which he pointed out our nation’s insane dependence on corn. It made me realize just how unaware of corn we actually are. A good analogy our situation with corn, is that of the Bourne Series, where a man wakes to find he does not remember anything of his past, and must fight through a corrupted government to find the Truth. Like Mr. Bourne, we have forgotten just what corn means to us, and the hold it has over us. But by examining how our society became rooted in corn, and why our society will never be able to shuck its corn dependence, you can skip the violence and go straight for the understanding. I’ll begin with explaining corn itself, or, The Corn Identity The history of corn is summarized nicely by, surprise surprise, Mike Gibson of Iowa State University: Corn, known as Maize in all but a handful English-speaking countries, is a grain originally domesticated by peoples in Mesoamerica around 2,500 B.C. Corn was the major crop for the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas and various Pueblo dwellers of the southwestern United States. Next, it was discovered in Cuba by one Christopher Columbus in 1492 and distributed for growth across Europe, and finally brought to European...
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...adverts have in common is that they focus entirely on the cars. TV Branding campaigns and new car launches. BMW has also placed it cars to a lot of films: * Four James Bond Films * 1983 BMW 5 Series and a BMW motorcycle appeared in Octopussy * 1994 the Z3 Roadster became James Bond's official car in GoldenEye * 1997 following the success of GoldenEye a 7 Series saloon and R1200C Cruiser motorcycle appeared in Tomorrow Never Dies * 1999 the Z8 sports car featured in The World is Not Enough * 1996 E36 318i in Mission Impossible * 1998 E36 3 Series, E28 5 Series, E34 M5 in Ronin * 1999 E36 3 Series Convertible in American Beauty * 2002 E46 3 Series, E34 5 Series, E23 7 Series in The Bourne Identity * 2003 R1150 Rockster motorcycle in Paycheck * 2006 Z4 in Stormbreaker Radio Branding campaigns (2002 was the first year that BMW used radio for national advertising). It does not tend to be used at a national level, although may be used regionally. Press Colour press for example: Tatler, Vogue, lifestyle magazines, motoring publications, broadsheet newspapers and tabloid newspaper weekend colour supplements. Black & white: national press. Some regional publications (for tactical campaigns)....
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...An A-Z Index of the Bash command line for Linux. alias Create an alias • apropos Search Help manual pages (man -k) apt-get Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu) aptitude Search for and install software packages (Debian/Ubuntu) aspell Spell Checker awk Find and Replace text, database sort/validate/index b basename Strip directory and suffix from filenames bash GNU Bourne-Again SHell bc Arbitrary precision calculator language bg Send to background break Exit from a loop • builtin Run a shell builtin bzip2 Compress or decompress named file(s) c cal Display a calendar case Conditionally perform a command cat Concatenate and print (display) the content of files cd Change Directory cfdisk Partition table manipulator for Linux chgrp Change group ownership chmod Change access permissions chown Change file owner and group chroot Run a command with a different root directory chkconfig System services (runlevel) cksum Print CRC checksum and byte counts clear Clear terminal screen cmp Compare two files comm Compare two sorted files line by line command Run a command - ignoring shell functions • continue Resume the next iteration of a loop • cp Copy one or more files to another location cron Daemon to execute scheduled commands crontab Schedule a command to run at a later time ...
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...Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) There are disorders in this world where people dissociate themselves from the world. This dissociation is a state of mind where a person becomes detached or separated from reality (Swartz, 2001). Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), is one of many of the dissociative disorders. This disorder specifically was previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder. It was known as Multiple Personality Disorder because of the multiple personalities or alters with people who have DID. They changed the name of the disorder because of the loss of memory when changing between identities. DID is a disorder that is very misunderstood, as well as, being controversial (Tartakovsky, 2013). This...
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...NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM INTL 1101: GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS MR 11:45 AM - 1:25 PM, 310 Behrakis SPRING 2014 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Name: Dr. Ioannis Livanis Contact info: 617-373-4697 E-mail address: i.livanis@neu.edu Office: 210D Renaissance Park Office hours: Monday 2:00-4:00pm and Thursday 3:00-5:00pm ; and by appointment! TEACHING ASSISTANT INFORMATION Name: E-mail address: Office: Office hours: Course Content: The world is never a boring place, whether we are interested in politics, culture, history, security, or art. To understand the world around us, however, we must be engaged citizens of the world. We must try to put ourselves in others’ shoes, to develop a sense of how others perceive the world, what others experience, and to make connections with these differences. The study of international affairs trains us to think more carefully about global issues and encourages us to take action when needed. This course serves as an introduction to International Affairs, an interdisciplinary program that covers international politics, history, sociology, anthropology, language, and culture. This class is unique in that we will have lectures on a variety of topics, and watch films that enhance your understanding of globalization. You will be introduced to basic concepts of international affairs, including an introduction to the international system, globalization, and international organizations. We will explore global issues...
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...The urban in fragile, uncertain, neoliberal times: towards new geographies of social justice? R. ALAN WALKS Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Cananda L5L 1C6 (e-mail: alan.walks@utoronto.ca) Canadian cities are at a crossroads. The neoliberalization of governance at multiple scales, inadequate re-investment in urban infrastructure, increasing reliance on continental and international trade, and the restructuring of the space economy have combined to weaken Canada’s cities just as the global economic system is undergoing transformation. Canadian urban geographic scholarship has much to offer under current conditions, and is already making significant contributions in key areas. In particular, research on what might be called the contours and impacts of urban restructuring and the neoliberal city, immigration and cities of difference, and urban environmental justice show much promise and are likely to define the core of Canadian urban geography into the future. Key words: cities, urban geography, Canada, economic restructuring, neoliberalism, social justice L’urbain ` une ´poque fragile, incertaine et a e n´olib´rale: vers de nouvelles g´ographies de la e e e justice sociale? ` Les villes canadiennes sont a la crois´e des chemins. e Alors que l’´conomie mondiale traverse une p´riode e e de transformation, la situation des villes au Canada se pr´carise avec les effets de la restructuration e ` n´olib´rale de la gouvernance a multiples...
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