...A Comparison of the tale of “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” and the Disney Movie Aladdin: A Cultural Study According to N. J. Dawood, the translator of The Thousand and One Nights, “Aladdin has been retold or presented to so many different generations all over the world that it can perhaps be rightly described as the most renowned story invented by man”. Interestingly enough, “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” was not part of the original collection of stories that composed The Arabian Nights. No one knows exactly when a given story is originated, but it is obvious that some stories circulated orally for centuries before they actually were collected or written down. The story of Aladdin appeared for the first time in Antoine Galland’s (1646-1715) translation of the Thousand and One Nights, the first major European version. Before Galland, there was no known Arabic version of Aladdin and his lamp. The first Arabic version showed up after Galland’s version and very well could have been translations of Galland’s French version. One of the more recent and most popular versions of “Aladdin” was an animated feature produced in 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures. Aladdin made over $217 million in revenue in the United States, and over $504 million worldwide. Even though the American film and the medieval Arabian tale share common elements and are both plotted around a young impoverished boy named Aladdin, the moral lessons they offer differ in ways that can be described through the values...
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...! The Unrealistic Fantasy The Disney movie Aladdin demonstrates that social mobility is just an unrealistic fantasy to be achieved, by the way the film shows Aladdin’s opportunities— street rat vs. prince, how the Genie acts as welfare for Aladdin, and through the lack of privileges that Aladdin experienced throughout the movie. There is no doubt that Aladdin portrays the poverty victims in Agrabah, the Genie represents as the Government, and Jasmine corresponds with the rich. All of these factors creates an impractical real life scenario of jumping the social classes the way Aladdin did. First of all, there is no surprise that Aladdin is treated very different from the beginning of the movie, to when he becomes a prince. One of the very first examples you can see this being displayed is during the song “One Jump Ahead”. In this scene Aladdin is chased around the city’s streets of Agrabah by guards because he can’t afford to pay for the food he stole. Based on the ragged clothes he wore, with patches in his pants, the town labels him as riffraff, a street rat, and a scoundrel, just like the lyrics in the song. However, when he is a prince, Aladdin gets a grand parade entering the city on the way to the palace. He was treated different by the Norman,2 people because of the way he was dressed and how he was presented. He no longer had on old ragged cloths, and now wore an expensive wardrobe fit for a prince. The crowed did not mock him nor call him names...
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...The Electrical Genie Keith L Mayers Jr University of Phoenix The Electrical Genie Customers often have a poor opinion of electrical, plumbing, and HVAC contractors on a broad spectrum of misfortunate incidences. At The Electrical Genie LLC we try our best to reverse the public’s opinion one visit at a time. With a clear vision, a strong mission statement, and an even stronger set of values, our crews at The Electrical Genie are setting new standards in electrical service. In the proceeding, The Electrical Genie will touch on some basic products and services, define the targeted customer base, and product differentiation. In addition, with the creation of a new mission and vision statement; where does The Electrical Genie LLC see it’s self in the future. Define some defining principles or values considering but not limited to culture, social responsibility, and ethics. Analyze how the vision, mission, and values guide the organization’s strategic direction, and evaluate how the organization addresses customer needs and critique how they achieve a competitive advantage. At The Electrical Genie LLC we clearly understand the need for the reinvention of customer support and satisfaction. With a strong back bone of values The Electrical Genie will help your worst electrical disaster disappear like a wish from a Genie. Define your business and the mission statement For the past 10 years Keith L Mayers Jr has been a master electrician with AMTECK Electrical LLC. He is one...
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...BIBL 104-D81 March 31, 2014 Forum 1 (Modules 2 and 3): Historical-Cultural Context 1. Historical-Cultural Context - According to Duvall & Hays, in Journey Into God’s Word; the first step in understanding the bible, or any historical text for that matter, is understanding the text as it relates to the original author and his or her specific audiences. If a reader doesn’t have a good grasp of the circumstances surrounding the introduction of the text at the time of authorship, how can he or she begin to understand the author’s original intent? Was the author relating a story to elicit particular feelings or emotions, laying down edicts to be followed without waiver, or just providing a narrative description of actual events? Furthermore, historical and cultural context give us a framework for looking at a passage or literary piece, and applying the information based upon the changes in the current conditions as they exist today. Duvall & Hays use the New Testament passage referencing the difficulty of a rich man entering the kingdom of heaven as a perfect example of the miss-application of historical context. For years children have been taught of a gate in the walls of Jerusalem called the ‘Eye of the Needle’ that was so narrow camels had to thread their way through very carefully. Unfortunately, there is no record of any such gate actually existing; therefore, even though the imagery is poignant, interpreting the meaning of the passage using this false historical...
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...Beauty is a play written by Jane Martin. Beauty is centered around two young females that are both jealous over what trait the other one possesses. The character named Carla is an extremely beautiful woman who is offered marriage proposals almost on a daily basis, while Bethany is a young woman who is abundantly smart and talented. During the play Bethany finds herself in Carla’s apartment to tell Carla that she has a genie who grants wishes. During the conversation about the wish Bethany has left beauty and brains came up and both of the girls stated that they wanted the traits that the other one possesses. At the end of the play the audience learns that the two both received what they had wanted, Carla received brains, while Bethany received...
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...How far is children’s linguistic development a result of an innate capacity to learn language? Many children learn their language through their parents talking and the influences around them. In this essay I will be exploring linguistic experts and behaviourists who argue different ways of learning language acquisition and what they believe teaches children and develops their language as part of their capacity to learn their language. I shall be focusing on Chomsky whom is a nativist who believes that every child is born with the ability to learn a human language through inherited characteristics. In contrast to that I will also be looking at the work of skinner, who was a behaviourist, who believed that children learn language through the principle of conditioning this includes repetition, Enforcement and imitation. Within this essay I shall be incorporating examples from children and certain tests to prove both these theory’s or in turn disprove the theories. I shall then be concluding with how far I think children’s linguistic development is part of an inherited capacity to learn language or if it is something that we learn through conditioning. Chomsky believed in the concept that every child is born with the ability to learn a human language, this was through a language acquisition device also known as ‘lad’ this is believed to be a device that is installed in children’s brains from when they are in the womb its believed to be a device with principles of language and...
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...poor is not being able to afford a home, if that food. In the story “A Gift of the Magi” and the movie “Aladdin” the characters Della and Aladdin share similarities and differences. The first similarity I realized between the story “A Gift of the Magi” and the movie “Aladdin” is that in both they have couples. Without these couples the story and movie wouldn’t be what they are. In the story “A Gift of the Magi”, the couple is Della and Jim. In the movie “Aladdin”, the couple is Aladdin and Jasmine. The difference between the two is one main character is a girl and the other is a boy. In the story “A Gift of the Magi”, Della is the main character. In the movie “Aladdin” the main character is Aladdin. The second similarity I realized between the story “A Gift of the Magi” and the movie “Aladdin” is that both couples are in love. Both of these couples are in love with one another at some point in time. The difference between the two is one has been in love since the beginning and the other falls in love by the end. In the story “A Gift of the Magi”, the couple is in love from the beginning of the story all the way to the end. In the movie “Aladdin”, the couple falls in love throughout the story. Love is a key component for everything that happens in the story/movie. The third similarity I realized between the story “A Gift of the Magi” and the...
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...Quotes: "You are all very talented, but will face multiple dilemmas in life. At every dilemma, you will have two options - you can follow your mind or follow your heart. Always follow your heart because mind is divisive, political and trained while the heart is relational and pure" - Prof. Sunil Maheshwari in the last SHRM lecture. When ambition exceeds performance, the gap is called "Frustration" when the performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called "Success" "You can live life two ways. You can be a warrior who strives for victory at every step..makes compromises....and wins in the end. Or you can be defeated occasionally...do not make any compromises..and live your life with your head held high and without any regrets. The former is what you have been doing since 9th standard. Time to try the latter?" "To be kind is more important than to be right. Often people need a patient heart that listens, not a brilliant mind that speaks." "We don't need more money, we don't need greater success or fame, we don't need the perfect body or even the perfect mate. Right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness." Every heart has a pain. Only the way of expression is different. Fools hide in eyes While Brilliant hide in their smile. A seed while growing makes no sound. A falling tree makes huge noise. Destruction shouts. Creation is always quiet. Be quiet, and achieve more.... At the time...
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...The child fixed his eyes on the elf's. The elf tried fixing his eye on the child's too, but he couldn't. The elf, him, didn't see the kid except one time of two. He had one blind eye, him. He was bothered here. One stupid detail. He had only one eye and the kid had two; he didn't know which eye he would plant on his. He hesitated, and his eye started jumping: right-left, left-right. He was horribly uncomfortable. Later, a tear appeared; not from grief but impotence and anger. The kid did one bizarre thing. Which calmed the elf down and made him get his confidence back. He closed one eye. Few minutes later, the elf said his first words: " What's wrong kid? Why are you doing this?". The kid replied calmly: "Why do you have one eye?". The elf said, with a tear that went down from the scar from his eye, but this time not from powerlessness or anger, yet smiling: "I gave a kid my eye as a present for Christmas, boy! It was his wish to be able to see the other half of life again, that's why I was also kicked from Santa's workplace, I couldn't see the other half after I gave him my eye.". Silence dominated the area for about half an hour when, the kid moved his head in a way to tell the elf to follow him. They went inside, entered a room whose door had a 'Keep Out' sign then the kid said:...
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...Michael Erobu Professor Vickey Daley English 236 8 October 2014 Vanity and Greed Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s literary work of the story “Faust” can easily be compared and contrasted to the film The Devil’s Advocate. Though there may be a large time span between the two works they both are able to convey the same main theme. By dealing with the ever present vanity and greed of human nature, both works are able to have the same major plot and theme though almost two centuries apart. Both have just about the same character relationship, the main character of the story is brought vain success by the antagonist and thus the antagonist is tries to make a deal to the protagonist to sell their souls. The first comparison between the story of “Faust” and the film The Devil’s advocate are the similarities between the two protagonists. They are both men who want more in life. In “Faust”, Faust is a scholar who wants to know the purpose of life. He is in despair about his life thus far and in search of purpose, love and power. He has had so many scholastic achievements he feels there is nothing more for him to learn from books. “Faust has studied all of the major subjects in which a Renaissance scholar could receive a degree, so can be understood to have exhausted traditional learning” (Brians 2). In The Devil’s advocate, Kevin Lomax is a vain lawyer in the small town of Gainesville, Florida. Though he is very successful as a lawyer there he isn’t doing or making as much as he knows...
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...are the important factor influencing sociologist’s choice of research methods (20 marks) Sociologists’ opinions differ among theoretical factors being the more important against other factors such as practical and ethical in influencing method choice. Positivists believe that sociological research should produce quantitative data e.g. official statistics and social surveys) as they identify and explain variable relationships between variables this is good for offering comparative explanations. They like data that is reliable, objective and representative; data allows the researcher to establish facts over interpretation. An example is the through using official statistics. Quantitative data shows a cause and effect relationship between two variables. An example would be Durkheim’s le suicide. Emile Durkheim created a hypothesis that suicide was related to the extent an individual was integrated into society. The less integrated the more suicidal. Quantitative research is theoretically positive this is because generally is more generaliasable and it’s able to be applied through triangulation. This would influential in choice of research method as this method is only applicable to some research and not in the case of true understanding of the research. Interpretivists however believe the opposite; that society cannot be studied through numerical data and you need verstehen to be able to truly understand cause and effect. Society is far too complex to show clear cause and effect...
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...A beneficiary is a person entitled to receive the proceeds from a life insurance policy. There is potential friction between actual people in your life and legal constructs defining those people. Thus, naming a beneficiary is more complicated than it might initially seem. Basic Definition Investopedia tells us that A beneficiary is any person who gains an advantage and/or profits from something. But, especially for purposes of life insurance, a beneficiary is really two seemingly identical, yet fundamentally different things: A person qualified to receive the proceeds of the policy. The person named in the paperwork. The potential friction between these two things makes the answer to this question far more complicated than it might seem. For example, to your mind, saying "my wife" or giving her full legal name (such as "Sally Ann Smith") may...
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...RAMIREZ, RJ RUIZ, Bianca TEH, Mia SA 21 – D It is apparent that Filipinos take their religion very seriously. Many Filipinos are willing to endure large amounts of pain just to profess their faith. Some choose the easier route in trying to express their belief by simply visiting a church and spending a few minutes in prayer. Our recent visit to Quiapo Church exposed us to both these forms of worship. When we arrived in Quiapo during our visit there a few days ago, we took a few minutes to survey our surroundings. The first thing we noticed is the large amount of people in the area. There were many people not only inside the church but around its surroundings as well. After this short moment of observation, we then decided to enter the church. This was the first time to enter Quiapo Church for all three of us and it’s unlike any church we have visited so far in the Philippines. The sheer size of the church’s interior dwarfs most of the churches we go to every Sunday. Even with its size, Quiapo Church is jam packed with numerous devotees. Most of the pews are filled with people and it is difficult to find an empty spot to sit down in. The first thing we noticed once we entered the church was the people who were walking on their knees towards the altar. These devotees would kneel down at the church’s entrance and then they would slowly go towards the altar on their knees. Given the size of the church, this painstaking ritual would take a while to complete. We saw...
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...relationship between two or more individuals, which link people through the World Wide Web. It continues to expand and new sites, connections, and ways to connect are introduced all the time, it is intriguing and a new approach to the traditional ways to communicate. As Americans we are always looking for the next big thing, and social web gives us a way to connect with virtually anyone, easily. In the past thirty years, technology has changed a tremendous amount, especially in the category of Social Web. It all began in 1979 with Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, who posted news articles and the concept of Usernets was conceived. Usernets were the precursor to Social web because it set the example and showed the use of internet incorporated into our lifestyles online. From there Usernets evolved into BBSs (Bulletin Board Systems) this came around in the late 70s early 80s. It was the new advancement in social web, the only catch being only one at a time could log on. Being the, “next big thing,” everyone was getting involved and although most used it for respectable purposes, some ruined it for the rest by hacking, posting illegal things, and inappropriate material. It dwindled in ratings and because of the issue of logging in one at a time; it was a very slow site. Below is a screenshot of a popular BBS, known as Star-Lit in 1979 by Ward Christensen. Needless to say, a new service came around called CompuServe. It appealed more than the past two sites because it was...
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...Are you an interior decorator? Because when I saw you, the entire room became beautiful. Are you religious? Because you're the answer to all my prayers. Do you have a Band-Aid? Because I just scraped my knee falling for you. I'm not a photographer, but I can picture me and you together. They say dating is a numbers game... so can I get your number? Do you have a sunburn, or are you always this hot? Is your daddy a Baker? Because you've got a nice set of buns! Did you invent the airplane? Cause you seem Wright for me. If I were a stop light, I'd turn red everytime you passed by, just so I could stare at you a bit longer. I wanna live in your socks so I can be with you every step of the way. I thought happiness started with an H. Why does mine start with U? I seem to have lost my phone number. Can I have yours? Hey baby, you must be a light switch, cuz every time I see you, you turn me on! Are you a camera? Because every time I look at you, I smile. For a moment I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Now I see that I am very much alive, and heaven has been brought to me. Do you know what my shirt is made of? Boyfriend material. Did you sit in a pile of sugar? Cause you have a pretty sweet ass. Do you have a map? I'm getting lost in your eyes. I don't have a library card, but do you mind if I check you out? Are you an orphanage? Cause I wanna give you kids. I was feeling a little off today, but you definitely turned me on. I'm sorry, I don't think we've met...
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