...WHAT LIES BENEATH What Lies Beneath is a American supernatural drama-horror film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It stars Famous actors Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer which were the only choice for the lead roles. This is one of a few movies in which ford has played a villainous role. Story revolves around the perfect relationship of Norman and Claire Spencer until Claire starts hearing and seeing things. She gets to know the fact that there is a ghost in their house ,Tries to tell her husband about it but he didnt believe her and suggested her to take the therapy which she did. The therapist forces her to make a contact with the ghost to learn what lies beneath and she decides to solve the mystery herself. as released on July 21, 2000 at #1 at the box office, grossing just under $30 million. It continued strongly throughout the summer of 2000, and ended up grossing over $155 million in the United States, and nearly $300 million worldwide. Most of us will think that a thriller teaming Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford and with director Robert Zemeckis who has produced some great entertainments (like Forrest Gump), would probably be another success and will be worthwatching like his rest of the movies not just because the cast but also because of the traillers that are so promising. Well we have to think again. Because you can never judge the the taste of the cake by just looking at the frosting on top. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) a high statused scientific researcher...
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...sociology, a reoccurring theme is that deviance seems to exist in the eye of the beholder, much like beauty. No act committed is automatically deviant, but must be defined as such. From as far back as medieval times to the present, it has always been the upper class dominating the lower class, those on the higher end of the social ladder that shapes the society people live in and define what deviant behaviour is and what is not. Those who have the power over such decisions can be classified as Moral Entrepreneurs, They strongly believe that their set of norms is the “right” way to live, their foundation is built on the belief that deviance lies within the individual, and therefore if you want to understand the deviance you must first seek out the problem within the individual and then treat them to get rid of deviance. Those who lack power and social standing are classified as the Cultural Paradigm and they have the complete opposite view of the Moral Entrepreneurs, they believe that the problem lies within society rather than in the individual therefore in order to deter deviance the problem that lies within society must be fixed. A clash of two titans in a one sided battle, however who is correct in terms of which manner is the better one to deter deviance. Should people be looking at the individual or at the society in which they live in? Through the eyes of great minds such as Becker, Kaplan, Denton and Parnaby it will become clearer that it is indeed the Moral Entrepreneurs who...
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...Jasmine Coleman Hour 4 10/5/11 The Lies We Are Told From when we are young to when we are laying in our death bed about to take our final breath, we are lied to. Lies about what we can accomplish, lies about our histories, lies that people really care about what we is on the inside and not about how pretty we are or what car drive, or how much money we make. The world simply revolves around greed, gluttony, envy, lust, wrath and pride; no matter how much one tries to deny it, it is the makeup of human nature. A person can only survive for so long before seeing the ugly truth within this horrid world before breaking; from self-concerned politicians to fight for the basic right an individual has as a person, the world as long since turned a blind eye to that which the deem against the norm. America is one of the longstanding hypocritical societies as well. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, lift my lamp beside the golden door” underneath there should be fine print that says “only to a certain number though”. For years, decades even, our country has strayed from what we supposedly stand for; we are a nation run simply for wealth. But even the ones who are trying to fix that, the Occupy Wall Street protest, are wrong in their approach; Gandhi once said “be the change you wish to see in the world” but this quote seems to be unheard or ignored...
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...world built behind a wall made of lies. The consequence of these lies makes it very difficult for Funder to make sense of what is real and what is missing important chunks of information and what is altered by emotions. When investigating these stories Funder has to come to terms with the idea that some people are just not interested in knowing what happened and some would rather just forget it ever did. As years pass memories fade and accuracy is damaged. From the beginning Funder has to accept the idea that some people do not want to hear the stories from within the German Democratic Republic. When making the suggestion to Scheller and Schmidt they both believe “there’s no point” dragging up the “past” and that Funder “won’t find [a] great story of human courage”. Throughout Funders journey she encounters evidence of people attempting to put the GDR and its stories behind a glass wall and label it the past. As her journey begins to concluded it becomes clear that even the United German government does not want to acknowledge the past in its entirety, building a museum that presents a “sanitised” version of the dark past and putting “pitiful” resources towards putting together to puzzle pieces the make up the German Democratic Republic, making it almost impossible to ever fully piece together what truly happened. Years have passed since the wall came down, at the start of Funder journey it has been 7. As time passes the memories of what happened start to fade and it becomes...
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...person will reach the right conclusion” (Lakoff, 138). In the world today there are many examples via news reports, newspaper articles, and documentaries etc. that support George Lakoff’s claim that “Metaphors Can Kill”. More specifically written works like War Media and Propaganda: A Global Perspective, “Metaphors That Kill”, and The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq, and Michael Moore’s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 and his article “What Is Terrorism?” provide perspectives on the impact of wars such as the ongoing American involvement in Iraq and the repercussions that ensue because of them. These exposés also vividly emphasize the important issue of media coverage furthering the interests of government. By using examples of war and tone, media and methods of development, and metaphors and lies, these articles vividly emphasize the importance of the issues involved with governments, as well as the media and clearly educate the audience towards a better understanding of the problems and lies surrounding them. ‘War’ can be defined as a state of open armed conflict between one or more nations over a disputed disagreement. Hidden within this word comes thousands upon thousands of deaths, excessive amounts of wasted money, and immeasurable quantities of losses. The average person would find it incomprehensible to imagine why all this destruction is necessary. However, when it comes to George W. Bush and his tenure as the President of the United States of America, the simple word...
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...Everyday people tell lies that seem minor and ineffective on life. These lies are considered white lies or kind lies. A white lie is a cautious, wrong statement which is meant to do no harm or is intended to produce an encouraging result. Adair Lara’s Couple lie shows readers white lies in marriage. She states “This is marital lying. It’s not a white lie, meant to spare your feelings. It’s a pink lie, a couple lie.” In her opinion white lies and couple lies are different, couple lies are acceptable. The author and many people see white lies and couple lies as a way to get through life, but are the results always positive? Couple Lies and White lies may seem innocent and harmless but can potentially cause problems in relationships and friendships. Usually white lies and couple lies aren’t intentional. They are just told at a moment in time when you find yourself in a situation where you may feel as if the truth is harmful, or at least the complete truth. Other times you are uncomfortable answering the question that is asked and rather avoid a problem. Sometimes we fear that the truth may hurt someone’s feelings therefore we use a white lie or couple lie to save face. We lie to those questions like “how do I look?” or “how does the food taste?” You would rather boost someone’s ego rather than be responsible for lowering their self-esteem. We feel that if we bring someone happiness it is a win-win situation. This ideology seems quite simple and fool proof which is why people choose...
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...Richard Branson, who she also meet on Ashley Madison and became her “go to” source of income to play these trades. All of these transactions began to catch the attention of SEC, who were tipped off based on the volume of option contracts, which in some cases Mrs. Murdoch was the sole buyer of. This attention by the SEC soon led to a full blown investigation, which exposed the relationship between Murdoch and Gansman. This relationship when exposed led to charges and convictions for both Gansman and Murdoch; however it put more of a spotlight on Ashley Madison, and made some question the ethics of a company like Ashley Madison. However, when the founder and his wife discuss how they feel about it ethically, they see it as a legitimate business within the confines of the law. Although this remains an unresolved debate that rages on today on whether a business basing itself on “unethical behavior “is in fact ethical. Analysis of the case The case was unique in a way as it made us realize that unethical behavior in a business sense can be related back to unethical behavior in a social sense. For example, insider trading is considered to be more of legal crime/business crime than a social crime and when found out upon is punished by a legal system that can place serve punishments. On...
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...Amira M. Hussein Professor Wendt WRIT1201 10/19/13 The Truth Between The Lies Lying is inevitable. We see it in our everyday lives. We see it in the moments we used to tell our mothers we were done with our homework. We witness it pour out of the mouths of politicians. We even see it in those that we trust the most. Little white lies are the most common, outward lies are often less common; even so they are both considered lies. Lies come in many degrees, but their purpose is the same, lies are meant to deceive. Stephanie Ericsson plunges deep into this subject. She mentions in her article “The Ways We Lie” that a lie, whether in good faith or not is never a good thing to do. The result of a lie is always something hurtful. Ericsson says that as bad as lies are, telling the truth all the time is nearly impossible. Doing so would mean dealing with some harsh consequences, so we decide to just lie instead. In many nations lies are the status quo, they are both hidden and public. Many people though either don’t bother to point them or are not even aware of them in the first place. One type of lie is group thinking: this is when a group suppresses different, creative, or complicated ideas that unlikely to happen. By only considering some ideas and not others it leads to an ignorant sense of loyalty to the group and a not so smart final decision. For example, in Dec, 5, 1941, after many warnings about the Japanese planning a military attack the U.S just dismissed it as a fluke...
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...Every day people are centered on ethical practice involving resumes, job interviews, business deals, psychological tests, etc. One of the main issues that raise concerns is if bluffing in business to get ahead is ethically right or wrong. Two different opinions on this issue by Albert Z. Carr and Norman E. Bowie give great insight on this controversial topic, but I shall argue that bluffing in the business world is a completely fair strategy to use to maximize profits. In “Is Business Bluffing Ethical”, Albert Z. Carr argues that the business world is a game. In that game (using bluffing as a technique), if no rules are broken then they have not violated anything and are free to use bluffing. In any game there are rules, if you stay within the rules and win, it is fair, but if you break the rules and win you have therefor put everyone else playing the game at a disadvantage and are most likely disqualified. Likewise with bluffing, this technique is not breaking any rules, nor does it say you cannot use bluffing in the game, so bluffing in legal. The main argument against this technique is that bluffing is lying and lying is wrong. When deceived by someone, humans are more than likely to not like that person or not trust him or her. The same goes for the business world right? Wrong. Carr uses the analogy of poker to explain the technique of bluffing in the business world. He comments on a quote by Harry S. Truman, an avid poker player, “If one shows mercy to a...
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...Belonging and being a member of a society or culture, requires a certain degree of passivity. Parents, teachers, adults who are accepted members of society, raised children to become part of the culture. Children are expected to learn these ideals and replicated it as they grow up. Thoughts, customs, traditions are passed on and embedded within children. As children, they internalize these without much thoughts, it simply becomes an imitation game. In this way, children reproduce these ideologies without thoughts, a very passive action. However, at a certain age, once the children had enough knowledge and tools to think and reason for themselves, they begins to question social norms. From that point onwards, it becomes a constant battle of fitting in and still maintaining a sense of...
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...451 Within the dystopian world of Fahrenheit 451, books, knowledge, and literature were all banned or destroyed. This lead to the result of happiness of most of the community but, not to all of the people. One of those people that was against the idea of banning and destroying literature was Faber, an old retired english professor. In a discussion with Guy Montag the protagonist, he explains that there are 3 key things that was missing from the community of Fahrenheit of 451. Those 3 things are “quality information”, “leisure to digest it” and, “the right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interaction of the first two”.These key “things” are extremely similar in importance toward both our...
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...The truth between the lies The Truth Between The Lies Lying is inevitable. We see it in our everyday lives. We see it in the moments we used to tell our mothers we were done with our homework. We witness it pour out of the mouths of politicians. We even see it in those that we trust the most. Little white lies are the most common, outward lies are often less common; even so they are both considered lies. Lies come in many degrees, but their purpose is the same, lies are meant to deceive. Stephanie Ericsson plunges deep into this subject. She mentions in her article “The Ways We Lie” that a lie, whether in good faith or not is never a good thing to do. The result of a lie is always something hurtful. Ericsson says that as bad as lies are, telling the truth all the time is nearly impossible. Doing so would mean dealing with some harsh consequences, so we decide to just lie instead. In many nations lies are the status quo, they are both hidden and public. Many people though either don’t bother to point them or are not even aware of them in the first place. One type of lie is group thinking: this is when a group suppresses different, creative, or complicated ideas that unlikely to happen. By only considering some ideas and not others it leads to an ignorant sense of loyalty to the group and a not so smart final decision. For example, in Dec, 5, 1941, after many warnings about the Japanese planning a military attack the U.S just dismissed it as a fluke. The United States reasoned...
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...I. Do you live a lie? What makes us think that we know the truth? Or even what about the people back during the holocaust. They were utterly tricked/ fooled into becoming moraless monsters, seekers without the ability to see, and hopelessly hoping for a better nation. A. “All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach”-Adolf Hitler B. “All news is lies and all propaganda is disguised as news.”-Willi Munzenberg 1. aAn information/idea put out in order to persuade a certain group of people to behave in a certain manner/ bias is propaganda. 2. Hitler needed a way for everyone in Germany to in gulp, and develop his thinking on the Jewish race, thus leading to the mass production of Nazi propaganda throughout the German population. C. “No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them.”- (Elie Wiesel, 1928-2016) 1. Holocaust is a word referring to a genocide, or massive slaughter of something/someone. know the word holocaust...
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...***** Cruise Mrs. ******* ENG4U June 3, 2015 The Sadistic Nature of Stalin’s Regime Joseph Stalin once proposed that, “Death solves all problems - no man, no problem” (BrainyQuote). This truly reveals the sadistic nature of the Soviet Union during Stalin’s regime. Joseph Stalin is the epitome of a leader of corruption, and essentially imploded the Soviet Union through his many gruesome and appalling ideologies and premises. Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith, illustrates the horrid nature of Stalin’s Communist Russia through horrific conditions, deceptive lies, and vicious torture. Obviously, the terrible living conditions within Russia at the time of Stalin’s Regime strongly depict the horrific nature of his essentially man-made communist country. It is only fitting that Stalin’s regime takes place in Russia, home to some of the most brutally cold weather on the planet. Travel was nearly impossible, “The roads out of Moscow were covered with icy mulch…wind and snow gusted around them… with visibility less than ten metres” (48). This illustrates the grisly conditions in which Russian citizens must sustain life with no help whatsoever from a Stalin run government, where they live in a ‘burn your floor boards for warmth or freeze to death’ type of society. In addition to awful weather, food was a very scarce entity. Thousands and thousands of people starved to death in this communist Soviet Union. Leo Demidov, as a child, living with his frail mother and little brother...
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...Sa m pl e on ly NEIL PEARSON E W LARSON C F GRAY A Complete Course for BSB41513 and BSB51413 Sa m pl e on ly IN PRACTICE Copyright © 2013 McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd Additional owners of copyright are acknowledged on the acknowledgments page. Every e ort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyrighted material. infringement have occurred. e authors and publishers tender their apologies should any Reproduction and communication for other purposes Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Act, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the written permission of McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd including, but not limited to, any network or other electronic storage. Enquiries should be made to the publisher via www.mcgraw-hill.com.au or marked for the attention of the permissions editor at the address below. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Author: Title: Published in Australia by McGraw-Hill Education (Australia) Pty Ltd Level 2, 82 Waterloo Road, North Ryde, NSW 2113 Publisher: Norma Angeloni-Tomaras Development editor: Alex Payne Senior production editor: Claire Linsdell Permissions editor: Haidi Bernhardt Copy editor: Julie Wicks Proofreader: Angela Damis Indexer: Mary Coe Design coordinator: Dominic Giustarini...
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