responsibility. I must fully assess the situation and act, this is my only choice, I must salvage what human life I can! My conscience will always rule the logical decisions that I make in my life, although, this is my final test of leadership and heroism. I would use the “old fashion” logic, woman and children stay on the boat, and they must live in my mind. Whom do I choose after all the woman and children are safe? If there’s any space left, some of the younger men stay to lead and make the decisions;
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Values/ Themes o Social Class/ Hierarchy – determined by wealth, popularity and image o Love o Self-awareness o Secrets in society o Heroism Opening Scene Montage of images depicting Cher’s life – seen driving her jeep, shopping for clothes and socialising with friends at luxurious settings Cher is also “handsome” and “rich” with a “happy disposition” Voiceover – used to highlight consumerist nature of 20th century. Also allows viewers to see misconceptions Cher has of herself
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America’s Gift To My Generation What is America’s gift? America’s gift to my generation is the freedom of speech, freedom, love, liberty, and Education. The key thing America offers us is freedom, freedom to speak, write, learn, and think. The America I know has freedom even though the couples of wars and disagreements. America fought for our freedom and our rights, America itself to me is like a small seed in fertile soil full of potential. When we have wars and disagreements the planet loses its
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Emma May and A Day in the Life of Willie Faust I attended the Friday, November 1st showing of the LA Rebellion. The films that were shown were “Emma May” and “A Day in the Life of Willie Faust, or Death on the Installment Plan” both by Jamaa Fanaka. A Day in the Life of Willie Faust is about a man who makes a deal with the devil. He gave his soul in exchange for women, money and honor. The story of this short film was told with very little dialogue. The audience’s interpretation of the film was
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Colin Powell, a well-known militant who surpassed many obstacles in his lifetime and is best recognized for his great military accomplishments such as, a 4 star general. Even though Colin’s parents were immigrants from Jamaica they still stressed for him to execute his assignments in order to become a great man. Colin Powell, a exceptionally admirable individual who had quite encouraging parents that wanted him to establish a beyond sophisticated life. His choices made an incredible difference
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out of words. This is such a powerful documentary that tells the experiences of 8 nurses in the Vietnam War. Every time a war ends, all we hear in the news are about the male soldiers returning home to their families and recognize them for their heroism, yet we exclude the women that also helped out. These 8 young ladies where fresh out of college, the only thing they wanted to do is help out on the war. They had no idea of the experiences they were going to face throughout the years in the Vietnam
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political party which would campaign the right of young Pakistani girls to education. This girl- this heroine- was shot by a member of the Taliban, in the head and neck, and was in a critical condition. The Taliban called her work ‘obscenity’. I call it heroism. They tried to silence this girl forever- they tried, and are still trying, to silence the ideas of freedom, rights and equality forever. But they will not win this war, not while human beings like Malala breathe and fight. An army chief called Malala
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obey anyone anymore. Regarding obedience and independence, it is important to mention the fact that she does not get married, although she has several opportunities, in order to show that she can take her own decisions. A third way of expressing heroisms is when although being a victim (broken-hearted), Catherine does not cry in front of
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Spiderman. But, do people think about the hidden heroes? Such as, parents, teachers, and normal people. To illustrate,” So there you go- heroes are everyday, common people. Most of what they do goes unheralded, unappreciated. And that ironically, is heroism: not to be recognized.”(Stone 64) Heroes are not always big name, hot shot people they can be people we don’t think of, the most unlikely of people, a teenager that wants to help people,wants to finish school, and through all the drama at school
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------------------------------------------------- S.Y. 2014-2015 A Narrative Report “With English we can become Heroes” Everything starts with a plan. As early as August we started planning this whole thing. We started with the theme; we decided to focus on heroism since that was the year of the laity and so we come up with the theme: With English we can become Heroes. We also decided to retain all the previous activities from last year’s celebration and we added only one activity which is the poetry writing
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