Gojira Essay

Section 1: Question 1 – The society of Gattaca works to repress rather than to enhance the potential of human beings. Discuss.

As the monster Gojira came lumbering over the buildings of Tokyo on the big screen in 1954, director Ishiro Honda saw his dream of seeing a film focused on the devastation of nuclear weapons play out. Although, his film could not clearly be about the devastation, his symbolism of the monster as the atomic bomb was clear to all Japanese, even if it was not clear to foreigners viewing the film. The film, Gojira, and its many reiterations over the years, is a result of the atomic attacks that took place almost a decade previous, the following occupation and continued use of nuclear weapons by the United States, the lingering anxieties had towards these nuclear weapons and the censorship that encased Japan after the United States occupation. As

Parvana is a novel written by Deborah Ellis. Parvana and Shauzia are 2 young girls who life in a Taliban ruled country, known as Afghanistan. Both girls are faced with many difficulties throughout the novel. The 2 girls are given the chance to leave the war-torn country and Shauzia immediately takes this chance. By doing so, Shauzia will no longer be living under the Taliban’s rules. Being an 11 year old girl, Shauzia deserves to get an education. Shauzia’s family does not value her in any sort of way and she doesn’t deserve to see such disgusting things everyday.

In addition to the elements of music, musical concepts such melody, harmony, and texture are also important to “The Piece of Resistance.” The song’s melody was played in a smoothly, connected manner, which means it is best described as a legato. This smooth melody resulted in a consonance harmony in the piece. There is a distinct main melody played throughout the song played by the drums being accompanied by the other instruments. Ultimately resulting in the different sounds competing for attention, which is a characteristic of the piece’s polyphonic texture.

This orchestra grows rambunctious, rears on its hind legs and attacks the tonal veil with primitive fury, rendering it, clawing it until it breaks through to the jungle beyond. I follow those heathen - follow them exultantly. I dance wildly inside myself; yell within, I whoop... My pulse is throbbing like a war drum. I want to slaughter something--give pain, give death to what, I do not know.

Regardless of what the title advocates, Strickland actually creates something new by mixing all these diversified influences with a confessed passion for beat making. The 14-track album, produced by electric bassist Meshell Ndegeocello, begins with “Tic Toc”, which sounds and feels like a work song, displaying free-flowing saxophone phrasings and vehement words. This somewhat eloquent ritual tags along with “The Chant”, delivered at a frantic Brazilian rhythm and impeccably adorned with the resolute in/out approach of the bandleader.

peach pit “struck once like panic” (comparing the startling sound of the pit hitting the drum to the panic the sound created in the boy’s imagination) p5

With synths so invitingly encompassing, a bass line this fat and charming acapella-esque vocal arrangements via Alexander Giannascoli ((Sandy) Alex G) and Maine, The House strikes the precise, tone-setting chord for what is phenomenal listen through and

• Why does Fola send her two twins back to Ghana? • How did Tawio react when she found out that it was fola not her father who sent them off to live in Lagos? How does Twaio change as a result of her time in lagos? In “Ghanna Must Go”, Fola struggles with her life after Kweku, her husband, abandoned them over in incident in witch her loses his job.

In Gorgias we have a conversation between Socrates, Gorgias, and Polus, Gorgias' young assistant. They speak on the matters of rhetoric, knowledge, and whether injustice and suffering is better to do or have done onto you. While conventional wisdom tells us that it is better to inflict suffering than to receive it, Socrates argues that it is completely the opposite. Part of Socrates view is that moral goodness is connected with knowledge, and that morally it is better to receive suffering than inflict it.

Most can agree that “Stairway to Heaven” has been played to death, but what about John Bonham’s mammoth groove on “When the Levee Breaks”? It’s been 43 years since it dropped on Led Zeppelin’s landmark fourth album — and 28 since the Beastie Boys lifted it for “Rhymin & Stealin” — but that beat still bangs like a mofo. And that helps explain why, after all these years, amidst the rise of DJs and electronic music and the waning of guitar-driven rock ’n’ roll, Bonzo is still the best. Nobody handles rhythm like he did. Nobody else has brought quite that balance of muscle, groove and showmanship.

Adjusting frequencies and utilising Audacity’s effects enabled the creation of the stepwise and repetitive melody throughout the piece. For example, in the rubber band audio track, small audio section frequencies were modified and then layers of distortion, reverb and bass were applied to create a synthesised, interesting melody. Another example is the pen audio track where sliding pitch shift, treble, distortion and reverb were all utilised to create an intense, energetic melody. Common effects include distortion, reverse, sliding pitch shift and treble and bass. The melody characteristics compliment both the upbeat tempo, shorter note values and polynomial rhythm lines to allow simplicity and complexity in the energetic frenzy. A large range and minor tonality are also presented in this piece and are effective in contributing to the frenzied atmosphere. The manipulation of pitch expressive elements was significantly important in this composition to transform the original, mundane sounds into an interesting, synthesised melody for the electronic dance music genre.

First step in gaining the supreme knowledge about the God is to understand oneself. First six chapters of the Bahgvad Gita deal with the objective of understanding true nature of the self. “Demystifying the Bhagvad Gita (Vol-I): Understanding the self” is based on first six chapters of the Bhagvad Gita to help readers understand this ancient wisdom with modern knowledge. This book is a sequel of “Demystifying the Bhagvad Gita (Vol-I): Understanding the Self”.

Gor is the name of John Norman’s long running series of science fiction novels; it is also the name of the parallel universe Counter-Earth, the setting within which Norman’s story plays out.

Gome, founded on January 1987 by Huang Guangyu, was a national retail chain selling various types of home appliances. The impressive growth that Gome had incurred during the 1990s was especially due to its offer to final customers: low prices and high quality for after sales services, key differential factors in a buyer market as the Chinese home appliances one.