Questions On Breathless

Being confronted with the reality of a desensitised society advances one’s self to a heightened awareness of that reality. ‘The Meatworks’ exhibits this idea through the disregard for non-human life as seen when directly exploiting pigs to earn a living. The enjambment Gray employs within “But I settled for one of the lowest paid jobs, making mince, the furthest end from those bellowing, sloppy yards. Outside the pigs fear”. Along with first person and high modality expresses how both physically and mentally uncomfortable the persona is with being more involved with the slaughter, revealing his standpoint as a humanist, empathising with the pigs. Gray delves further into this empathy, directly describing the result of desensitisation in “arm-thick corkscrews, grinding around inside it, meat or not… using a

In the article, “Let Them Eat Dog,” Jonathan Foer sheds light on a controversial topic, the consumption and breeding of dogs for food. Throughout Foer’s article he uses many different argumentative tactics in order to capture the reader’s attention on whether or not eating dogs should be considered morally. He uses three emotional tactics to establish his credibility and prove he knows the topic. The three tactics are ethos, pathos and logos Foer uses these three argumentative tools to convey his message across not only to prove eating dogs is wrong, but to take a stance on a bigger issue, the slaughtering of animals.

The film begins with an introduction scenery of acres and large amounts of crops (corn and wheat), along with cattle and other forms of animals used in the production of the meat industry. During the agricultural featured scene, Mr. Schlosser elucidated how food preferences and the way we eat is evolving at a rapid speed, while others still perceive the food industry as an agrarian corporation. The film then makes its emotional appeal towards the audience by providing images and videos of chickens in multiple repulsive situations.

From its opening scene Breathless breaks convention. Michel Poiccard, the main character in the film, is seen at the beginning but given no introduction. He is simply standing outside reading a newspaper, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. There is a woman in the scene, whose name is never mentioned and never shows

Discoveries can be confronting and provocative. From this, we can be exposed to disturbing images that make us question our societal values. In ‘The Meatworks’, Gray quickly establishes this unwelcoming nature of discoveries through the explicitly derogatory description of the abattoirs processes and it’s accompanied workers. This is evident through the use of provocative imagery in “arm-thick corkscrews, grinding around inside it, meat or not”. From this depiction, we are exposed to the merciless treatment of the of the +pigs as they lose their identity. The fact that the machine never stops grinding whether there is meat in there or not denotes such a sense of insensitivity towards the process, causing the reader to feel distressed and guilty of the slaughter.  A degree of insensitivity is also presented to the reader through the recurring motif of blood, an idea that is central to the poem. “Stench of blood…chomping

One of the main concepts when it comes to understanding film noir, first is the understanding of the definition. Film noir is “a cycle of postwar films that employed low key lighting and were literally dark” (Nichols, 500). In this particular genre, we are in a world where there is a lack of honesty and trust, many cases of seduction and betrayal, and darkness submerges people (Nichols, 250). Moreover, film noir reflects a tone of darkness, “exploring themes of seduction, betrayal, and murder” (Nichols, 58). In this film, we will learn more of how seduction and betrayal is used to express the darkness of the film. Some other traits of film noir that should be understood before exploring the two scenes is understanding the setting. In most cases, “film noir takes place in public spaces such as urban streets, cafes,

​In conducting a rhetorical analysis of the two articles, "Joel Salatin: How to Eat Animals and Respect Them, Too" by Madeline Ostrander and "Humane Meat? No Such Thing" by Sunaura Taylor, both articles stand in stark contrast in terms of the viewpoints of meat that they present. In order to gain a better understanding of these viewpoints, it's important to understand the persuasive techniques that both authors use in the article for the reader. More specifically, the ethos, pathos, and logos that they employ, as well the way in which the evidence and support is presented will further elucidate upon the arguments that appear in both articles.

    The Cow brings a useful, and different perspective on murder by using sound and imagery; however, it is not about the murder of a person, it is actually about the killing

“[T]hey [the animals] are maimed…blinded, poisoned, burned, and cut up alive” (Dent 265). Each of these verbs is powerful, and they grab the reader’s attention. Furthermore, in the excerpt “Chickens are…cramped into their minuscule cages” (Dent 268), specific words like “minuscule” or “cramped” change the entire tone and meaning of the sentence. Such strong language causes readers to think negatively of the way the meat industry treats their animals. Additionally, by saying statement such as “it is not a matter of whether or not they [animals] can talk, what matters is that they can suffer” (Dent 269), Dent attempts to stir readers emotionally and turn them away from eating meat. Overall, Dent engages readers emotionally with both strong language and vivid descriptions and by doing so, makes readers skeptical of or even upset with the meat

The artistic disciplines flow together nicely in the film. The dialogue and actor performance dominate. Blanche, the pivotal character in the film, is a soft spoken flirt. The way Blanche speaks to the men she encounters in such a dreamy and charming manner stand out and reveal a big part of her personality. The same with the way she can be so high strung and anxious at times and speak so fast it is hard to understand her. She also throws herself at men and her body language makes her out to be an "easy catch." Stella on the other hand is quite average in the way she speaks, even with her accent, except when she is yelling at her husband, who by the way is always speaking in a tone as to try and dominate and intimidate the person and the conversation. The way he throws women around and disrespects them as well as degrades them proves his character to be anything but gentleman-like. Any man who throws his wife around and hits her when she is pregnant is an arrogant and unintelligent lowlife in my opinion. All of the actors do a good job of staying in character. I do think the filming contributed a lot to the artistic disciplines as well. The whole film, minus one part, always shows Blanche in a dim light with a soft young looking face. When it does show her on a bright light, she looks a lot older, which was the point of doing that. The camera also

In the novel, The Stranger, author Albert Camus confronts some important issues of the time, and uses the singular viewpoint of the narrator Meursault to develop his philosophy and effectively weave together themes of absurdity, colonialism, and free will. Through the progressive disruption of Meursault’s life and his characterization, Camus presents the absurdity of the human condition along with the understanding that a person can actually be happy in the face of the absurd. Camus also intentionally sets the story in the colonized country of Algeria, and hints at the racial tensions that exist between French-Algerians and Arabs.

The theme of this movie suggests mortality, which concerns the distinction of doing bad or good behaviors. Mortality shows us that life is fragile. This idea makes us question our purpose in life. An example is one of the most famous philosophers named Socrates, who had developed a Socratic method to ask questions about our assumptions and to stimulate critical thinking of what is right and wrong. He makes us reason through our opinions and beliefs to narrow down the truth.

As you start reading this essay create a new tab and follow this link http://www.adaptt.org/killcounter.html, return to this tab after finishing the essay. Most people do not know what actually occurs in a slaughterhouse because it is

However, the narrative of Hugo creates an often jarring experience as the spectator becomes increasingly aware of the transformation cinema

In Waiting for Godot, Beckett often focused on the idea of "the suffering of being." Most of the play deals with the fact that Estragon and Vladimir are waiting for something to relieve them from their boredom. Godot can be understood as one of the many things in life that people wait for. Waiting for Godot is part of the ‘Theater of the Absurd’. This implies that it is meant to be irrational and meaningless. Absurd theater does not have the concepts of drama, chronological plot, logical language, themes, and recognizable settings. There is also a split between the intellect and the body within the work. Vladimir represents the intellect and Estragon the body, both cannot exist without the other.