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    Cowboy Bebop is a title which many anime fans are familiar with. Arguably, it is one of the best anime series ever made, but nonetheless can be recognized as a great piece of art created by the show’s director; Shinichirō Watanabe. Truth is, this is not Watanabe’s only spectacle. Although it first aired in 2004 (about five years after Cowboy Bebop last aired), Samurai Champloo can also be recognized as another one of Watanabe’s “masterpieces”. Even though he uses the same style as a basis to craft

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    characteristic that determines androids to be nonhuman. Since Deckard classifies androids as being nonliving, he believes it is acceptable to “retire” androids. While Rick Deckard begins to question his empathy towards androids when Phil Resch, a bounty hunter, retires Luba Luft, an android Deckard describes as beautiful and talented, Deckard’s true reexamination of his empathetic response is sparked when he encounters Rachael Rosen for the first time after Luft’s death. From this point forward in

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    Prompt: In what ways and to what effect do at least two of the works you have studied explore the conflict between public and private interest? Conflict- a disagreement between two parties in which either words or physical harm are dealt Private- belonging to an individual, an entity not encompassing the entirety of something, a corporation, or another minority figure Public- belonging to the general whole of society Interest- the state of wanting to know or learn about something or someone; concern

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    Jorgan stopped and put his hands on his hips, staring up at the holographic tree. He face screwed into a scowl that Fynta was sure had to hurt. “Coruscant is one thing,” the Cathar began, “but a Republic spacestation?” Fynta joined him to look up at the shimmering foliage and patted his arm. “Don’t be such a grouch, Life Day only comes once a year. Let the people have their merriment.” Jorgan muttered something and the two kept walking. Fynta really didn’t get it, he was grouchier than usual during

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    It is the 21st century, a new corporation has made robots that are nearly identical to humans. The police have hired bounty hunters whose job it is to shoot on sight. This is not called execution, it is called retirement. This is the opening crawl of Blade Runner but with a few changes to make it more vague. The changes are not just to prevent plagiarisation, they are to show the similarities between the movie and the book. Many people do not know that Blade Runner is inspired by the novel by Philip

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    vital missing things like jewelry, weapons, and people. Beck requests to open his own restaurant, because he is in huge debt, he takes the bounty hunter job. Becks last job is to find a mobster son, Travis Walker, a Stanford failure living in the Amazon. If Beck transports Travis home, he will receive two hundred-fifty thousand dollars. He could stop bounty hunting and open his restaurant with the money. Travis went to Brazil to look for El Gato Diablo, which is a well-known idol, which he could

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    unintentionally changed Huck’s mind. On The river Huck and Jim run into Bounty Hunters looking form Jim the Bounty Hunter ask Huck if the man on his Raft is black or white and he says white saving Jim from being captured. Huck here had the opportunity to turn Jim over and clear his conscience but as an alternative made up a false story about how his father was sick and how he needed assistance they then think his father has smallpox’s then the bounty hunters want nothing to do with him and Huck and his “dad”

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    relocation, a free android is obtainable to any person willing to leave Earth to begin a new life. Due to these androids being so advanced nonetheless barren of life, they are forbidden on Earth. The main character and protagonist Rick Deckard, who is a bounty hunter that works for the police force hunts down escaped androids to retire them which is code for killing them off. Deckard has to hunt down five escaped Nexus 6 androids; these five being a new kind of android that is considerably more advanced

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    Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a science fiction novel written by Philip K. Dick. In the novel Dick writes about a bounty hunter named Rick Deckard during a post-apocalyptic time. Rick is a bounty hunter that hunts down androids that escape mars to earth. The problem that faces Rick is the fact that the androids look exactly like humans. Throughout the novel, Dick incorporates many themes such as ethical concerns and what makes one human. Dick uses tools such as animals and the likeness

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    Bryan Rosendo MHC 354 Composition and Style Prof. Russo Bullaro Thursday, December 1, 2016 Email: gjabr12@gmail.com What It Means to Be Human? Phillip K. Dick, American science fiction writer, delivers a story that emphasizes that there really is no major difference between the human and non-human, or in this case, the android. The androids presented in the book serve as a means of redefining what it means to be human. Humans have now entered this new age of technology and with it, have attained

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