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Introduction “Super Size Me” is a documentary film that focuses on the effects of fast-food, McDonald’s in particular, to the human body in terms of physiological and psychological aspects. The film is directed, produced, and starred by Morgan Spurlock whom investigated and experimented on himself by eating McDonald’s every meal, every day, for 30 days. Spurlock, who in the beginning was a particularly healthy middle-aged man, began experiencing weight gain, addiction, depression, mood swings, sexual

Voice and Ambivalence in Bless Me Ultima and Baby of the Family        Bless Me Ultima and Baby of the Family serve as the 'coming of age' stories of two minority children. Rudolfo Anaya and Tina McElory Ansa skillfully reveal the richness, diversity, and conflicts that can exist within the Hispanic-American and African-American cultures primarily through the dream sequences in each novel. Dreams are the mechanism used in each work to magnify the individual experiences and conflicts Tony and

“Supersize Me” is an example of a Performative documentary, as it helps to emphasize the ‘subjective’ nature of the filmmaker, in which the documentary follows the filmmaker himself ‘Morgan Spurlock’, as he Is used to help gain an emotional and dramatic effect from the viewers’. Spurlock does this by putting himself through a challenge that requires him to test the effects of eating fast food products (McDonald’s) for 30 days, and to see the drastic effect it has on his ‘physical and psychological

Morgan Spurlock, a filmmaker, created a documentary film called Supersize Me which accentuates the message of what dangers of fast food and consequently their effects on our health. This belief was inspired from a lawsuit case of two girls who, at the time were suing McDonalds for their health issues, such as obesity. However, the girls lost to the lawsuit, the judge ruled that was no evidence of their sufficient health obesity was the cause of eating from McDonalds. Due to this lawsuit, he conducted

Antonio Marez. He questions God, he communicates with the dead, the dead ask him for blessings. Just who is this Tony? Tony is only a seven year boy who lives in small town of El Puerto. But he is no ordinary boy, he is the hero of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me Ultima. The novel guides you through Tony’s life. From childhood to adulthood. It tells you about the experiences Tony has in life. The difficult tasks he has to overcome. Tony being only seven years old has to go through a lot.

During the past year, I have started to listen to more hip hop music. I went to see the movie about Tupac’s life, “All Eyez on Me”, with my friends, which intrigued me to look into him more as an artist and a person. What I found fascinating about Tupac’s songs is that how he is taking a stand in social and cultural issues in his lyrics, in contrast to most rap songs nowadays that revolve around money, sex and alcohol. Because of his socially conscious lyrics, Tupac has been called one of the most

Being able to persuade someone is a very powerful thing, Morgan Spurlock in the documentary Super Size Me surely did. In this film, he sets out a goal to prove that Mc Donald’s is very bad for you. To prove that he eats a different meal from their menu three times a day for thirty days. He demonstrated techniques that made him very convincing to the audience. Some of the major techniques he used were the use of many facts/statistics, the audience trusting him, and interviewing people that are living

"Analysis of Super Size Me" Morgan Spurlock decided to make this documentary to investigate the fast food companies, and the effects of certain fast food chains products, particularly McDonalds, on the health of society. This Documentary explores the United States growing epidemic of obesity and diabetes as well. Morgan decides to eat nothing but McDonald 's food for thirty days. He must eat one of everything on the menu at least once, and when asked to super size his meal he must do so. Another

In The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule and Ted Bundy’s relationship is portrayed as them being very close to each other. They both met in 1971 at the Crisis Clinic center where they both volunteered and were partnered up to answer phone calls together (Rule, 2009, p26). Through time it is shown that they could share anything with each other and always ended up with one of them giving the other guidance to their problems they have. For instance, Ted would always talk about his relationship with Meg and

this essay it has taken me quite a while to think about how I should answer these questions. I thought to myself I could write a book which would be completely inappropriate for this essay! So I have tried to put a lot of consideration into the length of this essay! My life has been the “event” and the “experiences” that have led me to the choice to pursue a career in social work! I was raised in a narcissist family in which my mother never was capable of loving me due to her mental illnesses