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    we wait for? To meet someone... and they 're, they 're like a lens and suddenly you 're looking through them and everything changes and nothing can ever be the same again.” (Gilroy) The legal thriller Michael Clayton directed by Tony Gilroy challenged the way that audiences viewed the world around them. Director Tony Gilroy created a film where every interaction and conflict challenged the moral compass of the viewers. The film depicts the life of law firm fixer Michael Clayton as he realizes that

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    “War for the Planet of the Apes” is a 2017 American sci-fi movie coordinated by Matt Reeves and composed by Mark Bomback and Reeves. A continuation of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), it is the third portion in the Planet of the Apes reboot and arrangement. The film stars Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, and Steve Zahn, and takes after a showdown between the chimps, drove by Caesar, and the people for control of Earth. Like its ancestor, its introduce

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    “Harper!” I yelled as she opened her front door. She ran out and gave me a big hug. “You can put your bags in my room for now,” Harper said as she took a bag out of my hand. We walked into her room set my stuff on the floor next to her bed, and ran back outside. “Alright sweetie, I’m gonna leave, have fun!” my mom said softly to me. She gave me a hug, kissed my forehead and Harper and I disappeared inside while our moms talked outside. Our adventure took place. In the summer of fifth grade, Harper

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    Critically examine the ways through which the Black British diaspora has been imagined and represented by the theorisations of Paul Gilroy and others. Why does Gilroy (and others) suggest his notion of ‘The Black Atlantic’ as useful for re-imagining black identities? Introduction This essay will analyse the concept of ‘The Black Atlantic’ by sociologist Paul Gilroy. Written almost 20 years ago, it is an important concept which has been celebrated as instrumental in the re-imagining of black culture

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    In my opinion, slavery or enslaved objects fit right into the discourses of modernity. Paul Gilroy quoted Hegel in The Black Atlantic. “This condition is capable of no development or Culture, and as we see them at this day, such they have always been” (Gilroy 41). That is saying that blacks never have or will contribute to anything in the world. That was another reason for slave owners to treat slaves like the scum on the bottom of their shoe. If blacks aren’t doing anything to benefit us in any

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    carp, which is a pagan god according to Samuel. Witnessing it strongly impacted Antonio, since actually seeing it was as splendid and impressive as the Catholic God. Previously observing Ultima 's magic and just the thought of the carp really shows to Tony that there is more to life than what he 's been taught from church and his mother. After confronting the carp, Antonio realizes that Ultima was able to do things his Catholic god couldn’t, revealing that he would never be fulfilled by his Catholic

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    Bless Me Ultima Topic #2 Abid Ahmad Abid Ahmad #1 An essential part of someone 's life is a place where they are left alone with their own thoughts, not being judged by anyone or anything outside of them. In many cases, this sense of safety can only be found within themselves, because their world is being torn apart by outside influences that have little regard for their own perspective. Similarly, this is ever-present with Antonio and his family in the book Bless Me Ultima by

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    Andrew Nguyen Grace Kim WGST 302 15 May 2015 The Dangers of the Past: Gilead and the United States My name is Andy Nguyen. It is an honor to meet you all, as this is my first time being the Keynote Speaker for the International Historical Association. I have studied the history of the 20th and 21st century United States for over ten years and have a PhD in Gileadean Studies from the University of Antarctica. I have published several books about Gilead with several becoming best sellers and widely

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    Love encompasses all. “Sometimes I wonder if you even care about us at all.” As Rick explains to Shane the situation in which Lori, his wife, made this comment to him in front of their son, Carl, in season one of The Walking Dead, you can tell that this was something the stung and really hurt Rick inside. He goes on to say that “the difference between men and women is a man would never say something so cruel.” This may or may not be true, but the fact that he made this comment shows that

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    This political speech made by United Kingdom’s new prime minister David Cameron in May 2010 could be considered the beginning of a new era in the politics of the country because, for the first time after World War II, Britain would have a coalition government. David Cameron (born in London in 1966) was elected leader of the Conservative Party in December 2005. He has modernised his Party, the Conservatives, by introducing new ideas such as the environmental defence, gay rights and abortion

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