Although the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" sets a baseline for human rights, Caroline Moorehead's "Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees" shows an example of a nation violating ideas within the Declaration, while Vaclav Havel New Year's Day Speech show an example of a nation that has somewhat started following the principles set forth in it. Moorehead mainly draws attention to articles 3, 14, and to a lesser extent, 7. Article 3 states that "everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of person," while article 14 declares the right for people to seek asylum from persecution in other nations (TM 434, 435). In the early 1920s, the League of Nations persuaded Fridtjof Nansen to oversee the repatriation of hundreds of thousands
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Haraway defines cyborgs in four different ways: a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality, and a creature of fiction. While the second and third definition might seem to match Blade Runner's replicants, they have no machine parts and thus cannot be put under the second definition. It can be inferred that Haraway's cyborg is a female, because of the rapid growth of technology. By leaving their traditional roles, the "oppositional" female crosses a gender line and moves toward the cyborg state to become postgender (Haraway 481). A male character that moves towards technology is nothing new, and doesn't help him step past the idea of gender. An interesting thing to take note of is that all the main female characters in Blade Runner are replicants. Zhora and Pris's jobs are completely sexualized, such as "taking pleasures from the snake" or a description of a "basic pleasure model." Rachel's role is also one of a sexual object, because throughout the movie she seems to be Deckard's lover reluctantly, or face violence otherwise. Although they are all placed in an oppressive environment, their actions show how they attempt to become cyborgs of Haraway's third definition. When Deckard and Rachel return to the apartment after killing Zhora and Leon, Deckard seemingly tries to …show more content…
She describes how a group of people from North America built a place called Mill Reef Club for them to vacation in without having to interact with the local Antiguans. Although they gave some money to scholars and charities, many of the people still felt as if they were rude "strangers in someone else's home" who didn't interact with their host (Kincaid 468). There was even a doctor from Czechoslovakia who would send his wife to examine the patients and make sure they were not dirty in any way, before admitting them. This is very clearly racist, which is ironic because he was running from Hitler. Even the teacher sent to run the school would tell them not to behave like monkeys, likening the Antiguans to animals. The people were described as "ill-mannered," "crazy," and "puzzling," but all of them were "not racist" (Kincaid 470). What this most likely signifies is that the people of Antigua at some point in time did not consider the people from England as racist. It may even be a form of escape, and trying to trick themselves into thinking that the people weren't even from England. To the Antiguans, the colonials were considered tyrants who took everything without asking, killed and imprisoned people, and finally left after being driven out. However, they continued watching from afar as the Antiguans continued doing to themselves what the invaders had done. As she
Haraway defines cyborgs in four different ways: a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism, a creature of social reality, and a creature of fiction. While the second and third definition might seem to match Blade Runner's replicants, they have no machine parts and thus cannot be put under the second definition. It can be inferred that Haraway's cyborg is a female, because of the rapid growth of technology. By leaving their traditional roles, the "oppositional" female crosses a gender line and moves toward the cyborg state to become postgender (Haraway 481). A male character that moves towards technology is nothing new, and doesn't help him step past the idea of gender. An interesting thing to take note of is that all the main female characters in Blade Runner are replicants. Zhora and Pris's jobs are completely sexualized, such as "taking pleasures from the snake" or a description of a "basic pleasure model." Rachel's role is also one of a sexual object, because throughout the movie she seems to be Deckard's lover reluctantly, or face violence otherwise. Although they are all placed in an oppressive environment, their actions show how they attempt to become cyborgs of Haraway's third definition. When Deckard and Rachel return to the apartment after killing Zhora and Leon, Deckard seemingly tries to …show more content…
She describes how a group of people from North America built a place called Mill Reef Club for them to vacation in without having to interact with the local Antiguans. Although they gave some money to scholars and charities, many of the people still felt as if they were rude "strangers in someone else's home" who didn't interact with their host (Kincaid 468). There was even a doctor from Czechoslovakia who would send his wife to examine the patients and make sure they were not dirty in any way, before admitting them. This is very clearly racist, which is ironic because he was running from Hitler. Even the teacher sent to run the school would tell them not to behave like monkeys, likening the Antiguans to animals. The people were described as "ill-mannered," "crazy," and "puzzling," but all of them were "not racist" (Kincaid 470). What this most likely signifies is that the people of Antigua at some point in time did not consider the people from England as racist. It may even be a form of escape, and trying to trick themselves into thinking that the people weren't even from England. To the Antiguans, the colonials were considered tyrants who took everything without asking, killed and imprisoned people, and finally left after being driven out. However, they continued watching from afar as the Antiguans continued doing to themselves what the invaders had done. As she