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The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue is a dark thriller set in futuristic, totalitarian Britain. V for Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey who is rescued from a life and death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." McTeigue uses a wide variety of film techniques to help express thought and emotion of the characters. In the opening scene of ‘V for Vendetta’ McTeigue establishes the setting to be an oppressive, totalitarian society in need…

Looking at the work from Alan Westin and the firefox plug-in light beam as a modern-day application of his message, it became clear that Westin wrote his work, Privacy and Freedom, as a form of philosophical science fiction. His work was more philosophy than science fiction as he likely had no idea of how much people would willingly give up privacy for the sake of being connected. As a prediction of where people are going, it is likely that we will continue to give up personal privacy for the…

by contributors in their spare time. Thus, this website is not deemed credible as an academic source. With the intention of educating others on WWI, it includes first hand accounts of the events experienced by poet-soldiers during the war, such as Alan Seeger’s ironic account of his “rendezvous” with death in I Have a Rendezvous with Death. In Seeger’s account of his experience during World War One, he is primarily describing his attitude towards war. He alludes to the inevitability of Death…

Alan Watts was a 20th century philosopher who began the movement and application of eastern philosophies in the western world. He helped millions of people encounter and explore new ideas and apply them to their lives to create a better world. Watts inspired people to exchange ideas between nations and between people. He had a unique way of presenting and explaining old ideas with a modern perspective, which lead to his work becoming a major influence in the 1960s. Watts exchanged Eastern ideas…

Obesity is and has been an increasingly big problem in the United States. In this article, written by Alan Greenblatt, it talks about how obesity is a growing problem in the United States and how people are trying to control it. The thesis of this article is that obesity has become a huge problem that has began to threaten the well being of the people of the United States. Obesity is beginning to be comparable to tobacco as the leading cause of preventable deaths in America (Greenblatt 76).…

but I understand where Dershowitz is coming from in regards to his wish for accountability for the torturers, but I don’t believe that his plan for a warrant system would actually help increase it. I don’t think warrants would really help at all. Alan Dershowitz’s argument in his essay “Tortured Reasoning” is that he wants to reduce the act of torture while also increasing the knowledge of its use in the public eye using a warrant system. He “[knows that] at least moderate forms of nonlethal…

Chester Alan Arthur, he begin politics after the civil war, he became an associate of Republican Party boss. Arthur’s excellent organization administration skills helped support the Conklin political machine. He was Canadian born witch made him ineligible to be a president, but he argued the charges and said he was born in Vermont. He had many political enemies who really didn’t want him to run for presidency. Arthur was the vice president at the same time when President James Garfield was…

In Peter Shaffer’s Equus, the plot revolves around seventeen year-old Alan Strang’s obsession with horses, culminating in his blinding six horses in one night. Despite committing this terrible crime, Alan is not inherently a bad person; instead, he is the victim of social taboos surrounding religion and sexuality as enforced by his parents and social heterosexual expectations as represented by Jill. Furthermore, no one will hold these people and concepts accountable for their actions. This…

Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, illustrates the consequences of one attaining power in order to save the world from danger. There are three characters who have different philosophies in which they believe can save the world from destroying themselves. Ozymandias believed that to save the world from danger, there should be a mass murder of people on earth, in order to save billions. Rorschach believed that, “There is good, and there is evil, and evil must be punished.” Dr. Manhattan…

by Alan Greenblatt, talks about the two age difference and discusses the positives, and the negatives of each age difference. The Age of Responsibility should be at the age of 18, because kids get more mature, and take responsibility at that age. The first reason why I believe the Age of Responsibility should stay at 18 because we start to go to the real world with real responsibility, by doing adult things we gain responsibility. In the article “ What is the Age of Responsibility” by Alan…