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    Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice shocked viewers when Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel was killed off by Doomsday, although comic book readers probably already knew what was coming the moment Lex Luthor’s creation appeared in the film’s trailer. Nevertheless, the death of Superman doesn’t seem to faze director Zack Snyder, who is already interested in working on Man of Steel 2! Snyder recently spoke to IGN, where he confirmed that he would want to do another film about the DC superhero. “I think if…

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    After World War II, the United States and the USSR came out as the world's major powers. The war caused many nations to become politically and economically unstable, such as Europe and Asia. "The Second World War had a deeply unsettling effect on the international system" (Norton, Mary Beth. Chapter 24: The Cold War and American Globalism 1945-1961. In A People & A Nation, p. 718). The two superpowers had very different views on how to fix the global economy and soon became a competition on…

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    Romeo and Juliet wrote by William Shakespeare. Is about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their family feuds. William originally published this tragedy in 1597. This play also is a tragedy as mentioned. Which means its based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure to the audience. The theme of our play here is the forcefulness of love. Mercutio is killed by Tybalt. Which makes Romeo kill Tybalt because he was close friends with…

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    Survivalism is a subculture because it is a group within a society that is differentiated by its distinctive values, norms, and lifestyle. Survivalism is defined as a movement of individuals known as survivalist or preppers, that are actively preparing to become self sufficient and build shelters that may help them survive a catastrophic events, nuclear wars, or social collapse. This subculture it is important to research and understand, because this movement has increased over the years. There…

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    Dr Strangelove Satire

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    urging of going to war, the American President telephones the Soviet Premier to inform him of the accident that has occurred, and all planes ultimately were retrieved except for one. In the war room Dr. Strangelove informs the members about Russia’s “doomsday machine” and if a bomb were to drop and explode over Soviet territory, its machine would “automatically retaliate against their targets” and would end all life on planet Earth . By the end of the film suspense arises when…

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    Paranoia In Dr Strangelove

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    Strangelove. Throughout the film nothing is mentioned about what the device actually is, which turns the doomsday device into an abstract concept. Within the context of the Cold War this abstract concept can most notably allude to communism, but also the threat of paranoia itself. In the classic sci-fy thriller, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), directed…

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    It's December 31, 2015 at 11:59pm., in one minute society will be destroyed as we know it, but the cause will not be judgement day or doomsday but instead race catergorzation. The definintion of race is based on a persons skin, hair, and facial feautures. Modern society has this perception of race because past society has set this precedent label. The idea of placing people in a definitive group has been around for hundreds of years. However the idea of placing people in groups according to…

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    Zombie Apocalypse

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    Cannibalism is one of the greatest sins but is a key to understanding how a zombie operates internally. Therefore, when the dead return, they become a living nightmare. Death has been our ultimate fear as cultures are taught that if we don’t honor the dead, they will return to seek revenge. Zombies are everything that we are most frightened of engraved in our pop culture. One thing remains their unscrupulous appetite for human flesh and endless means to obtain it. Rests assure that the living…

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    A Swedish scientist claims in a brand new theory that mankind has surpassed four of the nine limits for keeping the planet while another professor told RT Earth could be finding an imminent human-made extinction of numerous species. Those nine contain carbon dioxide concentrations, preserving at 90 percent, using phosphorous and nitrogen, keeping 75 percent of first woods, aerosol emissions, stratospheric ozone depletion, ocean acidification, fresh water use as well as the dumping of pollutants…

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    Atomic Bomb Dbq

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    1. Given the destructiveness of the atomic bomb, what motivations did the scientists and soldiers have for celebrating the successful test? Although the destructiveness of the atomic bomb, the scientists and soldiers found their motivations for celebrating the successful test in the sense that this first explosion of an atomic weapon was for them “a justification of the several years of intensive effort of tens of thousands of people—statesmen, scientists, subatomic universe…” For “no man-made…

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