Douglas Sirk

Part One: Short Answer Definitions Satire: Satire is the use of exaggerated humor to poke fun at people’s stupidity. Satire is often used in the context of political and social issues that society is relatively familiar with. Satire needs two factors in order to work properly. First, the target of the satire must be well known. Secondly, the audience needs to accept that the target is fit for mockery. A great example of a satire is the film Life of Brian. Everyone is familiar with the story of…

the Philippines forces fought desperately to resists against the Japanese invasion of the main island, Luzon. Philippines Defense Organization are consists of United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) and appointed commander was General Douglas McArthur and became United States Forces in the Philippines (USFIP) was created after McArthur departed the Philippines to Australia and led by Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright along…

Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen, born June 16, 1874, Anderson, Ontario, was an intelligent and well-educated man. He was an important figure to Canada. He contributed to Canada in many ways, Prime minister, lawyer and an academic model to Canada. To begin with, Arthur Meighen served as a great politician to Canada. He served two terms as the P.M the first time he was the ninth P.M of Canada after he took over Borden’s mandate from 1920-1921. Arthur didn’t make many changes as a Prime Minster.…

The Wolf of Wall Street Analysis The Wolf of Wall Street is a film filled with sex, drugs, and lots of money. It was directed by Martin Scorsese, and released on December 25th, 2013. The movie revolves around the life of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker who founded his brokerage firm, Stratton Oakmont. After watching the trailer multiple times, it can be concluded that the audience targeted were mainly adults and teenagers. Even more specific, they use rhetoric to appeal to large groups like…

General Douglas McArthur in a speech to the joint session of Congress in April of 1951 defended his strategy for ending the conflict in Korea and uniting that country. MacArthur explained to Congress how Asian history had been one of exploitation by colonial powers. After WWII, the people of Asia finally had the opportunity to design their own future and freedom. However, the Asian people understandably were concerned with the need for food, shelter, as well as political freedom.…

In the second part of the lecture, lecturer Michael N Dawson shared with us the information in his research on Jellyfish. Before he jumped into talking about this topic, he first mentioned about the formation of marine lakes. Prior attending to this lecture, I have never heard of Marine Lakes and did not have too in depth knowledge about Jellyfish. However, after I listened to what lecturer Dawson’s presentation, I think the formation of marine lake are fascinating. When see water raised,…

has 9% of the students ' who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. The minority enrollment is 23% of the student body with the majority of the minorities Hispanic, in addition, this is less than the state average of 45% ("Douglas County Government ," 2016). The Douglas County School District is predominately Caucasian, leaving the students underexposed…

1. McGregor published Theory X and Theory Y over 30 years ago. Do we still have Theory X managers? Why? There is no doubt in my mind that today, 30 years later, we still have Theory X managers. According with McGregor Theory X, managers tend to have a negative, pessimistic view of employees and display more coercive, autocratic leadership styles using external means of controls, such as threats and punishment. Additionally, their attitudes hold that employees dislike work and must be closely…

2001:Space Odyssey and Stranger Days. Putting all the beautiful visual effects and futuristic graphics aside, movies is the best way to travel in time because they show us a visual representation of an upcoming future. Directors like Stanly Kubrick, Douglas Trumbull, Spike Jonez and Katryn Bigelow have used movies as a tool to represent topic such as the future of artificial intelligence, nature, singularity and mind alterations. Loved by sci-fi fanatics and respect by philosophers, a Sci-Fi…

became apparent with the introduction of the Truman Doctrine. In presenting the doctrine, the President emphatically asked Americans to commit to a world-wide anti-communist movement that continues to guide foreign policy to this day. The firing of Douglas MacArthur, an influential and popular General due to his accomplishments of World War II, is arguably a contradiction of the fight against communism, as MacArthur was a proven opponent (LaFeber, 2008). So why was he dismissed? The controversy…