James Hal Cone

In the movie “We Were Solders” directed by Randall Wallace is a must watch film. The film is about the Vietnam War, mainly the first battle against the Americans and the Vietnam army. The majority of the movie took place in a football sized battle field that is where the American army was fighting against the Vietnam army. The Americans were outnumbered greatly it was about 400 Americans against 2000 Vietnamese soldiers. Then again the whole movie is not just about war it shows how it affects…

Bowman stumbles upon a prerecorded message for the Discovery crew once they reached Jupiter space. The video image of Dr. Heywood Floyd explains that only HAL knew about their true mission to Jupiter, the discovery of the ancient monolith on the Moon, and its radio emission aimed at Jupiter prompted this secret mission. Dr. Bowman continues on to Jupiter alone, once there he discovers orbiting between Io…

Careful analysis of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and Harold Moore’s and Joseph Galloway’s “We Were Soldiers Once… And Young” reveals two markedly different portrayals of the United States’ army during the Vietnam War. This change mirrors the dwindling optimism of the American people from Moore and Galloway’s account of the 1965 Battle of la Drang and O’Brien’s more comprehensive account of the later stages of the war and post-war period. While O’Brien, Moore, and Galloway all served…

will argue that the group Anonymous aren’t criminals and their actions are ethical. I will argue that this thesis is true from the utilitarianism view; they are hacking for the good of the people. Some examples I will include are Project Chanology, Hal Turner, and Operation DarkNet. I will also consider the opposing position that Anonymous are bad and unethical. I will argue that it is mistaken because of misknowledge of the operations and what Anonymous’ purpose is. Also, that hacking doesn't…

Imagine it’s December 23, 1971 and you are on a long anticipated date night at the local theater in your neighborhood. You are your love have settled on the new romantic comedy Harold and Maude by director Hal Ashby. What better than a romantic comedy on date night, two quirky, upbeat, individuals who fall in love through adversity and live happily ever after; all while getting a few laughs along the way. Like most couples you may not say much during the viewing but as soon as you walk out of…

The value of life in Harold and Maude The movie, Harold and Maude, released in 1971, is directed by Hal Ashby and written by Colin Higgins. It talks about a young man, Harold, who is fascinated by the world of death. He simulates suicide, drives in a hearse and goes to the funeral as a hobby. He meets Maude in a funeral. She is an energetic old lady full of life. They had a romantic adventure together until Maude commits suicide on her 80th birthday. Through Maude’s influence, Harold loses his…

Northern Baroque: Baroque Art was the principal European style of art in the 17th century. Although encapsulating the whole of Europe, Baroque art greatly varied from region to region. Having been divided into two separate spheres, the Northern countries who turned Protestant, and the Southern countries who remained Catholic, developed two distinctive artistic styles. In Italy and Spain, the Counter-Reformation was in full swing, promoting complex and dramatic paintings and sculptures such as…

role in this film due to the futuristic elements of space, themes of existentialism, and evolution. HAL 9000 is introduced in the film as one of the most reliable computers around, but like all powerful characters, HAL had a tragic downfall that was integral in this film. As Iris Murdoch once wrote, “art is the imitation of nature”; HAL is perceived as art (Murdoch, page 113). HAL is a super computer that was created for the sole purpose of using its knowledge, speed, and…

2001: A Space Odyssey, two men are on a spaceship alone with an advanced AI computer HAL 9000 who maintains the ship's stability and mental health and well-being of the crew. HAL being a computer he couldn’t be completely trusted and caused him to lie about a mechanical failure and killed the crew. Dave, the main crew member, knew that “ I am so much more capable than you are of supervising the ship”(187) than HAL after he said that he would control the ship. After explaining this to the…

nevertheless, each little section of the eyes plays a huge role in perception and become indispensable for accurate vision. For example, in the retina alone, rods and cones play a big role in perception. There are two types of photoreceptors in the human retina, rods and cones. Rods are responsible for vision at low light level and cones activate when light reaches a higher level. Rods do not mediate color vision;…