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    Dispersed all throughout the world, are different perspectives on how we came to be, these are known as creation stories. Two of the many, would be the Christian creation story, Genesis, and the Greek creation story. Between Greek and Genesis, they share traits that are akin, as well as traits that differ from each other. The three elements within the two stories are the settings, characteristics, and the religious beliefs or cultural values. Within the stories, there is a different perspective…

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    Mohn Character Analysis

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    Position: o Protagonist of the film • Character development: o First, his disability made him look weak and not seen as your typical protagonist/hero o He was rather seen pathetic to the Marines on Pandora. E.g.) ‘Check this out. Meals on wheels.’ ‘Oh man, that is just wrong’ The marines on Pandora said this when they first saw…

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    Pandora’s Box begins when two brothers, Epimetheus and Prometheus had disobeyed Zeus’ orders of showing man fire, which Zeus was strongly against. For punishment, Pandora, Zeus’ daughter made out of clay, was to marry Epimetheus. Then as a wedding present, Zeus gave them a box with a key that read to not open. However, curiosity took over Pandora and she opened the box, which released all the problems in the world. There was one last thing that came out which was hope to show to keep people…

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    When it comes to the relationships between the sky gods and their wives, the relationships are heavily characterized by their gendered dynamics. The gods typically have aggressive, domineering personalities as a result of their masculinity. The femininity of the wives, however, is shown as more passive, manipulative personalities. For instance, when Gaia decides she cannot suffer her children being enclosed in her any longer, she sends Kronos to castrate Ouranos as a direct destruction of the…

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    the first woman, Pandora (“all gifts”), to spite him (Gill). Pandora was given a box with strict instructions not to open it, but her sense of curiosity overcame all reason and she opened the box, releasing all of the suffering in the world, such as illness and work. The only beneficial part of the box was hope, which provided one with the will to continue on, despite any adversity. The ancient Greeks could not fathom why so many hardships existed during one’s life, thus Pandora was created as a…

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    Culture and Influence In her position of leadership, Mo’at reinforces the clan’s current culture, as well as to exert direct influence on the cultural changes that take place as the clan’s social structure evolves. Our first introduction to the character takes place in Hometree as she meets an Avatar prisoner. During her first interaction with Jake Sully in his Avatar form, she challenges the conventions currently held by the Na’vi by allowing Jake, a member of the “Sky people”, the opportunity…

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    In 1974, Roger Corman released his new exploitation film Caged Heat, with the promotional posters reading, “White Hot Desires melting cold prison steel!” The film was directed by Jonathan Demme where he shows, how women are controlled with prolonged rules and unjust treatment, and how women have very limited choices in the male dominant society because of continuous surveillance and oppressive authority. The representation of theses ideas in Caged Heat can be related as being more superior to…

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    the world. A subtheme in Avatar is greed; therefore it ties into imperialism, because of the destruction of land and people, and invasion of the country are used for natural resources. On Pandora, a planet, humans are betrothed in the reserves identified as Unobtanium. While the Na 'vi, the creatures of Pandora, fight back the expansion; which threatens the lives of the Na 'vi and also the environment they live in. In James Cameron’s, Avatar, the color blue can be recognized as symbolism such…

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    http://smallbusiness.chron.com/examples-external-communications-workplace-10949.html Hanson Kurt (2016) adStream: Wells Fargo uses Pandora’s biggest creative unit for “Small is Huge” campaign. Retrieved from. http://rainnews.com/adstream-wells-fargo-uses-pandoras-biggest-creative-unit-for-small-is-huge-campaign/ Hart Peter (2011) Benefits of Employee Recognition in the Workplace: Reduced Risk & Raised Revenues. Retrieved from…

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    In the film, “District 9,” there was a twist on the storyline, instead of a race being inherently inferior, the alien race in the movie is seen as second class to the whites. In Newitz’s article, she describes the plot as human’s oppressing and attempting to commit genocide against the alien race. The “White Messiah” is contaminated to alien fluid, which causes him to transform into one of the aliens against his will. Aliens are seen as inferior in this film because they eat cat food, adding an…

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