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Everyone has felt the pain and sorrow of losing a loved one, whether it may be their pet, their relative, or simply a very close friend. People also cope in different ways when a loved one has passed away. Their reaction can range from crying and getting over it for a few days or a 180-degree personality turn from a usually happy person to a depressing one. However, others will find the loss of a loved one a chance to grow and mature as an emotionally stronger person. In the novel Boy's Life, by…

Rotting, undead creatures walking the earth with only one primal thought and purpose, to eat and kill the living—this is a typical depiction of zombies and their behavior. The kind of zombie who strikes fear in the hearts of the living because the zombies threaten their very existence, way of life, and everything they’ve ever known. But what if there was more to the undead than meets the eye? Imagine zombies that could think and speak and act upon desires other than eating the flesh of the…

Freedom of expression, set under section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, is one of Canada’s most valued rights in the bill of rights of the Constitution. It is has paved the way for the society in which thirty-five million people reside today. With this level of influence and admiration, it is truly a fundamental right. However, many ground-breaking cases have illustrated the need to limit freedom of expression. A prime example is the landmark case that took place in 1990…

Full metal jacket is a 1987 British-American war film which is directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. The movie starts with the scene of recruits getting their heads shaved to start training in Marine Boot Camp. There are three main character introduced in the first part. Hartman as general of marine camp, David nicknamed as Joker and Pyle. In this part, Pyle because of his physical body cannot cope for the required training of marine so he is bullied as a child ordered to suck this thumb…

They may have other responsibilities such as their church, their family, and/or their country that they deem worthy of their time and efforts. These are what Friedman refers to as “social responsibilities”. However in these respects the businessman is acting as a principal, not an agent. He spends his own time and money, not that of his employer; therefore these “social responsibilities” are those of an individual, not of businesses. Friedman asks, “What does it mean to say that the…

Being Brilliant has Become the New Average What is the true definition of intelligence? People talk of common sense, “street-smarts,” “book-smarts,” GPA, IQ test, and various other standardized tests to determine their intelligence. In the Oxford Dictionary intelligence is defined as “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.” Society has limited and labeled ourselves into groups based on a phrase or number and has greatly wounded our possibility for achieving great and limitless…

FILM ANALYSIS: FULL METAL JACKET War is a tragic, yet important, piece of history that people must be aware of. Having several documentations and recreations of these wars into films should give a much wider audience of different generations the privilege to learn about the pain and struggles that people went through. Based on the opening sequence of Full Metal Jacket (1987), I feel that the message Stanley Kubrick successfully attempts to display to the audience is that war affects people…

The constant warfare and violence of World War II (WWII) led to millions of casualties and injuries on the battlefield, as well as a tremendous need of blood for medical treatment. Nazi Germany began to carry out airstrikes on Great Britain, its greatest rival. An estimated 13,600 tons of explosives were fired, leaving irreversible destruction and wounding both civilians and soldiers (Mahone-Lonesome and King 5). The life-threatening injuries sustained from these weapons created a need for…

Massenburg amid the late 1990s to showcase and depict a style of music that risen out of soul and contemporary R&B. Intensely situated in soul music, neo soul is recognized by a less ordinary sound than its contemporary R&B partner, with joined components running from jazz, funk, and hip bounce to pop, combination, and African music. It has been noted by music journalists for its conventional R&B impacts, cognizant driven verses, and solid female nearness. Neo soul created amid the 1980s and…

State typology has been identified as one of the conditions which make genocide more likely. Under the democratic peace theory, it is believed that democratic states are less likely to engage in internal and external wars. In fact, Rummel (1995, p. 25) opines that the best way to prevent such acts of mass killing are to encourage “democratic openness, political competition, leaders responsible to their people, and limited government”. It is argued that totalitarian and autocratic regimes have…