Silent film

Philip II of Spain was a dignified king who sought to achieve the best for his country. However, during his reign as king, King Philip II was unrightfully murdered one night. The group of people who ended the king’s life all had one similarity. They all had a list of motives to backup why they plotted against the King of Spain. These motives fueled the hatred burning within the assassins lead them to conspire against Philip and ultimately kill him. To seek revenge William of Orange, Antonio…

Question 1. In Rachel Carson’s most influential book, Silent Spring, she addresses the issue of killing insects and other pests with poisonous chemicals in the form of pesticides and insecticides to help produce more crops. The basic thesis in Silent Spring is that the prolonged use of pesticides in uncontrolled amounts is directly responsible for many extreme health hazards and even the death of animals and humans. Carson begins the book with a chapter describing the beauty of an area where…

to live but someone with religion doesn’t make them believe that. Another interesting topic to discuss is that the millenniums and the youngest ones of them are the ones who have the lowest belief in God at only twenty-seven percent compared to the silent generation of a number that almost doubles at fifty-one percent. Chances are because some of the younger people are exploring and trying to figure out what they are doing on earth and what is there purpose in life which could lead them to a…

generation and narcotics business, “A new kind of criminal, a monster created by and for the narcotics trade. He’s a killer devoid of mercy or conscience or soul, driven by the greed and joy he derives from the power to murder”. When analyzing the film a bit more carefully it is apparent that Chiguhr and his associates are just the beginning. Anton Chiguhr, his clients, rivals, and most of all his victims are the new age of…

I remember I was about the age of 5. At this time my mother and I were living together alone in a two story apartment sitting right on the hills of Troy. During this age, I was attending daycare everyday daily because my mother would work full time during the week. I can still remember her waking me up everyday at the crack of dawn at 5 am and dropping me off to Samaritan, the daycare I was attending daily. At the time when I was younger, I enjoyed the benefits of waking up early there were a…

The Silent Generation Every generation has their own specific defining moment that makes everyone in the future look back on them in a certain way. Each generation is judged and examined by how they respond to that one defining moment, and in many cases are ripped apart because they didn’t live up to the expectations set out for them. These defining moments can be large scale for some like a World War or the Great Depression, but for others they go seemingly unnoticed until way after that…

Carson uses many elements from the Rhetorical triangle in Silent Spring, most from the logical and ethical appeals. The arguments Carson gave in Silent Spring were all about the use of synthetic chemicals. She presented that humans are a part of nature and are not meant to control it. Secondly, scientists do not know the long term effects these chemicals can have on the environment. Lastly, she wants to find better ways to control pests without the use of environmentally harmful chemicals. The…

global pesticide bans. For example, this past year we were able to ban pentachlorophenol (PCP) which was primarily used as a wood preservative (Chandra par. 1). More people began paying attention to the effects of pesticides when Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring came about. It was about the commonly used pesticide DDT and her book had sparked the environmental movement. Carson pointed out major problems about the use of pesticides like how they have harmed the health of the environment and…

The Traditionalist Generation, also known as Silent Generation, were born between the years of 1925- 1942 and about 5 percent of the workforce nowadays. The Traditionalist Generation were born during the Great Depression and World War II. They either fought in WWII or they were children of those who fought. Their behaviors are based on experiences during the Depression or WWII. They have the very different mindset than the other generations due to world-changing events they had encountered…

In the 1990s a game series started known as Silent Hill. This game series takes a main character into a town that’s warped by a nightmare landscape. The series itself has many common themes that fit in with Freud’s writing “The Uncanny”. Specifically, the second entry in the series aptly titled Silent Hill 2 is a prime example of the uncanny. Through the series’ regular themes, but also in terms of the double and Unheimlich James’ story unfolds and the player is left with a truly emotionally…