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Another America is a film produced by filmmaker Michael Cho that focuses on a conflict between African Americans and Koreans in the 20th century. The documentary touches on subjects such as history, culture clash, the past and the present life of new immigrants in America at the time, racism, personal stories, and the United States colonialism. The filmmaker, Michael Cho, also doubles as the narrator in the film. Cho decided to take it upon himself to investigate his family and the tragedy following the murder of his uncle in Detroit. The murder of his uncle hit close to home that he decided to closely examine his family’s experiences as Korean-American immigrants who were doing business at the time. In his investigation, he sheds light on the nitty gritty of the conflict in the southern central region as depicted by the uprisings of 1992 in Los Angeles.

Michael Cho captures the stories of ordinary African Americans and Koreans as they go about their business of shopping and selling in the mall. Cho decides to return to his hometown of Detroit as he wants to give them his relatives and local community members a chance to tell their own experiences of race relations with Asians. Some of the individuals that Cho features in his documentary include his cousin who is the daughter of his uncle, a Detroit poet, and an Asian-American sister and brother. Moreover, he incorporates interviews with several immigrants from Africa.

I think Cho does an impeccable job of painting the picture of the black-Korea conflict. At the time of his uncle’s murder, Cho was not In Detroit, but he decided to drive back home to film the documentary in the midst of grave riots and violence in Los Angeles. I think it was brave of Cho to take such a step, as he was placing his life at risk by doing so. Throughout the film, the audience sees scenes of rioters holding guns and shooting. There were also scenes of looting items from stores in the middle of the riots. When violence erupted between Asian Americans and Afro-Americans, all hell broke loose as there was no order, and law enforcement had difficulty controlling the crowd.

I appreciate Cho’s reporting as it is different from what other reporters were reporting. Cho’s narration was spot on and he did not shy away from addressing the issues that other people were avoiding reporting. At one point in the documentary, there was a female news reporter standing in a background where the riots were taking filled with smoke and damaged property. She mentioned that she was shocked at the ongoing scenarios as she was from that neighborhood. One could read the fear and frustration in the reporters’ voice]e and body language as she asks how she could cover the story with the violence happening right in her backyard. That scene was heartbreaking. I empathized with the lady reporter as she was in an unpleasant situation, but I expected more from the media. Cho mentioned that the main reason why he embarked on the filming journey by himself was that he was going on a fact-finding mission. I can relate to Cho’s situation and why he took it upon himself to record the documentary. He felt he could not trust the media to bring facts to the masses as they were biased in their reporting. Seeing that the conflicts between Koreans and people of color had hit home after the death of his uncle, I understand why Cho decided to send himself on a fact-finding mission. I appreciate Michel Cho’s effort in explaining the black-Asia conflict precisely as it happened in the late twentieth century.

Change your diet to combat climate change in 2019

By Lisa Drayer, CNN

Updated 6:57 AM ET, Wed January 2, 2019

(CNN)You may be aware that a plant-based diet can make you healthier by lowering your risk for obesity, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. But research shows there’s another good reason to regularly eat meatless meals. By filling your plate with plant foods instead of animal foods, you can help save the planet.

One study, published in October in the journal Nature, found that as a result of population growth and the continued consumption of Western diets high in red meats and processed foods, the environmental pressures of the food system could increase by up to 90% by 2050, “exceeding key planetary boundaries that define a safe operating space for humanity beyond which Earth’s vital ecosystems could become unstable,” according to study author Marco Springmann of the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food at the University of Oxford.

“It could lead to dangerous levels of climate change with higher occurrences of extreme weather events, affect the regulatory function of forest ecosystems and biodiversity … and pollute water bodies such that it would lead to more oxygen-depleted dead zones in oceans,” Springmann said.

“If the whole world, which continues to grow, eats more like us, the impacts are staggering, and the planet simply can’t withstand it,” said Sharon Palmer, a registered dietitian nutritionist and plant-based food and sustainability expert in Los Angeles who was not involved in the new research.

Sustaining a healthier planet will require halving the amount of food loss and waste, and improving farming practices and technologies. But it will also require a shift toward more plant-based diets, according to Springmann.

As Palmer noted, “research consistently shows that drastically reducing animal food intake and mostly eating plant foods is one of the most powerful things you can do to reduce your impact on the planet over your lifetime, in terms of energy required, land used, greenhouse gas emissions, water used and pollutants produced.”

How a meat-based diet negatively affects the environment

It might come as a surprise, but Springmann’s study found that the production of animal products generates the majority of food-related greenhouse-gas emissions — specifically, up to 78% of total agricultural emissions.

This, he explained, is due to manure-related emissions, to their “low feed-conversion efficiencies” (meaning cows and other animals are not efficient in converting what they eat into body weight) and to enteric fermentation in ruminants, a process that takes place in a cow’s stomach when it digests food that leads to methane emissions.

The feed-related impacts of animal products also contribute to freshwater use and pressures on cropland, as well as nitrogen and phosphorus application, which over time could lead to dead zones in oceans, low-oxygen areas where few organisms can survive, according to Springmann.

For an example of how animal foods compare with plant-based foods in terms of environmental effects, consider that “beef is more than 100 times as emissions-intensive as legumes,” Springmann said. “This is because a cow needs, on average, 10 kilograms of feed, often from grains, to grow 1 kilogram of body weight, and that feed will have required water, land and fertilizer inputs to grow.”

In addition, cows emit the potent greenhouse gas methane during digestion, which makes cows and other ruminants such as sheep especially high-emitting.

Other animal foods have lower impacts because they don’t produce methane in their stomachs and require less feed than cows, Springmann explained. For example, cows emit about 10 times more greenhouse gases per kilogram of meat than pigs and chickens, which themselves emit about 10 times more than legumes.

Like animals, plants also require inputs from the environment in order to grow, but the magnitude is significantly less, Springmann explained.

“In today’s agricultural system, we grow plants to feed animals, which require all of those resources and inputs: land, water, fossil fuels, pesticides, herbicides and fertilizer to grow. And then we feed plants to animals and care for them over their lifetime, while they produce methane and manure,” Palmer said.

Adopting more plant-based diets for ourselves could reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the food system by more than half, according to the Nature study. A mainly plant-based diet could also reduce other environmental impacts, such as those from fertilizers, and save up to quarter use of both farmland and fresh water, according to Springmann.

Palmer explained that “legumes [or pulses], such as beans, lentils and peas are the most sustainable protein source on the planet. They require very small amounts of water to grow, they can grow in harsh, dry climates, they grow in poor nations, providing food security, and they act like a natural fertilizer, capturing nitrogen from the air and fixing it in the soil. Thus, there is less need for synthetic fertilizers. These are the types of protein sources we need to rely upon more often.”

Flexitarian: The healthy compromise for you and the planet

Experts agree that if you are not ready to give up meat entirely, a flexitarian diet, which is predominantly plant-based, can help. This diet includes plenty of fruits, vegetables and plant-based protein sources including legumes, soybeans and nuts, along with modest amounts of poultry, fish, milk and eggs, and small amounts of red meat.

Vegetarian and vegan diets would result in even lower greenhouse gas emissions, but a flexitarian diet “is the least stringent that is both healthy and would reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough for us to stay within environmental limits,” according to Springmann.

Palmer said that “although vegan diets, followed by vegetarian diets, are linked with the lowest environmental impacts, not everyone is interested in taking on those lifestyles. But everyone can eat more of a flexitarian diet. It doesn’t mean that you have to give up meat completely, but you significantly reduce your intake of it.”

Registered dietitian nutritionist Dawn Jackson Blatner described it this way: “A flexitarian is really someone who wakes up with the intention of being more vegetarian. It’s different from vegetarian in that there is some flexibility.”

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ust how “flexitarian” you wish to be can be flexible, too. For example, Blatner, who was not involved in the Nature study, offers three levels of the diet in her book “The Flexitarian Diet”: a “beginner” flexitarian, who consumes six to eight meatless meals per week (or is limited to 26 ounces of animal protein); an “advanced” flexitarian, who eats nine to 14 meatless meals per week (or is limited to 18 ounces of animal protein); and an “expert” flexitarian, who eats at least 15 meatless meals or limits animal protein to 9 ounces per week.

The key is not just eliminating meat but swapping in plant-based proteins, including beans and lentils. A Mediterranean meal might incorporate chickpeas; a Mexican meal might have black beans or pintos; an Asian meal might include edamame; an Italian meal might use white beans or lentils to make a “Bolognese” pasta sauce, Blatner explained.

“I wrote the book because I really wanted to be a vegetarian, but I just couldn’t do it so strictly,” she said. “I really wanted to lean in to a more plant-based diet, but I needed a little more flexibility. So it’s the great compromise.”

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Movie: The Three Sides of Eve

Year of Drama: 1952

Character – Eve

Axis I: Psychiatric diagnoses include recurring blackouts, moderate severity, recurring headaches, and conversion disorder. Dissociative Identity Disorder

Axis II: developmental diagnoses of childhood. Multiple discrete personality states, homicidal as a defence mechanism

Axis III: Physical illness including recurring headaches, dissociation (lapses in memory), hallucinations

Axis IV: Psychological stress factors affecting patient include mistreatment by parent (mother). Inadequate family support from husband at times, discontinuities in sense of behaviour and perception.

Axis V: Global functioning – moderate about 70

The Character’s presentation

Eve White is a woman who decides to visit a psychiatrist together with her husband Ralph White after experiencing several recurring blackouts and also headaches. After treatment from the psychiatrist Dr. Curtis Luther, Eve is fine until after about one year when Ralph discovers that his wife’s wardrobe has changed into an unusually sexy aspect. When Eve is questioned over the newly acquired wardrobe, she insists that he was the one who the clothes for her. Ralph confirms with the store that his wife indeed bought everything which makes him believe that she is lying. She does not like the accusation which prompts the acute headaches. This leads to her attacking her own daughter who is trying her mother’s new clothes and high heeled shoes. A visit to Dr. Luther results in Eve revealing that although she denies the attack, she hears a voice instructing her to run from her husband and elope with a lover. She admits that she does not understand what is happening with her, a fear that eventually is the turning point of Eve’s shift in personality, who she calls Eve Black. After the family moves to Florida, she turns on and off as either Eve Black or Mrs. White after secret nocturnal escapades. A third personality appears when Mrs. Luther the psychiatrist attempts suicide. In the middle of the three personalities, she reveals that she had been mistreated at the age of six. Finally, two of her personalities banish and she bonds back to her family.

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Dissociative identity disorder is a mental disorder whereby a sufferer experiences two or more distinct personality or identity states which are quite varied with regard to how they view the world. The three Faces of Eve is a story whereby a woman is believed to suffer from such. The diagnosis of Dissociative identity disorder is supported by the fact that Eve seems to be traumatized by events that occurred when she was six years old. Sufferers of this mental disorder usually have had traumatic experiences as either infants or children. These experiences are responsible for a child’s mind trying to dissociate the frightening memories. The fact that the personalities appear interchangeably within a period of one year is truth enough to view it not as a memory lapse. Dissociation is also evident when Eve attacks her own daughter meaning that her mind lapses to the realization that that is her own daughter.

Other symptoms include experiencing blackouts which are Eve’s initial symptoms. These blackouts recur and often are the indicators of a change in personality. When Eve goes to Florida, she often escapes at night and dances in clubs. After the personality alters into Mrs. White, she is regretful of her actions. This is also a significant sign of detecting dissociative identity disorder whereby the sufferer finds him/herself in places where they are not aware of themselves having travelled.

Eve is very angry after her husband accuses her of lying. She believes that Ralph her husband bought her the sexy clothes and shoes. Additionally, she does not believe that she attacked her own daughter. This is usually the case with Dissociative identity disorder sufferers who believe that they are being accused falsely of lying as they do not realize or even believe that they lied. When told of things they do not recall, they believe that these are just false accusations. At times, sufferers of this mental disorder may find themselves in possession of items they do not understand how they acquired. Eve finds herself with new sexy wardrobe and because she does not recalling buying the same, she assumes that it is her husband who bought the clothes and shoes for her. Eve at one time claims to be Eve Black, a situation whereby the sufferer of this mental disorder finds them claiming or being called names that they are not familiar with. At one point, Eve confides in Dr. Luther that she hears voices in her head telling her to elope with one Bonnie. Sufferers of dissociative identity disorder may hear voices and even recognize that indeed the voices are not their own even though they come from their own heads.

The most significant symptom that makes one identify Eve’s condition as dissociative Identity disorder is the feeling that one is more than one person which is evidenced in her three personalities as Mrs. White, Eve (Jane) and Eve Black.

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American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed., TR). Washington, DC: Author

Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalisation

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Globalisation

Globalization is the situation where the world operates as a unilateral unit perpetuated by multinational companies doing business all over the world. Globalisation has been brought about by; breaking of barriers to trade, unabated movement of capital, reduced carriage cost and rising use of electronic technology (Potrafke 2015, p.510). These new communication technologies have increasingly spread a largely accepted commercial culture. From entertainment industry with Disney movies dominating children screen to culture where American youth culture is imitated all over the world. Indications are that the global exchange of people, products and ideas is not stopping anytime soon. This is a commendable feat that will be beneficial for the whole world’s population. Furthermore, globalisation helps appreciate the common human-characters that keep us together. Nonetheless globalization has widened the gap between the rich and the poor and led to centralisation of decision making. Globalisation also has eroded local cultures, destroyed biodiversity and increased animosity among regions. This is the unfortunate situation presents the harsh reality of globalisation which was intended for human growth but has marginalised human needs (Ransome 1997, p.8). Globalisation has led to high inequality levels and poverty as leaders cannot effectively implement policies. Thus, political solutions with good employment and human rights are needed to navigate the effects of globalization. Government should also set up good structures that ensure decentralisation of decision making and conserve the environment (Ellwood 2001, p.12). Globalisation is an old process which commenced five centuries ago with the launch of the European colonial era which interlinked the global economy. However, globalisation has accelerated over the recent years owing to improved technology, breaking of trade barriers and increased influence of multinational corporations (Tan and Macneill 2015, p.852). Globalisation for multinational companies for instance makes them see the world which has people of different cultures as just a group of prospective buyers. These companies treat all their buyers to similar products, similar production technique and similar policies.

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Potrafke, N 2015, The evidence on globalization, Journal World Economy, vol. 38, issue 3, pp. 509-552.

Ransome, D 1997, Globalization – an alternative view, New Internationalist, vol. 296, pp 7-10.

Ellwood, W 2001, The no-nonsense guide to globalization, by. Verso, London, pp.12.

Tan, C and Macneill, P 2015, Globalization, economics and professionalism, Medical Teacher, vol 37, issue 9, pp. 850-855.

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Traditional Subject Area: English Language Kindergarten

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Vowels and Consonants

The student applies the pronunciation skills to identify the vowels and the consonants, their differences and their application in the sentences. Also, the student pronounces words starting with the vowels through identification of the plants and animals which their meanings begin with the vowels sounds. Consequently, the student applies the location and the alphabetical order of the vowels and the consonants.

Students Expected to: (A) Write and pronounce the alphabetical letters

B) Identify the vowels in the alphabetical letters

C) Identify the consonants and pronounce effectively in the alphabetical letters.

Arts Subject: Literature Kindergarten

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Reading, Writing and Identification of pictures in books

The student should read texts written in the board and produced in numerous modalities. Common examples of the modalities include the prints, visual, multimodal and the film. The student creates expression of thoughts through engagement in reading, interpretation, evaluation and comprehension. The engagement entails using the letters and word s to picture with the real image of an object. Also, interpretation is the use of the real imagination to determine the function of the object read and identified. Though evaluation, the student creates normative approaches to cognition and the determination of the books and its purpose in learning.

The student is expected to: A) Choose the book he or she likes in literature learning

B) Be able to analyze, interpret, and identify the critical ideas

C) To provoke conversation and create a sheer reading enjoyment.

Method of I will use in Teaching English Vowel and Consonants

I will write all the vowels and create an environment where the student can identify the letter and its coincidence with the image or the object. Using the three dimensional objects, I will ensure that the student is equipped with the knowledge of identifying the objects and the letters in written format. The identification will enable the student to memorize the letter and the sounds hence creating a pedagogical cognition of writing, pronunciation and reading the two letter words. Also, I will introduce the vowel sounds in the simple words like cat, met, tot and cup. Consequently, I will direct the student to blow the air out of the month without closing the teeth and mouth and practice the actual pronunciation of the vowel.

Moreover, I will apply several techniques of teaching the consonant sounds to enable the student to differentiate between the vowels and the consonants. The first techniques get based on giving the student the bingo board then show the pictures of the words as I direct the student to pronounce the sound. The student should name each letter covered by the sound. To enable the student to have in-depth understanding of the methods of pronouncing the consonant, I will direct the student to block the air using the teeth, tongue, and lips and practice pronouncing the consonants in the alphabets.

Methods I will use in teaching Literature

Teaching literature to the student requires the determination and the comprehensive use of variety of the learning materials. As such, I will dictate the classroom time for reading. I will also allow the student to have self-selection of the book used in the literature. Consequently, I will enable the student to have the plan for the reading and the reason for reading. Through the use of the language based approach, I will effectively enable the student to have creative interpretation of the language used in literature. Also, the use of information based approach will enable the student to identify the correct mechanism of identifying the theme of the reading book.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Holland’s Theory

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Holland’s theory has been well integrated into multicultural counseling practice and is the most widely researched theory globally. Since it provides a piece of evidence for incorporation of strong interest inventory when interacting with diverse populations through assessment of the social structure of interests across diverse racial/ethnic populations and finding the similarity in ideological perception in working areas (Sue et al., 2022). John L. Holland’s theory was primarily established to address vocational issues across diverse people. Research states that Holland’s theory is based on four basic assumptions that designate how occupational interests are developed. These major assumptions include; realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional (Hartmann et al., 2021). The theories have advantages and disadvantages, and Holland’s theory is not different.

Advantages of Holland’s Theory

One of the greatest strengths of John Holland’s theory is that the theory is oversimplified and people especially counselors, can easily understand and comprehend it. Holland’s theory incorporates a model to organize occupational interest assessment. Additionally, the theory consists of RIASEC type code, the basis of four assumptions that have been simplified and integrated into various assessment instrument tools. For instance, the RIASEC type code has been integrated with modern technology to provide computer-assisted guidance programs. However, effective training and application of Holland’s theory and typology positively impact counseling practices (Sue et al., 2022).

Disadvantages of Holland’s Theory

The major weakness of this theory is based on Holland’s statement that the theory lies in the formulation of stability and variation. This indicates that people’s perceptions can be affected by psychological, social, environmental, economic, and situational factors. And as a result, they end up causing variances in the results, thus affecting the stability of the results and typology (Davlembayeva et al., 2021).

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Davlembayeva, D., Papagiannidis, S., & Alamanos, E. (2021). Sharing economy platforms: An equity theory perspective on reciprocity and commitment. Journal of Business Research, 127, 151-166.

Hartmann, F. G., Heine, J. H., & Ertl, B. (2021). Concepts and coefficients based on John L. Holland’s theory of vocational choice—Examining the R package holland. Psych, 3(4), 728-750.

Sue, D. W., Sue, D., Neville, H. A., & Smith, L. (2022). Counseling the culturally diverse: Theory and practice. John Wiley & Sons.

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In the Man of Steel movie, 2013, the plot portrays the entanglement of human capabilities and superpowers. A young person, Kal-El, learns of his extreme powers and discovers that he has never belonged to the earth. As a young man, he goes to a peculiar journey in order to uncover his belonging. In the event of this search, he realizes that his heritage entangles between the earth and the space. As a result, he utilizes extreme powers towards values that his parents endowed. In the whole of the movie, Kal-El strives to balance his earthly identity with his superpower mien.

To begin with, the man of steel resides in a lone and dark place that is referred to as Fortress of Solitude. In the case of Winnie, being a lone kind is an interesting idea. When the entire planet blows up and one’s parents die after birth, being the last of a generation becomes a peculiar thing. In this perspective, Superman does an unfamiliar thing when he uncovers his identity. He goes to a sterile and a creepy place that is off the earth planet. In the weird place, Kal-El’s friends are holograms who have sprung from the past. It is a peculiar idea that Kal-El strives to balance his earthly living place and the space upon which he interacts with his previously concealed side. In the cave, he interacts with aliens that possess equally extreme powers.

In addition, Superman strives to contend with the idea he cannot improve. At his birth, he shares extreme powers that possess limited capacity for improvement. This is the reason his powers does not excite as an individual. Superman needs to be like other human beings who strive towards perfection. By realizing his imperfection, he cannot easily interact with other children who fancy such powers. This leads him towards a secrecy that he only reveals to one of his friends. By possessing extreme qualities, he lets down his friends because he cannot grow as them.

Superman also strives to contend with the idea that he cannot settle with any individual. Superman has friends who have normal girlfriends. The strange idea is that the girls are normal human beings who might fear the powers of an extreme individual such as Kal-El. Superman cannot hold a normal relationship because his attempts make him sit on snow, while bleeding and crying.

Superman’s character swings between a soft-speaking individual and a strong person who expresses extreme powers. This suggests that the character is inherently dark. As an alien, he strives to integrate his dark background with the humanly ideals that his parents instill. Kal-El also strives to remain obedient while he secretly possesses alien powers that he does not expect to intimidate his earthly parents with the same. Striving to hide under a clam exterior is an exasperating experience that splits Kal-El between two personalities.

According to the background of Kal-El, he is supposed to a beastly character that endangers the human population. He, however, reconciles this idea by opting to save his planet. While Zod belongs to the original race of Kal-El, the superman judges him by his character. Having realized that Zod devoured and destroyed his parentage, he is bound to exterminate him and prevent his powers from suppressing the human population. This is a difficult task that involves reconciling his two extreme parts into a useful personality.

Introduction

The success of any business body totally rests on its ability to accurately generate, comprehend and analyze all its financial statements which helps in understanding success and the business’ financial state. Free Cash Flow is a degree of financial performance calculated as operating cash such as sales revenue minus capital expenses such as bills and wages. Free cash flow (FCF) indicates the cash that a company is able to generate after setting aside the money required for asset base maintenance and expansion.

Cash is the liquid asset of a business such money in hand, petty cash, account balance available in bank, customer checks, and marketable commodities. It may also include the unutilized portion of an overdraft facility or line of credit.

Free cash flow is has many advantages to businesses since it allows a company to pursue prospects that will enhance shareholder value. Without cash, it’s tough to develop new products, order products, pay dividends and decrease debt among many other things

Capital Expenditures are also netted from free cash flow .These are payments which are made to obtain property and equipment, that have a useful life expectancy greater than the period stated. Maintenances and renovations to property and equipment that have long life are also capitalized. Depreciating assets are usually valued on the books at a reduced amount of deprecation method. The depreciation expense of the asset should match its useful life or usage. This helps in reducing the amount available to pay the dividends, reduce debt or repurchase share

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The Godfather part 1

The Godfather part 1 attained a world status as an epic film that set the stage for other gangster-depiction films. The film is based on a prominent book that goes by the same name; The Godfather by Mario Puzo. The film has been heralded as one of the greatest films of all times as it occupies the top 500 films of the Empire magazine annually. It has an indelible foundation in the world cinema as it set a new stage for the production and conception of films.

This film describes the feuds and wars that exist between five families in the organized crime sector of New York. The story has killings on both sides of the families as they violently settle their disputes. It also follows the development of Vito Corleone who is worried over handing his business empire to his sons.

There are vital unique aspects that herald this movie as an epic in the production and directing of movies. To begin with, the movie depicted actual human struggles in a high crime family. In another setting, Vito’s family was an ordinary family that expressed the wishes of a father in ensuring the prosperity of one’s lineage. In addition, it depicted, not sensational, but actual human struggles into realizing oneself and providing a purpose to the self. This is because the movie avoided meaningless and endless gun shootings. Every part of the plot struck a meaning to the intended process of the story. In close relation to this concept, there was a clear emphasis on the process, instead of end, of the movie. In the end of the film, it was discernible that there was no clear star character that converged the movie towards a particular direction. The movie operated on a broad base of individuals whose lives were unique and articulated in different perspectives. In the beginning, the audience would have viewed Vito Corleone as the central character. As the plot develops, it is notable that the meek and subtle Michael is developing into a fearless head of a large crime business empire.

The movie entailed proper graphics that effected the contexts and themes of the different scenes. As the movie opens up, it is discernible that the family occupies a serene and garden setting. There is depiction of warmth and familial love in light settings. However, the movie used intense and quick-changing effects in depicting murderous scenes. This was an intention of showcasing different sides, thoughts and emotions of characters as the movie progressed.

The color of the film is principal in setting the mood of different contexts. In the scenes that entail Vito sat as the don in his office, there was mild light that accorded the same a dangerous feel. However, there is enough light that humanized the godfather. The wedding provided the brightest scene in the form of brig costumes which influenced a joyous mood. The major part of the film grounds in dark and gruesome representation of the mob nature.

The key scenes employ graphics, colors and additional effects to portray Michael’s character development. At the restaurant, where Michael expresses a plan to kill Sollozzo and his counterpart, the camera shot projects in a menacing sense. As Michael elucidates the plan to Sonny, the camera advances forward on him. It is notable that Michael does not carete an eye contact with anyone. Through his positioning in the chair, it is discernible that he professes power and authority. As the camera stops moving, Michael blurts that he would kill both Solozzo and his counterpart. This form of camera movement focuses the audience into Michael’s eyes. Since he possesses a monotone voce, his eyes embody the emotion. This is a turning point for Michael whose dark and cold nature effuses. At the killing of Sollozzo and McCluskey, the camera pans to express the intensity in Michael’s eyes. Additionally, complimentary sound effects occur in the form of a squealing train whose breaks’ noise intensifies the experience of the scene.

The movie showcased a wholly different side of crime and dubious businesses. Vito is a powerful and wealthy person who opens the public eye into the true nature of the state. This is, initially, ironical since he is a ruthless and violent man who, sometimes, employs force to attain his needs. The nature of the state contrasts with Corleone’s intrinsic discipline and morality. In the opening scene, a man goes to Vito Corleone in order to attain justice in the case of his daughter who had been beaten up by other people. Corleone points out that that killing an individual is not the best strategy of attaining justice. He emphasizes on friendship, and not payment, as the best strategy for according justice.

The corruption of the state is eminent in the Sollozo’ request, who deems Vito Corleone as a man of powerful connections. This is because Vito easily buys the politicians into granting him favors. However, Vito is an individual who anyone cannot buy. He exercises his violence with restraint, and towards individuals whom he deems as unjust.

The concept of familial love is evoked within the existence of crime and manipulations. Vito Corleone is at the center of family concerns as he worries about the advancement of his son. This occurs at a scene of his daughter’s wedding whereby Vito is a suited up and a decent family man. When Sonny hears of the news that Carlo is mistreating her sister, Connie, he attacks him. At the beginning of the family, Sonny embodies the brutality and vigor that defines a criminal family in the sixties. He, however, loves his family as this manifests in his attempts at saving the sister from the brutal husband.

The theme of this movie centralizes between the character of Vito Corleone and Michael Corleone. Vito Corleone is a strong, rational and standard leader. While he is strong in his businesses, he is caring and soft to his family. While he is an honest person who keeps his word, he turns brutal when someone interferes with his plans. However, emotions considerably control Michael as he strives after avenging the death of his father. While Vito is spending his life’s last minutes with his grandson, Michael is hatching a plan to kill the family’s enemies. Vito has a static character of a man of whom individuals fear but also need. He strives to keep peace with other families who had threatened and killed his son. Michael is, on the other hand, a dynamic character who switches his caring character to a ruthless individual. Michael conceals a dark side that surfaces in his murder for all the New York dons.

The Godfather is a robust story from the beginning of the plot to the end. It follows the character development and change of Michael, which serves to draw the audience’s attention. It also possesses a simple cinematography that is effectively visceral. The acting is sincere and realistic and this lends credibility to the portrayal of the crime families in the 1960’s.

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Change in Huck’s Attitude Towards Jim

At the beginning of the novel, Huck considers Jim property and just but an ignorant slave that was not in the same class that he was. There might be an influence by the society Huck grew up in which makes him think of Jim this was. The culture at the time of the setting of this story put no value on slaves and their individuality, they were mere property, that did not have its own thoughts and could be passed around between owners. This paper will clarify in which ways Huck’s belief shifts from hatred at the beginning of the story to friendship and admiration of Jim at the end of the story.

The first mention of Jim by Huck is when he calls him “Watson’s big nigger, named Jim” (Twain 5). This word choice makes it clear what Huck thinks of Jim-as an object that has an owner and is not free (Smith). Huck and Tom Sawyer do not consider the feelings of Jim when they prank him and make fun of him. Huck is growing in a society that has no regard for people like Jim. When they get lost in the fog and they each go a separate way, Huck tries to convince Jim that it was all in his imagination as if he were so stupid to believe that it was all an illusion. Jim is not happy about this and he calls him out. Huck responds with a tone of superiority and says, “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger.”

It is clear that he sees Jim as unintelligent and can be held by a prank from a stupid child and when he has to apologize, he has a hard time doing it (Phiri). there are other instances such as when they are arguing about language and Kind Solomon and Huck states “it warn’t no use wasting words–you can’t learn a nigger to argue. So I quit.” His attitude indicates that despite knowing Jim he still holds to the idea that he is incapable of learning, using reason and applying logic, or making intelligent arguments.

However, as they go a lot of trials together, Huck’s attitude changes. He learns to be respectful and to care for the feelings of Jim appropriately and considers him an equal. In the end, he says this of Jim, “I know’d he was white inside.” By referring to Jim as white, he is seen to consider him his equal. His attitude changes from considering him an object to a person with feelings, intelligence, and with the capacity to apply logic.

Works Cited

Phiri, Aretha. “SEARCHING FOR THE GHOST IN THE MACHINE: THE ‘AFRICANIST’PRESENCE IN MARK TWAIN’S THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.” English Studies in Africa 54.1 (2011): 88-104.

Smith, Cassander L. “Nigger” or” Slave”: Why Labels Matter for Jim (and Twain) in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Papers on Language and Literature 50.2 (2014): 182.

Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Broadview Press, 2011.