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"Elephant" a Gus Van Sant movie (2003)

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1) What struck you most in the film ? What strucked me most in the film is the environment that the director creates, we can feel as if we were there and feel how the characters feel. Also the movie take place at the school and we are students so some things that are in the movie also happen in our every day school live . 2) What also impressed you ? Also impressed me how the director did to make cross the path of three characters at the same time, more concretely in the corridor when elias take a picture of John . 3) Did you find anything more particularly upsetting ? I think that the fact of filming the characters from behind is very interesting but also upsetting because is not usual to watch a movie like this . 4) What did you find very disturbing ? I find very disturbing how easily Eric and Alex get heavily armed in the school and how nobody stop them before starting the shooting . ...

MARCH FOR OUR LIVES

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Every day in the United States, more than 100 lives are taken by the deadly epidemic of gun violence . Among young people, gun violence has become a top cause of death, second only to drug overdoses. That´s why the movement "March for our lives" was created, to fight against guns in the United States. They have a clear plan to reduce the number of deaths because of guns call " C.H.A.N.G.E .": - C hange the standards of gun ownership - H alve the rate of gun deaths in 10 years - A ccountability for the gun lobby and industry - N ame a director of gun violence prevention - G enerate community-based solutions - E mpower the next generation As for every movement there are a lot of mottos to make people aware of the problem. One that I particulary liked is the following one: "Arms are for hugging". This slogan is a pun with the word arms, which means the part of the body but also the weapon, in both case the sentence has a sense, that´s why it´s...

Washington redskins name controversy

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What is cultural appropriation ? Also called sometimes cultural misappropiation, is the adoption of elements of one culture by members of another culture. It can be controversial when members of a dominant culture appropiate from disvantaged minority cultures . That is the case of the Washington redskins NFL team that appropiated the name but also the look of the natives americans. Washington redskins logo WHAT'S THE PROBLEM   ? Natives americans have been questioning the use of the name and image since the 1960s, while the topic has received public attention since 1990s. Native americans demanding change include tribal nations, national tribal organizations, civil rights organizations, and individuals. The largest of these organizations, the "Natiojnal congress of American Indians" counted the number of member tribes as 1.2 million individuals in 2013. According to the "American psycological Association", over 115 professional organizations re...

The myth of the noble/good savage

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                                           Noble savage , in  literature , an idealized concept of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization. The glorification of the noble savage is a dominant theme in the romantics writings of the 18th and 19th centuries.   The concept of the noble savage, however, can be traced to ancient Greece , where Homer, Pliny, and Xenophon idealized the Arcadians and other primitive groups, both real and imagined.   Later Roman writers such as Horace , Virgil, and Ovid gave comparable treatment to the Scythians.                                 First landing of Columbus , print of Theodore De Bry Harvest in a rice field , By Theodore De Bry, 1585 ...