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Myths and heroes: the english heroes
Today, in this presentation I’m going to deal with the notion of myths and heroes. First of all I would like to start by giving a definition of this notion. A myth is a popular story which tries to guide the society toward certain values, or some ideal. Usually, it is composed of unreal fact and action, often led by a Hero. A hero is a courageous person who is ready to sacrifice himself to
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Myths and heroes: does artist helped society during the last 60 years and why they can be defines as heroes?
----------- MYTHS AND HEROES ----------- Introduction I am going to talk about the myths and heroes. First of all I would like to give a definition of this notion: A myth is a story that may or may not be true, who comes from the history, the imagination or the mythology. A hero is any person really intent on making this: a better place for all people. In order to illustrate this notion I have
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Myths and Heroes: the american culture
Notion Myths and Heroes I am going to talk about the notion of myths and heroes. Let's start with a quick definition. A myth is a traditional story concerning the early history of a people, generally involving supernatural beings or events. A hero is a person who is admired for his qualities, his courage, or his achievements. A hero can be part of a myth inasmuch as some heroes create a truly myth. To illustrate
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Has the movie ( American history X ) given you food for thought? As to what issue ?
The movie is American history X : Has the movie given you food for thought? As to what issue? This movie gave me a lot of thoughts about how people can be cruel to others, based on how they look or who they are and most importantly on their color. It's shocking how people can grow that much hate for others people who didn't ask for anything or do anything except for being themselves. This
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Idea of progress: What is the Google self-driving car?
THE IDEA OF PROGESS Progress means improvement: we can talk about technological, medical, social or Political progress. Progress has for purpose to make our life better, more easier and more convenient. The progress represents more particularly the future. During this synthesis, we shall see that the progress had a lot of impact worldwide and we shall focus on New Tech inventions. What effect does this progress have on our society? Does it have a positive
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Into the wild, Sean Penn
Margot Jacquin 1ère S2 Dissertation-Into the Wild Sean Penn Sujet : « If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, than all possibility of life is destroyed ». En quoi, selon vous, cette citation, tirée du roman Guerre et Paix de Léon Tolstoï, et figurant dans la première partie du film, peut-elle se rapporter au parcours de Christopher McCandless. Into the Wild est un film de Sean Penn, inspiré d’une histoire vraie.
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Spaces and exchanges: the immigration in the United-States
Today my presentation is going to deal with the Espace and exchange. First of all, I would want to give you a definition of these both words Exchange It’s a continuous movement or circulation of people, trade [etcetera]. And espace it’s a place or same a distance between two things. The correlation between these two notions can be defined by relations among different countries, be it good or bad. So, I am going to speak
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Idea of progress: what are the promises and perils of biotechnology?
The notion i am going to présent is « Idea of progress » Today, scientific advancements are controlled by reflection and laws on bioethics; Science is rather free, it could in the near future to help save even more lives, it is necessary for the progress of man and is beneficial in many cases as in the fight against serious genetic diseases but this notion involves reflecting on life. It raises questions about what is
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What is the definition of social dynamics?
What is the definition of social dynamics? Photis D. Mata, a étudié à Social Dynamics Écrit le 20 juillet 2016 L'interaction humaine n'est pas linéaire. Il ne repose pas sur la cause et l'effet. L'interaction humaine est dynamique car de nombreuses causes peuvent entraîner de nombreux effets. Tout peut changer en tout moment en raison de l'imprévisibilité des causes. Ainsi, la dynamique sociale est l'interaction humaine dans les groupes sociaux. Max Berkowitz Écrit le 18
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Spaces and Exchanges: why did the Brexit take place and why can we say that Brexit has led to many fractures and fear on behalf of other countries?
Today I am going to deal with the notion of spaces and exchanges and to this notion, I am going to give a political view. First, the terms spaces and exchanges refers to geographical and symbolic areas occupied by societies as well as the interaction between the individuals in their society. I am therefore going to talk about a recent topic which is the Brexit. Brexit, is a referendum launched on June 23rd 2016 by
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The expansion of the Islam in France: a real obstacle for the democracy? Comparison with the British model.
The expansion of the Islam in France: a real obstacle for the democracy? Comparison with the British model. Nowadays, the respect of democratic principles is one of the main key issues undertook by Member States. Governments have an essential role in providing the values of freedom, the respect of human rights and the principle of election by universal suffrage. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948 is one of the first international treaty
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Idea of progress: the relationship betwen men and machines
MOIA Marvin Ts Idee of progress The notion I’m going to deal with is idea of progress. The subject of my oral presentation that I’m going to speak about is the relationship between man and machine. First of all i’ll define a progree : a progress is a development towards a better, more compltete, or more modern condition. I fell like this notion is best illustrated by trying to see differences between man-machine and machine-man
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What are the consequences of migration in Scotland's population from the 50's until the early 21st century?
SEC EUR: Introduction: Scotland has approximately 5.3 million inhabitants. It is located in Europe at the northern end of Great Britain; it is part of the United Kingdom. It’s capital is Edinburgh. * Nature: graphs: first one: Natural change and migration in Scotland (1951-2011) / second one: Scotland’s age structure * No authors, anonymous * Source: secondary source because: these two graphs were possibly made after the events occurred * Audience: everyone who’s interested in
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The brand Harley Davidson
Harley Davidson is a mark of motorbike riginated from the USA. This company was founded in 1903, it is the first builder of motorbikes. In the early 1900's , Willian Harley and Arthur Davidson built a prototype of motorbike in their kitchen. Davidson's father they put at disposition a cabin so that they can continue to build their prototype, they were helped by William's brother and Walter Davidson, they produced three motorbikes first two years.
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Spaces and forms of power: what is the legitimacy to Gender Equality within the different powers?
SPACES AND FORMS OF POWER For a long time the police ruled out the women of its offices and its cigars, just like the army took them away from its weapons and the economy of its figures. Women would be too fragile to smoke, too maternal to know how to defend her country, too stupid to handle figures. All these prejudices have disappeared, but today, what is the legitimacy to Gender Equality within the different
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Myths and heroes: how has witch hunting evolved through the centuries?
We are going to deal with the notion, Myths and heroes. To begin, we can define this notion. A myth is a popular belief on what social values are often based while a hero is someone who is ready to sacrifice his or her life in order to make things evolve positively. In relation to the notion, the subject of my presentation will be the witch hunting since the XVIIth century. We may wonder to
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Myths and heroes: the myth of wutches in America
The notion i'm going to deal with is Myths and heroes with the exemple of the myth of witches in America. First, I think that is important to define the terms of myth and hero. A myth can be defined as a story about gods or heroes, it can be a popular belief or a tradition or a false notion. A hero can be a mythological figure, a person who is admired for his or
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The Non Working week
The non working week. -We can see two documents: a text and a photo. -The photo shows a woman sleeping on her laptop computer. -She must be at work and she doesn't appear to be hardworking. -She seems to be lazy. -The texte, is an extrad from a novel wich is entitled “Pieces of my mind” and wich was published in 1986. -It was written by Andy Rooney. -It's a first-person narrative. - It's an
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Places and forms of power: do the images have a stronger and lasting impact over the time?
ESPERANCE Yael TS2 Places and formes of power Well, then let me consider the following notion places and forms of power. First let me try and give a simple definition of this notion. A place is could be important buildings or institutions that represent a certain form of power, a place can also be a country or a state. A Power is the ability to control others, events, or resources; the ability to make things
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The history of Comics
The history of Comics The Comics Stip The history of Comics begins in 1840, by very small short Comic Strip, which appear in the daily press. Bassed on the humor, they aim at developping loyalty of the readers thanks to the stories to be followed by a number in the other one, the associated with the daily funny stories were published in black and white the week and benefited from colors only on sundays. The
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The notion of progress: is progress always positive?
A progress is a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage. The idea of progress can be defined as an important development or a change. Most of people believe that the progress contributes to making the world a better place and consists in ameliorate the world, the life, the society… However, sometimes progress leads to more problems than it solves. So it will be interesting to ask: is progress always positive?
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The idea of progress: to what extent can we say that India became like North America?
Hello. The notion I’m going to deal with today is The idea of progress. First of all, let me give you a little definition of this notion. It can be defined as an improvement, a development, an advance : social, technical or scientist. It contributes to makes of the world a better place and to improve humans conditions even if the progress can have negative side too. The subject of my oral presentation will be
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Bob dylan's protest song against the Vietnam war
PROTEST SONG The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The war began in 1954 (though conflict in the region stretched back to the mid-1940s), after the rise to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam, and continued against the
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Places and forms of power: the power of media
Places and Forms of power « Places » could be important buildings or institutions that represent a certain form of power, for example Buckingham Palace. A place can also be a country or a state – for example the USA is a state which is powerful enough to influence events throughout the world (superpower) and China is a major economic power in today’s world. « Power » is the ability to control others, events, or resources; the ability to
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Idea of progress: how does the evolution of society influence family structure?
Thème: Idea of progress I'm going to talk about the idea of progress. This notion can be defined as an improvement, a development or a change, scientific or social, an advance which would permit people to have better life condition and to feel happier. We can ask: How does the evolution of society influence family structure ? 1. Traditionnel family The traditional family is a family consisting of a couple and children. The vision of
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