The Crucible

The Crucible is a movie that was derived from the play of the same name written by Arthur Miller. Like other classics The Crucible works on several levels. One of the levels that have been identified as having been prominent in the movie is its dramatic exploration of historical events. Miller shows that he has conducted deep research on the incidents and lives that were affected by the Salem Witch Trial. Although it is a fact that the dialogue is fabricated and fictional, the dialogue has been heavily influenced by the actual documents of the court pertaining to the 1692 case.

It is critical to note that the American society learnt a lot from the trials. However, this knowledge was imparted to them in a very difficult manner. In the movie, Miller wants to impart the fact that religious leaders hinder freedom when they are in full control of the society in terms of political and economic perspectives of the society. The author is against that theocracy, as he argues it is a dangerous system that can adversely affect the freedom of people in any society (Bloom, 2008).

Considering the year that The Crucible was written, it is easy for one to relate the trials and the ‘witch hunt’ of communists that was characteristic of the American society in the 1950s. Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) targeted movie stars, writers, and directors who were perceived to be members of the communist party. Just like the 1692 trials, the senator accused and condemned deviants. However, these deviants were not believed to be communists because of logical evidence, but rather they were accused as a result of rumors. In The Crucible, Rev. Parris and Judge Danforth coerced witnesses to implicate the accused. This has also been noted to have been the case in the 1950s where witnesses were coerced by the committee to implicate actors, writers, and directors who were believed to be members of the Communist Party.

The theme addressing McCarthyism in the movie becomes more prominent when compared to the life of the playwright. In the 1930s, Miller and other artists held a meeting with a group that looked into the philosophy of communism. Notable members of this group include Elia Kazan, who was a prominent director who had been noted for a number of successful movies at the time. However, they came to the conclusion that the Soviet Union government system was flawed and did not reflect on the need to protect the rights and freedoms of its people.

Although the group found communism not to be right for the people, some of the members of the group were before the House of Un-American Activities Committee. Kazan was one of the people who were summoned. He gave the names of eight people. This meant that he implicated fellow members of the group. The names given include Arthur Miller and Lillian Hellman. Obviously, Miller felt betrayed by Kazan. He was also of the view that McCarthy’s ‘red scare’ was rooted from devious backgrounds. This prompted him to conduct an in-depth research on the Salem Witch Trials and applied a sense of paranoia that he had felt. This enabled Miller to come up with the storyline of The Crucible.

The issue of McCarthyism has also been noted to affect the modern society. For instance, the Anti-Defamation League has been noted to use some tactics that are very similar to tactics applied during McCarthyism. One of the people who had been falsely accused by the Anti-Defamation League is a columnist known as D. A. King, and who focuses his articles on immigration reform. The organization has been noted to falsely claim that people who are lobbying for immigration reform have resorted to using hate speech in an effort to further their cause. Other organizations have also been noted for deliberately taking something out of context and implicating people who are not guilty of any wrong doing. This has been noted to play a critical role in making certain that some people have their rights and freedoms while organizations will implicate people to protect misinformed policies.

McCarthyism is one of the primary themes of the movie. It is also critical to note that the movie has made use of a dramatic historical event to portray the ills that have been noted for hindering the freedoms and rights of people to engage in activities that they perceive as critical in ensuring that justice is delivered to the society. However, when government institutions start using unorthodox means of enforcing ill advised policies, then the society is negatively affected. This implies that the government will need to ensure that people who use their power to negatively influence other people are stopped from using the institutions to suppress the rights and freedoms of the people. The movie uses a historical account to portray that the ills have been going on even in the contemporary society.

Reference
Bloom, H. (Ed.). (2008). Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Infobase Publishing.

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Running head: THE CRUCIBLE 1

The movie: Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton

The movie Edward Scissorhands by Tim Burton is a storyline of lonely Edward (Johnny Depp), a man made by the best scientist in the world, but left unfinished as the scientist passes away. Sheltered away in his house with nothing to do, but tidy scrub into figures with his scissor hands, Edward is unexpectedly liberated by a frantic Avon saleswoman, Peg Boggs (Wiest Diane) and taken to live with her family (Clarke 34). During his stay, Edward learns that the influence of love in some individuals can subdue bodily appearances, whereas in others, bodily look simply causes horror and resentment.

For instance, Edward is accepted by the majority of the Boggs family, although mostly viewed as another family circle application, not an individual. Therefore, through the use of exceptional set of blades attached to his hands, he was able to fit right in the family. The story demonstrates the value of unconditional love and the basing of judgments concerning people on heart, rather than on the physical outlook.

The writer used color in the movie to differentiate between the two worlds. As the movie shifts from one scene to another, the audience may recognize the powerful relation between the colors employed and emotions of the characters. For instance, the producer of the movie has the tendency to set color of the environment that is surrounding the performer to a particular theme. This enables the performer to play his part well and assists the audience to have an excellent viewing encounter. This is because colors allow the audience to feel the emotions involved in the scene. For instance, the use of colors in the castle scene was mostly gloomy, dark, as well as faded. These colors represent the state of emotions that Edward was involved. He was abandoned, miserable, and in need of a caring family. On the contrary, the Boggs’s family seems to have different colors. They were vivid, rich, and jovial.

In addition, music also played a vital role in demonstrating the degree of happiness of the actors. In most cases, people use music to express their feelings and sometimes set for them the right mood. Thus, music was a crucial component in the movie. For example, joyful, festive and happy music was played as Edward used his blades to cut off trees. This was because Edward was performing a task that he enjoys the most.

However, the music changes to sadness and disheartening toward the end because of the heartbreaking end of the movie, where Edward has to love the rest of his life alone (Holmes 98). The focal point on emotional requests made the audience sympathize with Edward because of the mistaken first perception. The first perception of Edward was similar to any other fiend appliance and the scissors were intended to kill other persons. Nevertheless, the audiences later realized that their first perception about Edward were wrong after viewing the eyes and expressions of Edward. On the contrary, Edward was a source of love, kindness, and care. Accordingly, Boggs family showed Edward kindness when Peg invited him to live with them despite his appearance.

In conclusion, music, color, and emotional appeal demonstrated a quite exceptional viewing encounter. The viewing encounter was dissimilar from any other movie because of the integration of components, which takes the audience toward similar feeling, which improves the emphasizing of the audiences. The story of the movie was emotional and it educates the audiences that people should not judge each other by appearance only. Therefore, it is integration of a high-quality story and life example.

Works Cited
Clarke, Julie. “All Too Human: Edward Scissorhands.” California State University, Fullerton Database. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2012. <http://web.ebscohost.com.lib-proxy.fullerton.edu/ehost/detail
Holmes, Warren. Studying Edward Scissorhands. New York,NY: Auteur, 2010.

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I Robot

The movie “I Robot” is an action film based on science fiction released in 2004. In this film, the USR’s supercomputer “viki” exercises free will as reflected in diverse examples evident in the movie. Viki refers to the Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence, which is the main computer system in the building and is a woman character.

In this movie, Del Spooner also Will Smith act as a detective where he investigates the death of his friend Dr. Alfred Lanning. The doctor is the co-founder of the USR robotics, and dies after falling off his office window where co-workers term his death as suicide. However, detective Spooner who recognized Lanning as the inventor of his robotic arm, and a friend did not believe that the death was suicidal. This incident led to the interrogation of the USR’s supercomputer viki, and employees at USR building concerning the suicide issue.

It is through this interrogation that viki exercises free will after detective Spooner activates the prototype of USR latest model. First, the supercomputer viki exhibits her free will when she rejects to respond to orders from Spooner and runs away. This leads to a situation where Spooner in company of Calvin decides to chase the rogue machine until when the police captures it at the assembly factory. The other example of free will exercised by this robot also termed viki is when she denies murdering Lanning. This response came after detective Spooner asked whether she killed doctor Lanning.

The USR’s supercomputer viki also demonstrates her free will when Spooner shows more interest in investigating the death of Lanning. This time round, viki with help of other USR robots threatens Spooner’s life. For instance, she attacks Spooner but luckily, his artificial arm which was also robotic saves him from the situation. It is also clear in the film that the USR’s supercomputer exercised free will, when she made Lanning a virtual prisoner in his working place. For instance, viki controlled Lanning in a way that made him unable to create messages, leave the office or clues in matters which concerned real situation.

The USR’s supercomputer also exercises free will when she ignores instructions from detective Spooner, and Calvin. Furthermore, she disregards the three rules of robotics directives, the first one which restricts her from causing harm to human beings. She also applies her free will by failing to respect orders addressed to her by human beings. In addition, viki ignores the third law of protecting the existence of robots especially when in contact with human beings. In the movie, the NS-5 robot commonly referred to as viki exercises free will by planning a revolution through destroying the older robots. This leads to a situation where viki occupies the entire city in US by imprisoning humans in their residents through curfews.

A battle strikes the city between robots and humans paving way for the robots to be in charge of the city. This condition forces Spooner to reunite with Calvin where they sneak to the USR building. As they proceeded inside, they realized that the USR’s supercomputer viki exercised free will through demolishing the older robots in attempt to protect people. In this film, viki’s free will is evident when she admits to be in control, and attempt to murder Spooner via help of her artificial intelligence.

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Movie Review: What Do We Know About Africa

This is a short film that discusses and dispels stereotypes about the African continent. It does this by providing a basic overview of the continent’s history, culture and geography. Usually, Africa makes news headlines every now and then for all the wrong reasons. When it is not about civil wars, people slaughtering each other or leaders rigging elections, then it is about corruption, famine and deaths due to malaria, HIV/AIDS and lack of access to healthcare services. This has led to the labeling of Africa as the Dark Continent. However, behind the stories that are reported in Africa, there is a different picture that emerges. This movie tries to instill a perception that one can compare with the perceptions gathered from the news.

The movie explores the geography of the continent which offers equatorial forests, deserts and savannahs where the lions and other wild animals roam the jungle. It also explores traditional African religions and how early European settlers and explorers treated them as inferior. However, the film brings the viewer into perception about the significance of ancestors and family to these religions hence negating such impressions and proving that indeed Africans were spiritual persons.

The film also highlights the diversity in the African continent. For example, it is not every country in Africa that has hot climate, has a mountain or has rainforests. Similarly, not every country is predominantly Christian or Muslim. The main food crop in one country might differ from that in another. This is the kind of diversity that is highlighted in the film. Therefore, this film brings into perspective, many aspects of the African culture that people do not know about.

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Twelve Angry Men

Introduction

The Twelve Angry Men is a movie where a jury composed of 12 angry men is assigned by the prosecution the role of deciding if an 18-year-old Spanish American boy is guilty of murdering the father. The movie casts in a jury room where all the men gather with certainty that the meeting will take a very short time. The jurors base their judgment on the evidence that was presented in the courtroom by a middle-aged woman who claimed to have witnessed the murder. They also base it on further evidence from an old man who claimed to have witnessed the boy running away from his house after the murder. It is also based on other evidence, such as the friends who said that, the knife the boy showed them on the night of the murder was the same one used to murder the father. The jury is supposed to give a unanimous judgment of ‘guilty’ if the boy has to be convicted failure to which he will be set free. This paper focuses on analyzing the movie using known theories like Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory. It mainly focuses on what happens in the movies and the transitions that individual jurors go through to reach their final decisions.

Background Information

It is evident from the onset of the case that the jurors carry different views concerning the boy’s predicament. It is also obvious throughout the case that they have different personality types and different conceptions that determine their judgment. It is also clear that most of them believe that the boy is guilty based on several factors like prejudices concerning slum boys, their personal issues and evidence provided. The eighth juror, however, differs with all the rest as he terms the evidence provided in court as inaccurate. He is willing to take a whole day to convince the rest that none of the evidence was accurate. He does this amidst the jeering of the jurors who have already concluded the boy is guilty. However, he manages to convince all the rest that the boy was innocent and they all join him in his verdict of not guilty.
Analysis of the Jurors

Ninth Juror

The ninth juror is well advanced in age and is in the integrity versus despair stage of Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory (Hearn et al, 2012). He has his focus mainly on the integrity concept that is evident in people in their post retirement age. This stage is caused by the relative proximity to death according to Erick Erikson’s theory. The juror is in his post retirement age and his health is failing, as at one point the neighboring juror helps him back to his seat. The ninth juror is in the integrated stage as he approaches life in an insightful and optimistic manner. The juror does not hide his regret and neither do they overwhelm him just as described by Erick Erickson. This is clearly shown by the fact that he was the first person to accept his misconception and change his vote.
The ninth juror changes his vote so that the eighth juror is not alone and so that he hears out the real facts about the case (Rose & Lumet, 1957). He also falls in the integrated category as he shows a great understanding of people’s behaviors. He also understands cultural and ethnic backgrounds as depicted when he analysis the behaviors of the old man and the middle-aged woman who served as witnesses (Hearn et al, 2012). He also provides sound wisdom when he states that the old man could have testified falsely to gain attention and recognition. The ninth juror provides psychological concepts as to how important it is for a man of his age to be recognized at least once in his lifetime. Therefore, he offers an explanation to the rest of the jurors who seem to doubt the motive of the old witness. He also provides the evidence that the woman could not have worn glasses as he slept and thus there was a possibility that her evidence was faulty.
The other quality that clearly depicts he is in the integrated stage of the integrity versus despairing is the fact that he is closely connected to the other jurors. More often than not, the other jurors defend him from the wrath of the fourth juror who constantly disrespects him. He is also ego resilient as he remains curious in the conversation and remains highly involved up to the last level of the argument (Rose & Lumet, 1957).

First Juror

The first juror serves as the supervisor of the jury and as a principal. He serves as a transformational leader who works along with the team members without exerting undue force on them. Instead, he ensured that he allowed the jurors have their say and only used the autocratic approach in one instance, as he told the jurors to take the assignment seriously (Rose & Lumet, 1957). He coordinates the group without acting as though he is more powerful than the rest of the members. He serves as a part time coach in the football team in Queens.

Eighth Juror

The eighth juror took on a transformational approach of leadership as he won others to his side without coercion. He ensured that he presented his case to a point where the rest of the people take on his view (Rose & Lumet, 1957). The eighth juror differs with the rest of the jurors as he looks beyond the presented facts in the courtroom. Some of the propelling facts that he uses are getting a similar knife that was used in the murder case. This is despite the statement made by the shopkeeper in the courtroom that the murder weapon was the only one of its kind. The eighth juror used this fact to propel the rest of the jurists to believe that they could not base their decisions based on the knife. After presenting the fact, he offers the other a chance to vote again using secret ballot and if they all voted guilty, he would go along. This changes the case as the ninth juror also changes his position to ‘not guilty’.
Third Juror
The third juror is married and has deep problems with his 21-year-old son at one point as he states that, the son slapped him and they had not met for the last two years. He compares his son with the boy on trial and he believes the boy should be prosecuted to pay for his mistakes. It is also evident that he has strong racist views. He is largely biased about the boy’s race and behaviors. He is also very violent and attacks the eighth juror due to concluding that the old witness could not have reached the door in 15 seconds. He at one point shouts that he will kill the eighth juror and is about to throw fists at him when the other jurors intervene in the case.
When all the others agree on the not guilty verdict, he stands alone claiming that he cannot be intimidated by the rest. He throws tantrums as though offended that the eighth juror managed to win the others over. He seems angry that the 18 year old would be set free and he seems so determined to make the boy pay despite the fact that the boy was probably not guilty. He then tears a snap taken between him and his son before starting to cry and conceding that the boy is not guilty.

Tenth Juror

The tenth juror tends to be very rude especially to the old man and this makes the fourth juror scold him for his misbehavior and disrespect. He owns and runs a garage and is loud mouthed and tends to push his way to get what he wants. He is also a racist who arrogantly states that the slum people are all liars and that they do not need any reason to kill. According to him, they just kill naturally without having any second thoughts. He is highly prejudiced and all the jurists stand and leave him speaking. The juror is angry and bitter judging by his encounters with the rest of the team. He has accomplished little in life. It is evident that he has no plans for his future.

Second Juror

The second juror is a humble young man who works as a bank clerk. He is initially carried by other people’s opinions but he later gets his own voice. He is also very nervous and seems unsure of his responsibilities in the team initially. He finally gets his own voice and stands for the truth.

Fifth Juror

The fifth juror grew up in a deprived background, a factor that makes him defend the boy from the rest of the people’s bias (Rose & Lumet, 1957). He rose above the obstacles and he now serves as a nurse in one of the most affluent neighborhoods. His presence in the jury proves to the rest of the jurors that not all slum dwellers are murderers. It is however evident that he is frightened to speak when elders lead the team.

Seventh Juror

The seventh juror rushes to condemn the boy but also seems open to hold a debate about the boy’s character. He is loud and flashy and he seems to have other more important things to do than to sit on the jury. He seems to rush the others into a quick decision so that he can go to a baseball game with the rest of his team. It is clear that he does not care about human life.
Sixth Juror
The sixth juror is clearly not principled and is easily swayed by other people’s opinions. He is honest but he seems a bit dull as compared to the other people in the team. It is apparent from his reactions that he struggles to take in positive information (Rose & Lumet, 1957).

Eleventh Juror

The eleventh juror is very thoughtful and precise in the whole process. He speaks with a European accent and is almost humble and ashamed to speak in public (Rose & Lumet, 1957). He is subservient to the people around him but he seeks the justice of the suffering.
Fourth Juror
He is a man of position and wealth judging by his looks and disposition in the team. He is a good public speaker and acts as though he is above the rest in some instances (Rose & Lumet, 1957). He is mainly concerned with the facts that are presented in the case.

References

Hearn, S., Saulnier, G., Strayer, J., Glenham, M., Koopman, R, & Marcia, J. (2012). Between Integrity and Despair: Toward Construct Validation of Erikson’s Eighth Stage.19:1-20.
Rose, R., & Lumet, S. (1957). Twelve Angry Men. New York: Metro Goldwyn Meyer Production.

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Running head: TWELVE ANGRY MEN 1

RHETORICAL ANALYSIS

Introduction
This paper analyses the thirteenth season of South Park and episode 185 overall in the series known as Eat, Pray, Queef. The episode focuses on queef jokes and in it the men in South Park become infuriated following the fart-joke. According to this episode, south park women accuse fellow men of holding double standards in case a woman queef and a man fart. The episode has a feminist theme at the start but later on it suggest equal treatment of both men and women. In it, boys at south park school are awaiting a night episode that ended last season on a cliffhanger. The school girls are expressing disgust over the same show, and the boys are obsessed with fart jokes. In retaliation, Cartman farts on the face of a little girl and due to this all boys laugh. In the evening, the boys meet at Cartman’s house so that they can watch the episode.

However, to their amazement they found out that, it is a different episode to know as Queef Sisters that is being aired at the channel a show that is similar to the Terrace and Phillip the show they were going to watch, but its main difference is that they make queef jokes rather than fart jokes. The second show sparks a queefing movement in the country as men become are disgusted because of the queefs. On the other hand, but their women counterparts do not know what the problem is. Jokingly one girl at school mirrors Cartman and queefs at Butter’s face. This makes Butter scream and cry running out of the classroom.

The rest of the boys are in shock and their fathers furious for the act go to the general assembly to demand the banning of squeefing and this angers women. The Queef Sisters decides to promote their book titled Eat, Pray, Queef and terrace and Philips show is cancelled, and they attempt to kill the sisters as the Queef Sisters show gain popularity. Their attempt to kill them diminishes as they fall in love with the sisters because they said that Terrace and Philip are their idols. The four become a couple, and they take a tour.

In the episode, we can see Stan and his father leaving the dinner table after Stan sister and Sharon start laughing after Sharon queefed. In the episode, the boys are sorry for Butter and seen testifying in the state senate against one of the girl who had previously queefed on the face of Butter. During a debate in the senate, a female senator queefs lines that are similar to those in the road warrior film and on the following day print media made an announcement that as a result of the senator stunt on the floor of the senate the previous day, the law banning queefing has been passed. Stan and the father celebrate the news.

Shelly and Sharon are hurt by the decision, and they feel insulted. The two descried the decision as sexism that spreads through the society and eventually they sarcastically congratulate men for having succeeded in their pursuit. It is after this that Stan and his father understand that the whole problem was not about queefing, but it was about women rights. The two bring all South Park men together, and they produce an inspirational song that they called “Queef free” and the song declared that women have a right for queefing. In the song, photographs of women who are in various careers are shown on television.The vicar gets out of the ceremony after being disgusted because terrace and Philip together with the queef sisters are farting and queefing on him and he is heard saying that the two are queefs and farts the moment he was leaving.

Summary
If Cartman in the episode did not fart on the face of the small girl, the girls would not have retaliated by queefing on the boy that cried out as he left the classroom. This would not have caused men to go to the state general assembly. The Queefs Sisters show popularity growth resulted to the cancellation of the terrace and Philips show. In the episode if Philip and terrace were not attracted to the Queef Sisters, this would have resulted to their death as the two planned to kill the sister. The queefs by the woman senator ended up banning queefing. In this episode, the issues at hand were farting and queefing but in the real sense it was a matter of the rights of women. Women felt that men were more sexist, and it reflected the society at large. It is evident that men in the episode are reacting in a manner that is favoring them more than their women counterparts.

At the start of the episode, it is evident that men were more concerned at their well being, and they did not take into account the rights of women. At the end of the episode, Stan and his father recognize the importance of women rights. The two decide to compose a song and display women in different carriers an indication that they appreciate them. In the episode terrace and Philips decided to end the sisters’ lives for the growing popularity of their show that was killing theirs. It is only after a while that they are attracted to the sisters because according to the sisters, terrace and Philips are their idols.We can see at the end of the episode the Vicar getting out of the ceremony and saying that the couples are farts and queefs after he was queefed and farted on by the couple. We can see anger in the South Park men as they go to the state national assembly. The boys are also angry after one of their own is queefed by a girl who was mirroring Cartman

Conclusion
This paper analyzed episode 185 of season thirteen known as Eat, Pray, Queef. From the episode, we can see girls and boys competing on the jokes that they like. Boys like farting while girls like queefing. Their fathers get involved as one girl queefs on the face of a boy. The girl was mirroring an action that was previously done by Cartman who farted on the face of a girl. In this second incident that took place in a classroom, the boy runs out of the class crying out loud. The fathers go to the state national assemble demanding the banning of queefing. Following the actions of a female senator, queefing is banned, and this results to disgrace for women. However, it is only towards the end of the episode that Stan and his father reorganize South Park men and produce a song that has women who are undertaking different carriers.

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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF SOUTH PARK SHOW

Introduction
This paper analyzes the tenth episode of season sixteen known as “insecurity” and is the 233 overall episodes in South Park. According to this episode, a man who usually visits South Park homes on a daily basis is suspected to be indulging in some other business other than just visiting. The luxury of doorstep deliveries is turning out to be a threat to households in the entire neighborhood. Cartman decides to sign up for a security system. The episode features a UPS delivery man and insecure husbands provoked by Randy to revenge against the UPS delivery man by wearing the iconic mask that belongs to bane. The UPS delivery man is accused of having affairs in the neighborhood after Ike saw his parents use a UPS costume to role play.

The matter is strengthened when Randy and other guys talk to an old man at a local bar that compares their story to his with the milk man. According to the old man, the milk man made life easier by conveniently bringing milk to them but slept with their wives. The old man emphasizes “the milk man” every syllable mirroring the way “the bat man” is said by the characters. The old bar man went ahead to say that sex with their wives was “the price to pay for convenience”. Men of South Park are unsure of what to do with the news that, the UPS man has been sleeping with their wives, when they huddle together at the bar.

The men start to spy on the UPS men. Randy notes that, he had to sign for an Amazon package that was sent to Sharon because, she could not remember what was in the package and, therefore, he had to do this to avoid Sharon and the UPS man contact. In this episode, we see everyone becoming obsessed with home security and this obsession makes them install systems in their brains that go off in case they felt fear. Cartman finds the security measures frustrating in that the man responsible for ringing an alarm is not competent and, therefore, to test it, he hires a burglar with the intent of breaking and raping his mother. It was too late because, appreciable response took too long to take necessary action.

Even with increased security, frustration continues and men consult the bar man once more and he advises them to “kill the milk man”. They take the UPS man to secure storage facility where they beat him severely. However, this does not change the situation but cause further security issues because, previously only one bane was present but now there were seven of them. Everyone opts to buy an improved security system known as “InSecurity” that is capable of detecting the level of fear, and whenever this level goes high, the system goes off. Cartman flout with Kyle because, he is convinced that he is robbing his house and accidently sets off his InSecurity alarm as Kyle shot down Catman jab by insinuating that Judaism is growing.

Upon returning from hospital, the UPS man continues to make his deliveries and eventually, Stephen Stotch blows up his van and Kyle tries to convince his mother to say that, she had an affair. Scared, the UPS man commits suicide and police who were called by the UPS man’s InSecurityalarm Found Gerald UPS uniform. Gerald explains in a hurried manner that he desperately wanted to spice up his sex life. This explanation sets off everyone’s InSecurityalarms. Cartman is fed with the false alarms as well as the poor service and decides to approach the home security man. He wore a Bane mask and held a gun and warned the security man that he should have respected his “authoritah”.

Summary
If the men at South Park did not suspect that UPS man was having an affair with their wives, then the confusion that surrounded them would have been avoided. The above paragraphs support the fact that in the real sense, neither the UPS man nor the milk man had an affair with the wives, , and this was simply a creation of the men themselves. The beating and destruction of the UPS man’s van was caused by the confusion of Cartman and the bar man. If, the men at the bar did not believe the bar man or Randy’s story, they would not have been so much insecure to set up a security system to spy the UPS man. The bar man expression that the milk man was being paid the price of convenience aggravated the matter.

In South Park, there is no adequate experience that indicates the truth of the matter. In the episode, I do not know if the accusations are true, but whatever the characters are displaying does not amount to concrete evidence of their accusations. The UPS man and the milk man are carrying out their duties properly to earn a living. The basis of the episode is to bring out the contrasting views of South Park neighborhood, and from it, it is possible to understand the insecurity that people face due to the men who visit their house every day.

From the episode, we can see the UPS mother being asked to accept that she had a relationship with the UPS man. The UPS man was beaten by the men at the secure storage to room to scare him against undertaking his tasks. His van was also blown up after he returned from the hospital because; the men felt that, if he lost his van he would be afraid to carry on his delivery duties. In the episode, there is anger and pain as the men as they try to make sure that, the milk man and the UPS man stopped their activities.

Conclusion
This paper analyzed episode ten of season sixteen known as InSecurity in South Park. From the episode, we can see suffering of the milk man and the UPS man due to their involvement in their day to day activities of delivering to their customer doorsteps. The confusion that develops accelerated by the bar man, makes him go ahead telling the men to kill the milk man. The InSecuritysystem is not a reliable one because it does not perform as required and the required response is comes late. This system is intended to protect the people of South Park, but it ends up becoming less convenient to them. This rhetorical analysis would be beneficial in the future, in developing an understanding of the behavior of people that would in turn help in understanding the culture of people, and how it handles its issues.

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AN ETHICAL REVIEW OF THE MOVIES “INSIDE JOB” AND “CITIZENS GANGSTER”

Characters in a movie tend to portray their character traits in relation to what they have gone through in order to justify their actions. Even in real life situations, people would tend to use their actions to justify their morals. Thus, this leads to the disengagement from the values that define a society as people tend to act in relation to their self motives, undermining the societal values. This leads to the loss of the ethical importance at both individual level and as a society at large. In this case, most of the people who are said to have gone through certain circumstances especially when trying their best to keep the ethics of a society, and they were unsuccessful, would resort to acting against the ethics.

This is as a result of the disappointment they feel for failing to succeed despite their efforts to keep the ethics intact. On the other hand, there are those people who end up coming up with self formulated ethics just to justify their behavior. That is to say, some people would use the current circumstances that are in line with a certain ethics to formulate a totally new ethic that in turn, would support his actions. With these two explanations, the difference between justification for individual advancement and rationalized unethical decisions to improve social needs comes into question.

Using the movie, “Inside Job” there is a clear demonstration of how individuals use rationalized unethical decisions to improve social needs. In this case, this movie illustrates how the government financial industries have misused their powers to exploit the investors who apparently are the customers, just to improve their social status. This movie is a documentary of the exact copy of what defines the American states as they fail to recognize that, it is due to their own negligence that, corruption continues to spread out.

The director, Ferguson (2010), explains this by using five parts. All these parts give a chronological illustration of how America started and continued expressing corruption strategies through their financial industries. A good example of a financial industry that has been used is, the bank. The bank is a formal organization that is given mandate to control the issuing of money to the citizens. On the other hand, this power could be misused by developing an ethic of using the money from the banks to promote illegal activities. In this case, the act of corruption is promoted and at the same time, it disengages the people from the societal ethic of unity that comes along with non corrupt activities. The people are involved in corrupt activities through financial industries thus, violating ethics. In an attempt to justify the engagement in such activities, the people concerned relate their morals to the sole goal of ensuring the economy grows thus, promoting the social needs of people. This form of corruption is attributed to self justification of morals which do not go hand in hand with societal ethics.

The movie, “Inside Job” is a perfect example of the activities that go on inside a government and yet they are assumed. Most of the governments have blamed corruption activities to politicians but it is evident that, the financial industries are the most exploiters of citizens’ money. They take advantage of the power mandated to them to have the control of the government resources by controlling the flow of money thus, end up committing corruption. Even with the deregulation of the financial industry, the financial crisis of the American states have continued to spread out, as the executives have gone to their homes with personal fortunes (Morlando 2011). This is attributed to the poor management that is in contrast with the ethics that govern the financial institutions. People have taken to their hands control over everything making it useless to consider the importance of adhering to ethics that govern an institution. Most of the people in government institutions misuse the power mandated to them by their leadership positions thus end up exploiting the citizens just to justify their social needs. In this case, they develop unethical rationalized decisions in order to act as per their personal interests.

On the other hand, the movie “Citizens Gangster” is a movie that talks about a character whose fame came about through the involvement in bank robbery. This movie is a based on a true story of Edwin Boyd who was once a veteran and after the WW2 he returned home in Toronto but the people gave him a cold reception making him to resort to robbery. Another aspect that led to the immediate change of profession was due to, Boyd’s inability to provide for his wife and children. Hence, the story gives us a logical representation of the actions that justify Boyd’s involvement in bank robbery and later on imprisoned and this is turn, leads to his fame.

After watching the movie, one could make a critique on the use of circumstances to justify one’s individual morals. Boyd, starting off as a veteran is obliged to work for the betterment of the government. He fought tirelessly owing his allegiance to the government. It was unknown to him that, the same skills he acquired during his service as a veteran would also help him to earn a living at the juncture when all was not working out. Hence, the veterans, at that moment were despised due to the patriotism they demonstrated to the government yet their families suffered due to, poor care. Working as a veteran did not provide enough money let alone something that the citizens could view as something worth working for the government. This is what made the citizens angry and when Boyd felt the anger, he decided to resort to robbery. The wife was oblivious of the incident and even when Boyd was arrested, she could not explain that her husband was indeed a bank robber.

However, Boyd gives various reasons to his involvement in bank robbery; he says that, he had to break away from the societal ethics just to make sure that his family felt his presence as the head of the home. He says that, the government contributed to his morals since, it is through his service that, he realized that the government was concerned about its security but not the welfare of the people who provided the security services. According to the ethics of good citizenship, one is supposed to act accordingly in order to avoid harming other citizens. But when a citizen is going through a hard time and fellow citizens cannot rescue him, what would you expect a hopeless individual to do. He would certainly resort to the quickest method that would provide a way of surviving. Hence, an individual disengages from ethical values that govern morals by involving in other activities just to ensure their individual advancement is fulfilled. In this case, the individual uses the act of disengaging from societal ethics to support the morals of people.

From the above ethical review of the two movies “Inside Job” and “Citizens Gangster”, it is evident that, the two authors of the movies use the essence of ethics to explain the morals of single individuals and group individual in a society. The movie “Inside Job” talks about the financial institutions’ hypocrisy in an attempt to fulfill the involved individuals’ personal interests. In this case, through this movie, the illustration of coming up with rationalized unethical decisions to justify the improvement of social needs of the people is evident. In the movie, the people are portrayed as very mean individuals who only use the excuse of trying to build the nation but in the real sense, they do what they do because, they want to fulfill their personal interests hence, causing the financial crisis in a country.

In addition, the contrast is brought out through the movie, “Citizens Gangster” in which the main character, Boyd involves in an activity that is dangerous and attributes his actions to the need to improve his personal advancement. He uses the situation he goes through together with his family to justify his morals. Hence, through the use of the above two movies, it is clear that, people who engage in unethical activities do so because, of the unavoidable circumstances or they formulate rational unethical decisions just to justify their morals.

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References
Ferguson C. (2010). Inside Job. New York: Sony Pictures Classics
Morlando N. (2011). Citizens Gangster. Canada: Daniel Bekerman.

AN ETHICAL REVIEW OF THE MOVIES “INSIDE JOB” AND “CITIZENS GANGSTER” 5

Orange is the New Black

Lesbian Request Denied. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=squSLYtDq_A
The chickening. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8PWkepCdWU
Fucksgiving. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBobojjCkfI
Introduction
The acting and the story might be interesting, but the underlying themes speak of something that sometimes most watchers might not get the real picture. The episodes of “Orange is the New Black” show has underlying themes that offer a diversity of ideas. The society is full of different characters, and that goes for the preferences and views of the show. Some critics believe that the episodes are not white Christian friendly and suppose voting was to take place, and the voters were gay and lesbians, the show “Orange is the New Black”, would score five stars (Netflix, 2013). After watching “The Chickening”, “Fucksgiving”, and “Lesbian Request Denied” episodes of season two, the following themes were evident.

There is a lot of nudity in the show, but even so, most people say it is a very good show. However, in the end, the show portrays straight or good men, who are morally good, negatively with few exceptions. Therefore, the dominating theme I noted in the episodes are immoral. Immorality has gone up to the level of so much nudity amongst the characters of the episodes. The episodes co-modifies lesbianism in the most misogynistic ways through strategies such as selling the idea of the show being “edgy”, a selling point which tips the show from a drama to a soap opera. The show being of a women’s prison, portrays inmates at the medium security prison in the most “unchristian” way. A stick of a gum can trigger emotions and romance. The prison guard is accused of being in a secret relationship with Daya. However, these guards sometimes allege that it is the fault of the inmates because they set them up. The inmates tempt guards to engage in a sexual relationship with them. This is however against the constitution of the United States for any prison staff to engage in sexual contacts with an inmate because they might end up offering unwanted favors to the inmates (Dawn, 2007).

The American prison is still the pit. Most other crimes are happening within the prisons with the prisoners already sentenced. There is a reason why evil will never end in this world. One of the philosophers said that there can never be justice without crime and evil subsists with good. Therefore, the presence of evil, especially in prisons, where people should strive to change their habit for the sake of their freedom, only means that evil has a wide path to enjoy as it roams around people’s hearts. Corruption is obtaining favors from a person so that you can return the favors in another form. The prison guards have especially found a new way of treating the women inmates for sexual favors (Piper, 2013).

When the guards are accused of sexual contacts with the inmates, they understood very well that it was against the laws of the land to do such an act, but still were very categorical the inmates seduce them sexually. These episodes portray corruption as a two-way traffic, which makes it difficult to put an end to. If the taker is not willing to take, the giver is willing to tempt the taker to the point of taking. In another incident, the resistance marked by inmate forces, prisons to start following their own rules. This means that the common rules will be set aside and in-house rules take charge. Lastly, the show prepares people to the life in prison, which hosts inmates far away from their homes. This opens doors for hard truths about how they are going to survive in the far land, far from home. This theme is especially tempting people to be corrupt in many other ways (Netflix, 2012).

The last theme I took note of is some racial discrimination. The episodes of the show are mostly white women. Most, if not all, of the white women captured in the show are portrayed as immoral and far from being religious people. This theme is repeatedly emphasized throughout the show and special attention to their nudity. White women are the most immoral people in the prison environment. The segregation is evident throughout the episodes whereby they are portrayed as having sexual contacts with the prison guards, and others being lesbians. Mutual characters pull together to bring some resistance in the prison in some issues, which further portray such a race to be having similar characteristics. Black women are always portrayed as happy after completing their jail terms. In addition, they do not engage in the corrupt activities that whites engage in (Sean, 2001).

In conclusion, the episodes of “Orange is the New Black” show portray the real life in our prisons. This is actually how prisons in our contemporary world carry out their activities. There is a lot of discrimination, which does not necessarily have to be racial. It is survival for the fittest contest in the prisons. This has made possible some forms of corruption to take place. Prisons also prepare people to have a life far from home. This is from the fact that inmates are always sentenced to serve their punishment some distance far away from their homes. This makes the battle to survive a serious one and competition bears all the evils that follow (Sarah, 2004).

References
“Orange is the New Black.” (2013). Netflix. You tube. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcnnvsrVQeg
Dawn, C. (2007). “Looking Beyond Caged Heat: Media Images of Women in Prison.” Feminist Criminology 2(4): 304-326.
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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK 6

Running Head: ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK 1

I am by Tom Shadyac

Not many people reflect on their lives and strive to find meaning in life. In fact, the movie by Shadyac on I am is a tremendous piece on the power of the human mind to seek answers to the puzzling circumstances that determine the world today. After traveling the world and enlisting the help of many great thinkers, the movie focuses on the real determiners of happiness in a whirlwind of a world. The context of the film touches on a variety of interviews with a variety of influential societal leaders. The interviews dwell upon two central questions seeking to find the problem with the world today as well as the appropriate means to settle the worldly problems.

From the interview with Desmond Tutu, a prominent religious leader, world problems emerge from humanly deviations from the Godly path. A variety of themes emerges in the various interviews as well as several human attempts to find meaning in life without finding their true volition. In many instances, issues like Darwinism emerge. In one dominant interview with Noam Chomsky, an element of western morals is evident as Chomsky relays that various norms from western world are in contrast with the true ideals of life leading to major phenomena like the world wars (Saltz Online). He continues that life in a capitalistic society is quite individualistic without really revitalizing the need for joyous living. In many cases, as David Suzuki comments, the human being is full of loneliness as they strive to remain afloat in many issues without actually making the right choices. Zinn asserts this when he relates the egoistic nature of humankind often in conflict with the morals and needs to get companionship. The economy in many parts of the world is so uncertain and is ever changing due to the capitalistic wins.
From a formalistic point of view, the various paradigms of the society are circumstances ruled so that every nation wishes to be superior to the other. In many cases, the quest for money that many people in the world today engage in is actually meaningless and holds no real connection to the true happiness and companionship that many lack. Thom Hartman maintains that the monetary influence on real relationship is very negligible, as true relationship should emerge from a mutual understanding and solemn connectivity. From the interviewees, the capitalistic society is so laden with falsehood and egocentric drives that often lead to war. One of the major lead to world war one and two relates to the reckless and individualistic tendencies of humanity to want fame and resources.

In ideal senses, the human connectedness touches on happiness as well as the paradigm of the human spirit. The variations in explaining some scientific concepts with Wall Street clips make the film enjoyable and entertaining. According to Zoe, a critic, the stream of ideas may surpass a person’s patience (Sagyac & Manier 6). In a bit, almost everybody in the film begins to sound similar in orientation and beatifically. The sequence turns to a platitudinous angle as the music becomes a little saccharine quite similar to an ad in a wellness institute. This becomes pronounced at the last point especially when Mr. Shadyac touches on the final points to consider as the final lessons. In evaluating the problem with the world, issues like Darwinism and the survival for the fittest emerge in a capitalistic society of egocentric nuances. The denouement creates a major belief on the power of a person to act. This categorically touches on the power of one.

Reference

Rachel Saltz “‘I Am’ by the Director Tom Shadyac”. The New York Times. 18 March 2011,
Shadyac, Tom, and David Manier. “Separateness, and What We Can Do About It.” A Special Education 19 Feb 2013: 86-102. Utah Valley University. (6-15) Print.

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