Iron Man wanted to avenge people like Yinsen (referring to the character in Iron Man the movie). Spiderman was born to avenge his uncle. Villians are the failed products of a flawed society, while heroes overcome the flaws. Heroes, though having flaws themselves, have ambitions not twisted as in the mindset of villains. Rather than taking anger out on society itself, heroes overcome obstacles to try to fix the flaws.
Nick is a geophysicist who had a rough childhood because of his fixed confidence in modern science. Nick engages in an argument with his father at the age of thirteen regarding the Earth. “His nose was bleeding, but he didn’t notice. Only he looks at me and says, you can beat me and break my globe, but you can’t stop her moving.” Although Nick is beaten severely by his father, he continues his argument that the Earth moves whereas an obedient child would stop disagreeing in order to prevent further assault. Similarly, Mr. Solchuck demonstrates his stubbornness regarding the Earth once he abruptly assaults his son in order to enforce medieval church ideologies of the Earth upon him.
Quotes * “A child conceived out of love has a greater chance of happiness, they don’t say that anymore.” – Vincent referring to genetically superior people are happier * “I am not Jerome Morrow.”- Vincent stating he has stolen an identity. * “You sure you want to do this? You know your going to lose.”- Anton stating to Vincent that he is superior and he should know this as he was genetically modified at birth. * “Finally the impossible happened.”- Vincent finally beat Anton in a swimming race stating an invalid beat the valid. * “The moment that made everything possible.” Said by Vincent after he beats Anton in the swimming race, he now knows that he can do whatever he wants as he has gone against society.
General Douglas MacArthur stated, “Yours is the profession of arms, the will to win, the sure knowledge that in war there is no substitute for victory, that if you lose, the Nation will be destroyed, that the very obsession of your public service must be duty, honor, country. First, professionals are who and what they are because they acquire expertise. They produce uniquely expert work, not routine or repetitive work. Doctors, Lawyers and Soldiers all share in this unique responsibility. Effectiveness, rather than pure efficiency, is the key to the work of professionals—the sick want a cure, the accused want exoneration, and the defenseless seek security.
How was the idea of social Darwinism applied by the elitist class to justify their collective wealth? Darwin’s theory was used as a ploy to justify dividing society by sex and race. Social Darwinism exerted a profound effect upon America’s social ideology and had a great impact in the American views of life. The Elitist class concluded that there are two types of race from which society comes from; the “Superior” and the “Inferior”. They formed the opinion that the superior races were hard working individuals that survive and flourish within the society.
Gattaca study notes: 3 themes: * Destiny Vs Freewill * Dangers of scientific and genetic experimentation * Systematic discrimination Names and meaning : Jerome = Genome ( genetic material ) Morrow = Tomorrow ( of the future) Eugene = A Greek word means well –born Eugenics = science of im0proving the hereditary( genes passed naturally from the parents) qualities of a race or breed Destiny VS Freewill ‘Destined’ to be an in-valid but driven to a, Vincent surpass his predestined potential and expectation by gattaca’s society with bravery and determination - Vincent commitment and struggle seem very individualistic in the world of Gattca as he refuses to accept his fate. - He completely devotes his time to get
§229. The end of Government is the good of Mankind; and which is best for Mankind, that the People should be always expos'd to the boundless will of Tyranny, or that the Rulers should be sometimes liable to be oppos'd, when they grow exorbitant in the use of their Power, and imploy it for the destruction, and not the preservation of the Properties of their People?... §243. To conclude, The Power that every individual gave the Society, when he entered into it, can never revert to the Individuals again, as long as the Society lasts, but will always remain in the Community; because without this, there can be no Community, no Commonwealth, which is contrary to the original Agreement: So also when the Society hath placed the Legislative in any Assembly of Men, to continue in them and their Successors,
Anthropology is the study of humankind. It covers all aspects of society and culture. Anthropology studies tools, techniques, language, beliefs, kinships, values, social institutions, economic mechanisms, and cravings for beauty and art. It has a great impact on colonialism, poverty, globalism, race,gender, and sexuality. In the visit to the American Musem of Natural History’s Hall of Human Origin, I’ve known that the DNA is the essential molecules that’s the instruction manual for building each specie, and was amazed by the fact that human and the chimpanzee are 98.8 percent alike.
The film brings to light a glimpse of a future in which genetic engineering is given free reign, resulting in a highly undesirable world for those who posses undesirable genes. In the present day, the federally funded ‘Human Genome Project’ strives to make genetic screening in the workplace readily available to employers. This means that in the not to distant future employers will choose employees in regards to their genetic make-up, so as to reduce the incidence of occupational disease, which is nothing but ‘Genoism’. This will result in the breach of civil rights due to judgment upon a fixed characteristic, DNA, which is beyond human
Modern examples include Martin Luther King and even Ralph Nader. Nader saved millions of lives by forcing the auto industry to take safety of their products seriously. Martin Luther king fought against the authority to abolish segregation in the United States and today we can see that American society is a melting pot much stronger. Secondly, by avoiding needed confrontation with the rules of authority, you allow the status quo to continue and the concentration of power to grow in the hands of a few... and as we all know, unlimited power leads to unlimited corruption. If in this case, we do not question the authority, let on that the society will be smaller, but the authority will become even more.