PPT-The Truman Show as Commentary on Consumer Society

Quotation from reading Thus does the movie The Truman Show offer us a metaphor for our own situation The fake landscape Truman lives in is our own media landscape in which news politics advertising and public affairs are increasingly made up of theatrical illusions Like our media landscape it is convincing in its realism with lifelike simulations and story lines from the hightech facsimile of a sun that benevolently beams down on Truman to the mock sincerity of the actor he mistakenly believes is his best friend It is also rewarding and masquerades as something benevolent And it is seamless there are almost no flaws that give away the illusion at least until things start to go wrong. Do Nagasaki and Hiroshima constitute a crime against humanity?. Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) prohibits the unlawful killing of civilians during wartime.. Between 150,000-240,000 civilians died as a result of both bombs, another 2,000 died later in Hiroshima from cancers that could be directly traced to the radiation emitted by the blast.. Libertyville HS. Election of 1944. Dem nominee: FDR (of course . . . ). GOP nominee: Thomas Dewey (NY governor). Campaign focused on New Deal, FDR’s popularity. Wartime successes during campaign. y. our. questions. answered. c. ommentary . vs. . style . a. nalysis. Commentary. Reveals how ALL. . of the . literary . devices relate to everything else. Determine . the . so . what . and/or author’s intent/purpose. Everything You Need To . K. now . A. bout The Election of 1948 To Succeed In APUSH. www.Apushreview.com. Key Ideas Before The Election. World War II ended in 1945, The Cold War was in full effect. 1947. Background. Born in Lamar, MO (1884). MO a former slave state. Maternal and paternal grandparents had owned slaves. Ancestors supported the Confederacy. Moved to Independence (1890). Segregation and racism are prevalent. Each person or pair will complete a project, which explores ideals of the Victorian Era, elements of social commentary in The Importance of Being Earnest or the idea of art as social commentary, or social commentary as art. You may choose do demonstrate this exploration in many different ways. . Adapted from a lesson designed by Pat . Gaggliani. All examples are taken from student answers to the Timed Writing question about George Bernard Shaw's letter concerning his mother's cremation.. The quality of your commentary is THE main factor in determining whether you get a high or a middle score on the AP essay questions. If you don’t have genuine commentary, you will get a low score.. An overview through an . Approaches to Learning. Lens. Writing commentary. What does it mean? . Giving an opinion. Interpretation. Insight . Analysis. Explication . Personal reaction. Feelings. Evaluation . Dominant-effect thesis statement driven Commentary. 11 Days To Our Exam. WHAT’S A COMMENTARY AGAIN?. Commentary=close reading and interpretation of a passage presented in essay form. You will demonstrate. Chapter 26 AMSCO. Themes. Containment. Communism. UN. Nuclear Proliferation. Introduction. WWII. Isolationist to military superpower, world affairs leader. Revitalized American Economy. Cold War. Democratic United States vs. Communist Soviet Union. The Truman Administration. Macro Concepts. Power. Conflict. Leadership. Change. Political Spectrum. Reactionary. Radical. Liberal. Conservative. 1.. of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, esp. extreme conservatism or . Truman and the atomic bomb . FDR dies April 12, 1945. Truman becomes President . Atomic Bomb dropped August 6. ,. 1945. Truman’s “Get Tough” Style. Truman had a personality ill suited for diplomacy. . La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur . AU AND ASSOCIATES, AMY SCHOLL, JULY 2016. (ADAPTED FROM NATIONAL . COUNCIL OF . TEACHERS OF ENGLISH AND RACHEL COOKE OISE UOFT). es Education Solutions/Lindsay McWaters/July 2016. Learning goals. To review the minds on, action, consolidate structure.