... a symmetry emphasis the death of ethical certainty over ambiguity. The film deliberately begins in Autumn, the panning shot of the scattered leaves a symbol of physical decay reflecting the moral decay within humanity. Leaves are a symbol of life and the falling of leaves represents the loss of kindness, emotions and crisis of values in human race. Therefore the heinous events of World War II has ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... an immoral person is his lack of emotion concerning the death of his mother, Maman. Meursault disobeys the general rules of etiquette by refusing to see his mother's cadaver, and falling asleep and accepting coffee and cigarettes at the vigil. In addition, he does not observe a period of mourning. The day following the funeral, Meursault goes swimming, sees a comedy film with ... sun and the sea. These small gratifications are the key to Meursault, expressing his acceptance of the tangibility and reality of life. Marie visits Meursault in prison, and before she leaves she shouts to him ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... knowledge gaps. The lack of skills is attributed to the lack of effort and the inflation of grades. She shows statistics that all types of placement test scores have been falling while the average high school GPA's have been rising. The knowledge gap is also attributed to the way it is taught to generation X. Jennings sight's many examples from today's text ... Jennings addresses the critical thinking gap. One of the things attributed to this lack of critical thinking is the "environmental obsession." Jennings feels that this constant bombardment of environmental problems leaves generat...

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• Grade Level: High School