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    In “Sicko,” Michael Moore presents the flaws of America’s health care system that has been in continuous debate for many years. Despite the government’s obligation to help people, there are nearly 46 million Americans without any health care coverage, because they either are not able to support such costs or have been rejected by the health insurance companies. Thus, Moore claims that because America’s current health care system is incompetent and morally corrupt, the federal government should provide

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    Neoliberalism in the 21st Century: The Failure of Marxism in a Critique of Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) by Michael Moore In this sociological study, an analysis of the rise of neoliberalism and the failure of Marxist ideology in the film Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) by Michael Moore. Moore’s film emulates the failed attempts to control and regulate a capitalist system that exploits the worker and the general public for the greater monetary profit of the ruling classes. In this system, the

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    inhabitants repeatedly described as frozen and stagnant: “Four forty-five. Office workers, waiting release as the minute hand moved slowly towards the hour, looked at the darkness beyond their windows and saw edges of frosting begin to mist the panes” (Moore 117). Despite this passage’s emphasis on stillness, however, it nevertheless features two references to time. Throughout Moore’s novel, attention is repeatedly paid to specific times or time frames, complicating the underlying image of Montreal as

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    1.Social: Germany and the United States have vastly different social structures that affect their respective citizens immensely. From analysing the various social differences presented in the documentary “Where to Invade Next,” by Michael Moore, one can deduce the differences in the quality of life between Germans and Americans. One of the main social differences presented in the film was the treatment of workers. In Germany, we see that the country has one of the shortest work weeks in

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    In the documentary Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore, talks about the root cause of gun violence in the United States of America. The documentary shows how more than 11, 127 people die every year from guns whereas 381 in Germany, 255 in France, 165 in Canada, 68 in the United Kingdom, 65 in Australia, and 39 in Japan. Many say that violent movies, video games, and violent rock artists such as Marilyn Manson contribute to gun violence in America but violent movies are seen in France, violent

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    spiritual. However, the deteriorated political system makes American dream has the metamorphosis from opportunity to materialism. In some people’s mind, opportunities are not in America, but somewhere else. In documentary film “Sicko”, the director Michael Moore exposes the dysfunctional North American health care system, aim primarily at huge profits and not for their mission of saving lives. Further, he shows the corruption in the political system, with members of government and congress and the situation

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    Eric Harris and Dylan Klebald stormed the school grounds with two semi-automatic rifles and home made explosives, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as injuring 21 others. The pair then committed suicide. This event was the inspiration for Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling For Columbine. In this film he tackles the issue of gun control in America and why they are so different to other countries around the world. Bowling for Columbine is a documentary style film which uses a standard medium

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    release, although that is not the truth. Instead of creating a feeling of justice, the outcome of getting revenge can be a cycle of retaliation. These two stories will then reveal the effect torture/abuse can have on one’s mind, V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and Sleepers by Barry Levinson. In the book V for Vendetta, V was sent to a concentration camp, and held against his will in a prison cell. There they had tortured him mentally and physically. The guards had drugged V and many other prisoners in the

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    Continuing the course of the new personality given to The Joker, writer Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland created a graphic novel called The Killing Joke, “a much more complex, darker, and ultimately, frightening story” (Wooldridge) which tells one of the origins of The Joker since The Joker himself is unsure of his true inception. However, this particular graphic novel “isn’t about how the Joker came to be, it’s an examination of

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    company of the global digital economy. The author Michael S. Malone’s talks about the company that is fearlessly innovative, wildly competitive and boundlessly visionary, soaring to success and changing the industry. Based on an exceptional access to the corporation 's archives, The Intel Trinity is a full history of Intel Corporation told through the lives of the three most important figures in the company 's history: Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove. The legendary inventors of the microprocessor

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