On the flip side, General Grievous repeatedly demeans and even destroys members of the droid army he commands. While Yoda greatly respects each individual clone and tries to unlock their potential, Grievous takes an opposite approach to handling his droid army. In the episode “Shadow of Malevolence,” a battle droid with poor aim misses a shot at the enemy. In response, Grievous destroys this unfortunate battle droid with a single punch. When Count Dooku sees Grievous destroy this droid, he says: “Those droids are expensive. The Jedi are never that harsh with their clones,” to which Grievous responds: “Hah! The care these jedis show for their troops is a weakness.” Dooku and Grievous see their droids in terms of numbers, not as individuals.
This episode features a small unit of rookie clones stationed at a space station deep in space. The rookie clones find the assignment boring. The more experienced clones assure them that protecting this base is crucial to winning the war. Every clone in the episode looks different. They have different hair styles, different hair colors, different scars on their faces, different facial hair, and different uniforms. The veteran clones tease the rookies, calling them “shinies” because of how shiny their armor is. They imply the dirtier the armor, the more experienced and respected a clone becomes. This is one of the ways the clones get individualized, some have been in more battles than others, and the experiences they have in those battles shapes their personalities. Later in the episode, a battalion of clones attacks the base. One of rookie clone troopers nicknamed “Hevy” directly disobeys his superior, sacrificing himself to kill the battalion of droids and save the other clones. The single clone makes a difference by using his own free agency to save his friends. This portrayal of clones is quite different from that in the prequels. When Obi-Wan first sees the army in Attack of the Clones, the alien Lama Su in charge of making the clones tells him that “they are totally obedient, taking any order without question.” So, The Clone Wars takes an entirely different
Like the stormtroopers in the original three Star Wars films, the battle droids small talk with each other and display some basic personality traits. In one episode, as a jedi is about to slay a droid, the droid cries out: “But I just got a promotion!” Grievous and Dooku, as previously mentioned, do not value the individual droids at all. Grievous destroys several more of them in the series, and Dooku sees them only in terms of money spent. However, by giving the droids at least a basic amount of individuality, scenes in which they get killed have at least a slight emotional impact on the viewer. They become more than just factory made replicas. Since they do in fact have some individuality, scenes in which Grievous rules them with fear have a purpose. Those scenes show how Grievous suppresses and ignores the individuality of his troops. In contrast with the jedi value of clones, this creates the same good versus evil dichotomy from the original Star Wars films. Individuality serves an important role in the Star Wars films and television shows, however, the messages regarding individuality seem to vary in the different series. The prequels suggest individuality leads to death and the dark side, whereas the originals and The Clone Wars suggest just the opposite, that individuality creates freedom and
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, there are two main characters, Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. The story starts off with Rainsford and Rainsford’s hunting partner, Whitney, on a yacht heading to Rio de Janiero to hunt big game animals. Rainsford ends up becoming trapped on Ship-Trap Island, and that is where he and the reader are introduced to General Zaroff. Unfortunately for Rainsford, General Zaroff is not your normal General. General Zaroff and Rainsford are similar and different in many ways, and even though Rainsford believes that Zaroff is a sick individual, at the end of the story he becomes more like Zaroff than he realizes.
John Knowles wrote a fantastic novel entitled A Separate Peace. Some important character in the novel were Gene, Finny, Leper, and Brinker. Gene and Finny were best friends; Leper was the outcast; Brinker was the “hub of the class” This was a novel about friendship, betrayal, war, peace, and jealousy. Although Gene and Finny were similar in many ways, they also had numerous differences.
Hitler’s conduction of the Battle of Stalingrad was his biggest mistake. The decisions that Hitler made during the Battle of Stalingrad influenced the outcome of following battles and World War 2. Adolf Hitler kept sending men into the front line even though generals advised him to withdraw the troops and surrender. According to William L. Shirer, “When General Zeitzler got up enough nerve to suggest to the Fuehrer that the Sixth Army should be withdrawn from Stalingrad, Hitler flew into a fury. ‘Where the German soldier sets foot, there he remains!’"(The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Document 1) Hitler aspires to take over the world so a loss could make his leadership appear to be weak and expose flaws to the rest of the world creating a downward spiral of his reputation, of being
El Patron believes he is doing the clones a favor by allowing them to be smart, but in the end he uses them just like all the other clones in the world - for his own personal use. Esperanza, a fierce No Drug activist, once wrote that a more evil, vicious, and self-serving man (than El Patron) could hardly be imagined (Farmer 170). Though the practice of murdering clones is widely accepted in the book, it is morally wrong, and most people would at least have second thoughts about killing someone. Even with his dragon hoard, which he just lets sit there untouched and deeply protected, El Patron becomes outraged with even the slightest of a suggestion towards giving anything away. He is so self-centered, in fact, that at his death greed took over and all of the people inhabiting his part of Opium were silenced and added to his hoard.
In the chapter we are also introduced to Second Chance, a cloned bull, which was intended to resemble his donor but ended up being nearly the exact opposite. Second Chance was very forceful and violent in comparison to his donor, who was more careful with his owner, Ralph Fisher. Fisher took advantage of the opportunity to have a replica of his admired bull but there was no real success because he instead got a bull he never anticipated to receive. (Anthes 68) Second Chance exemplifies how the outcomes are unknown and really unpredictable since the donor and the clone had two very distinguishable personality types. A clone is simply an organism that has been asexually reproduced to closely resemble its donor, which means that pet cloning is not exact when it comes to appearance or personality of the
The Inherent Evil of Man is confirmed by William Golding when darkness overpowers the minds of the boys. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the theme Inherent Evil of Man is communicated through the symbolism of the pig head, the Lord of the Flies, the island, and the conch. The Lord of the Flies symbolizes the evil that is found within every person. The island seems to be the “perfect paradise,” but eventually becomes the grounds in which the boy’s minds are invaded by dark thoughts.The conch creates a fragile social structure which leads to some of the boys doing whatever it takes to gain power and control. The Lord of the Flies, when compared to the other symbols, is most important to the theme because it was the main cause
The clones know what they were created to become and the death that awaits them. In Ishiguro’s novel, the “donors” are told exactly what will happen to them. Their guardians tell them that they’ll “start to donate [their] vital organs” (81) before they are even middle-aged adults. This news is very heavy and is broken to them in such a light way. Knowing their gruesome future, the clones begin to fear their fate. To which the guardians think “Poor creatures. What did we do to you? With all our schemes and plans?” (254). Even here they attempt to sympathize with their tortured creations but still fail to realize that it is all their doing. The humans have created a being destined to die serving a race that does not really care for them. Just like Ishiguro’s characters, the clones in Blade Runner also fear their death. Unlike those in Never Let Me Go, these clones are told the exact date of their death. Knowing that they are going to die sometime the clones hunt down the humans that know their exact fate. When you ask “how long do I live” (BR) and the answer is “four years” (BR) there is no one way to react. Any normal being would be filled with rage which is exactly what these clones
There comes a time in every young man or women’s life where he begins to start building up and finding identity. Adolescence includes finding one’s identity because the youth really do not have much of a clue who they want to become as an adult. This is reflected in Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey in the first step of The Ordinary World. The Ordinary World is where the story begins in The Hero’s Journey; it is where the hero lives their everyday life. In this world the hero is trying to figure out who they are and what they want to become. George Lucas’s first film in the Star Wars Trilogy is A New Hope. In this film the protagonist, Luke Skywalker, is introduced...
Even if the ability to produce artwork is a partial answer to the question, it is not adequate to prevent the death of clones in the novel. In order to determine whether harvesting the organs of mature human clones is morally permissible, we must first define what it mean to be human. Beyond the biological definition of a human as genetically belonging to the homo sapiens species, human being are considered distinct from non-human species in part because of their
Some of the greatest and most chaotic leaders in history were involved in the Battle of Stalingrad. These leaders include Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Georgy Zhukov. If it weren’t for these leaders, the Battle of Stalingrad wouldn 't have been as significant as it was. Although all three of these men had very important roles in World War II and the Battle of Stalingrad; they led their troops to victory or loss in all different and unique ways. Hitler and Stalin were dictators of their countries as Zhukov was the Russian
In the saying of “Character is what you are in the dark” by Dwight Lyman Moody, can meaning many different things. One being, “you are most yourself when no one is watching”, another one also being, “dark and troubled times bring out a person's true nature”, and “your true nature is on the inside”. This quote can or cannot apply to the play of “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare.
Do you stand alone as a unique and special individual? Since the beginning of American history there have been struggles for individualism. The American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the separation from family life are all examples of individualism in American history. Individualism is an American paradigm designed by the modern societal structure that is an altered idea of the foundation by immigrants. In today’s society the struggle for individualism is more personal and represents how American values have shifted since the beginning of American history.
The idea of individualism can seem rather abstract in our society today. People get preoccupied with how they believe others perceive them, which is in stark contrast to the idea of individualism. Take, for instance, peer pressure, which can affect not only younger children and teens but also adults. All members of a structured society will at some point be impacted by the pressures of society to be normal, and to reach the same milestones as their peers. In Edward Albee’s play, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? the reader gets shown firsthand how the desire to conform, and to be normal, can drive our actions as well as our behavior.
Individuality and conformity both play a major role in society. No matter what it may be individuals will need to choose appropriately between conforming and acting individualistically about their situation. Individuality allows individuals to freely express themselves while conformity offers safety under the protection of other conformers. Both of these aspects are beneficial to many individuals and is a key to maintaining societal order; however, it is disastrous to have too much of either side of the spectrum. Therefore, there should be a balance between individuality and conformity because having too much of either side morally and physically harms components of society, such that it pressures and forces individuals to do tasks against their will, and causes individuals to think selfishly and worry solely about themselves.
If clones are the exact copy of their originals then they are humans because saying that clones are not human’s means denying that their originals are humans because they are the same. Clones should have the same human rights as their original and the freedom to make their own decision. The clones kids in the movie were not counted as a human being and this particular school, halisham was a school opened trying to prove the world that these kids are like human beings and carry a soul but everybody including the kids accepted their purpose in life and nobody seems to fight or try to change the fact that they have to die for others life. These three kids were no different from regular teenagers. They have emotions, they can fall in love, they get sad, annoyed, ma...