Roger & Me is a documentary directed and narrated by Michael Moore, a filmmaker who has his entire family worked for the General Motors, except him. By the time the documentary was recorded, General Motors eliminated more than 30,000 jobs in Flint, Michigan. Therefore, more than anyone, Moore acknowledged of the effect of globalization towards the citizens and so this documentary will present his perspective upon social event in Flint, Michigan.
At the beginning of the documentary, Michael Moore summarized the process of how economic problem established in Flint, Michigan. As known as one of the pioneers of globalization, Roger Smith, the chairman of General Motors, saw the potential of cheap labor in Mexico. First, he decided to lay off 30,000 workers. Then, he closed down 11 factories in the U.S. and moved them to Mexico where he was able to pay the workers 70 cents an
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A guest justifies that, “We started the industrial revolution, an art form that’s never been created in the history of mankind.” These guests represent the general thinking among rich people that their profits are the most important and the company has to do what it has to do in order to stay competitive in today’s economic climate. By accompanying globalization, the G.M. was able to minimize their spends on the U.S. workers and maximize their profits with cheap labor in Mexico. On the other hand, it’s not surprised to me when one of the guests states, “I don’t think it’s fair to pick on the negative things and publicize them and not pick up any of the good aspects about Flint”. I find this ridiculous because they forgot the fact that they were the rich minority, and that they couldn’t understand the effect of downsizings 30,000 jobs of the workers, the majority of society. They want to talk about brotherly love at the same time they're screwing people
Roger and Me is a film documenting the lives of factory workers and the town of Flint, Michigan after the GM truck factory closed in 1989. Michael Moore, the film maker and narrator, appears biased and represents one-side. This bias was aided by the lack of availability of CEO Roger Smith, and the deliberate tactical maneuvers of GM to avoid Mr. Moore and any discussion of Flint, MI. The town of Flint existed because of the factories. The biggest employer on Flint was GM and the other businesses were supported by those working in the factories. The factory worker received an exceptionally good wage for the job performed. GM made the business decision to close the factory. This necessary decision was to benefit the company and improve
The author expresses his grievances towards industrialized businesses during the Gilded Age and supports the American farmer. Therefore, the author references the “fakers” as fraud politicians who did not support the beliefs of the Populist Party. He then characterizes the “makers” as the independent business owners and farmers because they made lives for themselves without a strong dependency on these “dictatorship-like” businesses. The author primarily focuses on voicing his reproach for the “takers” of the Gilded Age, or the monopolistic business owners such as Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. He negates these industrialists suppressing individualism while showing little regard for the well being of lower class Americans. In other words, the author believes that Carnegie and Rockefeller’s monopolistic industries offered an unspoken ultimatum for Americans: either submit to our control or we will c...
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Roger & Me, is a documentary that was directed by Michael Moore in 1989. The purpose of this documentary was to demonstrate the negative impact the shutdown of General Motors had on the town of Flint, Michigan. According to Michael Moore, Flint was the birthplace and former home to General Motors before Roger Smith, CEO of GM, decided to save money by closing down all the factories in Flint and opening new factories in Mexico, where labor was cheaper. Therefore, laying off over 33,000 employees leading them to live in poverty and increasing the violence rate. Since the majority of the economy was supported by the jobs that GM provided for the citizens in Flint.
The thing I liked most about this documentary was the fact that it focused on the guys at the top, the self-proclaimed "smartest men in the room", the so-called geniuses who knew the energy business so much better than the rest of the industry. And what a piece of work these men were.
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Roger and Me is the story of Michael Moore’s quest to right the wrong done to Flint, Michigan by Roger Smith, CEO of General Motors. GM factories closed down in Flint, resulting in unemployment for of thousands of workers. These laid off auto workers are products of generations of auto workers. GM has been a Flint way of life since the factories first opened. But, finding that operation and labor costs were substantially less in Mexico, Roger Smith filled for bankruptcy and closed the plants down. The consequences of this shut-down were devastating to Flint. The rat population exceeded that of humans, houses were abandoned, and families who couldn’t afford the rent were evicted. The citizens who remained in Flint were now residents of the city with the highest crime rate in all of America. These are just a few of the issues which spurred Michael Moore’s pursuit for the illusive Roger Smith.
Richard Wright operates haunting imagery, vehement symbolism, and tranquil diction to denote the narrator's realization that racism is always prevalent in American society, and to show his disdain with the people who can perpetuate such an awful crime.
During the central Middle Ages, territories were expanding greatly. In previous centuries, smaller territorial united had been much more prevalent, thus making control easier. However, with the advent of larger territorial units as time went on, challenges to rulers began to emerge. This were mainly centred around the conflict between the central power and the regions, as was seen in both France and England, which posed a substantial threat to the stability of government. Therefore, rulers saw that they needed to take steps in order to combat this situation. Most importantly, they saw that they needed to created a shared national identity in order unite the mass of people who were now in their territory. As argued by Bernard Guenée, the stability of the state was enhanced during the medieval period when its people were aware of a common identity that they wanted to sustain; control relied upon the population’s love for the country. The main ways in which this was achieved included created a shared national history, a shared religious identity, and shared enemies, as well as through the use of language. But inciting patriotism was not the only way in which rulers coped with the challenges of larger territorial units; they also took active steps towards the centralisation of power. The methods used to achieve this included the creation of representative bodies such as parliament, capital cities, and law. It was these steps taken by rulers that allowed the challenges of the larger territorial units to be met.
On the other hand, the assertion that person-centred care always appropriately identifies patient’s emotional needs must be challenged. For example the use of the ‘This is me’ Alzheimer’s Society (2016) booklet is a popular method of ‘preserving identity’ in patients with Dementia, used in both hospitals and care institutions. It is a record of the patient’s life history and preferences. However although ‘This is me’ is useful as a simplistic overview, it does not allow scope for a greater depth of understanding, for example acknowledgement of traumatic or distressing events in a patient’s history. Therefore it can be argued to be a ‘white-washing’ of a multifaceted individual rather than a preservation. For example Andre asks about his daughter
He fulfilled this by showing that he stopped to eat in a Canadian restaurant and saw what Canadian news was like. Their news was actually encouraging, unlike our news in the United States. It seems to be so supportive that Canadians don’t even lock their doors. Moore asked a group of people if they locked their house at night and they all replied, “No.” Then, he asked if they locked their house on the way out the door, and they all said no. He must have not believed them, because he took a walk down the street and just started opening up people’s doors and walking in. Every door that the film showed him trying to open was unlocked. On the other hand, a typical American would lock their door, because of how frightening our news is, with all the stories about the killings, thefts, and riots. Our news is almost like some sick type of terrorism. To show that news reporters should be blamed, Moore asked a news reporter in South-Central LA, “If you have to choose between a guy with a gun and the near drowning of a baby, and you can only be in one place which do you go to?” The reporter replies, “ The gun.” These stories about firearms cause Americans to shoot each other out of
Michael Moore’s documentary is showing how in a way, American society is looking down the sights at self-destruction because of
Firstly, Ralph Roister Doister is a comedy play that was written in the 1550’s and it is based on the Latin comedy of Plautus and Terence, it featured the first roman or Latin Character presented in an English play at that time and regarded as the first play in English language due to its popularity among audience back then. Moreover, the play was played in a London school, where the author itself was the master. The description of the play is an interlude in the prologue, which means dramatic entertaining forms that are driven to a context with no boundaries of moral themes. The major story and events of the play in a summary, Matthew merrygreeke that lives a high-end life at the expense of Ralph Roister Doister, noting the exploiting action.
I opened the email revealing my acceptance into Northwestern and I immediately began to cry as I ran to share the good news with my parents. Northwestern had been my first choice and dream school. Unfortunately, I did not receive the same excitement from my classmates as I wore my Northwestern t-shirt on College Spirit Day. Being the only student from my high school to be accepted into an elite, private institution commenced rumors on the circumstances of my acceptance. Some claimed that the only reason that I was accepted was because of my race. They ignored my documented academic achievements, demonstrated leadership skills, athletic accomplishments, extensive extracurricular involvement and dedication to serving my community.
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