what is the theme of bicentenial man?
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That everybody needs human interaction to survive.The robot,Andrew, begins to experience emotions and creative thought.Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him.It also explores the transience of human life and the inevitable pull towards death.  =)
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So, in the light of the Additional details you furnished, here I am with my answer-\n\nIn my view, the quintessence of an "ideal" (I presume) man in society constitutes of the following attributes:-\n\n1- Communication\nSome are introverts, some are extroverts; some talk less and some talk more but, inspite of the varying communication levels, there has to be a certain amount of communication with others in a man's life.\n\n2- Action-Reaction\nUnlike other species, us men are affected to a greater degree by the sociological and environmental happenings. As a rule of thumb, our way of thinking IS affected by what happens in our surroundings.\n\n3- Fun\nMankind finds a way to somehow entertain itself. We have a sense of humour and thus, rejuvenate ourselves with the things we find amusing. This attribute is somewhat exclusive to mankind. We also have a terrific musical sense and can enjoy and appreciate music.\n\n4- Hygine\nThis too is an important attribute. Us men have a better sense of hygine than other species and perhaps this sense has contributed a lot in our development as an species.\n\n5- Competitive nature\nA will to excel in all the known fields of study, education, sports and politics also constitutes the major defining attributes of the species we call "men".\n\nThere are a few more categories and sub-categories further down the list but, I better not list them all or I'll put you to sleep.\n\nBest Regards.
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Wow...that would actually be a really cool essay to write.\n\nWhat class are you writing it for?  That might help you to decide what angle you want to approach it from.\n\nAll these men dedicated a portion of their lives trying to provide more equality for groups that suffered some form of societal injustice.  However, each man had a very different approach regarding how to achieve this.  You could talk about their relative strategies and the effectiveness of these strategies.
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I don't know if it changed it, but David Halberstam's "October 1964" might have been a reflection of American culture at that time of the book's setting. A friend of mine from a few years ago read it and enjoyed it, but I don't remember exactly what appealed to him.
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The perspective of what the recurring themes in US history might be differ, depending on where you are.   For example, Canadians would consider the War of 1812 one of an attempted invasion that was unsuccessful.\n\nThemes related to humanitarian intentions are present in US history as the US is usually generous in that regard.  There also seems to be a need to have the rest of the world move toward an American ideal, rather than continue in their own way.  The theme of the cultural assimilation is present in US history.\n\nSo the themes are quite diverse, and as with any nation, some are admirable and some are not.
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Raisin in the Sun's major themes are:\nFamily strength and unity\nDreams and how they affect life\nMoney and its power\nAbortion is a subtheme\nAssimilation in the popular culture\n\nI hope this helps.  We just finished acting it out at my school.
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I like "Tattoo". It reminds me of "Desperados Waiting for a Train" by Guy Clark. Both talk about men once tough growing old. Thanks for asking.
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You've got a ton of stuff happening during the first half of the century.  Everything involving both world wars, the first flight, the Bolshevik Revolution, the San Fransisco Earthquake, the stock market crash, the depression on both sides of the Atlantic, lots of stuff.\n\nWhat are you interested in?  It helps a lot if the subject is interesting to you.  Do you want something military, cultural, political, technological, scientific?
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I think one of the themes of the book might be that life is very unpredictable. Like Jenna, she didn't know that she was gonna be Mrs. Gladstone's driver/assistant for the summer and she didn't know that she'll meet sooo many people and everything. So i think that the theme might be "Life is unpredictable" or "Life can take you anywhere".\nAnother theme might be what's hard makes you stronger.
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anthropologist describe three distinct races...Caucasoid, Negroid, and Mongoloid..when discussing the origin of man.   Is that what you are asking?
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centenarian\n\nsen/ten/airy/in  ;-)
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There are actually two themes. The one you're probably referring to was written by Hollywood composer John Williams. It's called Summon the Heroes. TV stations don't play it when athletes win medals, but they do blast it whenever the host network goes to commercial, comes back from commercial, or airs a commercial about their stellar Olympic coverage.\n\nThe official Olympic Anthem was written by a Greek composer named Spyros Samaras and it's played far less often. Details on Samaras are sparse, but this page from the 2004 Summer Games in Athens includes a few interesting tidbits. Samaras, already well-known for his operas, worked with Greek poet Costis Palamas on the anthem. As far as we can tell, Palamas wrote the words first and Samaras added the music later. Perhaps we shouldn't admit this, but we didn't even know there were lyrics.\n\nThe anthem was first performed at the Summer Games in Athens in 1896. In 1958, the International Olympic Committee named it the official anthem of the Olympics, and it's been played at every opening ceremony since 1964 (according to Wikipedia). Not bad. Though in terms of royalties, we'd rather be John Williams. Ca-ching!
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Independance Day\n\nJeff Goldblum and Willard Smith
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Might be Freud.  He has "the look" of a turn of the century German.
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This is an age-old and shameful prejudice. But things a changing rapidly, since mankind has reached its maturity about two centuries now. The new lesson stresses that man is one, and selfless love is the secret for our collective advancement.
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The movie was based on a short story that appeared in the New Yorker magazine back in 1998 or 1999, some time around then.  It got a lot of attention because it was kind of a first for Hollywood.  It helps break the stereotype that rugged men (blue collar workers, ranch hands, etc.) aren't gay.  Hollywood and society has often depitcted gays as being highly effiminate, cross-dressers, people who talk with a lisp, or walk around with a bent wrist, and are into art, interior design, and fashion, etc.  In recent years, those stereotypes are slowly being changed in Hollywood--in tv and movies--and we are seeing gays portrayed in a variety of ways.  Yes, there are highly effiminate and strange gay people out there, but that is not a reflection of us all.  I am gay, but I don't exactly fit the stereotype.  I am a virgin by choice.  I do not go to gay bars or act effeminate.  I like watching auto racing, baseball, boxing, and tennis.  I do have an interest in interior design, but mainly from an architectural point of view (I can not stand froo-froo interiors with pinks and fluffy pillows with girly, flower prints).  The movie is also important in how it depicts what being gay in the late 1950's/early 60's was like.  The characters in the movie did not consider themselves gay and they went on and got married and had children.  That was life back then.  In some ways still, it is life for some now.  I know of someone who is forced by his dad to stay in the closet and get married.  His dad is famous in our city and has a well-known reputation for his business.  His 20-something year old son is gay, I had fallen in love with him, but his dad wants to keep him in the closet.  In fact, his dad threatened me.  The funny thing is that I am 100% positive that his dad is also gay, but the dad does not act on it.  Have you ever heard of "gaydar"?  His dad also overcompensates for a lot by running around with girls 30 years younger than him and driving Hummers, etc.  His dad grew up in a time when it was not acceptable to be gay and he got married twice and divorced twice and now tries to overcompensate for what I can tell is his gayness, and he tries to keep his adult gay son in the closet and having no contact with me.  \n\nThere are all kinds of people in this world.  There is diversity even within the "gay community."  Not all gays are girly or even whores for that matter.  Just as not all heterosexuals are all the same.  How many heterosexuals are seen in movies and on sitcoms sleeping around all the time.  Most of my heterosexual friends are good-looking, but they are virgins.  They are choosing to wait till they get married.  They are offended at times by what they see on tv and in film.  Not all black people are the same.  Hollywood once portrayed blacks as being simple minded people, placing them in small comedy roles.  Slowly that began to change with the advancement in the civil rights movement.  The same thing is going on in Hollywood with its portrayal of gays.  I am sorry this was a long answer.  I just lipped off in somebody else's question about how people were writing obnoxiously long answers.  I hope this clarified things a bit.  You don't have to like Brokeback Mountain, but at least try to understand why it is somewhat important.  I liked it, but I am actually glad that the Oscar for Best Picture went to Crash--I thought Crash was truly the better film.
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allteration, theme, tone central message, hyperbole, metaphor. I think those might be some but I am in 10th grade so i dont know. i hope i helped