Now, quite apart from the fact that the doors were locked, should he really call out for help? In spite of all his distress, he was unable to suppress a smile at this idea.
In the midst of minor attacks of asphyxiation, he looked at her with somewhat protruding eyes, as his unsuspecting sister swept up with a broom, not just the remnants, but even the foods which Gregor had not touched at all, as if these were also now useless, and as she dumped everything quickly into a bucket, which she closed with a wooden lid, and then carried all of it out of the room.
Sometimes in his general exhaustion he couldn't listen any more and let his head bang listlessly against the door, but he immediately pulled himself together, for even the small sound which he made by this motion was heard nearby and silenced everyone.
And propped up by both women, he would heave himself up, elaborately, as if for him it was the greatest travail, allow himself to be led to the door by the women, wave them away there, and proceed on his own from there, while the mother quickly threw down her sewing implements and the sister her pen in order to run after the father and help him some more.
Stock Footage: film or video that has been shot for one purpose and is available for use in other projects
• Stock footage may be film recycled from past news programs.
• It may also be footage from movies, television, or advertising.
an outline of a solid object as cast by its shadow
Silhouette: dark figure that is seen as a filled-in shape against a light background
• Silhouettes may be created with bright light shining behind a figure.
• Silhouettes are a kind of shadow.
Commentators: people who discuss or write about events for film, television, radio, or newspapers
• Documentary films and videos often include commentators who are experts on the topic.
• A commentator may share his or her own point of view or present facts.
Editing: taking pieces of film or video and putting them together in a new way
• Film and video editors may work with still photographs and film footage to create many different effects.
Many of the children, including the Burnells, were not allowed even to speak to them. They walked past the Kelveys with their heads in the air, and as they set the fashion in all matters of behavior, the Kelveys were shunned by everybody.
But we know how difficult it is for them to...Many of them remain unaware of...Some who should know better simply refuse to...Of course, their perspective has been limited by...On the other hand, they obviously feel entitled to...
But we know how difficult it is for them to...Many of them remain unaware of...Some who should know better simply refuse to...Of course, their perspective has been limited by...On the other hand, they obviously feel entitled to...
Psychologists point out that high-status cliques teach the exclusionary behavior that may be the foundation for eventual racism, anti-Semitism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry.
of a government with an authority exerting absolute control
Levinas, as we know, was one of the philosophers of dialogue, along with Martin Buber, Ferdinand Ebner, and Gabriel Marcel (a group that later came to include Jozef Tischner), who developed the idea of the Other as a unique and unrepeatable entity, in more or less direct opposition to two phenomena that arose in the 20th century: the birth of the masses that abolished the separateness of the individual, and the expansion of destructive totalitarian ideologies.
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group
Levinas, as we know, was one of the philosophers of dialogue, along with Martin Buber, Ferdinand Ebner, and Gabriel Marcel (a group that later came to include Jozef Tischner), who developed the idea of the Other as a unique and unrepeatable entity, in more or less direct opposition to two phenomena that arose in the 20th century: the birth of the masses that abolished the separateness of the individual, and the expansion of destructive totalitarian ideologies.
Created on Mon Aug 10 09:33:20 EDT 2020
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