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In Avatar. Jake's colleagues want to destroy the tree the Navi live is because they want the precious rock that is hide under the tree. The rock is worth for lots of money. They need those money to help them do research on Pandora planet. They realize that destroy the tree will destroy the habit of the Navi. So they use avatar to tell the Navi move to other place. The Navi don't want to move. So they only can get the valuable rock by destroy the tree.

A similar conflict happened in history is that when the europeans move to the America. They want the large land in the America. They want the natives to move out else they will attack the natives.

A similar conflict happen now is that people just want the benefit for themselves. They doesn't care about other things. For example, people want the wood to make furniture and other product. So they cut the trees on the Earth. Even the trees in the rainforest. People drive cars and turn on the air conditioner and produce lots of pollution. Those pollution will cause the global warming. People doesn't care about the effect of the things they do.

Navi and nature has the bond between them. Navi very care about the nature. They won't do any harmful things to the nature. The relationship between modern society and nature is that people do harmful things to the nature. Modern society can save the environment by stop cut the trees and stop produce the pollution. The people need to change attitude, not just do things that is beneficial to themselves.

What does the good citizen look like?

A citizen is a member of the personal community, nations, and world. Nice citizenship is the relationship between citizen and personal community, nations, and worlds. Citizenship include the rights and responsibilities of a citizen. Personal community are the family, school, and neighborhood. Everyone can be the citizen. There are two ways to be the citizen of a nation There are native citizen and naturalized citizens. native citizens are the people is born in the country. The person will become the citizen easily The other way is naturalize. Naturalized citizen are the person who is not born in this county but they pass through a very strict process to become the citizens of this country. Some countries doesn't allow people naturalized to become citizen; for example, North Korea.

Citizens have a lot of rights and responsibilities. Mike Hartoonian of the University of Michigan says that each citizen should that" What can I do for my country to create more wealth, knowledge and justice to Personal community, nations, and world. There are many rules in the personal community. The citizen need to follow those rules. If they don't follow those rules. Then the citizen will do every things they want. Then no one will follow the government. If the people in country doesn't follow to the government. Then the country will collapse. a good citizen of personal community should't stereotype other people. Although that is not against the law but if everyone has stereotype at other people. It will cause problem. Stereotype is an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a group or person. If a person stereotypes other people. It usually means they are prejudiced towards other people. Prejudice is the opinion, prejudgment, or attitude about a group or an individual members. Prejudice can be positive. But it usually use at negative attitude. If a group has the same prejudice or stereotype at a group of people or person. We called the group clique. Clique is group which as the same opinion or attitude to other people. Clique is a in-group. It usually aimed at out-group. If the clique has more power. Then it will cause discrimination. Discrimination is behavior that treats people unequally because of their group membership. Discrimination can be happen in personal community. We learn prejudice from when we start to learning. Prejudice are formed by a psychological process begin attachment with in-groups. We also learn prejudice from the Mass media. If parents in family is not discriminate at other people. Their children might not discriminate at other people because of mass media. For example, In International school. There are many people come from different places. If their are many Taiwanese in school. Taiwanese might make a clique and feel prejudice towards the people come from other country. Some people will have hidden negative prejudices or stereotype. Those are called hidden bias. bias is perpetuated by conformity with in-group attitude and socialization by the country by the culture.

Citizens of Nations have lots rights and responsibilities. The rights include: citizens can live, vote, freedom of expression, and to be independent. The responsibilities are that they need to obey the laws, pay taxes, and protect the country. THe citizens pay taxes to the government because the government needs money to build roads, build buildings, and build hospitals and schools. A good citizen of a country should not discriminate against other people. Because if cliques discriminate. It will make social boundaries between people. If there are too many social boundaries between peoples. Then it might cause war. Some people will cross the social boundary to avoid the war. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. Crossed the boundary because he want the government to give equal opportunities to every person. We can give a speech or presentation to teach people don't discriminate or has prejudice at other people.

Now global warming is a main problem on Earth. Global warming is causing by climate change. Global warming is created because produce too much carbon dioxide and other chemical material that destroy the ozone layer. The infrared wave that come from sun come to Earth and cause Earth become hotter. The carbon dioxide will absorb the infrared wave. So if the carbon dioxide keep increasing. The earth will become hotter. The climate will change not regularly. Now many things can see that the earth is become hotter. Such as North pole ice melt. If the north pole ice melts. The sea level will increase. Some coastal areas will become underwater. Global warming is a serious because we only have one Earth. If the Earth destroyed. We have no place to live. Every citizen has the responsibility to solve this problem. Not just the government. Some citizens think global warming has nothing to do with them. Now every country tries to produce less carbon to get global warming to slow down.

Being a good citizen is very important to personal community, nation, and the world. Good citizen has a lot of rights and responsibilities. Those are important. Good citizen should't have prejudice at other people. If we don't do those things. Then we are not a good citizens.

Music 1800-1900 Maurice Ravel

What is Romanticism? (It has many definitions, and is many things.)

Romanticism is a period of music in 1800 to 1900. Romantic music is related to romanticism in literature, visual arts, and philosophy. So there is a theme in the Romantic music. Before romantic music, most of the classical music are absolute music

How does your subject fit into the world of Romanticism (their work, their life)

He combine music and dancing and some idea of art.

Are there elements or aspects of your subject that are not romantic in nature?

His music has inherit the trait from the classical music, but his music is more creative and the music is free and unconstrained thinking. He has been influence by many kinds of music, such as impressionism, national music, and blue music. So his music has a lot of different theme in his music. Most of his music are classical music.

What is his most famous composition?

Bolero, it is a orchestral work, it also is a kind of dance in Spain. His composition is initially called Fandango. Fandango is a lively Folk and Flamenco couple-dance usually triple metre.

What is the concept or point of the composition?

Balero has an unique structure. It's music is built over an unchanging "ostinato" rhythm played on one or more snare drums that continues throughout the piece. Ostinato means stubborn in Italian and also means ostinate in English. Ostinato is a phrase which is repeated in the same musical voice. In 2008, the New York Times published an article to explain the possible cause of Ostinato rhythm in Balero. Dr. Miller said in the article that the early stage of the rare disease frontotemporal dementia might explain this special music style in Balero.

How did Ravel personally feel about this work?

He think this is a piece of orchestra without music because the melody in this orchestra doesn't change. It only change the volume of the melody. So he think this is a orchestra without music

Is it program or absolute music?

The music is program music.

Music research-George Gershwin

What was his most important contribution to music? Explain.

George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public. His composition have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs.

What were the most famous musicals he composed music for?

" Of Thee I sing", " George White's Scandals"

Name some of his most famous songs.

His most famous songs include "Rhapsody in Blue","An America In Paris", "Piano Concerto In F", "Summertime" and he received Oscar nomination for for" They Can't Take That Away from Me" at 1937

How influential was he? Who were some of the people he influenced?

He had influence countless singer and musician

How deeply rooted into society was this music or person at the time it was created(or when the person was alive and producing?)

His music become Jazz standard recorded. Many films and television use his music.

How important or relevant is this music now in 2009?

Many singer and composer use this kind of music and develop another kind of music

Is this music universal in appeal or is it very specific to a particular time, place,and culture, of audience?

George Gershwin's popular melodies are universally familiar

Is it easy to hear that his music is directly related to music that came before it, or is it difficult to find a connection to the past

It is hard to hear because before George Gershwin's music, The music are Romanticism, but George Gershwin's most of the music are classical music

Is this music related or influenced by other art forms, or is it's content related to non-musical things(such as politics, society, race, class)

His music is influenced by classical music,It is related to concert and folk opera