It is less vivid; "raced after" emits a feeling of either action, suspense, or energy. It allows the reader to connect and fully understand what is going on. "ran after" is vague and emits little high energy.
I'm thinking either 1 or 7,I think its probably 1 though.Hope this helped a little.(:
Three short paragraphs? phew i don't know if i got time for that. but I'll tell you that I think that movies are most definitely an image of our future society, I guess helping prove the point that they do shape our society. People feel inspired by movies that they see or get ideas. But a lot of time they also are based off of peoples already thought of ideas and experiences so you also have to see that they are based off of things that already happened. there's a lot of subliminal messaging in movies and media. Every movie is completely different i don't think theres a definite answer to that question but i totally think thats an awesome prompt. sorry if this isn't the answer you were looking for, hopefully it helps get some brainstorming done :)
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Readers learned that the idea of absolute power is a fallacy and that everything is relative; the same goes with beliefs and also faith in others as in oneself