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    LSD Research Paper

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    I am interested in LSD ‚ a psychedelic drug‚ which was a highly popular drug around the sixties. It is a small slither that looks like paper and is hard to detect using a simple drug test. It was widely used during "Woodstock". I believe this psychedelic drug gained its popularity by The Beatles‚ with their song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". People that use it describe the euphoria as a "trip" which impairs reality. Such as inanimate objects speaking‚ the ground melting‚ etc.‚ but the duration

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    Ever wondered what the world would be like‚ if we have no technology and we all acted as one? In the novel‚ Anthem by Ayn Rand‚ the world is technology primitive‚ meaning the people described in novel are living in a world without technology. Anthem portrays a totalitarian world of the future. This implies nature of science‚ technology‚ and the conditions for technological progress. Equality 7-2521 has been assigned by the Council of Vocations the job of a street sweeper‚ because of his intelligence

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    Just like 1984‚ Brave New World also derives a theme from government control. Brave New World’’s theme is destruction of human instincts and nature for happiness and control leads to ignorance and unhappiness. First‚ on the baby-making-tour‚ Mr. Foster says‚ “Reducing the number of revolutions per minute‚ […] The surrogate goes round slower; therefore passes through the lung at longer intervals; therefore gives the embryo less oxygen. Nothing like oxygen-shortage for keeping an embryo below par.

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    The term "utopia" is defined as both "no place" and "perfect place." In Utopia‚ Thomas More creates a utopic society centering around communistic ideas. Utopia is an ideal communistic society that abolishes private property. The perfect society he creates is therefore not attainable due to humanity never being able to obtain complete and holistic perfection. Utopia’s strict rules impose several limitations upon its citizens that therefore dehumanize them. Utopia’s strict rules limit the citizen’s

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    "Most dystopian‚ classic and contemporary‚ points a future world that puts a twist on present society - a future world that could plausibly happen." - Lauren DeStefano. Dystopia means the place‚ state‚ and/or lifestyle that is imperfect‚ bad‚ or hell-like. In the science-fiction book‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ their dystopian society meant there was no books so that everyone was equal‚ but this back-lashed on them. Fahrenheit 451 had a dystopian society written to scare us and show us some

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    In Fahrenheit 451 (1953) Ray Bradbury examines the consequences of censorship and the influence the world without books has on society. Bradbury first brings censorship to life when society wants to set all people as equal and create a community where everyone thinks like one another. To begin‚ Bradbury first demonstrates that censorship results in a lack of independent thinking. Bradbury exhibits the idea that censorship affects individualistic thinking when he states‚ “Fat‚ too‚ and didn’t dress

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    A perfect world would consist of unlimited food‚ happiness‚ and music. Also‚ everyone is happy all day every day‚ no conflict would take place‚ and no one ever would feel hurt or injured. A perfect world‚ or utopia‚ is the exact opposite of a dystopia‚ which is the type of the literature the stories “The Lottery” and “The Veldt” are. I would never want to live in the dystopian lives of “The Lottery” or “The Veldt” for two reasons‚ and in the “The Lottery” for another reason.The first reason would

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    Privacy In Oryx And Crake

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    Privacy and information is manipulated‚ controlled‚ and used against people in the novels Oryx and Crake‚ and The Running Man. In Oryx and Crake‚ privacy and information is controlled by not letting anything or anyone in or out of the compounds. In the novel‚ commanding corporations took mankind on an unrestrained genetic engineering journey. In The Running Man‚ Privacy and information is manipulated and controlled by government ran TV stations. Government control is a problem in both books. In

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    Napier's Anime Summary

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    In Napier’s book‚ Anime: from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle‚ she addressed several motifs: Identity‚ feminine characters‚ and narrative making. The articles in the book stated analysis with various films as instances. The first part of the book explored the relationship between global and local (Japanese) society and animation. In this book‚ Japanese animation is both the media and the culture container. It is the media that communicate contemporary values with the audience. It also is the container

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    The Giver is a science fiction book written by Lois Lowry and is about a Utopian society which Jonas the main character lives. The main character named Jonas lives in a world without colors‚ choice‚ pain‚ diversity‚ and no freedom. And he is soon to notice that his “perfect” world has negative consequences and dangers. Lowry warns her readers about the many dangers of living in a world with excessive conformity where the is no feelings‚ no individuality or uniqueness‚ and they have no choice on your

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