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    but that ‘class of origin’ remains a powerful influence. According to Breen and Goldthorpe‚ children from disadvantaged must show more merit that those who are advantaged to acquire similar class positions. Page 303 Sociology 4th edition by Anthony Giddens 2001 Blackwell Publishing ltd Oxford uk Meritiocracy – A system in which social positions are filled on the basis of individual merit and achievement‚ rather than ascribed criteria such as inherited wealth‚ sex or social background. Pg

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    Third‚ the thesis is demonstrated through firefighter Anthony Smiljanic’s perspective. Anthony is apart of the Los Angeles Fire Department‚ and during all the rioting‚ he sees first hand‚ the things people say‚ and the way people feel. For instance‚ it is on Day 3 of the riot when he says‚ “There’s nothing to do but stare at new red‚ blue‚ or black graffiti that says‚ ‘F**k the Police‚’ and ‘F**k the National Guard‚’ and ‘Kill Whitey‚’ and try not to take it personal (156) . . . I’ve never seen anything

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    Judgements and Identity Every person has an identity or some defining features that can be used to describe them. Identity can be either the way that one perceives their self‚ or how one is perceived by others. However‚ certain aspects of identity can cause harm to an individual. This harm can be both at the hands of others or at the fault of the person in question. Things such as a person’s appearance and clothing‚ morals and past actions‚ socioeconomic status‚ or even a person’s habit or habits

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    Sandra Day O’Connor is probably best known for being the first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice. She served on the Court as an associate justice from 1981 until her retirement in 2006. After graduating third in her class from Stanford Law School‚ she stayed in California where she had a difficult time finding a job because of the bias against female attorneys. After working for the San Mateo county attorney for free‚ she was hired as deputy county attorney. In 1954‚ O’Connor moved to Germany and

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    "The Importance of Moral Choice" Choice and free will are necessary to maintain humanity‚ both individually and communally; without them‚ man is no longer human but a "clockwork orange"‚ a mechanical toy‚ as demonstrated in Anthony Burgess’ novel‚ "A Clockwork Orange". The choice between good and evil is a decision every man must make throughout his life in order to guide his actions and control his future. Forcing someone to be good is not as important as the act of someone choosing to be good

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    Fourteen-year-old super spy Alex Rider swings back into action in Point Blank‚ the second in the thus-far six-book series written by Anthony Horowitz. This time he’s matched against a South African madman‚ Dr. Grief‚ and his sadistic second-in-command‚ Mrs. Stellenbosch‚ who run an elite school high in the French Alps for trouble-making teenagers. For those who may not know who Alex Rider is‚ he was dragged into the spy business by his uncle’s murder in the first book‚ Stormbreaker. Alex lost

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    Alienation and Integration The Usage of Marked Language in “A Clockwork Orange” In Anthony Burgess’ novel „A Clockwork Orange“ from 1962‚ the author’s use of a newly created language[i]‚ Nadsat‚ plays a key role in the presentation of the main protagonist Alex DeLarge‚ and his schoolboy sociopathy. Corrupt and naive‚ 15-year-old Alex narrates his own story with a language that only the author and the characters in his fictional world could truly understand; specifically those characters among

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    Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange presents a dystopian society in which the individual is suppressed in order to facilitate complete state-control; the novel being abundant in both intertextual and contextual influences due to the universal concept of the struggle for freedom in the face of an oppressive regime. There are numerous works which can be associated with the novel; Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s V for Vendetta exhibiting traits indicative of influence‚ George Orwell’s 1984 providing much

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    nation in order for it to replace completely original English. Yet‚ Newspeak is still a form of slang. However‚ here is shown another use of it: slang as means of control‚ exactly the opposite of its use in A Clockwork Orange and today’s world. In Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange Nadsat‚ or the language of a specific group of teenagers appears to be a very extraordinary set of words to be used in everyday communication. About 60% of Nadsat is Russian words that are used to replace the most trivial

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    Project 1 Have you ever seen an athlete in a commercial? Chances are‚ the answer to that question is YES. For me‚ it seems like every time I turn on the television I see LeBron James in some Nike commercial‚ or Robert Griffin III in the latest Adidas commercial‚ or Ryan Howard smashing Subway sandwiches over the wall! Because it is some professional athlete promoting the product instead of un-famous civilians‚ does it make us as the consumers want to buy the newest Nike apparel‚ or the brand

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