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    The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is an existentialist novel about a man who struggles to understand his free will. Camus’ personal philosophy is portrayed throughout the entire novel through the actions of the main character‚ Monsieur Meursault. For the entire book‚ Meursault does not conform well into normal society. For example‚ he does not mourn his mother’s death. He also does not feel any regret after murdering a man who did not deserve to be murdered. However‚ at the end of the novel

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    AUGMENTED REALITY

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    AUGMENTED REALITY Himani Gupta ABES Engineering College‚GZB Email:himani.abes1992@gmail.com Contact:9971681258 Neha Shukla ABES Engineering College‚GZB Email:shukla.neha2710@gmail.com Contact:9650737009 Surbhi Bansal ABES Engineering College‚GZB Email:sur_bansal@yahoo.co.in Contact:8802677515 ABSTRACT Augmented Reality (AR) is a new technology that involves the overlay of computer graphics on the real world. Its goal

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    The Reality Shows

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    The reality show i would never participate in. There are many TV shows around the world ‚ some of them are very funny and meaningful‚ but there are some shows that are very‚ very pointless and outrageous. In that kind of shows the TV viewers make badly fun of the participants. And after the show they experience the pain of shame. For example one of that reality shows is “Price of Truth” . If you are participant in that stupidity‚ they ask you very personal questions for a lot

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    The Definition of Reality

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    The Definition of Reality The quote which Christof made in the movie “The Truman Show” depicts the narrow-mindedness of the human brain the inability to search for the truth. Humans get used to the idea of a particular habit of living‚ which disables them from reaching the ultimate truth. Therefore‚ reality is the achievement of the questioning of the world around us to find the perfect truth which should be accepted‚ to live without the conflict that our world presents itself with. In numerous

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    The Fictional Reality

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    The Fictional Reality In today ’s society‚ reality television shows are known to be one of the most popular genre of television. One of the biggest aspect why reality television shows are so beloved by the audience is the fact how ordinary people can gain instant fame. Ordinary people can watch the shows‚ see people like themselves and fantasize that they too could become celebrities by being on television. However‚ some instances are just too good to be true. There is a distinct line that separates

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    The social media user - Simmel’s stranger today In 1908‚ Georg Simmel used the trader as a paradigm for his idea of ’The Stranger’ who is characterised by his mobility‚ objectivity and position between belonging and exclusion. Today’s social media user‚ I will argue‚ can be seen as a contemporary‚ mediated form of Simmel’s stranger. I will begin with an analysis of Georg Simmel’s essay ’The Stranger’ before showing how the essence of this idea is embodied in the social media user of today and why

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    Reality and Truth

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    Reality and truth are both so hackneyed in a commonplace manner with over-lapping ideas that they each lose their own individuality. Reality is a subjective value that reflects what characterizes our world‚ whether it is our individual world or the world as a whole‚ and its conditions. Oliver Sacks’ "The Mind’s Eye: What the Blind See" and Tim O’Brien’s "How to Tell a True War Story" bring the relationship of truth and reality into question. O’Brien openly uses the thin line between truth and reality

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    Reality TV-

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    Dasia Floyd ENG 111 Mrs. Chicosky 3 April 2014 Reality TV Society is so addicted to reality television that it has become an issue. People are not aware of the dangers that reality television can inflict on the human mind and because of this people are becoming socially unproductive. According to Herskovits‚ ethnocentrism is “to view your own way of life superior to all others.” This explains the behavior and reactions of the reality stars‚ but what we don’t realize is that‚ one can be ethnocentric

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    Is Reality broken?

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    Jane McGonigal‚ a game designer‚ became known for location-based and alternate reality games. Her first book; “Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World” CITATION Jan11 \l 1033 (McGonigal)‚ was published in 2011. Jane argues that games contribute powerfully to human happiness and stimulation‚ a sense of purpose and the augmentation of community. I believe the main thesis in this essay is that gaming is a powerful activity; games can improve our social skills

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    The Stranger The Stranger written by Albert Camus‚ a Nobel Prize winner‚ tells the tale of a young man named Monsieur Meursault. In the beginning‚ Monsieur Meursault’s mother‚ Maman‚ has died. After getting a telegram containing news of Maman’s death‚ Monsieur Meursault heads to Marengo where his mother had been taken care of in a home. He is greeted by the director of the home who leads him to the mortuary to see Maman. Meursault attends her vigil that night and attends the funeral procession the

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