The novels Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury are both dystopias‚ but they are both very different ones with the same ideology behind them. In Brave New World‚ the World State is run by ten educated world controllers (one of them being Mustapha Mond) and the citizens are all a part of a caste. The negative emotions and history are all eliminated from the world‚ and the citizens are constantly reminded that they are safe from any harm in order to keep them happy and
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Plato‚ in his Symposium‚ suggests that love of the highest spiritual degree is only found in relationships between men‚ and that relationships with women are merely physical and fraught with vice and lust. From Plato’s discussion of love and relationships‚ one can see how in ancient Greek society and religion women were viewed as substantially inferior to men. This perspective of women is consistent‚ in varying degrees‚ with many of the ancient religions of western civilization‚ including those of
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1. Introduction I believe that the purpose of my media audit was to take our initial idea of what we believed our media usage was and to measure and compare it to our actual quantified results. I believe this was excellent exercise to carry out in order to observe how much Media affects our everyday lives. Our society in America bases a large part of our adolescent learning process on what we acquire from outside sources. Therefore‚ to analyze‚ where the basis of many of adolescents’ perspectives
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Allgood and Yorke define chaos as a trajectory that is exponentially unstable and neither periodic or asymptotically periodic. That is‚ it oscillates irregularly without settling down. They have unknowingly described the condition of my apartment. The "clean" spot where the dog in an amazing feat of gastro-intestinal feebleness aborted a slice of ham‚ has been growing darker over the past few weeks (despite the promises of a name brand rug cleaner) and has begun to emit a strong gravitational pull
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority‚ it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain The above content explains how people should reevaluate their beliefs and opinions when they are on the side with the most support. The Officer and Gideon are in the minority because they attempt to uphold their personal values instead of mindlessly adhering to the crowd. In both George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant and Doris Lessing’s No Witchcraft for Sale‚ the authors reveal the protagonists’
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Around the end of 2008‚ my friend introduced me to Left 4 Dead. It was the best zombie video game I have ever played in my entire life. There were four solemn characters who I could pick between‚ beautiful maps to play on‚ sweet guns‚ and best of all‚ an abundance of zombies. A year later‚ Left 4 Dead 2 was released‚ and I picked it up on the first day. I started off with campaign‚ learning the new maps and characters and even seeing some new super zombies who were scary as hell. Then I moved on
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Throughout the movie‚ Dead Poets Society‚ Mr. Keating teaches his students in an incredibly unorthodox manner which is frowned upon by the Welton Academy faculty. The Welton Academy follows a strict curriculum of teaching in order to prepare the students for college. Instead‚ Mr. Keating prepares his students for life‚ teaching them many transcendental ideas and beliefs. He is‚ at heart‚ a transcendentalist‚ because he incorporates several ideas of Thoreau and Emerson into his class‚ as well as many
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Roddy Doyle’s bildungsroman‚ A Star Called Henry‚ follows the development of Henry Smart Jr. into the near image of his father‚ Henry Smart Sr. Henry unconsciously embraces his namesake despite comparisons from others‚ with the adoption of his father’s physical characteristics and in his role as a pawn in the Irish Rebellion. He acquires the identity of Henry Smart Sr.‚ all until his epiphany‚ when he finally realizes his expendability and his fulfillment of his assassin father’s identity. For much
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Small is Beautiful The word ‘small’ represents what is minor or of minimum importance but small can also be beautiful. For instance ‘smile’ is a five letter word‚ a small word as you may see it‚ but is of great importance. Smile is a beautiful thing. It brings cheer and happiness in one’s life‚ it helps one to stay fit and healthy not only mentally or emotionally but physically too. Smile brings joy and tenderness in one’s heart amidst various amounts of sorrow‚ tension and turmoil. Not only does
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The American Revolutionary War is Brutal “Principle‚ Sam? You may know principle‚ Sam‚ but I know war.” (Collier and Collier 21). In the book My Brother Sam is Dead Mr. Meeker is Sam Meeker’s father. They disagree on whether war is beneficial or just simply awful. The authors have Sam join the war and his father against the war. Mr. Meeker knows about the terrible things war does to people. First‚ war turns families against each other. If one is stuck in the middle of sides‚ like Tim‚ it
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