Grant Schumacher Paper 3 English 110 Final Draft Arts of the Contact Zone: Parody Assignment Pratt defines a contact zone by saying it is “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today” (319). What this means to me‚ is that there is classrooms in which there are many differences‚ which creates a difficult learning
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Contemporary social critic Neil Postman asserted that Aldous Huxley‚ the author of Brave New World‚ did not fear that society would be overcome by an externally imposed oppression‚ but that what we love would ruin us. Based on information from Huxley’s novel‚ Postman was spot on with his statement. In Brave New World‚ the majority of the non-savages‚ with the exception of Bernard‚ never questioned their existence. They embraced belonging to everyone else‚ and having technology and substances to rely
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The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of time where cultural and biological exchanges took place between the New World and the Old World. These exchanges were primarily composed of plants‚ animals‚ technology and not so good things such as diseases. Following Columbus’s discovery in 1492 the exchange began to take place and continued to play along throughout the years. When the soon to be settlers arrived in the New World‚ America‚ they began to notice a lot of plants they had never seen before
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9/9/07 1st pd. When Christopher Columbus first set foot upon the New World and began trading with the natives he incorrectly dubbed "Indians"‚ he had no idea that his bartering would eventually lead to immense contact between the Native Americans and Europeans. Cultural and economic influences flowed both ways in this exchange of societies between Native Americans and both the French and British. France‚ a late arriver in the New World‚ established its first settlement at Quebec in the form of a granite
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In Brave New World‚ Huxley exaggerates the fact that a world that strives for stability must eliminate individualism and relationships. One major distortion in Brave New World is the prevention of individualism. In order to live in a Utopia‚ a person cannot be an individual. Huxley makes this clear from the first page of the novel‚ revealing the World State’s motto of “Community‚ Identity‚ Stability.” Conformity is what this society strives for. Individuals cannot make up a community‚ which is why
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Brave New World Essay A society not believing in the presence of a higher power or in the existence of suffering is hard for anyone to imagine. In the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ the society‚ referred to as the “New World‚” does not really have an actual form of god‚ and the World state has eliminated all forms of suffering “for the good of the people.” The society in Brave New World not only has no moral or ethical values‚ it does not allow people to be individuals. The inhabitances
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Columbus Voyage of 1492 to America‚ there resulted in widespread exchange of plants‚ animals‚ people‚ ideas‚ cultures and technology between the American lands and the Afro-Eurasian territories in the 15th and 16th Century. The influx came to be known as the Columbian Exchange or the Grand Exchange. Also‚ communicable diseases were also transferred between the two lands‚ although this was mostly unintentional. The term Columbian Exchange‚ however‚ did not emanate from that time. It was coined in the
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Effects of the Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange effected Europe and the Americas similarly and differently in environmental ways such as crops and in demographic ways such as diseases. The Columbian Exchange involved the transfer of lots of people‚ the exchange of crops‚ animals and resources that went between the New and Old World. European explorers came over to the Americas and brought things that ultimately helped the Natives to prosper such as new farming techniques‚ hunting‚ fighting
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Deforestation has been taking places in every part of the world. Many forests have been cleared out without considering the effect to the world. Deforestation was‚ is and is going to be done with the reason to fulfill human’s need. Forest was used to cover around 50% of the total land in the earth‚ but sadly forest only cover around 30% of the total land. Can we still call earth the green planet if deforestation keeps on happening? I strongly believe that we need to stop deforestation before it is
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Huxley’s novel‚ Brave New World‚ thoroughly projects a utopian society through The World State; however‚ through various characters‚ Huxley reveals how the reality of the World State is far from perfect. In this society‚ happiness is key to stability which is certainly the ultimate goal. For many years the inhabitants of The World State have established laws in order to stimulate a utopian society. Consequently‚ individuality is forbidden‚ including the freedom of being alone. The World State creates such
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