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    Instead‚ Christ decided to start preaching to the children around them. Jim constantly suffers from discrimination‚ but still realizes that different methods can be used to be kind to others. Correspondingly‚ Jim becomes a metaphorical father to Huck and Tom‚ as well as disliked by several because of his race‚ which makes him an embodiment

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    with secondary characters. Meursault is portrayed as an unemotional character who lives his life without expectations nor aspirations. It is through this psychological detachment of Meursault from the world and society that Camus expresses the absurdity which exists in his character. In fact‚ we see this right from the first sentence of the book‚ “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday‚ I don’t know.” The short sentences convey an indifferent tone which suggest Meursault does not feel any kind of

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    Adventures in Wonderland‚ has been interpreted as an absurd and nonsense book for children. It is a nonsense book‚ but it is also so much more. Carroll has intertwined nonsense and logic therefore creating sense with nonsense. By looking past the absurdities of this book you find new meaning. You find that the novel is full of references and parallel aspects of the Victorian era in topics of etiquette‚ education and prejudice. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is also a tribute to a child’s ability to

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    highly sarcastic tone as the outcome of both misery and bliss is the subject of Ferlinghtetti`s poem. A world of contrasts where death and life shake hands and where the reality of human condition and social problems is constantly raised. Society and its values as well as the absurdities of human expectations are mocked and criticized in a sarcastic manner. The poem could be seen as a piece of criticism against modern society or as a mode of living‚ offering in the case

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    how much it was really worth it for Yuri as an individual to take on all of this. He was paying off so many people and risking his life whether it was jail or death. He was barely was home‚ always doing business in other countries. His family was rich but there wasn’t any evidence of a real life‚ no vacation homes or even time to take a vacation. It didn’t seem worth risking

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    The Great Gatsby: Moral Corruption Society tends to have a myriad of unspoken problems that plague its entirety as a whole. With numerous underlying issues that slowly fester from the center of the core to the outside‚ society constantly attempts to suppress and ignore the genuine problem. One of the ever present obstacles that seemingly will go unattended to is moral decay. Though many people may recognize the issue at hand‚ it’s become a pattern to let it be as it is‚ as opposed to fixing it

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    Discrimination Vs Wealth One of the biggest problems causing separation in today’s society is discrimination based on looks. Our morality is constantly decreasing due to greed and selfishness. At one point in time we focused on the well being of every human being no matter their race‚ color or gender; looks meant nothing while love and friendships meant everything. On the contrary to Marshal Cohen’s statement that a “brand enhancer” or a “walking bill board” is critical‚ hiring people based on looks

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    Judgement of whether or not someone is worth risking your life and saving in those conditions vary‚ but the bottom line would have to be self preservation. Jon Krakauer could have gone out to look for them but that would have been extremely risky‚ putting his own life on the line. Their death is not

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    been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) as their population has slowly been declining and reaching an all-time low of a 50% decrease over the past three generations. Asian elephants are constantly being threatened by the loss of their habitat‚ constant degradation and fragmentation going on. These elephants are not only a cultural icon in India and throughout Asia‚ but they also help maintain the integrity of their forests and help preserve

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    accepted by your peers and doing well in school‚ but above all of this had to worry about just staying alive. Melba was just like any typical teenager her age with the same concerns‚ but unlike other kids her age had to get through school while being constantly judged and harassed while being completely alone and isolated from everyone else. Though unlike other girls her age she was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders and was forced to become an adult and mature during that year at Central

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