AP World History-Theme Analysis Chart Theme 1: Interaction between humans and the environment. | * Like religious faiths‚ infections and contagious diseases also spread along the trade routes of the classical world. * The most disruptive of these diseases were probably smallpox and measles‚ and epidemics of bubonic plague may also have erupted. * During the second century C.E. epidemics reduced roman population by about one-quarter‚ to forty-five million. | Theme 2: Development and
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The same themes often come up in many works‚ not due to plagiarization‚ but because these themes are reflective of human nature. The novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding‚ depicts the regression of innocent‚ little boys into primitive savages when tossed onto an island with no sense of civilization. As each boy slowly transforms into a savage‚ civilization tears away its facade‚ revealing the evil that was always there. Eventually‚ after a couple of deaths‚ a ship of soldiers find the stranded
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Charles Dickens: Carrying a Burden of Social Responsibility Charles Dickens’ classic novella A Christmas Carol‚ focuses on the social responsibility of the wealthy to help the poor and less fortunate. Dickens‚ having lived in poverty as a child‚ knew of the many struggles of the lower class of London. As an author‚ he made it his goal to reform England as best he could. Many of his works ran in his weekly journal‚ Household Words‚ including "Christmas Stories" and Great Expectations. In a Christmas
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of society is putting on the facade of being happy; often using technology to maintain such a big lie. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Bradbury conveys the themes of unhappiness and technology through the use of elements like motifs‚ symbolism‚ and archetypes. Throughout the novel‚ the audience can see the use of elements such as motifs and symbolism to convey a theme of technology. A motif being a dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. Certain sequences in the novel show how technology manipulates
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Oliver utilizes several literary techniques‚ like figurative language and structure‚ to further develop the strong connection between nature and life. Oliver writes: Figurative language can give shape to the difficult and the painful. It can make visible and ‘felt’ that which is invisible and ‘unfeelable.’ Imagery‚ more than anything else‚ can take us out of our own existence and let us stand in the condition of another instance‚ or another life. It can make the subject of the poem‚ whatever it
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Mockingbird Themes “The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience”(Harper Lee). In the novel‚ To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee shows many great examples of themes. A lot of life lessons can be taken from the novel. In the 1960s in the south much discrimination against race was happening. Throughout time things have gotten progressively better. In To Kill a Mockingbird relationships for family‚ the perspective‚ and racism are all immense themes being portrayed
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Some common themes that Chrysanthemum deals with are overcoming differences‚ bullying in school‚ and self-esteem issues. This picture book is easy for children to relate to because they have all either felt these different feelings. The emotional themes I want to discuss about this book are excited and loneliness. With a new environment‚ new people and friends‚ a lot of the times students will become lonely because they do not feel like they fit in or they do not know how to socialize with their
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As you may know‚ this year’s theme is Brookside Tigers‚ Roaring and Soaring. How does this theme relate to us at school? Well‚ there are lots of reasons that a theme like roaring and soaring can be about all the students at Brookside‚ because in order to roar and soar‚ you don’t any practice whatsoever. Just a positive attitude and a creative mind. Yes‚ that would include Kindness‚ Respect‚ Imagination‚ and Determination‚ so here at Brookside‚ we really nailed it! From Kindness and Red Ribbon Weeks
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Ms. Scanlan English II PAP Prominent Themes of Fahrenheit 451 In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it‚” censorship is king‚ and complacency rather than individualism is promoted (36). Thus‚ Ray Bradbury gives emphasis to the themes of identity‚ technology‚ and false happiness in Fahrenheit 451. At first glance Fahrenheit 451 seems one-sided‚ the main character seems 2D and unchangeable with fixed viewpoints‚ but as authors Moss and Whitson note
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to save the ewe and eventually succeeded. The conflict in “The Inheritor” reiterates the theme that the choice a person makes based on moral obligation may seem unreasonable. The man could have been killed but he felt he had to try to rescue the ewe from the dingo. Because he was true to his conscience he felt satisfied with his choice. In “Tell-Tale Heart” the conflict is different but the theme is the same. The conflict was whether or not he was going to live with the guilt of murdering
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