C/E essay The Orange Revolution in Ukraine The Orange Revolution was the first revolution that ever happened in Ukraine‚ becoming an independent country. The Orange Revolution was a campaign of protests‚ meetings‚ pickets‚ strikes and other actions of civil disobedience; it was organized and led by Victor Yushchenko ’s supporters. Victor Yushchenko was a major candidate of the opposition during the presidential elections in November-December‚ 2004. On November 21‚ 2004 central Selective Commission
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A Clockwork Orange: Free Will December 16‚ 2010 A Clockwork Orange: Free Will “I don’t care about the dangers father‚ I just want to be good; I want the rest of my life to be one act of goodness” (Kubrick‚ 1971). The father responds‚ “The question is whether or not his technique really makes a man good‚ goodness comes from within‚ goodness is chosen‚ when a man can not choose‚ he seizes to be a man” (Kubrick‚ 1971). This is a conversation between the delinquent Alex and the prison chaplain
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Many of us like to think that humanity as a whole is progressing to a better future where we will live united and in peace with one another. Nevertheless‚ there are those among us that do not share these beliefs. In A Clockwork Orange‚ by Anthony Burgess‚ a futuristic world is turned upside down and in shambles. This 1962 classic is a frightful depiction of what our society could become and possibly‚ what it already is. Drugs almost seem to be legal and unregulated and subsequently are widely used
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Another feminist aspect Ruth obtains is her protesting. A devoted traditionalist‚ Ruth defends the tribal ways of the A’tsika people and heavily protests Dwight and the corrupt councilmen when they accept a deal from the Japanese to kill a whale and try to cover it up by saying the whale killing will be returning them back to tradition‚ or as Dimitri said "will bring us back to ourselves" (Hogan 69). Even when the men invade and destroy her property‚ she persists in trying to get them to not go
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belonging‚ as it restrains our freedom and forces us to only mimic. My studied texts show how society demands us to conform‚ yet conformity prevents a sense of true identity being ever created. This notion is elaborated in the novel‚ A Clockwork Orange. Alex is a criminal who doesn’t belong anywhere within society. In the novel‚ the government attempts to suppress his criminality by physically preventing him from thinking of violence—thus making him conform to their standards. This is a prime example
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A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess portrays the problem between order in society and the freedom of individuals. The novel represents the universal values and dangers of all societies due to this fundamental conflict of choice and individualism. The freedom of individuals must be limited in order to achieve stability and order within society. The antagonist of A Clockwork Orange is fifteen year-old Alex‚ a vicious boy with constant violent impulses. Alex rapes‚ steals‚ and murders because it
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A Clockwork Orange Notes Novels are equipped to depict human psychology but are not equip to portray abstract concepts of institutional authority and agency. Alex’s fare in AClockwork Orange is tied to the fate of the novel. It is a drama about the fate of the novel. Burgess failed to consider that institutions neutralise threats to them by deferring threats. Alex believes he is a freedom fighter but the government sees him as a juvenile delinquent. They use this definition to introduce the
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My Orange Blanket In today’s society usually people are either a cat person or a dog person and a rare few like both‚ but they still always have a favorite either way. Dogs are portrayed as man’s best friend‚ gentle animals that will always be there for you. Cats‚ on the other hand‚ are displayed throughout the Internet in all kinds of ways. There are made up videos‚ pictures‚ and ads‚ anything that will catch your attention and make you laugh. Cats are simple awesome creatures. They have so many
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As Jeanette‚ the protagonist of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit‚ states‚ “time is a great deadener.” (93) Essentially‚ as time passes‚ people will inherently forget crucial details of history‚ allowing for various interpretations and even inaccuracies to be perpetuated. The aforementioned Oranges‚ Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five‚ Tom Stoppard’s play Arcadia‚ and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart all explore‚ in some capacity‚ how certain people or events from the past are
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The Five Orange Pips When I glance over my notes and records of the Sherlock Holmes cases between the years ’82 and ’90‚ I am faced by so many which present strange and interesting features that it is no easy matter to know which to choose and which to leave. Some‚ however‚ have already gained publicity through the papers‚ and others have not offered a field for those peculiar qualities which my friend possessed in so high a degree‚ and which it is the object of these papers to illustrate. Some
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