going to happen today. As always‚ I start my day by running around the walls in my room. I like how running makes me feel‚ I get lost in it and can try to picture a world where there are no rooms‚ where I can run free. An alarm goes off jolting me back to reality‚ telling me it is time to eat. The keeper who brings my food is new today. I do not like strangers so I watch him from the furthest point in the room. He starts talking to himself while setting up my food‚ no not talking‚ I do not know
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Most of the times‚ the room is dark. There are days when it is bright and I can see almost everything clearly. The sunshine is reflecting through the cracks in the door‚ spreading across the room. My face breaks into a smile‚ my eyes shine and happiness fills my heart as I think I can leave the darkness. I can leave and be happy‚ be myself and no one will care. I open the door‚ just a little‚ and take a small peek. When I see the happiness shine‚ I expect to see smiling faces‚ people saying they’ll
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Questions on Assignment nineteen. 1. What is the basic principle on which programmed learning is based? The basic principle of programmed learning is an individualised programme of learning. The behaviourist B.F.Skinner believed in a system where programmed instruction where the learner uses a specially prepared books or equipment to learn without a teacher. He based his ideas on the principle of operant conditioning. Research has shown that programmed learning is often as successful‚ and sometimes
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Sabira Abdulla Mr. Craig Sinclair English 102 25 September 2012 Dystopia: Ray Russell’s “The Room” The short story “The Room‚” by Ray Russell‚ focuses on aspects developing in our society and creates exaggerations to show a future world that psychologically destroys the people. It explores the excess advertisement and addiction to technology present in the West today. While the protagonist tries to escape his horrible life‚ where he seeks refuge turns out to be a conspiracy of the government
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My Aunt Dori has always been different; however‚ I never truly realized how different until a few years ago. She has severe cerebral palsy. I have always known‚ nonetheless it did not fully sink-in until August 3‚ 2003. This particular day I had witnessed her having a grand-mal seizure. I remember being terribly afraid and confused. The scent of disinfectant filtered deliberately through the air. The aroma filling my nostrils gradually at first‚ then all at once. The hospital seemed empty
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The passage I have selected from Nineteen Eighty-Four is from pages eighty-three to eighty-four‚ and is written as the main character’s thoughts and commentary on the Party. It discusses the absolute control of the party‚ and how powerful their influence is on the citizens of Airstrip One. This passage contains the famous lines “In the end the Party would announce that two plus two is five‚ and you would have to believe it ”‚ and “The Party told you to deny the evidence of your eyes and ears. It
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Natasha Arts Ms. Hayden ENG 4U – U5A1A1 April 21‚ 2015 ISP Journal Nineteen Minutes By: Jodi Picoult Nineteen Minutes‚ tells the story of the residents of Sterling‚ New Hampshire and how their lives were shattered in one nineteen minute long act of violence‚ a school shooting. Nineteen minutes represents a theme presented in the whole novel because at any time‚ at any ordinary minute‚ your world can be transformed. It takes a matter of minutes to change ordinary moments in our lives into ones that
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being evident to the entire population. The conformity and restrictions of their society was created to prevent intelligence and eradicate the minority. With the restrictions on language it leads to restrictions of creativity and ideas. In the novel‚ Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell‚ the Party was able to control the language through restraints on their society because of their use of language‚ psychologically‚ and physically. To effectively gain power over the population‚ the Party was
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The Loss of Individuality in Nineteen Eighty-Four In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ individuality is an offence punishable by death‚ and the people live under constant supervision. The main character‚ Winston‚ lives in the totalitarian state of Oceania‚ where a figurehead known only as Big Brother is revered by the majority of the populace. In this state‚ those in positions of power are members of the Inner Party‚ while the rest of the people are either members of the Outer Party or part
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World War II war hero Doris “Dorie” Miller was born in Waco‚ Texas on October 12‚ 1919‚ and played football at Waco’s A.J. Moore Academy. He dropped out of school at the age of 17 and enlisted in the US Navy in 1939 at the age of 20. He was a mess attendant‚ one of few positions available to African Americans at the time. Then he was eventually elevated to Cook‚ Third Class and was soldier of West Virginia at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. He was working at the West Virginia on December 7‚ 1941‚ when
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