The Danger of Ideology An ideology is a rigid set of beliefs that defines what an individual or community thinks. In the Puritan theocracy of Massachusetts‚ the main ideology held was the Puritans were a chosen people that the devil would do anything to destroy. Since religious men ran their government‚ the Puritans considered all government actions to be sanctioned by Heaven. This meant that any attempt to resist any of the government’s actions‚ was considered an attempt to overthrow God. Governments
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{Title Here} Imagine the most vibrant‚ colorful scene you can think of‚ with colors as far as the eye can see. Now imagine the same scene‚ colorless and dead‚ which one is better? The colorful one‚ right? The science fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry is about the protagonist‚ Jonas‚ who experiences the peaks and valleys life through the memories he receives from the Giver. He finds that even though life has its ups and downs‚ it is far more interesting than a life of black and white. Through
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Aeneas’s main duty is to serve the gods by founding the Roman race. “As the sharp admonition and command from heaven had shaken him awake‚ he now burned only to be gone‚ to leave that land of the sweet life behind” (Fitzgerald‚ 105). This line shows how Aeneas yearns to leave the life he has in Carthage after the gods have told him to go to Italy. He leaves for Italy‚ as the gods told him to‚ against his will for he said‚ “So please‚ no more of these appeals that set us both afire. I sail for
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In the novel Delirium by Lauren Oliver‚ the main character Lena Haloway learns about the emotion of love. This novel is labeled as a fantasy considering the fact the plot revolves around the ‘disease of love’ (Oliver). Knowing this‚ Lena encounters new emotions and an intertwining fate. Oliver’s novel‚ Delirium ‚blends the fantasy of corrupted laws‚ with the realistic emotions of love and courage to form Lena’s development. In Delirium‚ the government’s immoral laws do not allow people to love freely
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Thematic Essay(The Veldt)by Alex Stinson Traveling brings the thrill of seeing new places and seeing how they’re different from where I’m from. The experience of going to these places is indescribable. The destination is breathtaking but the expedition to there is just as congenial. The adventure gives you an adrenaline rush that is inexpressible. But what happens when you can’t stop looking for that rush? When the adventure becomes the escape‚ then it becomes an addiction. Characters in the story
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Contrast the way that two texts you have studied are constructed to appeal to particular audiences. Both plays and films‚ although different genres‚ can be effective in bring an issue into focus by appealing to particular audiences. No Sugar‚ written by Jack Davis in 1985 is a social realist play that depicts the isolation and disempowerment of Aborigines during the 1930’s. Various dramatic conventions have been employed to highlight the negative effect of the Eurocentric‚ hypocritical and dominant
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Falling For It (The Theme of Deception in The Open Window) The story “The Open Window” was one that had many different interesting characteristics to it. Throughout the whole thing‚ there are surprises‚ as well as specific details that help the reader understand a little bit better what is going on. In the end of the story‚ it comes as a complete shock to the reader what happens‚ because the author set everyone up very carefully. There were many different techniques that he used in order to set
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Does true love really exist or is it just a fantasy chased by many idealists? The question should be asked‚ what is love? Love can be categorised into the following four categories‚ namely: “Filios” which is love for your family‚ “Storge’ ” which is love for your friends‚ “Eros” which is a romantic love between two persons‚ and “Agape’ ” which is love for your God. Many people think they have discovered true love and in the end they are disappointed in hatred. Very few people go through life
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Definition of charity[edit] The definition of charity in Australia is derived through English common law‚ originally from the Charitable Uses Act 1601‚ and then through several centuries of case law based upon it. In 2002 the federal government established an inquiry into the definition of a charity. That inquiry proposed that the government should legislate a definition of a charity‚ based on the principles developed through case law. This resulted in the Charities Bill 2003. The Bill incorporated
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