Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain
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Well‚ it was about a month ago so I’m over what I was initially asking‚ but I was wondering if you’ve read _American Tricksters: Thoughts on the Shadow Side of a Culture’s Psyche_. It was alright (though I’ll admit the dedication page is perfect.) _Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours‚ Contexts‚ and Criticisms_ is better. Hyde’s _Trickster Makes This World: Mischief‚ Myth‚ And Art_ was really good‚ too. Of course‚ I disagreed with some points he was making‚ though nothing concerning humor or unreliables
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During the Nazi rule of Germany in 1933‚ any books considered un-German were burned. This is an act of censorship. Censorship is when people succeed in dictating their personal‚ political‚ or moral values on others. The government deemed the content to be offensive or inappropriate without taking into consideration the individual’s thoughts or beliefs. The words‚ thoughts‚ or actions of an individual should not be censored by either social pressure‚ the Internet‚ or government worldwide. Censorship
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The theme of the novel answers on of the biggest questions in today’s time as to what the future holds for the human race.Due to the publication date an era in which the novel was first published Wells creates a controversial setting from the reality where people showed hope and promise for the future‚ whereas the time traveler sees that it is not progressing but in reality the future is falling. Wells uses conflicting images through the narrator to portray a negative tone to the story‚ and to foreshadow
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Life under an authoritarian government would be horrifically empty. An authoritarian government controls everything in your life. They control the information you see‚ the help you receive‚ where you can go‚ and even the food you eat. This restricts learning‚ growth‚ and the human spirit. In North Korea the citizens see Kim as a God. One blind woman wished to see him so badly she cried just thinking about it. The only photos in houses are that of the Kim‚ and children sing praise songs. Moreover
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Brave new World is a sci-fi dystopian novel that takes place in the year 2540‚ or 632 AF (after Ford). It portrays a world that has advanced in genetic engineering‚ population control‚ the banning of natural reproduction‚ sleep-teaching and numerous other technology. Everyone is sanctioned into castes‚ Alpha‚ which is the highest caste‚ and the most physically superior‚ Beta‚ Gamma‚ Epsilon‚ and Delta. The controlling government‚ known as the world state‚ is managed by ten world controllers‚ spread
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Bad religion Band Bad Religion was formed during the late 1970s in Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States.The greatest impact on forming their musical style had the bands like Sex Pistols‚ The Clash and The Ramones‚ and they all originated in Britain. With their music‚ Bad Religion promoted their ideas of the political system‚ religion‚ social responsibility and that ideas were perfectly arranged in form of hardcore punk. They are active in expressing their minds about the current political situation
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I think that in this book the way that the future is shown is a bad thing. thing as well to show what we could be if we don’t take care of our planet now. I think it was a bad thing because there wear so many different problems that where happening and going on to the point when something did happen that was actually something bad. People weren’t willing to help or didn’t want to because they thought that it was just another stupid person. An example is when wades trailer got blown up but the sixers
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Numerous people come to America to have the respect and freedom they deserve. Sadly‚ that does not always happen. In the story America‚ the narrator talks about the segregation between the sharks and the jets. That’s symbolism today’s culture between America and Immigrates. A few Americas do not like Immigrates since they believe that they are curled and untrustworthy. In the story‚ the narrator shows American just as rude as Puerto Ricans. The story starts off as an over dramatic gay man‚ Mr. Bixby
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Totalitarianism as explained by Merriam Webster dictionary is a political centralized system ran by an autocratic authority in which its citizens are subject to total and absolute state of authority. The system has no recognition of limits to its authority to regulate every aspect of citizen’s public and personal life (Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ 2015). After reading the book 1984 written by George Orwell‚ I truly believe that it is definitely possible for a government to control the minds of
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