The statistics are famous and unnerving. Most high-school graduates have spent more time watching television than they’ve spent in school. That blight has been overtaking us for fifty years‚ but it’s only in the past two decades that I’ve begun to notice its greatest damage to us–the death of personal imagination. In all the millennia before humans began to read‚ our imaginations were formed from first-hand experiences of the wide external world and especially from the endless flow of stories
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observation of the mother and hospital attendants. After they reached their conclusion they publicized their findings making this experiment public‚ a key factor in the scientific method. Since they had given Albert‚ a child who originally was an emotionless being‚ a conditioned to stimulus of rats mainly animals or furry items‚ he may carry this throughout his life and shape his development. Another hypothesis they wanted to test was if you could remove these conditioned responses but unfortunately
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Piercy conveys her inner feelings of the secretary using several literary elements that help influence the theme of the poem including: metaphorical tone‚ onomatopoeia‚ repetition‚ and imagery. The tone of the poem seems to be very monotonous and emotionless. The poem begins with the sentence “My hips are a desk” (Line1). This sentence gives off a very robotic tone for the poem due to its simplicity and short length of the sentence. The poet intentionally uses short and choppy
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bags under his eyes and seemed even more exhausted than what was humanly possible. “Thank you for coming up to breakfast” said Rainsford‚ trying to keep his voice blank. “Thank you for inviting me” replied the general‚ his Russian accent thick and emotionless‚ his black eyes studying Rainsford unnervingly‚ as though he was studying a rare animal he was about to pounce on. Rainsford refused to be un-nerved by the general‚ as he knew that he must stand his ground in order for the general to take his proposal
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suffering of his past is shown as he detaches himself when storytelling to Becca. “Josef stared down into the bodies‚ but only one in the thousand did he really see-a child‚ no more than three or four‚ fair haired‚ on the very top of the heap.” The emotionless tone used emphasizes Josef’s disconnection to the story he is sharing. This further suggests to the readers that Josef’s suffering was far too traumatic for him resulting to his
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“ The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson‚ shows the corruption in a village whose people treat life with insignificance. Through the use of literary devices‚ Jackson portrays how practices in traditions can be barbaric;ultimately‚ resulting in persecution. In the plot‚ Jackson foreshadows the horror which is due to come. The children are taught from a young age about the process which takes place for the death of a person‚ they prepare for this event by collecting “a great pile of stones” which
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THE CONSPIRATOR This is the debut film from the American Film Company- a production company who has made it their goal to produce history based films with a high level of accuracy‚ yet still be accessible. The story here concerns the trial of Mary E. Surratt‚ the lone female accused of being a conspirator in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. This film had the pedigree to be a Best Picture contender - interesting‚ true‚ and rarely told story; brilliant ensemble cast; insane attention to detail
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In Plato’s The Republic‚ he investigates the balance between justice within an individual and society as a whole‚ and attempts to pinpoint the meaning of the term. He classifies wisdom‚ courage‚ and moderation as the leading qualities a just person should possess. Using a multitude of hypothetical scenarios‚ Plato compares what should be just at a political level to the justness of one’s inner psyche. He provides many scenarios to support his statements‚ however his argument comes across as completely
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The Giver by Lois Lowry and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley have many similarities. They both take place in futuristic utopias where happiness is the overall goal. Jonas and Bernard‚ the major characters in the novels‚ are both restless individuals who want change. Despite the close similarities‚ there are many contrasts in the two novels. The childhood‚ family‚ and professions arrangements are differently portrayed in the similar novels The Giver and Brave New World. <br> <br>The similarities in
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During World War I‚ it was the accepted social norm that women belonged in the kitchen. They took the back seat to men‚ specializing in cooking and cleaning. They were the caretaker of the home and the raiser of the children. Catherine Barkley is an impeccable example of this social norm in Ernest Hemingway’s‚ A Farewell to Arms. Her submissive nature is key to the existence of the story. So important‚ in fact‚ that the story may not be at all possible without it. She submits to Lieutenant
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