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    In her investigative essay entitled “Alienation in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚” Josephine McQuail explores the recurring theme of alienation in Huxley’s dystopian classic‚ touching upon “psychological‚ sociological‚ sexual‚ biological‚ and even aesthetic” (McQuail 32) alienation for several major characters. She expresses her belief that Huxley’s main message in the novel‚ “only the alienated individual… can achieve true happiness” (McQuail 31)‚ is flawed. While this claim has its merits‚ the

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    Alienation and Isolation Alienation and isolation have been apparent in society since the beginning of man. When an individual stumbles outside the realm of social normality they are viewed as degradation to society or a threat to normal society.(“Truthmove” 2012) In the gothic tale of Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley frequently displays the many different forms of alienation. Victor Frankenstein and his creation were two of the characters in this book that went through alienation and isolation

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    Living with strangers by Siri Hustvedt Have you ever tried to get a new family member or tried to change school? Every changing gives its own impression on the person itself but anyhow‚ changing and the strange is something everybody will meet on their way through life. All of us are grown up in different existences and by that we have some standards of social norms to follow. When you suddenly explore changing in your life a problematic question will arise and you will start to wonder what normality

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    Polished Personal Purposeful Narrative Essay English 1301:266 23 October 2013 “Stranger Danger”‚ Gone Wrong “Stop the car!” in a frantic panic voice as I was running after the family car. “Mom don’t leave me!” I yelled‚ as my family drove off without clue that I was not in the car with them. As I came to a halting stop‚ my heart was pounding a hundred miles a minute. I was sweating so much; it felt I had played a full game of basketball. I couldn’t believe my eyes. Perspiration and tears filled

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    The real standard of existentialism is the dismissal of God‚ which is extremely apparent in Camus’ The Stranger‚ where the protagonist‚ Meursault‚ declines the idea of God’s existence. Most of the existentialists believed that there are two replacements for the issue of God‚ either individuals are not free and God‚ the supreme‚ is in charge of shrewdness; or individuals are free and dependable yet God is not supreme. When it comes to Meursault‚ the second option appears to be a more grounded likelihood

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    Stranger in the Photo is Me Essay “Say cheese‚” says my mom and click‚ this moment is saved forever. And now taking a photo allows a moment in time to be kept in remembrance. Photos are objects that are cherished; they hold memories‚ both good and bad. Photos allow us to remember the lessons and experiences that make us who we are today. INSERT REST OF PARAGRAPH Looking through my photos in attempt to age one of them‚ I chose this one specifically because this was the only picture that truly

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    Propaganda As a Tool to Overcome Alienation According to Karl Marx‚ the proletariat that worked in large factories did not feel any connection to the products they were making. Because each worker worked only on one component of the product the factory produced‚ and generally workers could not afford the products on which they were working‚ the workers got estranged from their own labour. Karl Marx called the process of becoming estranged of one’s own labour ‘alienation’‚ and several cultural and literal

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    and habitations of Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas. Alienation of land of a Scheduled Tribe would mean dispossession of land by any means to any one‚ whether a tribe or a non-tribe. The objective of this provision is to ensure protection of rights to land of every tribal persons as indicated by the usage of the term ‘a Scheduled Tribe’. Both the Gram Sabha and Panchayats at appropriate level is bestowed the power to prevent land alienation and to take action to restore illegally alienated land

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    In the article “The Kindness Of Strangers”‚ the author‚ Levine (2006/2007) writes of the helpfulness of strangers. He does extensive research and also performs experiments. He found that in some places of the world people were more likely to help people they do not know than in other places. He explains that environment‚ socialization‚ and economics affects how willing people are to help. Levine (2006/2007) uses economics the most through his article. He does this‚ because experiments showed that

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    THE THEME of ALIENATION IN KAMALA MARKANDAYA’S FICTION. By: Mrs. Asha Rai‚ Lecturer in English‚ Technocrats Institute of Technology‚ Bhopal. Alienation‚ which means emotional isolation or dissociation‚ has been a very common theme among modern writers. This alienation is a major offshoot of the industrial revolution. Today‚ it has taken deep roots in everyday life‚ in science‚ in philosophy‚ in psychology‚ sociology and literature- covering a large panorama of almost every aspect of

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