Summary Summary of “Of Universal Tolerance” The essay “Of Universal Tolerance‚” by Voltaire‚ otherwise known as Francois-Marie Arouet was written in seventeen sixty-three. Voltaire a French enlightenment writer states through satire‚ that all religions have very different believes but that each denomination should tolerate each other regardless of their believes. After all‚ we are all created equal. Of Universal Tolerance states that tolerating one another shouldn’t be such a hard task to
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ENGLISH ESSAY Science fiction is a genre of fiction revolving around science and technology‚ usually conveying the dystopian alternative future context‚ the pessimistic resultant of society. Ray Bradbury ’s Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and Andrew Niccols Gattaca (1997) both explore the values and concerns of human existence. Despite the difference in context‚ Gattaca and Fahrenheit 451 both extrapolate the relationship between man and machine in a metaphorical sense. Both pose similar dystopian concepts
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Summary of “Our Brave New World of Immigration” Victor David Hanson did his undergraduate work at the University of California at Santa Cruz and his Ph.D. work at Stanford University. He is a specialist in military history and has taught classics at California State. A noted conservative‚ Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. In his essay‚ “Our Brave New World of Immigration” at realclearpolitic.com on May 25‚ 2006‚ he claimed that if illegal immigrants do not adapt to U.S laws
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Brett Virkelyst Leanne Rowley WR 095 4/9/2013 “William Zinsser Simplicity Summary” William Zinsser begins with telling us that we clutter our sentences too often in American Writing. Essentially‚ we shouldn’t try to put so many extra words into our sentences; we need to get it down to its simplest form‚ so the reader can understand the sentence clearly and efficiently. Citizens today are spending too much time trying to emphasize their sentences‚ trying to sound smarter‚ or they think it will
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Summary Essay on Oochigeaskw-The Rough-Faced Girl (A Native American “Cinderella”) This Native American version of "Cinderella‚" "Oochigeaskw—The Rough-Faced Girl" was originally told in the Algonquin language and written by the Mic Mac Indian people of North America. They lived in the Eastern Woodland and in the northern area of present-day Canada. There was once lived a great Native American warrior with extraordinary power. He could make himself invisible to many except to his sister. Any
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Gattaca Courage and Heroism: In Gattaca‚ courage and heroism is centralized around the rivalry of brothers Vincent and Anton Freeman. As Vincent’s name implies‚ he is a ‘free-man’‚ free to do and go whatever and wherever he wants or feels he need to‚ as long as he is willing to put in the hard yards. Freeman does not apply to Anton‚ because his destiny was almost predestined. Vincent’s courage and heroism largely comes to surface when he finally beats his Valid brother in a game they call ‘Chicken’
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In Simon Young’s essay “Universities‚ Governments and Industry: Can the Essential Nature of Universities Survive the Drive to Commercialize?” Young implies many universities increase their focus on commercializing rather than focusing to increase a higher branch of learning for university students. Throughout the essay Young voices his concern for this issue through the use of statistics‚ concrete facts‚ research and by acknowledging the issue Young is able to inform his readers about the increase
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In Gwen Wilde’s essay‚ “Why the Pledge Should be Revised‚” Wilde strongly believes that the Pledge of Allegiance should only be used for the sole purpose of patriotism. Included in her essay were many facts of the original pledge. She states that the first “original” pledge‚ which was issued in 1892‚ read as such‚ “I pledge allegiance to my flag‚ and to the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible‚ with Liberty and justice for all.” She then included in her essay that in 1923‚ “my flag”
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Gattaca "They don’t care where you were born‚ just how" The film Gattaca‚ by Andrew Niccol presents a story centered on the future prospects of genetic engineering and its controversial affects on human society. The film depicts a future‚ in which wealthy families can create perfected children‚ a factor that has divided Gattaca’s society into different classes based on genetic traits. Andrew Niccol‚ who wrote and directed Gattaca‚ was aiming to break in to the movie world. It follows the life
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In the movie GATTACA‚ the audience is shown a new‚ futuristic world‚ in which the genetics of any offspring can be changed and altered to create a genetically perfect child‚ known as a "valid". In this new society‚ having an embryo genetically altered‚ and then inserted into the uterus of the mother‚ much like IVF‚ is seen as the "normal" way to conceive‚ and the previously normal‚ now atypical "faith birth" wherein intercourse is the cause of conception‚ is frowned upon‚ as it produces genetically
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