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    minds and by dulling down adults with the tranquilizer‚ “soma.” The population is further controlled through scientific methods; marriage is forbidden‚ and children are not born but produced in an embryo factory THEME: Science and its influences on humanity is the major theme of Brave New World. The novel depicts a new society where human beings have been stripped of individual freedom‚ programmed to certain types of behavior‚ and conditioned to respond in scientific ways to specific stimulants

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    Insurance Insurance a defensive measure used against future conditional losses to hedge the possible risks of the future. It is a legal contract that protects a person from contingent risk of losses through financial means and provides a means for individuals and societies to handle some of the risks faced in daily life. Policies the contracts of insurance that are provided by insurance companies. Premium the regular amount charged from customers by the insurance companies‚ which is

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    Challenge is a major theme in this novel. Ed confronts physical‚ emotional and intellectual challenges. Which is the most testing of the challenges he faces? Challenge is described as a difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it (dictionary.com). Markus Zusak’s ‘The Messenger’ constantly refers to this theme by putting the protagonist‚ Ed Kennedy‚ through challenges that will test him physically‚ emotionally and intellectually; one just as challenging as the next

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    EN294: Mythology Summer 1 Instructor: John Kivari Contact information: RM 4108a; kivari@ecc.edu ; Ph: 270-5964; Office Hours: By appt. Course Description: A study of the major mythic stories and archetypal themes which continually reappear in literature as subject matter‚ symbols and allusions. Course Objectives: Students will understand the following by the end of the course: Myth is a shared heritage of ancestral memories‚ related consciously from generation to generation

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    Author’s Biography: Arun P. Mukherjee is currently a professor of English at York University in Toronto‚ Canada. She has researched and taught Canadian‚ Indian and South Asian literatures. She did her graduate work in English at the University of Saugar‚ India and earned a Ph. D in Canada at the University of Toronto. She has written many books‚ and she has translated a novel written in Dalit. Rhetorical Precis: In Arun P. Mukherjee’s chapter‚ “Ideology in the Classroom—A Case Study in the Teaching

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    standing at the door‚ she collapses on Roderick and both die‚ the friend runs out of the mansion and it collapses and the House of Usher is sunk in the lake. Poe wrote this short story in a theme of terror. The language he uses to describe scenes throughout the story really helps the story stay with the general theme of terror. Poe starts the story out saying “During the whole of a dull‚ dark‚ and soundless day‚ […] when the clouds hung oppressively…”(1001)‚ which starts putting a picture in reader’s

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    Windsor‚ Connecticut‚ on October 5‚ 1703. He was a well-known Christian preacher and theologian. He saw the natural world as evidence of God’s masterful design‚ opposing scientific views. Edwards entered Yale College in 1716‚ at the age of 13. Themes: God has the final say in where one ends up in the afterlife. All sinners are condemned to hell unless they repent for their sins and turn to God for salvation. Life is short‚ and in that short amount of time‚ one should attempt at finding God’s

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    tradition very seriously‚ Jess is disinterested. Religion is a very important aspect of Sikh culture‚ as they include prayers and rituals into their daily lives (Gold‚ 1996). Jess’ reluctance to submit to the traditional role as a Sikh woman is a major conflict between her and her parents. Jess is experiencing integration with British culture. Although Jess does not

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    two aims in Gulliver’s Travels besides merely telling a good adventure story. Behind the disguise of his narrative‚ he is satirizing the pettiness of human nature in general and attacking the Whigs in particular. By emphasizing the six-inch height of the Lilliputians‚ he graphically diminishes the stature of politicians and indeed the stature of all human nature. And in using the fire in the Queen’s chambers‚ the rope dancers‚ the bill of particulars drawn against Gulliver‚ and the inventory of Gulliver’s

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    to your report b. Theme/s - short description of the general plot line or a brief summary of the major plotline in the story c. Major and Minor Characters - brief introduction of characters in the story d. Setting - answers the question‚ ‘when and where did the story occur?’ II. Body a. General philosophical questions tackled in the book b. Conflict i. Protagonist ii. Antagonist c. Climax d. Conclusion III. Analyses a. Answer the following:           06 Handout 1 Explain how Morrie

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