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    In society people learn about history through other people perspectives because we are only told about history through one person’s viewpoints and beliefs. It is hard to learn the full truth of history because most books we read about history is very one sided. Many events that happened in the past are told by one side‚ you don’t get all perspectives of the time. In school you learn what the government feels like telling you and then hide the other information or perspectives. For example‚ in high

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    Metropolis the story set in the future which shows the gap between the working class and the wealthy. Joh Fredersen is the city’s ruler‚ his son Freder is seen enjoying a carefree lifestyle. Freder is in the eternal garden when a woman appears with children that are filthy that live in the worker’s city. Freder is awed by the women’s beauty decides to follow her to an underground city. He is distraught to see the machine these people working explode and killing many of the workers. Freder runs to

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    What is The Hobbit?What decisions impact others lives?This book is a books that is banned or is currently challenged.I think that decisions that change something or take away something that a person likes;like banning a book shouldn’t be allowed. I think that they’re should be only certain banned books.”The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks...Considered to be pornigraphic…”This quote means that a parent decided that a book should be banned for nothing.What i mean is that he/she decided that because

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    Much like an ox-pecker to a rhinoceros‚ Jamal Wallace and William Forrester helped each other grow and prosper. The story of Jamal and William from the movie‚ Finding Forrester‚ tells how two very different people became the best of friends due to their mutual fondness of writing. Jamal never would have thought that a simple dare would change his life for the better. William never would have guessed that he would befriend a young boy from the Bronx‚ but life is definitely full of surprises. Jamal

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    A utopian society is generalized as a world where everything is perfect to near-perfect with little room for flaws or errors. The polar opposite however‚ a dystopian society‚ is a society where everything from freedom and justice has completely become irrelevant‚ where everything is undesirable and frightening. One source that will be used is Kurt Vonnegut’s short story; Harrison Bergeron which has very contrasting themes depending on individual perspective. The thing with these societies is that

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    In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. it takes place in a society that makes everyone equivalent. In the short story‚ Vonnegut suggests that total equality is not an ideal worth striving for‚ which is saying if everyone functions exactly the same‚ then the extraordinary will be the ordinary. Harrison Bergeron tries to be the savior of the society and makes a stand showing how prejudiced this civilization is‚ but he ends up failing in the end. Harrison Bergeron‚ although

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    Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a society without books? Well if you have Farenheit 451 is the book for you. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a book about society and how you need to have individuality and books to have a full happy life. In Montag’s society you can’t read‚ walk‚ or talk without being considered “weird”‚ If you are caught reading you are thrown in jail. And your books and all of your things in your home will be burned. “...while the flapping pigeon-winged

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    Chapter one of 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ provides a thorough understanding of the type of person Winston personifies. Although lonely‚ Winston potentially observes everything around himself‚ such as the gray‚ boring world he lives in. Because Winston prefers his privacy‚ he attempts to avoid the telescreen as much as he possibly can‚ “By sitting in the alcove‚ and keeping well back‚ Winston was able to remain outside the range of the telescreen‚ as far as sight went”(6). Winston’s overly cautious

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    The Triangle Waist Factory was a three story building on top of the Asch Building‚ occupied with around 500‚ mostly female‚ workers from 16 to 23 years of age‚ this was recorded by the New York Times newspaper.[1] Even though in the building‚ the workers were spaced very poorly‚ barely a few feet away from each other‚ working in rough conditions‚ there was no worry of a fire‚ the building was fireproof. The owners of the factory‚ Isaac Harris and Max Blanck put their full trust in this fact. It was

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    If you were stranded on a desert island would you choose power or rescue? The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding follows the lives of a group of boys after they are stranded on a desert island. Ralph takes control and focuses on rescue. Jack begins to gain power and focuses growing his power. Two groups form each with different survival methods and uses for their fire. The fire in Lord of the Flies is the key to power on the island. First Paragraph: The fire alone is powerful and therefore

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