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    dealing with sex and love. The people of the World State are conditioned‚ which means sex and reproduction are controlled by the World State. The people of the reservation can instead freely decide what they want to do or not. In the following text I want to show what different roles sex plays in Brave New World in different groups. On the one hand there are the People of the Word State‚ who are conditioned. Nearly all main characters in Brave New World are from this society. When they are born

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    Why I Hate the Mall

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    Why I Hate the Mall I hate shopping malls. No‚ you don’t understand. I really hate shopping malls. I think sitting at the Food Court near the Burger King for one hour has served only to heighten my displeasure with these gaudy monstrosities. The only reason I’m here is because nothing else in the town of Poughkeepsie‚ NY. seems to catch my interest long enough for me to take notice. I got here noon-ish I think. I had to take a taxi since none of my non- pedestrian friends were willing to roll

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    21 FICTION OR NEWS? Fiction or News? A Quest for Multidisciplinary Research on the Entertainment Industry and Its Effect on Journalism RUNE OTTOSEN Michael Moore used the stage at the Academy Awards this year for a political manifestation against President Bush. When receiving the award for his film “Bowling for Columbine” his opening remark was: “We are living in a fictitious society”. Moore’s point was that it is increasingly difficult to identify the borderline between fiction and reality

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    2 Walden 2.1 Thoreau´s search for the inner soul 2.1.1 The three identities and their expressions 2.1.2 Being different 2.2 Progress 2.2.1 The Railroad 2.2.2 Being awake 3 Identity Work today 3.1 Miethling 3.1.1 "Getreue Rebellen" 3.1.2 Patchwork Identity 3.1.3 "Körperliche Suchbewegungen" 3.2 Bette 3.2.1 Body and Power 3.2.2 Body as a rescue point 4 Applying 4.1 Miethling and Thoreau 4.1.1 Thoreau‚ the "getreue Rebell" 4.1.2 Thoreau´s patchwork identity

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    when he said you could read Walden as a satirical criticism of modern life and living. Another way of saying this would be that Thoreau writes in a way that he is criticizing the way modern people are living. In fact‚ he believes‚ that we could be living in a different way‚ which would ideally be a more nature-oriented and simplistic form of living. In other words‚ Thoreau thinks the best way to live is to abandon all materialistic things and live in nature. His reasoning leads to the conclusion that

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    The Battle of Belleau Wood

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    The Battle of Belleau Wood was one the most famous battles of World War I in which the U.S. Marine Corps made their debut into the Western Front. This battle was decisive because it confirmed the entry of the U.S. into World War I which is one of the main reasons‚ that the allies won the war. American involvement for the first couple years of World War I had been kept to simply supply the allies with weapons and supplies. It wasn’t until 1917 when the United States changed its view on isolationism

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    Now I Went Down to the Ringside and Little Henry Armstrong Was There Professor Paul Clark Jieyu Zhang Henry Armstrong was born in an ordinary family. His family was poor‚ and especially this was a black family‚ there was racial discrimination to this family. He was often the target for teasing in school. In defending himself against bullies‚ he discovered his interest in boxing. Without money going to college‚ little Armstrong have to work to get money to let his family survive. When he saw on

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    The themes between the writing of Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ Krakauer‚ and Donovan all correspond to each other. Although‚ all authors are diverse‚ they all share the same ideas. In this essay I will discuss the similarities and beliefs they all correlate. One major idea they share is self-reliance. In all works‚ they discuss the fact of controlling themselves and not relying on the government. Michael Donovan says “It’s all on me…. therefore falls-onto-me‚” indicating his viewpoint that he is the only

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    and everyone has their own unique way of expressing love. Poem #1 is called You And I by ‚ the theme of this poem is about falling in love. The poet demonstrates this theme by expressing how he feels when he’s is around the person he loves‚ he is always going to be by their side and be like a best friend. The author expresses his emotion into words describing his feelings. Poem #2 is called This Is All I Know by David L. Yearwood‚ the theme of this poem is what love makes you feel. The poet demonstrates

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    David Sedaris is an American humorist‚ comedian‚ author‚ and radio contributor. He is mainly known for his short stories and the humor that he incorporates in them. Sedaris is “A life narrator who uses humorous short narrative to render his experience and perspective” (Cardell and Kuttainen 101). With Sedaris’s stories‚ he “Enters into a contemporary moment where the reception and production of life stories is both overwhelmingly popular and intensely complex” (Cardell and Kuttainen 101). Many of

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