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    The Reality of Virtual RealityMelissa JessINF1034/15/2013 Instructor Mark Cohen THE REALITY OF VIRTUAL REALITYVirtual reality used to be a thing of the future‚ well the future is now. Virtual reality is an environment created through the use of computers. It can be either a real world environment or a fantasy world. Most of the virtual reality is depicted through the visual sense‚ however there are some that use the other senses to help create more of a feeling that you are in the virtual world

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    For an individual to belong‚ they must fulfil their society’ies expectations.‚in doing so‚ further Aanalysis of the book ’The gGreat Eexpectations’ composed by Charles Dickens revealshas been made apparent that an aspect of family belonging‚ where Pip‚ the main character tries to live up to societies expectations of being a gentlemen.‚Tthis can be seen where Magwitch uses first person‚ evident in the direct speech ‘Yes‚ Pip‚ dear boy‚ I’ve made a gentleman ofn you! It’s me wot has done it! I swore

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    novel Great Expectations is an excellent example of how a well developed plot‚ and many subplots hidden within the main‚ can create many twists and turns and make what may seem like a ‘fairy tale’ story a much more interesting and complex one. The protagonist of the navel is a seven year old boy named Pip.

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    Universial Themes in "The Return of the Native" and "Great Expectations" Classic novels usually share in the aspect of universal themes which touch people through out the ages. All types of audiences can relate to and understand these underlying ideas. Victorian novels such as Thomas Hardy ’s The Return of the Native and Charles Dickens ’ Great Expectations are examples of literary classics that have universal themes. Hardy ’s tale illustrates the role of chance in his characters lives

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    Analysis: Chapters 1–3 The first chapters of Great Expectations set the plot in motion while introducing Pip and his world. As both narrator and protagonist‚ Pip is naturally the most important character in Great Expectations: the novel is his story‚ told in his words‚ and his perceptions utterly define the events and characters of the book. As a result‚ Dickens’s most important task as a writer in Great Expectations is the creation of Pip’s character. Because Pip’s is the voice with which he tells

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    feel shame for his rough clothing and hands (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). Estella leaves to go study abroad and Pip is surprised to learn that a mysterious benefactor will help him become a gentleman in London (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). In London‚ Pip lives with his friend Herbert‚ who renamed him‚ Handel (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). A month after Pip is settled‚ Joe visits Pip and is taken aback by Pip’s hurtful formality (Bloom‚ Great Expectations). Joe tells Pip that Estella has returned from her

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    Great Expectations a novel by Charles Dickens takes reader on an epic adventure filled with unexpected encounters with a myriad of people with vastly different backgrounds that ultimately shape Pip into the man that he becomes. Pip moves from the social class that he was born to‚ to one that he is elevated to by an anonymous benefactor. The two people that typify the conventional expectations of romanticism and realism are Pip the protagonist and Joe Gargery the humble blacksmith. Joe clearly shows

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    identity through relationships‚ connections to place and offers acceptance and understanding. This value inspires human nature’s desire to seek belonging; however it is also Human nature to create barriers which prevent it. Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations exemplifies these concepts‚ through figurative language and structural form‚ protagonist Pips overwhelming desire to become a Gentleman‚ but also how lack of understanding is a constant obstacle throughout his journey to ascertain this perceived

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    In Charles Dickens’s celebrated novel‚ Great Expectations‚ we are presented with a unique protagonist in Phillip “Pip” Pirrip‚ who‚ born an orphan‚ lives with his unkind sister‚ whom he address as Mrs. Joe‚ and her virtuous and amiable husband‚ Joe. During his formidable years‚ he is often forced to spend time at the estate of an old and very affluent lady named Ms. Havisham where he meets her daughter‚ Estella‚ with whom he almost instantly falls in love but seemingly does not reciprocate his feeling

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    Mulligan’s Illusion Why should someone read a long‚ overflowing book‚ like To Kill a Mockingbird‚ when they can just watch the movie? To Kill a Mockingbird is about a little girl’s childhood as she grows up in a racist town called Maycomb. While reading the book‚ one will learn about how people treated each other in the early 1900’s. This book has many stories attached to it‚ but the main idea is really to understand what it was like to live in racist times‚ as a young girl. The book and movie are

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