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    4. How did the Industrial Revolution give rise to new philosophies? The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain because social‚ political‚ and agricultural conditions there were particularly favorable at that time. More importantly a stable govt. in Britain meant that monarchs and aristocrats were less likely by chance to seize income or impose taxes on people. As a result‚ earnings were safer‚ and ambitious businessmen could gain wealth‚ social status‚ and power more easily than in other

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    Did the Industrial Revolution Lead to a Sexual Revolution? The industrial revolution happened during late 1700’s‚ as well as in early 1800’s. During industrial revolution big change happened within industrial technique and product demand. Historian agree that 1750 to 1850 the illegitimacy significantly increase in all regions of Europe. This is also correlates with the period of industrial revolution. Did the capitalistic labor force influence young women to be more open to sex? Is industrial revolution

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    Transcript Dystopias are a futuristic‚ imagined universe which enforce oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate‚ bureaucratic‚ technological and moral control‚ such as in the text ’We’ by Yevgeny Zamyatin and ’2081’ by Chandler Tuttle. Often we see in these societies the ways that humanity can be repressed‚ losing one’s individuality and also the ways a hero rises to challenge the Dystopia’s laws‚ only to fail and become a victim to the dystopia

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    1984-Dystopias and Utopias 1984 is one of the pioneer novels of the dystopia genre of books and one of the most famous examples. Published by George Orwell in 1949 it helped set the precedent for the genre as a whole‚ including establishing tropes such as constant government monitoring‚ government mind control‚ the rebellious individual that stands against the government‚ and the sheer size and power of the oppressive government known as The Party. In the novel protagonist Winston Smith explore

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    Industrial R e v o l u t i o n Henry Ford’s Famous assembly Line. Definition: An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create an end product Between 1908 and 1915‚ Henry Ford’s company Ford Motor Company‚ began to use what is now being called as the

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    The Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution are both majorly influential events in history. Both being so influential makes it difficult to choose between the two on‚ which is more responsible for the world we live in today. In my opinion‚ I would have to say that the Industrial revolution would have to be more responsible. The Industrial Revolution influences outweigh the influences of the French Revolution. Although‚ it is hard to say when exactly the Industrial Revolution began‚ most historians

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    Dystopia in 2BRO2B

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    Dystopia in 2BRO2B In a dystopian world‚ there are no extra people in the world. If you want a child‚ you must have a volunteer to die for that child. Everyone is perfect. There are no diseases‚ illnesses‚ accidents‚ or death of old age. Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. shows us how a perfect world‚ is the most frightening kind of future that can possibly happen. Vonnegut wrote “I want those kids‚ I want all three of them. I don’t want my grandfather to die‚ either”(Vonnegut 4). Then “Wehling shot Dr. Hitz

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    In Arthur Miller’s playwright‚ The Crucible‚ the reader is exposed to different examples of what could be considered a dystopian society. A dystopia is a society characterized by human misery and unhappiness. The characteristics of a dystopian society in The Crucible include religious control and this playwright contains a dystopian protagonist. Throughout The Crucible‚ the townspeople in Salem‚ Massachusetts are living in a theocratic government. A theocratic government is a government subject

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    Thomas More’s 16th Century text Utopia‚ written against the historical background of a medieval England plagued by problems of class division and social injustice‚ continues to reflect the importance of a government which ensures the safety and security of its citizens. So while More’s text was written as a possible alternative to a feudal world in which corrupt power of King and lords resulted in dysfunctional social‚ political and economic systems‚ we have to be careful that the satirical and critical

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    writes about a community trying to be perfect. The community has many flaws causing them to be a dystopia. According to the passage “utopia and dystopia” ‚ a dystopia is a term used to describe a utopian society in which things have gone wrong. In The Giver‚ the community is dystopia because of sameness‚ lack of knowledge‚ and complete control. The first reason the community in The Giver is a dystopia is because of sameness. Sameness makes everything the same. It talks about not having color‚ “when

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