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    Pride and Prejudice Being Popular Today Rough Draft There are many reasons why Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is still popular and relevant today. Woman respect that Elizabeth was an independent and smart woman‚ social classes still get in the way of relationships‚ and everyone still loves a Cinderella story like the one in the book. These three reasons are why people still love the book even after 200 years. The book has a lot of things that people can relate to‚ respect‚ and enjoy at the same

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    Shakespeare’s plays still relevant today?” The answer to that question is yes. One of the main reasons that William Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant today is because they show that things that were problems back then‚ are also problems in today’s times. Some examples of that are‚ how people sometimes make poor decisions when in love‚ how a relationship can cause conflict‚ and finally‚ how love still forms no matter the obstacle. The first point of how Shakespeare’s plays are still relevant‚ is how love

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    Lizeth Garcia Ms. Jacober American Literature December 5‚ 2016 Title     Fahrenheit 451 is still relevant in today’s world because human beings are still being brainwashed everyday‚ even if they don’t realize it‚ it happens to them all the time from just watching television to learning in school. For example back then when you wanted to find the answers to anything you were required to research it in books till you found the answers and now you can simply type your questions online and millions

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    in a society whose government controls every aspects and every instant of their citizens lives; including their thoughts. Although the year 1984‚ never became like the daunting reality portrayed in the novel; many still believe this prediction is still relevant and probable in today’s world. However‚ myself among many others believe that Orwell’s prediction will not be happening‚ at least in the forthcoming future. This is because of several factors which will prevent such totalitarian governance

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    I would say that traditional gender roles for men and women are not relevant today. Gender roles have been around for years and they have always been labeled a certain way‚ but I’d say now that those labels have been broken. They are not as relevant in today’s world as they were years way back. There is too much diversity and roles that men and women have both done. In today’s world women might do things that men are regularly stereotyped to do and vice versa. The time since now and way back then

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    it has become modernized using Ritzer to explain this by demonstrating his McDonaldization theory. The theory will be clarified by contemporary sociologists by looking at their strengths and weaknesses and how rationalization relates to a current social issue such as globalisation becoming such a problem in today’s society due to a wide population of fast food restaurants causing obesity to rise within today’s society. The term rationalization is referred to as the replacement of traditions‚ values

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    excellence and timeless. The novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is a superior piece of literature that is truly ageless. Today’s modern society could learn a lot from Jane because of the various lessons she teaches from the experiences she goes through. With the lessons learned‚ women working for their success‚ and the conflict between classes‚ the novel Jane Eyre is still very relevant today. “Jane Eyre is an unusual heroine” (Triska"). This is because she is considered “plain” looking rather than

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    Outsiders’ to give a voice to the harsh reality for teenagers all over the world. Hinton clearly utilises language features such as dialogue‚ symbolism and characters in a way to specifically explore the issues with finding identity which is still relevant in today’s society. ‘The Outsiders’ novel features two main social classes‚ Socs and Greasers. Socs are born into wealthy families and seem to have it all but Greasers struggle in more ways than just financially. In ‘The Outsiders’ dialogue is used

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    you have never thought about. Some may think that classics may be irrelevant to today’s society because of the timeline they were written in. Even though this is a common viewpoint‚ many books written in a different time era can change us and the way we think and live out everyday tasks. Even though the book Romeo and Juliet was written in a truly different time era than the one we live in it is still relevant in today’s society. Throughout the entire book many things have changed the way I view many

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    advances in computer science and other technology. Every single action or interaction is acted upon within the physical world. There are three main ideas that make up materialism which includes behaviorism‚ physicalism‚ and functionalism. The behaviorism theory connects the mental states with various types of behavior‚ physicalism theory identifies the mental states with how the brain processes information‚ and finally‚ functionalism associates how the mental states play a role in their

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