happiness. The novel is told from the point of view of Gatsby’s neighbor‚ Nick Carraway‚ who realizes that living in the past and only caring about money is not the right way to live. Reason being for the book’s extraordinary remarks is because of how relevant the novel is to today’s modern society. When people can compare themselves to something‚ such as a book‚ they are more likely to enjoy it. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a stupendous novel that should be considered as one of America’s
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the greatest hero and persona in the history of Scotland William Wallace’s reputation and character are really controversial in terms of authenticity due to the different interpretations and descriptions that has been given by various historical and non-historical sources during different ages shortly and long after his life and act. Wallace’s legacy kept its value among the Scottish folk for centuries. In the eyes of the ordinary people he has been always a legend. Undying symbol of hope‚ justice
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When The Handmaid’s Tale was written in the 1980s‚ there were many issues‚ such as women’s rights‚ climate change and social control‚ that were happening that caused Margaret Atwood to write this book and all these issues are still very much relevant in today’s world. In the Handmaid’s Tale‚ Atwood brings to light the effects of limiting women’s rights and the use of a strict social class order has on a society suing a first-hand story of a woman being thrown into an authoritative theocracy in the
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Outline and assess Marxist explanations of crime and deviance. In looking at the Marxist explanation of crime and deviance one must also look to the non-sociologist explanations and those of other different groups in order to come to an informed view of the subject. The non-sociologist definition of crime and deviance would be that deviance is uncommon behaviour‚ something that offends the morals or the majority of society‚ without being harmful or serious enough to be criminal. Whereas
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warnings are without a doubt‚ embedded in today’s society. This dystopian literary work was written to terrify its audience‚ but from truth to privacy‚ the similarities it has to our world today is what is truly horrific. In George Orwell’s 1984 the protagonist Winston Smith’s society is similar to our society today regarding citizens’ knowledge of the truth. President Donald Trump’s adviser‚ Kellyanne Conway‚ used the phrase "alternative facts" in a recent interview defending White House Press Secretary
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A brief inspection into Australian Materialism: The views of the Australian materialists on the identification of the mind and the body‚ simply stated‚ are that states and processes of the mind are identical to states and processes of the brain. Henceforth these philosophers (for the purpose of this article I will be referring in particular to Smart and Armstrong’s views on the matter) assume the position that all processes of the mind and experiences are due to physical reactions occurring in
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The Color Purple‚ an epistolary novel‚ was written in 1982 by American Author Alice Walker. The epic tale was produced into a film by Steven Spielberg in 1985. The Color Purple is an American drama film about the life of an African-American woman who survives abuse and bigotry. The protagonist of the story‚ Celie‚ is a young girl who is abused and raped everyday by her own father. Her father‚ Alphonso‚ impregnates her and steals her children. He then marries her off to another abusive man by the
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Plato’s Cave: Still Current in Mass Media In the “Allegory of the Cave‚” Plato describes a group of stupefied people who have been trapped in a cave their entire lives. These prisoners are chained facing a wall; they cannot see anything except the shadows on that wall‚ which are being cast by men carrying unknown objects in front of a glowing fire. They never see the actual carriers or items‚ and they hear nothing but the echoes of these obscure men‚ yet are still entranced by these illogical sounds
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perspectives‚ but two in particular stick out in finding the most enriching meaning behind Fitzgerald’s words. Viewing the Great Gatsby through both a Historical lens and a Marxist lens shows us the false importance placed upon wealth and class distinctions and the unhappiness and loneliness that comes with it. Viewing this book through a historical lens‚ many things come into sharper focus. For starters‚ this book was set in the time following WW1. After the deaths of many young soldiers‚ people
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Is the Second Vatican Council still relevant within the Catholic religion considering the evolution of its ideals and support for more modern societal perspectives? In recent times there has been a change in the response on society within contemporary issues such as Marriage‚ divorce‚ abortion and IVF. Considering these changes we need to understand the relevance that the Second Vatican Council still has in our modern day society. The Vatican Church has also experienced a noticeable to perhaps a
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