Scientific progress and technological innovations have been‚ along with new ideas of social organization‚ the principal scope of interest for the vast majority of utopian writers. Whether based on some rational predictions of the future development of science‚ or belonging to the sphere of pure fantasy‚ technology in utopian writing has been generally described as a means of achieving the state of universal order and happiness‚ a way to establish collective prosperity and social equality. However
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There are numerous people in society who lack certain skills that they need for survival. These people may lack intelligence and depend on other human beings to help them get through life. However‚ most of the time‚ it is there fault that they lack these necessities. In "The Time Machine" by H.G Wells‚ the Eloi had this problem. They were victims of their own weaknesses because they didn’t understand that learning these important skills was necessary for them to survive. When he
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Characteristics of the 1920s Technology had a significant impact on the 1920s. Because of the development of assembly lines and other innovations‚ cars became one of the most important industries in the nation. This stimulated growth in the industries of steel‚ rubber‚ glass‚ tool companies‚ oil corporations‚ and road construction. As a result of the mobility of individuals that was made possible by the automobile‚ the demand for suburban housing began to boom. In the early 1920s‚ commercial
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President Wilson’s own ineptitude and stubbornness is what led to the Senate’s defeat of the Treaty of Versailles‚ rather than the strength of the opposing forces. Even Wilson’s closest and most trusted advisors could not sway his stance. Wilson was strong in his stance and incorporated the idea of the 14 points. While it is true that opposing forces contributed to defeat the treaty‚ it was Wilson’s unmovable position that led to its ultimate defeat in the Senate. There was much opposition to
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Marie hoover Prof. orgier ENG 4/23/2012 The Children Are Our Future What the world needs now is for the parents of today’s children to step up and teach their children to be respectful‚ caring‚ and compassionate children‚ which will one day turn into adults. One of the problems is the laws on child abuse and the way children are raised today‚ compared the way children are raised today to thirty years ago or even before that‚ is not the same. Kids today
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The Time Machine (by H.G Wells) Summary The narrator recounts the explanation of two difficult ideas by a man he refers to as the Time Traveller to an after-dinner group. The group includes a Psychologist‚ a Medical Man‚ a Provincial Mayor‚ and a few other men. The Time Traveller shows them a smaller prototype of the time machine‚ and when he pulls a lever‚ it disappears--into the future‚ he claims. At the next week’s dinner‚ the Time Traveller comes in midway through the meal‚ haggard and limping
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Analysis of the Custody od the Pumpkin The Custody of the Pumpkin falls in the genre of comic fiction. PG Wodehouse is famous for his involved plots where layer upon layer of complications unfold. Here there are only three problems – Freddie’s engagement to Aggie‚ McAllister’s departure and Lord Emsworth’s likely arrest for removing flowers. Symbolism Blandings Castle can be taken as a symbol for the life of the rich landed gentry in England where none of the inhabitants had to earn a living
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Researching the Twenties Area One: Politics and Government The Harding‚ Coolidge‚ and Hoover administration can be summed up as more of a “hands off” approach to running the government. Harding was corrupt with the Teapot Dome scandal‚ Coolidge didn’t want to mess with businesses in our economy‚ and Hoover got blamed for the Great Depression. The Teapot Dome scandal involved the Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall‚ appointed by Harding‚ who was leasing Navy petroleum reserves and making bribes
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A Sound of Thunder‚ Part 1 Ray Bradbury The sign on the wall seemed to quaver under a film of sliding warm water. Eckels felt his eyelids blink over his stare‚ and the sign burned in this momentary darkness: TIME SAFARI‚ INC. SAFARIS TO ANY YEAR IN THE PAST. YOU NAME THE ANIMAL. WE TAKE YOU THERE. YOU SHOOT IT. Warm phlegm gathered in Eckels’ throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air‚ and in that
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When the Sleeper Wakes by Herbert George Wells First of all I chose this book not only because it was the first book I found that had 100 pages or more‚ but because the title interested me. I would say this book is a fiction story because no one can sleep for decades and then wake up. The story “When the Sleeper Wakes” is about a man that lives in London and has insomnia. Graham then falls into a strange sleep while he was at a friend’s house. When he wakes up 200 years later‚ he is immediately
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