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    Jennifer McClure Prof. Kies ENGL 1302.412 June 21‚ 2010 John the Savage in the Brave New World Life in the Brave New World is a completely different world than that in the Savage Reservation. John‚ being somewhat Savage and somewhat civilized is unable to find a place where he belongs and agrees with the central societal norms. Being raised on the reservation and not decanted and conditioned in the ways of the Brave New World John experiences life in a completely different way than that he

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    suffering of a girl‚ Claireece Precious Jones‚ who experienced sexual harassment‚ committed twice by her own father‚ having as a result two children by him. Considering the cruelty of the act itself‚ which is also reflected in the language the novel has‚ Precious never became a criminal or committed suicide instead she learned how to cope with every hard situation she went through. The question is how did this young girl went through all this bad situations? Precious had people that had interest to

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    limit anyone can become savage. An example of this is Lord Of The Flies. For almost the whole book the kids were trying to find the Beast. They would look around the whole island and would never find it. But the whole time no one would notice how savage they were acting. The boys are acting very savage‚ murdering and abusing others‚ spend time debating whether the beast is real or not‚ not knowing that it’s inside them all along. It is clear that the boys on the island are savage‚ as evidenced by murdering

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    Culture in “Savages” Introduction According to sociology culture is the totality of learned‚ socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior. Inside the larger culture of a society there is subculture. Subculture is a segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of customs‚ rules‚ and traditions that differ from the pattern of the larger society. Inside the broad subject of culture there are norms‚ sanctions‚ and values that distinguish what is normal and accepted

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    Utopia Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system. The word was imported from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia‚ describing a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean. Politics and history A global utopia of world peace is often seen as one of the possible endings of history. Within the localized political structures or spheres it presents‚ "polyculturalism" is the model-based adaptation of possible interactions between different

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    of each. Which of the two should the problem solving process focus on? 2. Distinguish between the three (I‚ II‚ and III) types of problem solving errors. 3. List and briefly describe each of the eight steps in the problem solving process adapted from the work of Kepner and Tregoe (1965)‚ Osborn (1963)‚ and Parnes et al. (1977). 4. List the seven tools of quality management and briefly describe the purpose of each tool. Note that there is a mistake in Figure 8.3 on page 183. In the cause and

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    new protagonist‚ John. John is first introduced when Bernard and Lenina traveled to the ‘Savage Reservations’. John got acquainted with the ‘new world’ duo while a sacrificial ceremony was ongoing. When the quote was first cited‚ John showed his anticipation to the discovery of the World State that Bernard Marx planned on taking him to. Prior to his discussion with John‚ Bernard was given consent in bringing the ‘savages’ back to the World State’. Bernard found it peculiar that John‚ unlike the other

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    one’s faults against its victories to render it better or worse than the other. This comparative structure‚ found between Thomas More’s two books of Utopia‚ poses the country of Utopia opposite the broader communities of world civilization. Despite the comparison of Utopia as distinct from and morally better than widespread society‚ in truth Utopia is‚ at best‚ an extension. The sloth of governments abroad have led Utopians to pursue lives of group work rather than personal property. In Book I

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    Utopia is defined as an imaginary place in which the government‚ laws‚ and social conditions are perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia by Sir Thomas More‚ published in 1516‚ describing a fictional island society composed of fifty-four cities with the same structure and way of life. Thomas More creates an ideal society‚ seemingly perfectly balanced‚ contrasting the flawed society in Europe at this time. From the geography of Utopia to the acceptance of religions‚ More’s society is easily

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    Hinduism also. I learned four things from reading “The Woodcarver” and “The Bhagavad Gita.” The three things I have learned were that people have to let go of things that are in the way of them learning new things‚ another thing I learned was that you can do anything if you aren’t ignorant‚ I learned was to achieve things in life no matter what and the last thing I learned was more about karma. When I was reading “The woodcarver” I learned that you have to let go of things that are in the way of learning

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