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    2081 Vonnegut tries to issue equality among the people in society by making the strong wear weights‚ the beautiful wear masks and by making the intelligent wear head pieces. In the book Fahrenheit 451 the people have eliminated books so that no one is smarter than someone else. The society has eliminated teaching children in school how to question things‚ and instead just focuses on memorizing. Memorizing information makes all people have the same intelligence level. Both Bradbury and Vonnegut desire

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    The sign was paid for and created by the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee‚ a non-profit organization created in May 2004 to honor Cobain. The Committee planned to create a Kurt Cobain Memorial Park and a youth center in Aberdeen. Because Cobain was cremated and his remains scattered into the Wishkah River in Washington‚[57] many Nirvana fans visit Viretta Park

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    anything but free of worries. From Kurt Cobian’s struggles with wildly known drug use and depression to the social issues the band wrote about. The ironic name only added more depth to the band. Nirvana’s impact on culture and society extended more than just the grunge movement and shirts that have “Smells Like Teen Spirit” stamped across them at high-end retail stores. Nirvana’s controversial lyrics also opened up the floodgates on taboo subjects. One subject that Kurt Cobain was passionate about being

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    Lead singer‚ guitarist and founder of the band Nirvana‚ Kurt Cobain is a man who has left a legendary and unforgettable mark on this world. Music was a way for Kurt to channel out his feelings and express himself through his bands’ music. Cobain wanted to stand up for what he believes in and not be someone who is isn’t. He stood up for racism‚ sexism (he wore dresses)‚ homophobia (in an interview he said he wished he as gay to annoy people) etc... This legendary icon and Antigone are opposites to

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    toll on him. I get this idea based on events and experiences that he had to face. I have had family member who have been soldiers and have had the traumatic experience of dealing with post war. One particular aspect I enjoyed was the fact that Vonnegut uses a narrator in his voice to tell part of the story. I think that this really helped readers to understand and get an idea of what the characters might be facing. I think that it also gives the reader a chance to see things in an aspect in where

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    Another theme that can be found in Slaughterhouse-Five is time‚ and free will. The first sentence of Chapter Two‚ “Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time‚” illustrates the importance of time in the novel. Vonnegut attempts one form of time-travel‚ memory‚ in his conversations with O’Hare about the war. But they find that their memories are but fragments‚ incomplete. So the novel opted to its second option‚ actual travel through time. Billy Pilgrim learned of Tralfamadorian time‚ where the

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    A symbol is something that represents something else. In Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle‚ a reoccurring symbol is – unbelievably - the cat’s cradle‚ which is represented in three different ways. There’s the “literal cat’s cradle‚ which is where this symbol comes from‚ and there’s an image of the cradle. But the most interesting way the cat’s cradle is represented is when it’s used as a metaphor in different situations. The cats’ cradle is used as a symbol to signify the difference between the world

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    Cat's Cradle Reflection

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    Price’s Essay on “Understanding Religion Through Cat’s Cradle.” As stated in Cat’s Cradle earlier in the book; the old testament states expectations for Christians that are not even being considered and people are living around these “rules.” Vonnegut himself is a Humanist; he is not sure of God’s existence but values life above all else. Even though he does state in his latest novel Timequake that people need religion as something to turn on for comfort and support. I agree on this statement

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    also pressure. This can be seen first hand with Kurt Cobain‚ who was the lead man in one of the most well known grunge bands‚ Nirvana. In the beginning‚ it was all fun and games for Cobain. He was doing what he loved since the age of only two years old‚ making music. Throughout Cobain’s short‚ yet successful lifetime‚ he had been through a lot. This included dealing with a difficult childhood‚ health problems‚ depression‚ and drugs. To this day‚ Kurt Cobain will always be known for Nirvana and is

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    Chas Rickarby 21 Mrs. O’Connor Is Freshmen English Honors Wednesday‚ September 9 Harrison Bergeron: For Study and Discussion The society in this satire‚ Harrison Bergeron‚ is based on the principle of everybody being equal. Physically and mentally‚ so no one person is any better or worse at any activity. The author is mocking the aspects of actual societies with the whole plot of the story. People never want to be any worse at something than the people they’re with. Nobody wants to

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