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    Las Vegas: What’s Not Happening in Vegas When you hear someone mention Las Vegas‚ what comes to mind? Sin City? Wholesome entertainment for the entire family? An indulgent luxury vacation? Or perhaps a value-oriented reward for hard-working Americans? If you answered “all of the above‚” you wouldn’t necessarily be wrong. The truth: All of these have been characteristics associated with Las Vegas over the years. In recent times‚ the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) fielded

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    Appearance versus reality is one of the central themes of Shakespeare’s play‚ Hamlet. The characters frequently put on guises which conceal their true intentions. For example‚ Claudius‚ in reality a murderer and usurper‚ plays the roles of grieving brother and rightful king and the adulterous Gertrude plays the role of a virtuous queen‚ when she is‚ in her son’s view‚ a truly insidious woman. Even Hamlet himself assumes the role of a madman in his attempt to establish the reality of his uncle’s guilt

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    “ideal or high-minded man” to the Christian man‚ it is easy to see many similarities between their system of ethics and their set of values. The greatest similarity between the two is their mutual pursuit of goodness. The greatest difference‚ however‚ is the contrasting motives behind this pursuit. Both the ideal man and the Christian man seek to live honorable lives by being virtuous. Descriptions of the Christian man found in the Bible parallel many qualities of the ideal man. Galatians 5:22 characterizes

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    conflict between perception and reality. What is perception and reality anyway? Basically‚ perception is what you see in your view‚ but reality is what is really happening. That’s why in my opinion‚ perception is not reality because during magic tricks‚ your brain will fool you and also your eyes can do the same. Magic is something that everyone has been fooled by before‚ but is it really magic? Obviously not‚ the magician uses the human brain and eye to get the man or woman tricked. According to

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    Illusion versus Reality This is an age old theme in literature. Illusion / Reality is known as a “dichotomy‚” which means two terms that are opposite to each other‚ but which create an interpretive tension. Literature is filled with dichotomies‚ and authors use them to create meaning: light / dark; good / evil; war/ peace; male / female; life / death. There are hundreds of them. A very effective way to understand and interpret literature is to locate the different dichotomies‚ and try to understand

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    Blanche believes that a woman can’t be accepted without illusion. "I know I fib a good deal. After all‚ a woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion."Blanche‚ 41. Stella also pulls a blanket over her eyes to shield her self from the harsh reality that her husband is a mad man. Through the play you can tell that Stella is telling herself "I know he hit me‚ but all that matters is that he loves me and that he can take care of

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    Fantasy often reveals the hidden realities of life. In Franz Kafka’s magnum opus The Metamorphosis‚ the protagonist Gregor Samsa is transformed into a very large insect and tragically dies after his family rejects his new situation. It begins right into the fantasy element‚ with the first sentence being “One morning‚ upon awakening from agitated dreams‚ Gregor Samsa found himself‚ in his bed‚ transformed into a monstrous vermin.” (Part I‚pg.1204) Even with the fantastical elements‚ much deeper

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    An Afternoon with Colonialism An Essay on “White Fantasy-Black Fact” ! Europe ’s necessity to expand its reign of influence and create more room for its growing population marks the start of settler colonialism. In Jack Davisʼs “White-Fantasy-Black Fact” we follow an Australian aboriginal family who faces the harsh realities of persecution created by colonialism. From racial discrimination‚ economic discrimination and ethnocide we see the depth of this issue unfold in one afternoon on the highway

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    “The Naturals” Outline The author uses man vs. society to introduce us to the character‚ Cassie. The way he shows us is by using the way she lived with other naturals. She had to verse society with the other naturals. Another example of man vs. society is when Cassie worked at age 16 in the dinner people of all ages came she had to work and communicate with people that she didn’t know. We also know her being 16 means that she is probably the youngest in there. One last example of this conflict

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    Reality TV Shouldn’t be a Reality By Saydra Schmitz When you turn on a television today‚ reality TV litters the media. This is what our generation idolizes. But is it appropriate? Is this what we should be watching? When I see adults making immature and stupid decisions‚ I can only say‚ “No”. So I purpose that we ban the brain-melting reality TV material. Most reality TV shows‚ like “Jersey Shore”‚ is just a brain-numbing wreck that most children‚ teens‚ and even adults get

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