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    Outline and Discuss Marx’s Theory of Alienation Karl Marx’s Theory of Alienation is the assertion that through Capitalist industrial practices‚ the worker will experience a series of feelings of disconnection from integral parts of the labour process and ultimately‚ from humanity itself. I will argue that this theory will be relevant as long as the reign of Capitalism dominates modern society. Marx advocates that the only way alienation can be alleviated is through the destruction of the current

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    It is fair to say the founding principles of our nation as the United States have always been a secure part of the supposed promised American dream. However‚ it would be questionable to say that progress and success within our society is the very demise of our own being. In search for a foundation by which to answer this rather complex thought‚ Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman tends to give off a rather unique perspective -- a point of view that will perhaps allow us as mankind to prevent ourselves

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    Fashion Review

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    rapid overlapping of new fashions are not restricted to changes in wardrobe‚ but can also be distinguished in areas of modern culture as diverse as painting‚ music‚ architecture‚ and entertainment. In Western society’s media-based culture of mass consumerism‚ fashion appears to serve reactionary purposes that both structure and affirm the identities of groups and individuals. From surfers and students to alienated middle-class youths and married working women‚ weekly changes in fad like styles give

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    Pretty Woman

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    businessman Edward (Gere) for everything but the standard reason‚ sex. Pretty Woman contains a number of themes that are comparable to common traits of post-feminist discourse‚ in particular the third wave. Third wave feminists interpret gender‚ consumerism and sexuality as central to their ideology. This essay will discuss some of the discursive and representational tropes in Pretty Woman as a postfeminist text. Feminist discourse from the feminist movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s emerged in

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    HOW CAN WE SAVE THE EARTH ? This is our earth‚ the only place we have to live on for now and in the future. World Environment day‚ established by the UNO in 1972‚ is celebrated on June 5. it has been established for all the countries of the world to create awareness among their people about how the environment‚ which is fast being degraded‚ can be saved. The chief cause of degradation are the use of forestland for agriculture and the access emission of CO2 into the atmosphere. Both these issues

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    Hawai’i. Forest and sea have had been damaged through the construction for tourism industry. Furthermore‚ the indigenous culture had been in danger because of the significant amount of outsiders including immigrants and tourists. The capitalism and materialism that tourists brought destroyed collectivistic culture that people take care of nature and share everything including food and land in Hawai’i. Another perspective in the destruction of culture is that tourism makes local language hard to survive

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    implies they had no individualistic mindset‚ rather there was a strong sense of community. Hippies did not believe in a class system and wanted everyone to be treated equally. Their main values stemmed from the opposition of societal standards and materialism and the compliance to liberalism. Hippies were determined to change the world to a nonviolent and free-loving Utopia. Margaret Mead‚ an American cultural anthropologist in the 1960’s‚ said‚ “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful‚ committed

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    male masculinity issues of the characters in the story. The novel reflects on the suffering of the average man‚ the “generation X” male who feels suffocated and condemned in a world of gray-collared working class‚ a world controlled by consumerism and materialism. A generation suffering from the Oedipus Complex‚ men raised by women often devoid of a male role model. After the narrator’s first fight with Tyler Durden‚ the narrator asks who he was really fighting and Tyler replies‚ “my father”. This

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    Needs and Wants

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    Wed 4 Aug 2010 MARK922 Marketing Management Lecture Week 2 – Ms Leanne Brereton Chapter 2 Strategic Marketing and Planning Chapter 15 Ethics and Marketing Compliance Slides developed by L. Brereton based on Kotler‚ P. Adam‚ S. Denize‚ S. and Armstrong‚ G. (2009) Wed 4 Aug 2010 MARK922 Strategic Marketing and Planning Learning Objectives 1. Explain strategic planning. 2. Describe the marketing management and planning process. 3. 3 Identify the sections of a marketing plan and specify the

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    Symbols and Ironies The authors use irony in their writings because it creates a great closeness to a text and a feeling of satisfaction when the irony is recognized and understood‚ “- a little like a shared understanding between the writer and the reader - a kind of knowing wink!” (Englishbiz 1). On the other hand the symbols in the literature are used by the writers to improve their writing. Also‚ the symbols give more color‚ make it more rich writing and enhance the meaning to doing it deeper

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