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    In the novels‚ ‘The Giver’ and ‘The Pedestrian’‚ Lois Lowry and Ray Bradbury‚ both illustrate a future utopic world‚ we could come across‚ if we don’t embrace our individual characteristics and the ability to think for ourselves. In this worrying future‚ the Government‚ has full control of the citizens‚ in order to make a better world. The authors confront us with the theme of a Government‚ that implies strict rules and makes decisions for their citizens without them realizing‚ so that they all have

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    the rules and lives at his own risk with their own rules. In the short story written by Ray Bradbury‚ The Pedestrian‚ a nonconformist in this short story is the only person who actually breathes fresh air and the only person in this world‚ Mr Leonard Mead. He was being controlled by the government in the year 2053 A.D. What makes a conformist and a nonconformist the same is that they both live in a society‚ but what makes them different is that the nonconformist decides to risk his life to be different

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    From Kindergarten snack time to elementary school recess‚ middle school P.E. to the high school football games; we are trained in the mold of our educational system. According to the majority of American students‚ the next step in this “cookie cutter” system includes a further pursuit in a college or university education. Many people in today’s society question whether it should really be that way. Some vouch that the college education is not only a clear step to career success but in the progression

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    peoplein a “natural context” in order to build a foundation in which all understanding of society could be based. George Mead is the founder of symbolic interactionism. He believed that people are moulded by their interactions with others. But also the environment in which people interact is shaped by theseinteractions. He saw humans as an organism‚ having a “self“. By this Mead meant that the human being is an object to himself. The self is a mechanism of self-interaction with which to meet the

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    Explain two sociological theories and the relationship between social factors and health. “Sociology is the study of human social life‚ groups and societies. It is a dazzling and compelling enterprise‚ having as its subject matter our own behaviour as social beings. The scope of sociology is extremely wide‚ ranging from the analysis of passing encounters between individuals in the street up to the investigation of world-wide social processes. (Livesey 2005). During the nineteenth century changes

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    For instance‚ Hrothgar‚ the King of Danes‚ always had loyal men accompany him in his mead-hall‚ Heorot‚ despite the fact that a monster consumed someone from Heorot for “Twelve winters of grief” (Line 147). They could have easily left the country and saved their skins‚ but they didn’t because Hrothgar needed men to help keep the country

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    An epic poem is a long narrative poem that tends to be about heroic deeds and events. Beowulf shows traits of an epic hero by using his ability of strength to help him overcome evil. Beowulf kills Grendel and some of the rest of the men‚ by using his strength. Odysseus shows traits of and an epic hero by inspiring all his men to fight the cyclops. Odysseus uses his cunning sense to be an epic hero. Furthermore‚ while Odysseus was on his journey he completed the following: won the Trojan

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    Search for “epic hero” in the dictionary‚ and the definition reads: “a brave and noble character in an epic poem‚ admired for great achievements or affected by grand events” (“epic hero”). Scan the page a little further‚ preferably just underneath it‚ and the name Beowulf appears. Beowulf has come to be the embodiment of an epic hero in society for his ability to exhibit not only one‚ but all traits of a hero in the epic proportion. Although Beowulf’s story remains evident‚ the relevance of his heroic

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    both King Hrothgar’s and Grendel’s appearance and personalities are different in the film than in the text. In the motion picture version‚ he was portrayed as being an unstable alcoholic. This quote from the film demonstrates this‚ “I want mead! Give me some mead‚ my queen” (Beowulf: Top Ten Quotes)! In the film King Hrothgar is also portrayed as being a disgrace to his wife‚ in the written version on the other hand he was portrayed as a noble and mighty king who was adored by all his loyal subjects

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    twist to it. Beowulf is a old heroic epic that was passed down from the old english study. The movie started of when King Hrothgar of Denmark‚ a descendant of the great king Shield Sheafson‚ enjoys a prosperous and successful reign. He builds a great mead-hall‚ called Heorot‚ where his warriors can gather to drink‚ receive gifts from their lord‚ and listen to stories sung by the scops‚ or bards. But the jubilant noise from Heorot angers Grendel‚ a horrible demon who lives in the swamplands of Hrothgar’s

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