The Unknown Citizen "The Unknown Citizen" by W.H. Auden‚ is a commentary on government and the materialism of modern man. The poem is written in the form of an obituary inscribed on a monument built by the government in commemoration of an average‚ upstanding‚ and decent community member. Throughout the passage‚ the speaker lists facts about the citizen’s life which he believes prove that the deceased was a valuable person. In actuality these facts represent nothing more than the socially accepted
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AN IDEAL SOCIETY The world is a complicated place and today’s standards of society make it even more difficult to live and act in one’s own way. I sometimes wonder what life would be like if we could start all over and build a brand new society - a society that guarantees social justice for all groups and full rights to every individual. Would there be a way to make everything and everyone equal? From the beginning society has been judgmental in one way or another‚ rather it is through racism
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In order to reach the best conclusion on what it means to be a citizen‚ a discussion of the most primitive answer to the question must be established. To put it bluntly‚ a citizen‚ without any outside considerations or sophistications‚ is a person who is associated with a group of people. This definition is necessary‚ but not sufficient to define what a citizen is. To generalize what a citizen is under a set of definiens creates complications with regards to analyzing different cultures within different
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Karen Cote English 102 15 February 2011 W. H Auden: The Unknown Citizen The marble monument erected by the state or town is usually of a hometown hero. The person is almost always someone who did well for the country and originated from a certain town. The statue is almost never of someone who is just an ordinary man living life just like everyone else around him. This man is the model citizen; one who never causes a stir‚ goes to war when asked‚ and does everything to serve the common good
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My Ideal Job The ideal job that I’d prefer to have is to work as a physical therapy assistant (PTA) 24 hours‚ 7 days a week. My three main points are good benefits‚ good pay‚ and a career that I’d love. My preferred earnings potential is $18.00 an hour. I chose to go into this career because I’ll be learning about how to eventually become a physical therapist and what they do every single day. I will need an associate’s degree to become a Physical Therapy Asst. ‚ and
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Israel and Greece are cradles to two great ancient civilization. However‚ people from these two cultural entities have very distinct ideas of want kind of “perfect” society they want to build up. Briefly‚ an ideal society in Israeli’s heart is a “pure” world with one ultimate god and peoples with pure devotion to this god. On the opposite side‚ classical Athens is more likely to build a “state of conscious” where there are powerful gods and wise human beings. The book of Amos is basically a story
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I.3.1 The definition of Citizen Journalism Citizen journalism‚ can be defined as a community news and informationshared online and/or in print. The content is generated by users and readers. It can betext / blogs‚ digital storytelling‚ images‚ audio file‚ podcasting or video. Feedback anddiscussion on issues raised is received in the same way.2 Citizen journalism is a form of citizen media - where individuals write and orcomment on issues they feel are left out of the mainstream media. Many issuesaddressed
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achievements‚ If one is not able to control the mind and the senses‚ And uphold eternal human values? My Teachers‚ Fellow Students‚ Boys and Girls! The world badly needs today ideal students with exemplary character instead of wealth and prosperity. The progress of the nation depends on such students alone. It is such sacred practices alone that have protected ideal students through the ages. My Teachers‚ Fellow Students‚ Boys and Girls! Unfortunately‚ Islamic values declined in the course
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became the first president of the United States to come from a non-influent family. Although by his presidency he was very rich‚ he was known for supporting the Jeffersonian Ideals instead of the rich. Although throughout the Jacksonian Era the leaders of America remained rich and the promotion of Industry over Jeffersonian Ideal persisted‚ there are increased voting rights as leaders begin to campaign for the support of the common man and the national bank is ultimately terminated leading this period
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In this short essay I will describe what I thought of an ideal economic system‚ in few words‚ which should bring an end to the current problems displayed in both capitalist and socialist economic systems. The Capitalist Economic System (as described by Wikipedia): Capitalism is an economic system in which wealth‚ and the means of producing wealth‚ are privately owned and controlled rather than state owned and controlled. Through capitalism‚ the land‚ labor‚ and capital are owned‚ operated‚ and
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