Mrs. Gomez English 2CP 4‚ October‚ 2011 Were the struggles for individuality that Equality and Harrison had to face‚ as difficult as they thought it was? In the novella Anthem and the short story “Harrison Bergeron‚” Rand and Vonnegut use the theme of individualism vs. collectivism to show the oppression of each society‚ the fear used to control its citizens and the characters that rebel. In both stories‚ oppression is used to make everyone equal. The government in Anthem takes away its citizens’
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Apollo moon landing was a hoax The US Moon landing program was started by John F. Kennedy in response to the Soviet Union’s early successes in space exploration‚ just in case the world decided that Communism was the way to go. The Moon landing hoax refers to the belief of a small‚ but persistent‚ percentage of people who think that the Apollo Moon landings of the late 60s and early 70s were propaganda films produced by NASA to embarrass the USSR in the cold war. First I will start talking about
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Coraline Theme : Courage and Bravery In the story Coraline‚ a girl named Coraline moves into a new home where she is extremely bored and alone. Later on after exploring the house‚ she finds a bricked up passage way in the wall‚ but it opens up during the night. She discovers that it leads to a world that is an alternate version of her life only with a slight difference- everything is the way she wants it to be. Everyone there has buttons for eyes and Coraline’s “Other Mother” invites her to stay
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What is the Big Shaggy? According to David Brooks‚ the Big Shaggy is the inner beast that controls our yearnings and fear. The Big Shaggy contains potent drives such as aggression and lust. Therefore‚ if you are not aware of it‚ it can destroy you. When I first heard of the Big Shaggy‚ I remembered all of those times that I was aggressive at someone. It made me realize that the Big Shaggy was at play‚ and it was not entirely my fault that I was angry. In order to grasp it‚ one must understand what
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A Symbol of Man’s Greatness Ayn Rand demonstrates patriotism in the passage A Symbol of Man’s Greatness as she conveys the Apollo 11 lunar landings. The speaker is Ayn‚ a famous novelist who wrote this for the Objectivist‚ which values individualism‚ freedom and reason. Her purpose is to inform the American people about this grand achievement‚ and inspire others. Rand applies virtually no ethos and logos in this excerpt; leading to an ineffective stance. She strongly uses pathos when to appeal to
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I have just finished reading an amazing book by Neil Gaiman‚ called “Neverwhere”. It tells the story of a young man – Richard Mayhew. He has a normal‚ quiet life‚ but that is until he finds a girl bleeding on a London sidewalk and decides to help her. After that‚ his fiancé‚ friends and family start acting like he does not exist and he is dragged in a world he never knew about. London Below – a dark subculture‚ a world where weird creatures make their living in abandoned subway stations and underground
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consideration the day-to-day struggle and constant battle being faced by others who do have them. It is a common misconception that people with OCD are just germ freaks or they are obsessed with one action such as not stepping on cracks in the sidewalk. Neil Hilborn is a poet who showcased his OCD through spoken poetry at the Rustbelt Regional
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Afterlife: the complete emptiness Wallace Stevens (1879–1955) wrote most of his poems during the world wars period‚ which took the lives of millions of people. As a result‚ Wallace Stevens started to question the importance of religion in the modern era‚ and felt that you should enjoy your life in the present and not waste time living for an afterlife. In his poem “The Snow Man”‚ Stevens describes a harsh winter environment creating a unique dramatic situation through an effective imagery. He
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An older man sits on the side of the highway holding a sign that says “hungry please help.” A man sitting a few cars ahead of you in a white BMW throws a can of soda at the old man and yells “get a job!” Another car cautiously gives the man some change‚ and the old man replies by saying “God Bless You!” As I pull forward I tell the man to meet me at the gas station just across the road and I will buy him some dinner. He is extremely grateful and slowly makes his way across the road. We both
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Even in the earlier days of Robert Frost’s long arduous active life‚ he looked upon the journey of life in a more seiner way. Where most of the younger crowd may prefer a “happy go lucky” approach to life‚ Frost invested his every adapting yet inspiring mind into mysteries and the choices we come across in life‚ the issues of mortality and morals‚ and one’s view of death are explored in such a way‚ one may find it difficult but to be inspired by his work. “After Apple Picking” and “The road Not
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