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    There were many so-called “prophetic” dystopian novels released throughout the 20th century: Orwell’s 1984‚ Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451‚ Brunner’s Stand on Zanzibar‚ etc.. These books certainly have their moments of divination‚ but even casual readers see that western governments are not going down the path of totalitarian control‚ book burning‚ or mind control. However‚ one dystopian novel does stand in the minds of readers out as having frighteningly accurate predictions: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New

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    STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 226155 Name: Louise Butler Course: Diploma of Counselling CHC51712 ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: CHC8D31V Facilitate the Counselling Process Educator: Jeff Taylor

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    were committed. The sixties was also a chaotic time period due to the new ways in which teenagers were rebelling‚ as well as other conflicts‚ such as the Vietnam War. Many writers took note of these societal adjustments. Joan Didion and William Butler Yeats‚ for example‚ both wrote about their reactions to the undergoing transformations occurring in the world. As a result of the chaotic time periods they were written in response to‚ Joan Didion ’s collection of essays‚ Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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    Discuss ways in which Yeats presents the faery world in ‘The Stolen Child’. In the poem ‘The Stolen Child’ Yeats presents the faery world as an idyllic place surrounded by ‘rocky highland’ where you can escape the outside world that is ‘full of weeping’. However‚ as the poem progresses we discover that there may be something more sinister lurking in the shadows of this ‘leafy island’ that leaves the child ‘solemn eyed’. We also learn that maybe the real world isn’t that bad after all. This poem

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    STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 226155 Name: Louise Butler Course: Diploma of Counselling ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: CHC8DO2V Counselling Interview Skills Educator: Leanne Chapman Assessment Name: Short Answer Questions Assessment Number: 1 Term & Year: Term 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 300-500 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment‚ nor parts of it‚ has not been previously

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    STUDENT DETAILS ACAP Student ID: 226155 Name: Louise Butler Course: Diploma of Counselling ASSESSMENT DETAILS Unit/Module: Counselling Interview Skills Educator: Leanne Chapman Assessment Name: Assessment 2‚ Part B Assessment Number: 2 Term & Year: Term 3‚ 2014 Word Count: 1200-1500 DECLARATION I declare that this assessment is my own work‚ based on my own personal research/study . I also declare that this assessment‚ nor parts of it‚ has not been previously submitted

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    William Butler Yeats portrays a society that has lost hope after WWI while comparing it to The Second Coming. The second coming is the return of Jesus‚ also known as judgement day. Most Christians believe Jesus will send the believers to heaven and the ones who don’t to hell. Yeats believes society is falling apart‚ like the world will fall apart when Jesus returns. Yeats declares the world is near disclosure. His poem was first published in 1920‚ a year after WWI. He believed that

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    Imagine a word with no love‚ no affection‚ and no biological families. Well in the dystopian society in The Giver by Lois Lowry. This is their everyday life‚ which makes the protagonist Jonas wonder why is this the case. Jonas’ society and modern day society have close to nothing in common. While Jonas’ society is emotionless‚ experiences sameness‚ and does not have choices‚ Modern day society consists of love‚ celebrates individuality‚ and has freedom to choose. In Jonas’ society they have no

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    Perpetual Dystopias: Analysis of Flawed Human Behaviours in Memoirs found in a Bathtub and Fahrenheit 451 Humans have always desired to gain power and authority over others. The myth that tells the idea of individuals wanting power over others first appeared in the life when Pandora opened her box. As this desire for authority grows‚ the authority unconsciously starts to become selfish‚ calculative and cruel. The presence of these emotions

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    "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe vs. "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats When comparing the novel "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe and William butler Yeats poem "The Second Coming"‚ at first there seem to be no similarities except for the phrase "things fall apart" which is used in both. But as one closely examinee the reasons why both authors use this sentence‚ one realizes that both of them try to show a great change‚ which‚ in the poem is related to reality‚ while in the

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