was Agent Orange. “Agent Orange was a defoliant sprayed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War to clear dense vegetation and reveal enemy troops. It was contaminated with dioxin‚ a potent toxicant that persists for decades in the environment.” Exposure to this chemical causes health problems including diseases. Korean soldiers
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A Clockwork Orange takes place in a futuristic city governed by a repressive‚ totalitarian super-state. In this society‚ ordinary citizens have fallen into a passive stupor of complacency‚ blind to the insidious growth of a rampant‚ violent youth culture. The protagonist of the story is Alex a fifteen-year-old boy who narrates in a teenage slang‚ which incorporates elements of Russian and Cockney English. Alex leads a small gang of teenage criminals through the streets‚ robbing and beating men and
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rebellion and disorder of a society. As we compare these two opposite society types‚ there are two books that are the poster child of utopia and dystopia. Those two books are Kurt Vonnegut’s "Player Piano"‚ and Anthony Burgess’s "A Clockwork Orange". In Kurt Vonnegut’s "Player Piano" we follow the hero Paul Protues through his utopian society. Where in his society they have just recovered from a ten year war and now has been built up and ran completely by machines. Furthermore a super
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Clockwork Cruelty The names Stanley Kubrick and Antonin Artaud are ones that are not often‚ if ever‚ heard together in the same sentence. However‚ this does not mean they have nothing in common. In fact Kubrick ’s film A Clockwork Orange shares elements with Artaud ’s Theatre of Cruelty. This is seen in the disorienting use of language‚ visuals in which “violent physical images crush and hypnotize the sensibility of the spectator” (Cardullo‚ 375)‚ and in how the film ’s impact
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A Clockwork Orange "Eat this sweetish segment or spit it out. You are free." -Anthony Burgess Anthony Burgess has been heralded as one of the greatest literary geniuses of the twentieth century. Although Burgess has over thirty works of published literature‚ his most famous is A Clockwork Orange. Burgess’s novel is a futuristic look at a Totalitarian government. The main character‚ Alex‚ is an "ultra-violent" thief who has no problem using force against innocent citizens
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Compare the society that Orwell creates in 1984 with the one that Burgess creates in ‘A Clockwork orange’ Link your observations to the two writers‚ their contexts and their views on their own society. The two novels that these writers are famous for link together in many ways. Despite the different time periods and views in which the writers effectively portray they share the key idea of a dystopian society. In this essay I will attempt to explore the differences as well as the similarities
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In both ‘A Clockwork Orange’ and ‘Brighton Rock’ characters are faced with choices that develop and intensify the plot‚ making the novels both stimulating and thought provoking to read. Brighton rock’s Pinkie is aware of the choices he makes‚ though he acknowledges the difference between right and wrong he falls foul to the temptation of wrongdoing. Pinkie choses damnation over salvation‚ the decision derives from the fact Pinkie is aware of God but refuses the idea of being pure and good nonetheless
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Oranges "Oranges" begins with Gary Soto narrating one of his life experiences in this poem. He remembers a particular experience of walking side by side with a girl. There are two characters a twelve year old boy and his date. When the poem begins‚ the narrator is alone‚ and on his way to go pick up the girl. It was winter time and he only had two oranges with him‚ which his purpose was to share them with his date. The beginning of the poem is not very positive‚ though‚ but rather negative. In
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plants. There are many kinds of fruits of which the "Orange" is my favourite fruit. An orange is a type of citrus fruit which people often eat. They are a very good source of vitamins‚ especially vitamin C. Oranges are round orange-coloured fruit that grow on a tree which can reach 10 metres high. Orange trees have dark green shiny leaves and small white flowers with five petals. The flowers smell very sweet which attracts many bees. The "sweet orange"‚ which is the kind that is most often eaten today
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Orange and Lemon Battery Experiment Darren Chymbeline Pineda‚ Jade Salentes‚ Karryle Olarte‚ Kathlene Malunao‚ Felix Villarente VII-6 Mahinahon Sta. Elena High School‚ Marikina City Summary All people need energy in various forms such as heat‚ light‚ sound‚ etc. to sustain their everyday lives. Although these various forms of energy are equally needed by people‚ not all of them are always available‚ especially the energy needed to power up their main appliances which is electricity. Due to the inevitability
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