The Battle of the Oranges as Performance The Battle of the Oranges is a festival happening in February or March each year in the Northern Italian city of Ivrea. The climax of the festival is the tradition of throwing oranges between organized groups of locals and tourists. It is the largest food fight in Italy and involves over 3‚000 revelers from around the world. This festival‚ or ritual‚ or spectacle‚ or play‚ involves elements of performance because of its convention‚ context‚ usage‚ and tradition
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In Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange‚ we see the dilemma of a young man named Alex. Alex and his droogs live a violent life of stealing‚ raping‚ and ultra-violence. In the book‚ Alex is only fifteen but in Kubrick’s film Alex is a shade older. The book is about the effects of a controlling society on its citizens and the ramifications of cynical authorities. Most would agree that Alex and his droogs are committing wrong and senseless acts; but what makes the novel so interesting is how the government
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dystopian genre‚ two films that have left an indelible mark in the minds of the audience for impeccably portraying the “dehumanized” society are Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) and Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange (1971). Released at almost a gap of 40 years‚ both Metropolis and A Clockwork Orange highlight societal
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pairs‚ white‚ and short-stalked. Fruit is yellow when ripe‚ nearly spherical‚ 2 to 3.5 cm diameter‚ 6- to 7-celled‚ and thin-skinned. The skin or peel is green to yellowish green or yellow‚ loosely adhering to the flesh. The flesh contains a few light orange seeds. The forum from beemaster.com shows that calamansi juice can kill varroa mite. Varroa mites are external parasites of bees. The mites‚ which are about the size of a pinhead‚ use specialized mouthparts to attack developing bee larvae. The Varroa
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buying cosmetic products. Its aim to create a product of orange peel mask which is cheaper and could give the same effect in losing acne which the commercial one could give through cosmetic products. Cosmetic products are important thing to be beautiful and to prevent skin problem like acnes. And one natural product for losing acnes is the orange peel mask. Determining the effectiveness of orange peel mask is the main goal of the study. Orange peel toss in the garbage by many of us can help our skin
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Nadsat Language in A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess’s writing style in his most famous novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ is different to say the least. This novel is praised for its ingenuity‚ although many are disturbed by Burgess’s predictions for the future. However‚ for many‚ it is close to impossible to comprehend without outside help. This is because Burgess created a language specifically for this novel‚ called Nadsat. This Russian-based language forms conversations between the narrator‚ Alex
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I have decided to do my research paper about the effects of Agent Orange on the ecosystem and environment of Vietnam and the soldiers who were fighting during the Vietnam war. This topic is one of many examples of how dangerous chemical being used for warfare also destroyed the environment. This event also caused damage to the people who were in contact with the agent and spread genetically through their descendants. I often wonder how the government can use such dangerous chemicals without thinking
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In Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson‚ china represents the foundation for the belief system that Jeanette develops throughout the novel. A strong foundation is made up of evidence and the reasoning behind your views. When Jeanette is younger‚ her mother imposes her strong beliefs about the Bible on her by putting these beliefs on various types of china and showing her a variety of evidence to support her beliefs. As Jeanette discovers her sexual orientation‚ she learns about Mrs
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ORANGES [Imagined Narrative] Anticipating in my bedroom with anxiety watching me suffer‚I get up and walk to my tattered and torn jacket.This is my first date‚ and the wind is howling like coyotes ready for a feast.I put on my tattered wind-breaker jacket‚because I felt it was appropriate considering my house was being besieged by glistening snowflakes and by winds with a withered battle cry of a warrior.The snowflakes began making a dull grey abyss in the distance .Before leaving on a treacherous
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Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt and A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess are two books with a similar environment. The books environments are influenced by a lack of humanity‚ lack of civility‚ and human spirit. Salman Rushdie quotes‚ “Literature is where I go to explore the highest and lowest places in human society and the human spirit.” Salman Rushdie’s quote and the books that have been mentioned above share the idea that we can explore and learn from these fictional or nonfictional situational
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