Judith Guest’s novel‚ Ordinary People‚ is quite a unique story in that it has two protagonists. It alternates between the Conrad’s story and Calvin’s‚ his father. Although they seem interrelated‚ especially at the beginning‚ they are more like two completely different stories which happen to occasionally affect one another before splitting off and going their own ways once more. Conrad’s main concern seems to be his emotional time bomb‚ always threatening to blow but never knowing when it’s going
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"Peace‚ Technology‚ and the Role of Ordinary People"‚ is one person ’s eccentric view of the negative connotations associated with technology. Military technology provides us with the global power to protect citizens in the event of war. The money invested in technology is equivalent to what is used to pay workers ’ salaries. Economic changes in society are as important to world leaders as they are to the ordinary man. In "Peace‚ Technology‚ and the Role of Ordinary People"‚ technology is neither positive
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[briarpatch922] Melanie Woody English 1010-C92 17 September 2013 Classical Music Would be Ordinary without the Oboe Handel‚ Bach‚ Mozart‚ Saint Saëns‚ Beethoven and many more composers wrote countless music for full‚ grand orchestras and their pieces of music have been played regularly and imitated to this day. In almost each work‚ they chose to exhibit one instrument in particular: the oboe. Why the oboe? What does it have that other instruments are lacking? If many world-renowned composers
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Close Reading: Culture is Ordinary by Raymond Williams The article by Raymond Williams is an attempt to describe and analyse the changing dynamics of culture through its constant shifts in meaning. He begins his essay with a brief account of a visit to his childhood home in Wales‚ in a few words describing his own personal history. From his anecdote‚ Williams delves into his main argument‚ that Culture is ordinary‚ breaking this idea into two parts‚ “the known meanings and directions‚ which its
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Discuss how "political time" is different than ordinary time‚ in terms of resistance groups. For instance‚ the resistance fighters in Viet Nam fought first the French‚ in Indochina‚ then the Americans‚ from 1945 until 1975‚ for thirty years. How is it possible to motivate subordinates to fight that long? “Political time” differs from that of ordinary time in the amount of time it takes to reach an end result. As ordinary time may take anywhere from a few days to several years‚ “political time”
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Browning was a counter-intuitive book about the Holocaust and the belief behind the SS and policemen who willingly committed to the killing of more than thousands of Jews. He argued that these policemen were not specially selected killers; they were all ordinary men with common jobs such as teachers and truck drivers just like everybody else. Yet‚ under false circumstances like peer pressure and the brutal war environment that roused their sleeper personality‚ these men were able to hold up their bayonets
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characteristics and others use body modification procedures to create themselves a unique persona‚ the man with two faces‚ Sam Alexander‚ was born an average man. His unique characteristics were the result of a personal disaster. Sam Alexander – An Ordinary Man Becomes‚ Extraordinary Alexander had aspirations of becoming an actor‚ so in his 20’s he began to pursue a career in show business. He was promoted to Chicago’s Shubert Theatre and his career path began to take shape. While the details are somewhat
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to make him better. She doesn’t give Conrad any attention. Her actions lead Con to believing that she doesn’t even love him. In the book he told Calvin that‚ “She hates me” (Guest). “It appears that Beth resents Conrad in many ways” (Relations in Ordinary People). In the time that Conrad should be healing Beth is pushing him away and because of what she is doing she could push Con back to where he was before. Conrad having the feeling that he is unwanted and unloved by his mother isn’t going to make
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painful journey of seeking redemption. Raskolnikov believes that by the law of nature‚ men have been divided into two groups of “ordinary” and “extraordinary”. Raskolnikov believes that “ordinary” people’s purpose is to just exist‚ in order to form the world and the society. The second group is those who are “extraordinary” and a step above those who are simply ordinary. Raskolnikov cites such “extraordinary men” as Newton‚ Mahomet‚ and Napoleon. He tells us that Newton had the right to kill hundreds
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Ordinary People Critical Lens Alexander Solzhenitsyn once said‚ “Good literature substitutes for an experience which we‚ ourselves‚ have not yet experienced.” Good literature creates worlds and lifestyles for us that we otherwise would not be exposed to. Good writing gives us the opportunity to live in another world and experience things that otherwise would be out of our reach. These can be realistic things‚ or fantasy. Good literature gives us the opportunity to explore other peoples worlds
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