David Brooks began his essay “One Nation‚ Slightly Divisible” by dividing America into two sections: “Red America”‚ the republicans‚ and “Blue America”‚ the democrats. Brooks discussed the differences between the two groups. He described how “Red America” was made up of farmers and rural communities‚ while “Blue America” consisted of big cities with many stores and businesses. As Brooks looked at the red and blue sections of the electoral map‚ he was interested in the reasons
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I believe David Brooks makes a valid point in his article‚ “People Like Us.” Many people self-segregate and it is not always purposeful. Yet‚ some people do self-segregate for their own beliefs. Either way‚ America is still in some ways segregated. I agree and disagree with Brooks’ statement‚ “It is a common complaint that every place is starting to look the same” (357.) I agree because in some areas‚ it can be seen that only a specific race of people lives in certain neighborhoods. Also‚ this can
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Evaluate the pros/cons in life in Utopia Humanity always seems to debate on what makes a perfect society. Whether it is completely controlled by the government or a free nature of state. In Moore’s Utopia‚ he explores the aspects of this so called perfect society. Yet like any piece of literature‚ the reader might find pros and cons to life in “Utopia” the way Moore describes it. These can include the sx hour working day and everyone being materially equal‚ as being positive. Versus women having
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“Mind over Muscle” by David Brooks‚ proclaims that over the years‚ women have started to surpass men and have begun to be dominant figures in society. In the article it states “ and that means this is turning into a women’s world‚ because women’s are better students than women’s. David Brooks provoked the idea that the world has drastically changed by changing the possession of the world between the two genders and education‚ responsibility and success made the change to happen. Certainty‚ over time
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Thomas More’s Utopia is a work of ambiguous dualities that forces readers to question More’s real view on the concept of a utopian society. However‚ evidence throughout the novel suggests that More did intend Utopia to be the “best state of the commonwealth.” The detailed description of Utopia acts as Mores mode of expressing his humanistic views‚ commenting on the fundamentals of human nature and the importance of reason and natural law‚ while gracefully combining the two seemingly conflicting ideals
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More‚ the author‚ describes Utopia as a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. However‚ this fictional society would not work especially in today’s day and age‚ because the description of the cities and farms hinges upon a general fact of Utopian life: homogeneity. Everything in Utopia is as similar as it possibly can be. According to Hythloday the cities are almost indistinguishable from each other. They have virtually the same populations‚ architecture‚ layouts
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In David Brooks’ article‚ “The cost of Relativism‚” and Nicholas Confessore’s article‚ “Tramps like Them” gives a detailed description of generations that are caught in a recurring loop of stress and family breakdown. This has created eroding of citizens American virtues. In both articles they talk about books that explains breakdowns of generations. One of the books are called “Our Kids” by Robert Putnam which illustrates the differences between college graduate parents and high school graduate
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UTOPIA 1. What was the date of publication of Utopia? 2. What explorations had created a new world picture in the quarter of a century prior to the composition of Utopia? How did those explorations affect the book? 3. Who was Erasmus and what was his connection with More? 4. Who was Peter Giles and what was his role in Utopia? 5. Who was Raphael Hythloday and what was his role in Utopia? 6. Who was Cardinal Morton and how did he figure in Utopia? 7. Cite several conditions‚ laws‚ and customs
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one’s faults against its victories to render it better or worse than the other. This comparative structure‚ found between Thomas More’s two books of Utopia‚ poses the country of Utopia opposite the broader communities of world civilization. Despite the comparison of Utopia as distinct from and morally better than widespread society‚ in truth Utopia is‚ at best‚ an extension. The sloth of governments abroad have led Utopians to pursue lives of group work rather than personal property. In Book I
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The author of The New York Times article “The Campus Crusaders” David Brooks discusses students high sensitivity level in education today‚ Professors must be cautious of what they say during lectures‚ so they aren’t accused of violating students personal or emotional feelings. The reason is campus activists are reacting emotionally to their idea of fighting for a moral cause or issue. According to the author‚ the theory is ”... the ultimate source of authority is not some hard-to-understand truth
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