Preparation of t-Butyl-Chloride March 8 & 15‚ 2012 Theory: Alkyl halides can be synthesized when alcohols react with hydrogen halides. An alkyl halide is a halogen-substituted alkane‚ and a hydrogen halide is a compound consisting of a hydrogen bonded to a halogen (H-X). Alkyl halides are classified as primary‚ secondary‚ or tertiary depending on the number of alkyl substituents directly attached to the carbon bearing the halogen atom. The purpose of this laboratory experiment was to prepare
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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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Psychological concepts in A Clockwork Orange At the start of A Clockwork Orange‚ you are introduced to Alex and his droogs. They are at a milkbar drinking milk-plus. Milk‚ plus types of drugs that enhance Alex and his droogs ultraviolence‚ which is the main backdrop to the story that leads to other psychological events. Drug addiction is a complex disorder that is compulsive and often uncontrollable. This is a chronic relapsing disorder‚ and treatment for drug addiction is about as effective as treatments
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A Clockwork Orange: Political Impacts When A Clockwork Orange was released in the early 70’s it was instantly seen as controversial sparking huge amounts of criticism in America and Britain from renowned film critics‚ government officials and members of conservative groups. In the late 60’s Western society and culture was changing along with Western Cinema as a result of the old studio system collapsing‚ signalling the end of Classical Hollywood films. With the rise of television into popular
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protagonist is the one who is to define the perspective in which the story is told to the reader. More importantly the protagonist’s actions and qualities are what set aside the protagonist from all of the other characters in a poem or novel. In A Clockwork Orange the protagonist‚ Alex is portrayed as a violent fifteen-year-old boy who deals with the inability to express his violent nature due to a treatment that forces him to feel pain every time he thinks about a violent thought. On the other hand‚ Beowulf
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In 1971‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ a philosophical and dystopian film written‚ produced‚ and directed by Stanley Kubrick‚ was released. Before being withdrawn from the British public sixty-one weeks after its release‚ by Kubrick himself‚ this movie gained the attention of several different groups- churchgoers‚ media‚ police‚ local authorities‚ teenagers‚ and other townspeople. While some reactions to the film were positive-specifically among teenagers and young adults- there were numerous negative reactions
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Language and Literature BRITISH LITERATURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY An unconvincing twist or necessary completion of the book’s moral integrity? Discuss the ending of A Clockwork Orange. TWENTY-ONE? Richard Borovička 2nd year – Aj-Pg Summer semester 2009 Are we to discuss to what extent the ending of A Clockwork Orange is convincing‚ at least three levels of viewpoint should be taken into consideration. The author’s intention in terms of the effect that the last chapter was supposed to create
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