A Clockwork Orange Response Part 3 Chapters 4-7 A theme conveyed in the last chapter of Anthony Burgess’s novel‚ A Clockwork Orange is about the transition from his childhood to becoming an adult. From the beginning‚ Alex was a violent‚ cruel‚ and immature teenager and now embraces a new image of living a peaceful and mature lifestyle. Most importantly‚ he intentionally wants to change his true image so that his future son will be able to follow his footsteps. This is a prime example of how Alex’s
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Charles Murray: Are Too Many People Going to College The higher education system in America has become an expectation‚ and an apparent necessity‚ for those looking to achieve success in the work force. Young adults’ mentors‚ including teachers‚ counselors‚ and parents‚ urge students to attend college after the competition of high school‚ no matter the circumstances. In his work‚ "Are Too Many People Going to College"‚ Charles Murray brings this system of postsecondary education under question‚
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Pride and Prejudice Discussion Items No 1 Response 1. How does the setting of the early nineteenth‚ late eighteenth century England influence the characters and events of the novel? The traditions and culture influence the characters and plot completely throughout Pride and Prejudice. The division of classes found in in this culture provide the base for the complicated game the characters must play to attract each other. Since England is well developed at this time‚ it is possible for the characters
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Readers Response to George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant The first time I found myself reading the short story “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell was during my senior year of high school. As an animal lover‚ the title was as intriguing as it was unappealing. Why would you want to shoot an elephant? That question is one that the character‚ the author himself‚ asks throughout the story as it’s told. It starts by introducing himself as a white sub-divisional police officer serving in Moulmein
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“Rabbit‚ Run” is a book by John Updike‚ is about a young man in his twenties and a former high school basketball player named Harry “Rabbit” Angstrom who feels trapped in his marriage to Janice. As a person in the book‚ Harry is seen as a selfish and immature person that uses basketball to avoid the past. Especially when it came to his wife who came from a different world as him but also had problems of her own. She was dealing with alcohol and drug problems. She was also dealing with a depression
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In the poem‚ “Fences‚” Troy is someone who doesn’t care what anyone says about him. He’s his own person and he likes to be open about his problems. I think that Troy is someone who is polite‚ nice‚ and somewhat thinks he knows it all. Troy doesn’t care if his wife‚ Rose‚ doesn’t want to hear about death. When Troy talked about death‚ he was telling his friend‚ Bono‚ and his wife‚ Rose‚ that everyone dies at some point in life. When Troy’s son‚ Lyons‚ comes over‚ he asks for money but Troy doesn’t
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Catcher in the Rye Extended Response To describe about Holden a little‚ he was a very weird guy. He has different perspective to other people‚ even though he has a normal appearance. He drinks‚ smokes and swears a lot but he is only a teenager. The way Holden talked was very funny; he used swearing words a lot. Maybe author tried to express Holden’s negative perspective against the world by using this way of speaking. Anyway‚ he was a typical student who had problems in schools. He failed
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Opening: 5 The Rabbits’ is a picture book addressing the suffering the aboriginals experienced at the time of European colonization. The ‘Rabbits’ presents these issues in such a way that it a story for all ages. To being with the prominent part of the portrait is the white settler’s perception which is observed unmistakably in first glimpse‚ the picture of the striking sunset‚ buildings and houses serenely assembles next to one another. It is the aboriginal’s viewpoint being the truth is shown
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Proof of high degree of risk: The loose material‚ trees‚ including the overhanging trees on the highwall were susceptible to failure because of continual blasting in the area‚ rain‚ frequent freezes‚ and thaws that would have further loosened and caused the material to fall creating a high degree of risk of crushing if not fatal injuries to miners working below. Failure to record the hazardous conditions in the pre-shift and on-shift record book created a high degree of risk to the miners of unknown
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A2 LAW – ANSWER TO ASSIGNMENT 3.12 a) Aswina threw a dish at Celia breaking one of her teeth. The most likely charge here would be assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH)‚ under S47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (OAPA). ABH is a triable either way offence that could be tried in either the magistrates or Crown court. It carries a maximum punishment of 5 years in prison. The actus reus is either that the defendant committed the actus reus of assault or battery and that the assault
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