Mrs. Logic’s Message Six feet was too tall: Equality 7-2521 stood head and shoulders above the crowd and his brothers in society looked down on him because of it. In the novella Anthem‚ author Ayn Rand explores the dangers of a Collectivist society and the freedom that comes with escaping such a place as she chronicles the life of her main character‚ Equality. Part of Rand’s motivation for writing her novella was her desire to further develop the philosophy that she created that is known as Objectivism
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Facebook in Mache’s eyes was never at the top of its game. It was a spiral downwards towards the impending loneliness of society. Technology has never run as rampant‚ and for so long‚ such as Facebook has. It is a cancer of society‚ and instead of making us closer together it is making us much farther apart. Mache starts off his essay very strong with an enduring story that catches the readers eye. Mache makes it a goal to play on people’s emotions and uses examples that do just this in his essay
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Not everyone has the ability to control whether they have a peaceful death or not. Dr. Philip Nitschke‚ pro-euthanasia activist and author of “Euthanasia: Hope You Never Need It‚ but Be Glad the Option Is There‚” feels it is every human’s right to have a serene death. The primary goal of the article is to promote the idea that denying one the ability to die peacefully‚ excluding those under the age of 18 and with mental illnesses‚ is unethical. The author firmly believes there should be laws in place
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When one confronts an opportunity to steer one’s life into a beactic‚ colourful field from the endless‚ desolate tunnels of routine‚ one must break the wall of consistent monotony that stands between the two fates. Harold Crick‚ a man of numbers‚ inhibits an abyss of calculations and tasteless décor. As he stands outside Ana Pascal’s bakery on his regularly timed coffee break‚ he gazes through the circular window at a life contrapositive to his wearisome one. One‚ with communication‚ relationships
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Anyone who’s read the Giver knows that Jonas’s society if different than our own. Better read people‚ however‚ understand the book enough to realize that this is because his city is a dystopian society. Causing the banishment of emotions was a colossal mistake for “the community‚” as he called it‚ because the project caused more harm than good. Deluded readers might say that they feel lesser emotions; in truth‚ they don’t even know the meaning. Even items other than emotion were taken out eventually
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My fellow neighbors of Salem‚ I speak to you today after attending a speech made by Franklin Roosevelt‚ who has enlightened me on a many great factors missing from our town. He has stated that a society cannot properly function without the establishment of several freedoms: freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ and freedom from fear. Considering the recent events that have transpired here‚ I believe I surprise no one when I say that we as a community require substantial improvement in implementing
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One of the major themes that Socrates heavily focused on in his speech was the philosophical ideas of wisdom and a description of Socrates’ own wisdom as well. Older accusers had allegedly claimed that Socrates did not believe in gods‚ and instead would try to explain phenomenons through physical explanations instead‚ as well as the fact that Socrates would teach others how to make a weak argument triumph a stronger one by using clever rhetorics. In Socrates’ defense‚ he has stated that he does not
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The central message of this text is that if people are not careful with the constant bombardment of electronic stimulation‚ they will go down a path of eventual knowledge bankruptcy. This bankruptcy will lead to our minds becoming hardwired differently than ever before‚ and could lead to future generations subsequently being more and more unintelligent. I would define my position as a sympathetic audience member. With my own position in mind‚ the kind of audience I think the author is trying to
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Parents and or previous parents‚ Over the years kids have been abandoned or left alone without a family. A lot of the times kids are put up for adoption and once they are in the adoption agency they don’t end up finding a home or a family of their own. In foreign countries a lot of the time children have families but their parents can’t give them the nutrition and the life they need to survive. Did you know‚ that around the world 16‚000 children die a day due to the lack of food‚ clean water‚ medicine
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In American politics‚ political candidates use election promises all the time in order to gain votes and get into office. However‚ some candidates never have the intention of fulfilling these promises and abandon them once in office. In the article‚ “Obama Finally Fulfills Campaign Promise To Spend One Night In Abandoned Amusement Park” published by The Onion‚ it states that President Obama promised that he would spend a night in the Cedar Plains Family Fun amusement park for an entire night when
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