Candide Questions 1. Describe three targets of Voltaire’s satires in Candide? Using Candide‚ cite one example for each. In Candide‚ there are three targets: religion‚ optimism and the military. An example for criticism of religion is on page 10‚ “When a brutish sailor struck him roughly and laid him sprawling; but with the violence of the blow he himself tumbled head foremost overboard… Honest James ran to his assistance‚ hauled him up‚ and from the effort he made was precipitated into the sea
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Satire notes: Analytical Reading 3 techniques of satire: 1. Exaggeration: Represents something beyond normal boundaries so that it becomes absurd‚ and reveals its faults. 2. Incongruity: Presents things that are out of place. 3. Reversal: Presents the opposite of the normal order. 4. Parody: Imitates the techniques or style of a person‚ place‚ or thing. The fallowing is taken in context from an excerpt from A Modest Proposal Can you locate an example of exaggeration in the passage
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senior year the way they wanted to. Teenage girls getting pregnant and having children is not a new issue‚ in fact it has been around for years. In fact‚ according to Teen Help‚ “teen pregnancy and birth rate was much higher prior to 1980 (and especially in the 1950s and 1960s.)” (Help‚ 2010) http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-pregnancy/teen-pregnancy-statistics.htmlThe difference between today and the 50’s and 60’s however is that back then the majority of teenage mothers were already married. Also most
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The teenage birth rate in the United States is the highest in the developed world‚ and the teenage abortion rate is also high.[11] In 2005 in the U.S.‚ the majority (57%) of teen pregnancies resulted in a live birth‚ 27% ended in an induced abortion‚ and 16% in a fetal loss.[20] The U.S. teenage pregnancy rate was at a high in the 1950s and has decreased since then‚ although there has been an increase in births out of wedlock.[21] The teenage pregnancy rate decreased significantly in the 1990s; this
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Teen Pregnancy Teenage pregnancy is an overwhelming problem in the United States. In 2006‚ the rate of teen pregnancy had increased for the first time in a decade and it remains the highest among developed countries in the world. “About 40 percent of American women become pregnant before the age of 20. The result is about 1 million pregnancies each year among women ages 15 to 19. Only half of those pregnancies end in actual births” (Casey.) Concerned parents‚ educators‚ and healthcare workers
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Teen Suicide Teen suicide is one of the most reported or talked about tragedies among teens‚ it is caused by many things and we can help prevent it. Most everyone at sometime in his or her life will experience anxiety‚ sadness and despair. Those with serious mental illnesses‚ however‚ often experience much more extreme reactions. And when all hope is lost some feel that suicide is the only solution. It Isn’t. There are many ways you can tell the threat of suicide. Personality Change‚ Loss of
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Teen Genre; a closer look What is a typical high school film scene? School buses‚ bells ringing‚ book bags‚ parties‚ bullies‚ fights‚ the nerd‚ the jock‚ the pretty girl and the outcast who wants to be her? These are common things people might think of when talking about a teen film. In most teen films today‚ viewers find that the plot‚ characters and story lines are very similar. Although‚ some movies are different in detail and even in time period. In May of 1984‚ John Hughes produced the
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society is now very open-minded and accepting about teen pregnancy. Theoretical Perspective The theoretical perspective that teenage pregnancy best fits under is symbolic interactionist perspective. The technical definition of this perspective is that society is the sum of the interactions of individual
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most common source for information. Many teens base their lives on what’s the new and wearing what’s in style . Television is the decision maker on what we do and don’t do ‚ but and don’t buy and‚ believe in things we want to believe because this little box with flashing lights and motion told us so. So many teen‚worker and parents are the most displayed stereotypes out there aside from race‚ color and culture. How are teens stereotyped on television? Teens are stereotyped as to be what the world
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Attention all teens! After a long long long time of waiting on hand and knee of the evil adultarchy‚ we the teens and the Council of Teenage Freedom have decided to revolt! just Sure‚ we are just a bunch of teens funded by the first national bank of dad‚ we have no say in politics until we are 18‚ The truths that we hold self-evident is; the right to have a myspace page. The right to be able to play video games whenever we want. In addition‚ to have the right to have a cell phone at any age.
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