In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)
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I agree with the position Bernard Crick took in his article “The savage satire of ‘1984’ still speaks to us today”. Although the world made it through the year 1984 successfully without any Big Brother trouble‚ no one knows if something so controlling could actually be realistic one day. No one knows what can happen in the future. The scary thing is‚ ‘the future’ can be anywhere from tomorrow‚ to five hundred years from now allowing that hint of fear to stay present. It seems that everything in
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The Wolf of Wall Street The Wolf of Wall Street is a film which was released on December 25‚ 2013 and managed to make a grand impact on all who ventured to see it. Director Martin Scorsese and writer Jordan Belfort were able to manipulate the story of Belfort’s life through extravagant‚ lavish‚ and relatively vile acts; which‚ in the movie seem to vicariously satisfy many viewers unknowing needs for a crime-comedy movie with a degree of intellectualism and semi-tonal black comedy. In my opinion
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Human Sex Trafficking Thinking‚ have you ever turned blind eyes to many of the world’s problems? Imagine this‚ while you are standing in front of a hotel you notice two men with a child. The child looks gloomy and abused‚ they seem to be glancing around in hopes of something special to happen‚ but you can’t put a finger on the thought since it didn’t concern you. With the quick exchange of money‚ a deal was done and the child follows their new trafficker‚ that’s when you’ll probably notice human
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Not Standing! Unfortunately‚ what we hear is "My country‚ our military‚ respect‚ no one is discriminated against and Get out..." As if anyone is more entitled to anything More‚ then another. The football player making a gazillion dollars playing with a ball has the same right‚ as the man at the car wash‚ or the woman at home making a home for her family. This song that everyone is so willing to place above human lives and our common concerns was never intended to be a fascist stick used to compel
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Music is an important part of our life because it expresses different type of messages to different type of people in certain circumstances. They can mean all different type of emotions like love‚ heartbreak‚ excitement and so many more. Different type of music can impact in people’s lives‚ leaving them with a certain feeling towards someone or something. The song “Where is the love” by The Black Eyed Peas was created to inform people about what’s happening‚ that people should care about their neighbour
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Twain uses Pap‚ an unethical‚ abusive‚ drunken father‚ in order to expose racism and ignorance in Southern white society so that the audience will understand Twains’ position on these issues. During Pap’s rant about the government‚ he tells of a freed African American that came into town and‚ “had the whitest shirt on…and the shiniest hat [too]…he was a p’fessor in a college…and he could vote” (29). Pap shows his contempt towards the fact that an African American is better dressed and better educated
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The following is a response to Christopher Walker from North Carolina who writes: « Dear Dr. Phil‚ my son has recently confided in me that his best friend is a homosexual‚ and I am trying to find good reasons why he should immediately stop hanging around with him. Can you help? Thank you very much. Sincerely yours‚ Christopher Walker. » April 1st‚ 2008 Dear Christopher‚ thank you so much for writing me so many questions! I’m writing you back to this particular one not because your other ones
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In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald satirizes how newly wealthy Americans acted during the 1920’s through Jay Gatsby. The 1920’s was nicknamed the ‘Roaring Twenties’‚ and during this time period‚ many people were much more wealthy and were only interested in big‚ extravagant things. Jay Gatsby is an example of this. He was born poor‚ gained his wealth‚ and now he throws big parties at his mansion to impress hundreds of people. In the beginning of Chapter 5‚ Nick arrives at West Egg
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1000 followers. 300 likes a post. 50 retweets a tweet. Comments consisting of numerous unnecessary heart eye emoji after heart eye emoji. All of this becomes self-validation for the millions of teenagers who use Facebook‚ Twitter‚ and Instagram. This is what our world has come to. Relying on social media to let you know that you are “cool” enough based on the number of likes and followers you have. So now you’re probably thinking “Oh‚ but not EVERY teen wants to display their new ‘your parents
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