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    Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World strongly‚ the vast majority of the population is unified under the World State‚ an eternally peaceful‚ stable global society in which goods and resources are plentiful and everyone is happy. Happiness is deprived from mass produced goods such as obstacle golf‚ Centrifugal Bumble-puppy‚ recreational sex and the most common one‚ the use of the drug soma; a hallucinogen that takes users on enjoyable‚ hangover-free "holidays". We meet the protagonist Bernard‚ who

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    Running head: THE PHILIPPINES’ AND THEIR THIRD WORLD STATUS The Philippines’ and their 3rd World Status Latrice Jones Professor Davis 27 CT 2012 The Philippines’ and their Third World Status The country that I have chosen to research is the Philippines‚ by definition a third world country is the underdeveloped nations of the world‚ especially those with widespread poverty‚ the group of developing nations‚ especially of Asia and

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    In the beginning of the 1900s‚ nationalism‚ industrialism‚ and imperialism were alive and well in Europe. These three things gave rise to World War I‚ The Great War‚ The War to End All Wars‚ and all of its atrocities‚ which changed the world forever. World War I‚ The Great War‚ The War to End All Wars did not begin with one or two separate incidences‚ Rather this debacle began/was put in motion with six distinct events. The first event was that the Ottoman Empire was dying‚ and many countries

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    Linda Hogan’s Dwellings; Essay In Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. Linda Hogan hints in her essays and stories that our modern world has lost its connection with nature and that we have lost respect for the earth‚ or have gone against nature in general. Linda Hogan’s writings imply that the world is “out of balance”. She even says “The broken link between us and the rest of the world grows too large…” (130). I am in total disagreement with her claims. I don’t agree with

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    Have you ever wondered how Journalists create false stories then face consequences after the false stories are published? Well‚ I certainly have! In the article “Jimmy’s World” by Janet Cooke‚ Janet Cooke creates a story that ends up being false and gets caught by the mayor with investigations showing that the story about Jimmy to be false causing Janet Cooke to face consequences. When Janet Cooke creates false stories‚ she loses multiple things such as prizes she may receive from writing the story

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    October 29‚ 2012 Brave New World: How Technology Affects Society Brave New World‚ a place in which people are created from scientific labs through a process call the Bokanovsky Process‚ and where being born from parents is a shame for society. Where conditioning is use for training babies to act and think the way people in society wants them to do. A place where a popular drug call Soma is used to control and keep the society happy and stable‚ and causes principles and morals to disappear or change

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    we landed in Orlando‚ Florida‚ I felt anticipation‚ excitement‚ and exhaustion. It was July 2003 and we were on a family vacation to Walt Disney World. The plane had departed from Philadelphia International Airport at 8 a.m. My parents slept soundly and my younger brother and sister were so excited because like me‚ it was their first trip to Disney World as well‚ that they couldn’t even sit still on the plane. Soon‚ we would all be experiencing the thrill of the Magic Kingdom. My siblings could barely

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    The Wonderful World of Disney There are many great places to go on vacation‚ but Disneyworld is one of the greatest places and vacation spots there will ever be. At first‚ vacationers fly into Orlando. Orlando is one of the busiest tourist locations in Florida‚ perhaps even busier than the infamous Miami beaches. This is because Orlando hosts many locations that cater to all kinds of people‚ whether they are children‚ men‚ women‚ adults‚ senior citizens‚ or tourists. Orlando has many theme parks

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    everyone in the world. Tensions continued to rise in Europe until everything exploded. World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in Serbia. After Austria-Hungary decided Serbia was responsible for the assassination rather than the Black Hand members‚ other countries began to get involved‚ and eventually the Great War began. This was supposed to be a short war‚ however it lasted longer than most countries thought it would‚ and it changed the world forever.

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    sparking change that ultimately shapes an era. World War I is no different in this sense. The Great War led to tremendous loss of life and property. Additionally‚ it prompted significant technological advancement and alterations in warfare strategies. Finally‚ World War I changed the power structure of the world‚ paving the way for World War II. World War I was a very pivotal event in the Twentieth Century‚ laying the roots for future conflicts such as World War II. The Great War caused immense loss

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