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    Adventure on an Island

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    ‘’John and Alice‚ for your exemplary performance in your year-end examinations‚ we are going for a little family holiday.’’ said James Brown‚ father of John and Alice Brown. ‘’Where? Where?’’ asked the children excitedly. ‘’We’re going to a place that offers unlimited peace and quiet. That place is Bermuda. And while you’re there……’’ James spoke at length about proper etiquette and how it would affect them. Although it was quite boring‚ it would have benefitted them if they had paid attention instead

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    River Island

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    http://www.riverisland.com/Online/ [pic] Logo [pic] DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE The logo is placed in the top left of the website page. The word River Island are shown above is in black and in Capital which this emphasis their company name. The purpose for this logo is that people would know what website they are visiting and seeing company’s image. This logo’s size has the height of 76px and width 172 px. TARGET AUDIENCE The target audience is for teenagers and adults aged 13-35.

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    Brave New World: Utopia?

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    Matthew Cayce Instructor Susanna Holmes Honors Composition II 26 April 2006 Brave New World: Utopia? When one envisions a utopian society‚ religion‚ the prevailing presence of social class segregation‚ and abusive drug use are not typically part of such a surreal picture. These attributes of society‚ which are generally the leading causes of discontent among its members‚ are more so the flaws an idealist would stray from in concocting such hypothesis for a more "perfect" world; not so for Aldous

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    The Dangers of an All Powerful State In the book Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley introduces a utopia that is the total opposite of the current world today. In this utopia everything is changed‚ promiscuity is promoted‚ soma (a drug that everyone uses to escape from their true emotions) is distributed to everyone‚ people are in different caste systems‚ and consumerism and production is of vast importance. In an all powerful state‚ certain things must be produced to keep the current position of

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    Brave New World: The Perfect World? Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World presents a portrait of a society which is superficially a perfect world. At first inspection‚ it seems perfect in many ways: it is carefree‚ problem free and depression free. All aspects of the population are controlled: number‚ social class‚ and intellectual ability are all carefully regulated. Even history is controlled and rewritten to meet the needs of the party. Stability must be maintained at all costs. In the new world

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    Freedom and individualism are a significant component of contemporary society‚ however there are many parts of the world where these basic human rights are not granted. The lack of these basic rights are clearly demonstrated in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The leaders of many societies are willing to sacrifice innocent lives in order for society to function according to their visions. Many leaders are willing to sacrifice the freedom of

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    Does a strong commitment to technological progress cause a society to neglect other values such as education and the protection of the environment? Devotion to science and technological advancements is unable to isolate other governments‚ institutional or organization values in a society. After all‚ the significance of technology in a society is to improve and transform the world to a better place and its people for the better. To my knowledge and from books that I have read such as Aldous Huxley’s

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    The Brave New World by Aldous Huxley discusses a utopian society in which everything is "perfect". Huxley believes that a society like this will emerge in the future due to rapid development of science. Members of the society are genetically engineered and assigned a class by their intelligence. The society is truly flawless in the sense that everyone is happy with the freedoms they have. On the other hand‚ people in this society are far from perfect because of their freedoms and the way that they

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    Utopia- The Impossibility of Perfection Compare & Contrast Essay Andrew Markwart 4/30/2013 ENG4U1 Ms. Nouragas The concept of a Utopia has served as the source of inspiration for many fiction novels. This term was first popularized in the year 1516 by Sir Thomas More who used it as the headline of his book which describes the basis of a perfect society. Sir Thomas More’s perspective of the utopian society is comparable to that of both Aldous Huxley‚ the author of Brave New World‚

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    Brave New World Essay In Brave New World‚ John the Savage willfully exiles himself from the reservation‚ where he was born and raised‚ in order to travel to the new world; because of his passion for learning and this twisted idea of becoming happy through his acceptance. Aldous Huxley has written a novel where the main character experiences a type of exile that is tragically unhealable while being beneficial. John’s experiences in the world state were enriching; however‚ they were even more

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