Why are we attracted to dystopian stories about our future and not scared? According to Jean Card from U.S. News‚ “Technology is so advanced‚ it is almost magical . . . Right now‚ the U.S. government’s branches are broken . . . Information sources have become increasingly centralized and nationalized . . . Political correctness has expanded into a genuine threat to free speech.” So‚ does that mean we are becoming a dystopia‚ like the ones we read about? According to Wikipedia‚ a dystopia is described
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As the internet evolved‚ people have changed their perceptions of what is important to them. People are more desensitized to a lack of privacy by the constant necessity of giving it up‚ if through needing to sign up for a service‚ or by putting pictures out on social networks This has happened in online privacy and in the trust of online services. Charles Howarth’s piece “Technology is making us blind: the dangerous complacency of the iPhone era” argues that over time people have lost wariness of
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in their culture and especially their most popular dance‚ the punta. In this essay I will introduce a brief history of the culture and song/dance style the punta‚ as well as talk about the creation of the highly popular style of world music‚ punta rock. This one category of music‚ punta‚ will be used to help explain the history‚ traditional practices and future expansions of the culture. History of the Garifuna People The Garinagu people are an ethnic group that was formed by the fusion of the
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J.S. Mills had numerous examples when he proclaimed‚ “liberty is often granted where it should withheld‚ as well as withheld where it should be granted” (Mills 103). Everybody deserves liberty as long as they do not harm other individuals in the process. People should have the ability to do in their own concerns‚ but people should not be free to exercise power over another individual. In chapter five in On Liberty‚ this obligation is almost utterly disregarded in the instance of family relations
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The author of The Outsiders is S.E Hinton. Ponyboy is a sweet‚ caring 14 year old boy who is in a gang called The Greasers. He lives with his two brothers Sodapop and Darrel. The Greasers live on the East side and the Socs live on the West side. Johnny‚ Pony‚ Darry fight for something they believe in that brings purpose to their lives. Johnny had killed Bob in the park one night and Ponyboy was with him Ponyboy sticks with everyone no matter what he is very dependable.‚ they were going
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about the greasers‚ the poor teenagers who don’t fit in‚ fighting with the socs‚ the rich kids who have everything. The greasers have it worse because they have bad family life‚ they are always fighting and being jumped by the socs‚ and they don’t fit in with society. The greases have bad family life like relationships with their parents. Dally’s parents don’t care about him or what he does‚ ponyboy’s parents aren’t even alive they died in a car crash. Johnny has a
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In the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot‚ the main character‚ J. Alfred Prufrock is seen as an anti-hero. His character and identity comes through strongly in the poem as a shy and introverted man who is socially inept‚ extremely self conscious‚ lacking in self confidence and wallowing in self-pity‚ yet desiring for people to notice him. The composer shows this through his use of allusions‚ powerful imagery to create vignettes of Prufrock’s life and the form of the poem as
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Cited: Wilson‚ Tracy V. "Was Tyrannosaurus Rex a Predator or a Scavenger?" HowStuffWorks. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/t-rex-predator-or-scavenger2.htm>.
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Black rock essay Introduction: Steven vidler‚ director of Blackrock use a number of cinematic techniques to the theme of risk. Teenagers are notorious for risk tasking behaviour which can have devastating consequence for the future. Blackrock is a 1997 film tells the story of Jared‚ a teenage boy who witness a rape and murder at a teen party‚ and must risk his social status (and safety) by coming forward. Vidler explores the theme of risk using film techhiguc such as montage‚ costuming‚ dialog
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Inside of the Outsiders One boy’s once simple life is impacted by tragic loss after making one bad decision. The Outsiders‚ by S.E. Hinton‚ is a novel about the rivalry between greasers and Socs. It is narrated by the main character‚ Ponyboy Curtis. He tells the reader about his life being turned upside down after making one childish mistake. The greaser struggle more than the Socs because they are poor‚ the Socs jump them‚ and people think that they are trash. The greasers do not have money or
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