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    AP English Literature and Composition Character Name(s) _______________________________________________________________ Score _____ / 30 I. Provide an example of each of these literary terms for character from any of the short stories in this section. Characterization: Antihero: Dynamic: Static: Foil: Flat: Stock: Round: Saving Sourdi by May-Lee Chai (Page 121) 1. How does your response to Nea develop over the course of the story? Is she a dynamic or static character?

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    modern day theories of materialism‚ but even to this day there is the ongoing debate of which theory is right. Searle has a unique view called non-reductive materialism which challenges the premise of all other theories. To start off Searle points out the most commonly discussed issue of dualism‚ one even Descartes

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    METAPHYSICS: ONTOLOGY: DUALISM VS. MATERIALISM The original idea of the word ’philosophy ’ was a ’love of wisdom ’ (Cowan 2). Philosophy is meant to explore the ’big questions ’ and try to find answers as best we can in the time we have been given. One of the areas of study in philosophy is metaphysics‚ which deals in the ideas of the nature of reality. "We look at the world‚ and we assume that it is the way it appears to be. It is not." (Carreira 7). There is much to reality that can be discussed

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    considered to be separate from one another but now make up one being due to to the advances in computer science and other technology. Every single action or interaction is acted upon within the physical world. There are three main ideas that make up materialism which includes behaviorism‚ physicalism‚ and functionalism. The behaviorism theory connects the mental states with various types of behavior‚ physicalism theory identifies the mental states with how the brain processes information‚ and finally‚

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    Two authors that have written about American consumerism‚ James Twitchell and Ian Frazier‚ have two different ways of expressing their thoughts in their essays even though the two topics are similar. In Twitchell’s essay‚ “Two Cheers for Materialism”‚ he expresses his views in a different way than Frazier does by taking a more serious approach. Frazier on the other hand‚ attempts a more comical view of the issue in his essay “All Consuming Patriotism”. However different their essays may be‚ they

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    Essay Plan for Shannon Mack TMA 02: Outline who the Winners and Losers are in Consumer Society Material needing to be referenced and read: * Learning Companion 2 * Chapters 1‚ 2 and 3 of ‘Making Social Lives’ * Assignment Booklet pages 18 to 20 * CD/DVD’s: * Preparing for Assignments – Developing Skills Audio CD * Evidence in the Social Sciences – Audio CD 1 * Rubbish Society – Audio CD 1 * Making connections: economics and politics – Making connections

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    OUTLINE BACKGROUND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION PRIMITIVE COMMUNISM FOUNDATIONS FOR HISTORICAL MATERIALISM HISTORICAL MATERIALISM RELEVANCE OF THE CONCEPT TO CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY CONCLUSION BACKGROUND Society is constantly changing. History attempts to catalogue these changes and tries to explain them. But what are the laws that govern historical change? Do such laws even exist? Just as the evolution of life has inherent laws that can be explained‚ and were explained‚ first by

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    UNIT I: The Foundations of Government The Purposes of Government 1. Example: 2. Example: 3. Example: 4. Example: Types of Government Autocracy Define: Oligarchy Define: Democracy Define: Monarchy:

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    1010 Some People Are Born Winners A simple definition of the word winner is somebody that is successful. In our society we have constructed an unwritten classification of who we consider successful‚ and since the words success and winner have the same meaning‚ we therefore also have an unwritten classification of who we consider to be winners. This is something that most people know‚ but have those people actually taken the time to look deeply into others and see how winners are born‚ better yet‚ have

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    Wednesday‚ July 11th 2012 Materialism Changed People’s Attitude In the 20th century‚ after the World War I‚ rapid surge of industrial and technological growth swept throughout the world. At the same time‚ people started to build their own ideas and belief based on the materialism rather than giving higher priorities to moral and individual values. As Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby portrayed a story happening in that time period‚ it contains various contents about materialism. In order to display the

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