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    Ray Bradbury explores the idea of a culture where technology is used by everyone for everything. When people rely so heavily on technology they forget entirely who they are‚ and lose not only themselves but their families. "The Veldt" is a short story written by Ray Bradbury that explores the affect technology has on society‚ especially children. In "The Veldt" the Hadley children have all they could ever want‚ however they lack true parents. Instead they rely solely on a house that does their bidding

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    Running Head: DIVERGENT   LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER           COREENA MEMMER                    Divergent​  Literary Analysis:  Tris Finds Tris  ​ Coreena Memmer  Delphi Community High School  English 11B Period 6  11/26/2014           1      Running Head: DIVERGENT   LITERARY ANALYSIS PAPER           COREENA MEMMER      Tris Finds Tris  Part One­Introduction  Living with people who are just the same might sound like a cool place to live. I mean‚  no one would be able to disagree with me. Sounds like paradise

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    Oedipus Selfish Quotes

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    1) How does Oedipus treat those who are reluctant to obey him throughout the play? What does this tell you about his character? From the very beginning of the play we see that Oedipus‚ like many in power‚ does not handle well people who are reluctant to follow his lead. He often threatens to harm those who are reluctant to obey in some way or he publicly insults them. He makes a general warning statement about those who are reluctant to obey him because he is the king. He says that he will wish a

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    How Is Gatsby Selfish

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    The American Dream is a dream no one can ever truly achieve due to the corruption of reality and the inherent consequences. Those who disregard right and wrong are destined for a life poisoned by the glamour of society. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby examines a group of high class citizens who are free of a moral compass. They fly through life using their riches to escape any obstacles they encounter‚ not to mention the consequences that entail. One can see by examining Tom‚ Daisy‚ and Myrtle

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    pig form. Ascaris lumbricoides are the most common worm infection found in humans‚ this is because with 200‚000 eggs that are being made and excreted each day‚ that the chances of infection are exponential. Ascariasis is also known as the Giant roundworm. The Giant roundworm can grow up to 35 cm or 13.7795 inches. This worm may not seem very harmful but the cycle of life never ends‚ more than 100 million people become infected‚ this greatly increasing the chance of more people becoming infected. The

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    Frederick Douglass was a fiery orator and his speeches were often published in various abolitionist newspapers. Among his well-known speeches is "The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro‚" presented in Rochester‚ New York‚ on July 5‚ 1852‚ a version of which he published as a booklet. It is often studied in literature classes today. Douglass moved to Rochester in 1847‚ when he became the publisher of The North Star‚ an abolitionist weekly. There were approximately 500 attendees who heard him speak

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    Marxist Literary Analysis

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    "Metafiction is a term given to fictional writing which self-consciously and systematically draws attention to its status as an artifact in order to pose questions about the relationship between fiction and reality." --Patricia Waugh‚ Metafiction: The Theory and Practice  of Self-Conscious Fiction.New York: Methuen‚ 1984. In many respects‚ Tim O ’Brien ’s The Things They Carried concerns the relationship between fiction and the narrator. In this novel‚ O ’Brien himself is the main character--he

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    1984 Literary Analysis

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    The Nature of Control Is it the common human nature to feel power over others? A totalitarian government seeks to utilize its message of confinement and authority to control the many aspects of life. In the novel 1984‚ Orwell portrays totalitarianism through psychological manipulation‚ physical control and the control of language. The totalitarian party manipulates and invalidates the minds of the outer party and proles. Orwell describes the surroundings of Winston‚ showing totalitarianism‚ writing:

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    Anthem Literary Analysis

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    Individualty Symbolizes Happiness Prompt: In the final chapter of Anthem‚ Prometheus writes that he now understands “why the best in me had been my sins and my transgressions; and why I had never felt guilt in my sins.” What has Prometheus come to understand about himself? Why does his society regard the “best in him” as sinful? “It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon paper no others see.” “It is a sin write this.” So begins Ayn Rand’s Anthem‚ a dystopian novella

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    Everyone in this world has constrained to face complex challenges throughout their lives. Some have faced hardship with difficulties‚ loneliness‚ and suffrage. In the novel‚ The Odyssey by Homer‚ their characters has significant roles and inspiration for the author‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ to create the free verse poem‚ “ An Ancient Gestures”. The poem has developed through the inspiration of the two characters in The Odyssey‚ which includes‚ Penelope and Odysseus. Having Penelope waiting for her

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