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    product. The immortal and indispensable phrase ‘honesty is the best policy’ [1] failed to understand that if one seriously intends to ’not judge a book by its cover’‚ then one must read a lot of books. More a melody to societies dysfunctions than a parody of the self‚ The Classification of Living Things helps to provide some sort of equilibrium in this world of ever changing‚ always yearning chaos. Of paramount importance to any study of The Classification of Living Things within its context‚ is

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    Alice In Wonderland and a Curious Child Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland has entertained not only children but adults for over one hundred years. The tale has become a treasure of philosophers‚ literary critics‚ and psychoanalysts. There appears to be something in Alice for everyone‚ and there are almost as many explanations of the work as there are commentators. One commentary is A Curious Child by Nina Auerbach. Auerbach discussed how Alice is a representation of a middle class child

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    films follow the noir style and conventions‚ but they vary widely in context and substance for it to still be considered a genre. Coined by French critics‚ noir is a tone that has‚ in a sense‚ defied the definition of genre‚ influencing many films‚ parodies‚ styles‚ and even books since the decades after its initial

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    this time the scarf is gone. When she catches them looking at her‚ she doesn’t react‚ she just lay her head back down. At this gesture of indifference‚ they all three‚ Stanley‚ Tom and old Harry‚ let out whistles and yells. Harry was doing it in parody of the younger men‚ making fun of them‚ but he was also angry. They were all angry because of her utter indifference to the three men watching her. “Bitch‚” says Stanley (Lessing‚ 1963). The woman is innocent‚ having done nothing wrong‚ yet she

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    “Satire is a sort of glass‚ wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own” (Swift). Jonathan Swift‚ a satirical writer during the eighteenth century‚ made an excellent metaphor revealing that satire is written in such a way that the author exposes only what they want the reader to know. This same metaphor reigns true even today in modern satirical writing within the structure‚ tone‚ and what the writings are used for; dependent upon the point of view‚ I personally choose

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    times I’ve traversed the ocean of youthful ambition but society still collects my foot prints’ [1] he shead new light on good decisions‚ allowing man to take it by the hand and understand its momentum. More a melody to societies dysfunctions than a parody of the self‚ good decisions is quite good. Recent thought on good decisions has been a real eye-opener for society from young to old. It breaks the mould‚ shattering man’s misunderstanding of man. Economic Factors We no longer live in a world

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    This week’s reading in Understories by Jake Kosek was Chapter 5‚ which is simply‚ yet powerfully titled “Smokey Bear is a White Racist Pig”. In this chapter‚ Kosek insightfully argues that Smokey Bear is a symbol of the exclusionary‚ racist and nationalist history‚ that is engrained in the U.S. Forest Service. What has allowed Smokey to become such a long-standing symbol‚ even with all this tension and hate filled history? Kosek opens by portraying the disdain that many local residents have for Smokey

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    Sarah Silverman angered conservative Christians with a controversial Christmas message on Twitter about Jesus. On Christmas Day‚ the comedian posted a message on both her Twitter and Facebook accounts calling Jesus “gender fluid.” Sarah Silverman also posted a vulgar joke about Santa Claus on the same day‚ according to Time. “MERRY CHRISTMAS! Jesus was gender fluid!” said Silverman. The term gender fluid refers to a person who does not permanently commit to being male‚ female‚ or neutral. A gender

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    Specifically‚ Prior begins to describe his encounter with the Angel after his well-being is brought into question following the funeral of a mutual friend who was a drag-queen. After the funeral‚ Prior states‚ “That ludicrous spectacle in there‚ just a parody of the funeral of someone who really counted. We don’t; faggots; we’re just a bad dream the real world is having” (Kushner 168). This shows his overall distaste with his friend’s “joke” of a funeral and declaring that it’s a mockery of what funerals

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    present during his time. Voltaire constructs most of his characters in a highly exaggerated manner‚ creating highly caricaturized and often-absurd philosophies and viewpoints. Although this play was written in the 18th Century‚ many of the topics and parodies expressed through the hyperbolic characters are ageless in their applicability to many modern topics. In chapter five particularly‚ both modern and historical readers are provided with commentary and satire of certain topics and perspectives. Specifically

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