Gulliver’s Travels is still relevant today because it presents a variety of social critiques and condemnations of branches of human activity that still exist today. I believe the goal in Swift’s novel was to create something to achieve just that goal‚ or the goal of timelessness. It should already be a mediocre testament to this claim that students are required to read portions of Gulliver’s Travels during their high school senior year. Swift makes a very relevant analogy between English society
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Psychology and Work Today Introduction Would you work if you didn’t have to? Nowadays‚ it is not unusual to hear a great number of people complaining about their jobs‚ feeling “stuck” in what they do‚ dreading going to work‚ etc. However‚ considering the financial crisis‚ having a job is better than not having one. Therefore‚ we are taught to conform and try to be happy with bringing funds to pay our bills‚ holidays‚ bare necessities‚ and‚ for the lucky ones‚ to provide them with money for
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This quote is still valid today because it still effects us. Noone is different from eachother we were all created equally in our own ways. Besides the color of youre skin were the same people that want the same thing. We have our freedom to a certain extent. With this freedom we should greatful‚ in other countries the don’t have the type of freedom that we have. Among these rights we have “life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness.” We have the life and liberty to do as we please‚ an example we
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Our Environment Today Our environment is getting worse day by day‚ and we are suffering for other peoples and our mistakes. It’s getting harder and harder for our families to stay healthy with all the bad things we are around every day. We are affected by our environment‚ and more people are getting sicker and sicker. This could affect our families and our future one day. We might not be able to see all of the bad things in our environment‚ but they are for sure there. “Although certain groups
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hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King stated this in his famous " I have a Dream" speech in Washington‚ D.C. in 1963. (King) Is affirmative action still necessary in America? Affirmative action is still necessary because America does not have enough equality and diversity. There are two definitions of affirmative action: 1) race-neutral‚ gender-neutral assurance against actual discrimination and 2) racial-preferences and
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Running Head: Why Labor Unions Are No Longer Necessary Why Labor Unions Are No Longer Necessary Name Class Tutor Subject Date Labor unions in U.S.A are legally identified as representatives of workers in specific industries. The current duties of these unions surround collective bargaining‚ focusing on working conditions‚ benefits and membership status. These organizations are also responsible for representing their respective disputing members over
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Affirmative Action still necessary to this day and should not be stopped. It is a good thing for the communities around the world. Different cultures can come together and combine their own ideas and maybe even advance more than what is today. People grow up and get taught differently. Not everyone does everything the same way and with the cultures coming together it would be a great opportunity to change things around the world to be better for the people. More ideas‚ new ways‚ and bigger accomplishments
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Bauhaus’s influence still felt today? In 1919‚ architect Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus in Weimar‚ Germany‚ a school of craft and fine arts. The aim of Gropius was to reimagine the material world and reflect the unity of all arts (Bergdoll‚ 2009). Only active for a mere 14 years‚ this essay will consider whether the Bauhaus’s influence is still felt today by looking at the links between Ikea and Bauhaus. This essay will also look at the influence in teaching within art courses today with references
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Racism Still Exists Today “Laundry is the only thing that should be separated by color.” -Unknown In 1954‚ racial segregation was unanimously ruled to be unconstitutional. However‚ there is still racism in the modern-day United States. Today‚ it comes in different forms than in Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry‚ by Mildred D Taylor. In her novel‚ set in 1933‚ the main characters‚ the Logan children‚ deal with many examples of racism towards them because of their African descent. There are
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Environment……..today and tomorrow We humans consider ourselves the most intelligent species on this planet…… but are we? Look around‚ the animals who are supposedly “less intelligent” than us are not doing any damage to our environment. But we are. Why are the humans destroying their only home‚ the planet they live on‚ the only rock body in the universe known to harbor life? You can see pollution everywhere. Land‚ air‚ water‚ even noise pollution. Nature is calling out to us. We are ignoring
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