HOWZAT! [Setting takes place in Jane’s living room.] JANE: Hey darling? Are you going to watch Australia vs England on Friday? MATT: The Ashes? ‘Course luv! Wouldn’t miss it for the world! JANE: Great! I’ve got us all a ticket. MATT: All? JANE: Why‚ yes! Daddy will be joining us. He is just as big a fan as you are. MATT: [cringingly] Your dad? JANE: [ignores and continues on] Darling‚ haven’t I ever told you Daddy used to play for England? He was the best of his time. MATT: [mutters under his breath]
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Well shit. How do I even end up in these kinds of situations? It’s like‚ one minute I’m at home playing video games‚ and the next minute I’m trying to run away from the Time Cops in 1997. I mean‚ I know that there are rules to time travel‚ but can they just ease up on the whole "Time traveling is banned" stuff. I mean what kind of dictatorship is this? Anyway‚ now back to the story. But‚ before we pick up from where I’m getting viciously chased down by the Temporal Police and their AI companions while
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas "Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it as your fancy bids‚ assuming it will rise to the occasion‚ for certainly I cannot suit you all." This is an open invitation for you‚ the reader‚ in the short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas." Ursula K. Le Guin is simply inviting you to become her main character. How might you accept or deny this malicious request? It is quite simple‚ really. To accept it is to read on‚ and to deny it is to disembark
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Ursula K. Le Guin’s Those Who Walk Away from Omelas encourages students to face the dark side of modern civilization and utilitarianism. It tells of a nearly perfect city‚ where most everyone is happy. They lead cultured‚ complex‚ fulfilling lives. The reader is told to imagine it as they wish; let it have whatever amount of technology they want‚ to add in things they think would make the city better‚ and generally make the city as good as is believable to the reader. The one flaw of the city is
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“The World of Near Perfection.” The story of utopian culture in the story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas‚" by Ursula Guin will turn from happiness to sinister as the reader will soon discover that there is a steep cost to pay for satisfaction. These social orders appear flawless at first glance; in any case‚ to see all the more about its nationals and their conventions is to discover that utopia is precisely what its definition proposes: impossible. Paradise is unnatural‚ it is in of itself
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though it only looks six years old. This child‚ that has done nothing wrong‚ is tortured like this‚ every day‚ every minute of its life‚ just so other people can be happy. The author created her protagonist‚ which are the ones who walk away from Omelas. They walk away from the city‚ because they don’t want to be the cause of the tortured child. The author created this protagonist to show that this happens not only in the story‚ but also in real life‚ every day. In the story it says: “In one corner of
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Racial tension is not a new product of American society. In reality‚ racial tension and ultimately discourse and conflict has been a costly foundation for America. Dating back to Lincoln’s era with slavery‚ followed by the Jim Crow era‚ and then the Civil Rights movement‚ how our nation deals with racial conflict has always been a defining factor. Today America faces a new form of ethnically charged discrimination in police brutality. In recent years use of excessive force and intimidating psychology
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Cast Away In the film Cast Away‚ I was interested in Chuck’s transition between his communication process from before he was stranded on the island and his communication skills when he got back. Being stranded on an island for four years‚ having no one but a volleyball to talk to would of course have some effects on how anyone would present themselves when they returned. I noticed that in the beginning of the film‚ Chuck had sufficient communication competence and was able to connect well with
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AWAY TECHNIQUES 1. JUXTAPOSITION Serious circumstances‚ illness and death v/s Humour p. 45 Harry’s comments about Chinese view of death or philosophy v/s the men’s discussion about death 2. LITERARY ALLUSIONS Legend references Bible reference Historical reference Film Reference “Gone with the Wind” 1940 classic English Literature Reference Musical Reference 3. Intertextual References allows for comparisons of similar themes to be drawn between the texts for the purpose
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HUM300 Module 5 Case Study: Home Depot Implements Stakeholder Orientation 1. On the basis of Home Depot’s response to environmental issues‚ describe the attributes (power‚ legitimacy‚ and urgency) of this stakeholder. Home Depot seems to have been very responsible and responsive to the environmental issues. It initiated several practices and principles that are key to protecting the environment as a large corporation‚ but also in creating awareness and social responsibility. It is obvious
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