English Extension Essay ( 2 CORE texts and 1 RELATED text) What ideas do you see linking the texts you have studied through your exploration of Utopias and Dystopias. The novels Utopia by Thomas More and 1984 by George Orwell and short story Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut explore the Utopic and Dystopic genre through the structure and regulations of their societies. In Utopia‚ More provides us with a contemporary understanding of society and human nature‚ with an indepth study of morals‚
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Henry Lawson’s short stories- Essay The visual in Henry Lawson’s stories are distinctive and portrays the vast connection between human experience through isolation and a self- realisation of the lifestyles in the outback. Henry Lawson “In a dry season” and “the drover’s wife”‚ convey the universal necessity of adversity‚ and significance of relationships. The drover’s wife contains elements of loneliness and the complete fear of obstacles‚ through a bush mother consistently protecting her children
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THE HOUSE THAT WAS NEVER BUILT BY HENRY LAWSON I’ve choosed The House That Was Never Built by Henry Lawson as a subject for me to discuss on the relevant theories in it. After reading and analysing the story‚ I’ve discoverd psychoanalytic criticism is the most relevant theories that suit with the main character and the narrator himself. What is Psychoanalytic Criticism? Psychoanalytic Criticism here means when the narrator apply methods of treating emotional and psychological disorders in literature
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Guadalupi Ms. Pelletier Honors English 2 September 12‚ 2014 The Development of Henry Fleming The Red Badge of Courage‚ written by Stephen Crane‚ is a well-known novel that follows the transition of an inexperienced‚ selfish young man into a soldier of honor and bravery. Fear is not foreign to any man but some have more difficulty overcoming their sense of insecurity. The main character‚ the ‘youth’ or otherwise known as Henry Fleming‚ has trouble finding courage that will help him change from an ignorant
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Early on in a poet’s career development‚ influences lead him down the path to be an inspiring poet. One’s family‚ friends‚ foreign places they visited‚ and even other famous poets and authors‚ often help shape a poet’s professional writing style. In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s case‚ all of these motivators helped him become interested in writing. At night his mother would read him poems and stories that inspired him even more to write poetry. Henry was raised in
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Humanity is the most important thing in the universe‚ which applies to everyone equally. In the short story “Harrison Bergeron” by the author Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. establishes the laws of future that should be followed‚ however‚ the society is unsuccessful in conforming the rules. The people who are intelligent and advanced do not have the choice to demonstrate to the world. George is very intelligent‚ so the government required him to wear a mental handicap radio in his ear. It was controlled by a
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pedestrian‚ Harrison Bergeron‚ and The Lottery all include different examples of symbolism and allusion. In the short story Harrison Bergeron there are many examples of symbolism and allusion. One big example that is almost hard to miss is the twenty-one gun salute this show’s symbolism of a fallen hero which the author is trying to make Harrison out as. Another big example is the freedom symbolism. When Harrison takes off his chains the author is meaning for the reader to think of Harrison
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world where the beauty is cast away by a mask so it won’t be distracting‚ the strong would be chained up in handicap and the intelligent has to wear huge ear muffs that sends loud signals to interrupt any thoughts of intelligent. In the short story‚ “Harrison Bergeron” written by Kurt Vonnegut‚ Jr. that world exists of the year 2081. In that world Kurt Vonnegut‚ portrays the danger of total equality. One way Kurt Vonnegut exposes the danger of total equality is people
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The story “Harrison Bergeron” is a story set in the future about 70 years. In the story everyone has handicaps to make everyone completely equal. By using these handicaps the government Influences them to think and act a certain way. This is a reoccuring theme in the story. The short story “Harrison Bergeron‚” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ teaches its readers that the power of media can have a strong influence on the way you think. There are many ways that the power of media can have a strong influence
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however when making decisions on important cases Henry was always to have the final decision showing that he still had significant power. This is also reinstated in Source 5‚ where it says that Henry VIII passed over some control over to Wolsey but did not wholly surrender his power in government‚ as ‘the ultimate source of all power was the king’. It also states that Wolsey ‘held a dominant position’ which we know as he was appointed Lord Chancellor by Henry and also became ‘legate a latere’ in 1518.
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