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Brave New World 5
<view this essay>.... family life tied with a strong marriage was looked down upon. This society had abolished anything that had to do with the ideas of monogamy or a family as we practice in today's society.
Monogamy, a big part of family life tied with a strong marriage, definitely was not practiced in this society. The people in this society were taught that everyone belongs to everyone, so everyone was free to please themselves. This shows that the people were brought up learning that sex with multiple partners was a belief practiced by everyone. "Have somebody else from time to time, that's all. He has other girls doesn't he" (Huxley 41). This quote is talking abo .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front
<view this essay>.... still find yourself caring and hoping for each of them as they fight, love, hate, and in many cases, die. This is mainly through each of the character's personalities, which are so well-developed that you find yourself wondering if these were real people at some time or another and you might travel to Germany to meet them. The plot is not linear, and in most cases I would say that this is a negative thing. However, in the book the author actually uses it to enhance the storyline by not dwelling on any one scene for too long. Many chapters end and you find yourself wondering if there was supposed to be more. By the end, you realize that it actually enhances .....
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Familiar Mysteries
<view this essay>.... than something that we , people created ourselves in order to satisfy our own needs and fill in that empty portion of our understanding of the world that has never been able to be explained or comprehended.Also , according to her , myths , as a whole , occupy a very significant place in our being.They serve as personal guidance in peoples' lives , support or challenge the social order , create a sense of physical order of the surrounding , and help people accept life's mysteries.The book is an extensive analysis on mythology and is structured of four mian
sections.Each section represents a different aspect of the science such as The Symbolic Language of Myth , .....
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Rules In Society
<view this essay>.... thus the norms of society, Nurse Ratched can be seen as the embodiment of these norms. She finds the only way to cure non-conformists is to nullify their thought process, I disagree.
There are those who conform to the norms of society, those who do not, and those who enforce the system. The people who conform follow the crowd, share a universal brain, in a sense. If it is customary to wear shoes to dinner than they wear shoes. It is the norm and the right thing to do. Why? Because the masses deem it so, or because it is truly the right thing to do? The people who wear their shoes do not ask questions like this. They follow their fellow men like dron .....
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Realism Verses Romanticism In
<view this essay>.... attraction and flirtatious acts than love that captures body, mind, and soul. If any of the four characters posses anything of realistic love, it would be Hermia. She was willing to risk death in order to be with Lysander. This act of love goes beyond any other in this play, and demonstrates Hermia’s devotion to Lysander. "My good Lysander, I swear to thee by Cupid’s strongest bow- Tomorrow truly will I meet with thee" (Act 1, Scene 1).
Helena is one of the silliest character’s in the play, and at times can be quite irritating. Demetrius shows no love for her, yet she persists in chasing him. "And even for that do I love you the more. I am y .....
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In The Middle Of The Night: Review
<view this essay>.... I grasped hold of what was going on I
couldn't put the book down.
In the Middle of the Night is about an accident in a theater where a
balcony collapses on a number of small children, and kills them, and a few
are injured. The owner of the theatre kill himself and everyone is out to
blame John the usher who was investigating the noises from the balcony at
the time. Today the usher has grown up and has a son. A victim, who died in
the accident but came back to life that day, is out for revenge on the
usher's son.
The novel is hard to follow at first because there are jumps from one
character view to another, to piece together a whole view of the story.
Th .....
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Machiavelli's The Prince: Views Of A Leader
<view this essay>.... say that President Clinton is hardly unique when it comes to temptation and dishonesty. He would think that President Clinton attempted to do the right thing.
Machiavelli's first piece of advice would be to keep a good public image so that Clinton will remain well respected. Machiavelli states that a man "must maintain himself in such a high standard that no one will ever think of cheating him or misleading him" (Prince 64). If he must do things that the public will not like, an option that he has is to lie to cover up his questionable actions. If the public does not respect a ruler's actions, then he will have a hard time ruling his people and makin .....
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The Things They Carried: Necessities
<view this essay>.... for two simple
reasons, to survive, and to kill which was of course their job.
Next, the things that each individual chose to carry, for many of the
men , these items were things that they personally believed that they could not
live without, but to others would be unnecessary for survival. For First
Lieutenant Jimmy Cross it was pictures of Martha, and also letters from her whom
he loved unrequitedly. Another example and proof of irrelevance to survival was
Ted Lavenders six or seven ounces of dope and nine extra M-79 Grenades which he
was carrying when he was shot in the head. Extras such as these really did
nothing more than give the men a false sense .....
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