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Brave New World: Comparing Life In The World State With Life In The US Today
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ensure that everyone is happy with his or her work. Sex is a primary
source of happiness. The brave new world basically teaches everyone to be
promiscuous. You are allowed to have sex with any partner you want, who
wants you, and sooner or later every partner will want you. Children are
taught through hypnosis that "everyone belongs to everyone else." In this
Utopia, what we think of as true love for one person would lead to a
passion for that person and the establishment of family life, both of which
would interfere with the community and its stability. Nobody is allowed to
become pregnant because nobody is born, everyone is a "test-tube" baby.
Ma .....
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Merchant Of Venice
<view this essay>.... in profit, and he sleeps by day
More than the wildcat. Drones hive not with me..
..His borrowed purse."
Shylock also acts villainous towards Launcelot by acting
belligerent towards him.
"Who bids thee call? I do not bid thee call."
Shylock mistreats this man because of his poverty, and
because Launcelot is socially beneath him. You also start to
wonder about how fair Shylock is, when Launcelot is deciding
whether or not to leave him.
Shylock also mistreats his own daughter, Jessica. He
mistreats her by keeping her as a captive in her own house,
not letting her out, an .....
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My Mother: In Comparison To Beowulf
<view this essay>.... God gave us. Teaching us to have morals and goals she has repeatedly been here for us guiding us and protecting us. Taking care of us everytime we called. Caring for us when we were sick she has been like a God to us every second of the day.
The very heroic woman I call mom is also a wonderful role-model because of the numerous examples she has set for all of us. She has taught us to take care of ourselves and to watch out for each other. She has taught us how to give and not just receive all the time.
Last but not least, she sponsors a needy child in India. My mother is always doing anything she can to help someone out. She gives seven dollars a day to a child .....
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A Story About Seeing MxPx
<view this essay>.... we read a different book where Elvis ain't the rage and polyester ain't the look." "...Is it time again to disagree about anything, everything and what's on TV it's a vicious circle, never ending a linear equation worldly extending. No, I'll never be like you; I'll never be like you. Oh no! I'm just like you!"
The second song they played was "I'm the Bad Guy". The first couple lines of state, "Legalistic people suck. Legalism makes me sick." Even though they openly bust on legalism, they also know the world has nothing to offer them but hurt and pain, while God is the only answer.
Since they are a Christian punk band, of course they have to play religious s .....
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When Irony Becomes Cynicism
<view this essay>.... that it is, and how irony is overused in television, radio and conversation. Gordon has skillfully and honestly shown how irony is perceived and used in today’s society. He fully shows that people use irony incorrectly, and it is to their disadvantage.
Gordon has a particularly negative view on how much irony is used today. The thesis in his essay is not clearly stated, but his implied argument is that the overuse of irony has made society cynical. This negative view comes across to the reader through sentences such as the following, after Gordon has explained the technical meaning of irony, "In today’s context, irony is a sensibility that values .....
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Moralism In The Great Gatsby
<view this essay>.... looking for another type of wealth- Daisy's love. Although Gatsby has become financially and socially successful, he continues to strive for a distant dream; to regain his relationship with Daisy. Gatsby's one fatal flaw is his strive for unrealistic dreams. "He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way . . .and distinguished nothing except a simple green light"(Fitzgerald 26). This shows how Gatsby was striving for his goal, trying to accomplish it, but not finding it to be within realistic reach. Gatsby is a noble man whose vision is fouled by his dream because he remains in a wonder at Daisy's presence throughout the novel. The moralit .....
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The Meaning Of Suffering In Job And The Aeneid
<view this essay>.... away everone deat to Job. He is physically alone except
for Eliphaz, Bilad, Zophar and Elihu. These men, although they are the
only people to speak to Job, offer very little sympathy. They blame him
for his misfortune and tell Job that he has probably angered God to an
extent that his punishment is deserved. Aeneas, though, has the
companionship of his men and other friends which help him along his journey.
Not only are his men friendly and admiring of Aeneas, they are on his
side. They help him on his journey. They are all fighting for the same
cause. This fact alone makes Job's misfortune more taxing.
Their mental anguish is not limit .....
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The Tell Tale Heart
<view this essay>.... the narrator is a male because
of a male author using a first person point of view; however, this
story can also be plausible when the deranged protagonist appears
as a woman. Most critics would argue this point by saying that Poe
would "assume" that the reader would "know" that the protagonist
was male, therefore, he would see no need to identify his sexless
narrator. However, Poe was a perfectionist who left very little to
guesswork. Could it be that this was no accident or something that
he thought would be universally understood, but that Poe was
creating a story whose impact could be changed simply by
imagining this horrendous and vile deed bein .....
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