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A Book Report On Aldous Huxley's "A Brave New World"

... Three, when we hear a babble of unidentified voices--Lenina's, Fanny Crowne's, Mustapha Mond's--that at first sound chaotic but soon give us a vivid understanding of this brave new world. The first three chapters present most of the important ideas or themes of the novel. The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning explains that this Utopia breeds people to order, artificially fertilizing a mother's eggs to create babies that grow in bottles. They are not born, but decanted. Everyone belongs to one of five classes, from the Alphas, the m ...

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Gulliver's Travels: Political Satire

... Jonathan Swift's writings made him one of the most remembered satirist of all time. Born in 1667 in Dublin, Swift became entranced with the English political system. He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and soon after moved to England to be employed by the diplomat and writer Sir William Temple. (Encarta 1) He became involved in politics and in some of the most important developments in the history of England at the time. During this time, he was recognized as an ingenious and witty man for his age. He originally was a member of ...

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The Good Earth: Wang Lung - A Man Of Determination And Loyalty

... drought. He feeds the family small portions of rice which are left over from the season. When the food runs out and the furniture and equipment are sold, Wang Lung decides to make a harsh decision. He decides to lock up and move south. There he hopes to find food and money for his family. After a 100 mile train ride, they end up in the south. Wang Lung is delighted to find rice for only a penny. While Wang Lung uses the ricksha to make money for rice, the family eats and begins to regain strength. When all is well, Wang Lung returns h ...

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Parable Of The Sower - Communi

... the organization. In Octavia Butler’s novel, Parable of the Sower, she creates a surreal world in which a community joins together to fend off harsh and frightening realities of the world outside the walls. A community, itself, should provide security, trust and honesty, and more importantly, happiness. “This is a small community, [they] all know each other here. [They] all depend on each other. [They’re] not very social, [they] mind their own business” (p 31). One apparent aspect of the ritual of banning together a ...

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Huckleberry Finn: Controversy Paper

... true interrelatedness of blackness and whiteness". What are we too think of when we hear this? In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain brings out the obvious interrelatedness that we all share with each other. This book is in the hands of many intelligent readers and it should not be underestimated by the power that it may hold. Although, it must hold to its meaning, we can not allow it to steer us to the wrong's of the world today. Shelly Fishkin suggests Mark Twain has "obscured" the African American roots when writing Huck Finn. Jim, as su ...

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Jane Austen's Persuasion: An Analysis

... She is the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot, a spendthrift baronet and widower, with a swollen sense of social importance and personal elegance. His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, haughty and unmarried, is now twenty-nine. Captain Wentworth, who has had a successful career and is now prosperous, is thrown again into Anne's society by the letting of Kellynch (her family estate) to his sister and brother-in-law. Throughout the years Anne has remained unshaken in her love for Wentworth. Thus Austen creates a emotional fairy tale which keeps yo ...

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God V. Man In Antigone

... the theme of the inner struggle between allegiance to human law versus divine law can best be seen through Antigone’s reverence for the gods in relation to her actions, Kreon’s realization of the effects of his selfish pride, and the people of Thebes’ observations about Kreon’s decisions. Antigone has the most direct struggles with human law and a higher law in the drama, for it is the application of this theme that decides her fate. Faced with the decision to defy the King and properly bury her brother, Polyneices, o ...

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Appearance Versus Reality In T

... status. Individuals who have achieved the materialistic ‘American Dream’ give the appearance of perfection. However, for many, their lives are not as ideal as what they seem. Issues such as sexual abuse, mental illness, alcoholism, adultery, greed and restlessness, affect the lives of even those who appear to live the ‘American Dream.’ In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night, the characters Daisy Buchanan and Nicole Diver give the appearance of a charmed existence, but it i ...

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Bigger Thomas

... man with no tolerance and no sense of remorse. In such a world, he had no hope of achieving the American dream; to own a home, and perhaps start a family. Bigger had to fight all odds just to get where he was in that wretched rat race of a society. Even as he barely treaded the halls of sanity, he knew that his position in life was not right, that he should at least be granted a few human rights, not the miniscule scraps of liberty that fell to the floor from the metaphorical table of civilization. In the first book, Fear, Bigger stands ...

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Anne Bradstreet And Sarah Kemble Knight: Writing Styles

... as very religion-oriented. A true Puritan, Bradstreet exercised plainness even in her diction. In a poem called “Upon the Burning of our House, July 10, 1666,” Bradstreet is able to express a tender sentiment without being sentimental as a result of her simplistic word choice. Religious ideas also surface as common themes. Bradstreet makes it clear that material and earthly possessions have no true worth, and for this reason, one should not become attached to them. On the contrary, Knight’s writing reflects the flair and care-free att ...

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On The Road - The Role Of Wome

... understanding of themselves, and life, women were mere roadside attractions. The first female Sal encounters sexually is Terry, a poor, working Mexican woman. "I had bought my ticket and was waiting for the LA bus when all of a sudden I saw the cutest little Mexican girl in slacks come cutting across my sight. Her breasts stuck straight out and true; her little flanks looked delicious; her hair was long and lustrous black; and her eyes were great big blue things with timidities inside. O gruesome life, how I moaned and pleaded, and then ...

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The Great Gatsby: A Total Failure

... his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby (Fitzgerald. p64). The new name gave him more class and confidence. He lied to people about himself so no one could associate him with his family (Fitzgerald. p65). He said, “I am the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West-all dead now.” (Fitzgerald. p65) This shows that Gatsby wanted to kill his past even though he couldn’t since his father was still alive. He did visit his father two years before he died. However, he never went as a son but as a generous rich man. Mr. Gatz said, ...

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