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- 191: Frankenstien And Neuromancer
- ... having in mind that the two works are separated by more than a century. During this lapse of time, humanity has witnessed profound changes at a breath-taking speed. The partly Gothic and partly Romantic world of Mary Shelley is quite different from the reality Gibson predicts. We could not say, however, that there are no links between the two. Shelley's work could be viewed as the apprehension of the new-born fear in regard to technical invention and Gibson's work as the divination of the consequences of technological development and sophistication. In both cases the essence of human nature has barely changed. It is ... about the extent to which they would be beneficial 2. As time passed, the problems of industrialism were seen as defects which could be eliminated and the underlying change was generally seen as beneficial. The new fruits of chemistry, physics, mathematics, etc. were seen as contributing to a future in which increasing knowledge would give increasing power over nature, and consequently increasing wealth. As Howard Rosenbrock noticed, "the Victorian situation ...
- 192: Religion In Media
- ... in recent years. One would like to believe some things in life are sacred. Religion is where billions of people invest their hopes, dreams, beliefs, and most importantly, money. The greedy, selfish, minds of our world see this not as a way to fix problems, but as a way to make money. Television, Billy Graham has written, is the most powerful tool of communication ever devised by man. Each of my ... is now carried by nearly 300 stations across the U.S. and Canada, so that in a single telecast I preach to millions more than Christ did in his lifetime. (Postman, 118). Aldous Huxley s Brave New World sets forth the notion that religion is a bad thing, and that it only leads to problems. But if you know about God, why don t you tell them? asked the Savage indignantly. ...
- 193: Paradise Lost
- ... of scrupulous moral rigour and favoured plain styles of dress, detesting any form of luxury or decadence. The name Puritan later became a catch-all label for the disparate groups who led much of the New World colonization and won the English Civil Wars. New World colonization began as early as 1480 by English seamen performing spectacular feats of exploration under Elizabeth I. These seamen made various claims of territorial annexation in America in an effort to outflank their ...
- 194: Paradise Lost 2
- ... of scrupulous moral rigour and favoured plain styles of dress, detesting any form of luxury or decadence. The name Puritan later became a catch-all label for the disparate groups who led much of the New World colonization and won the English Civil Wars. New World colonization began as early as 1480 by English seamen performing spectacular feats of exploration under Elizabeth I. These seamen made various claims of territorial annexation in America in an effort to outflank their ...
- 195: The New Age Movement
- The New Age Movement Although the New Age movement is not technically a religion , eight to nine percent of people that do not believe in organized religion find the New Age as their replacement. The New Age movement is very difficult to describe although not impossible. It is a complex sociological phenomenon that can be perceived in many ways. Basically, what another person sees, ...
- 196: Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell
- ... uses another pig named Snowball to symbolize the part that Lenin played in the Russian Revolution. Lenin was the founder of the Communist Party in Russia and set up the first Communist dictatorship in the world. "Lenin's goals were the destruction of free enterprise (privately owned and controlled business) and the creation of a classless society ( a society without groups of rich or poor people)."12 These were the general goals of Snowball also. Lenin and Snowball shared one major goal in common and that was to industrialize the societies that they controlled and lived in. Right before Lenin died, he "introduced a new economic policy and aimed to improve industrial skills and education".13 In comparison, Snowball was the mastermind behind the windmill in Animal Farm. The purpose of the windmill that Snowball was designing was to "do ... Eighty-Four, where he shows his dislike of Communism. As the Russian Communists grew stronger Orwell's dislike for them grew equally as strong. His writings contained warnings to the people of England and the world not to be misguided by Communism. These two novels were among the first to show the true brutality of the Communist party and helped to open the eyes of the American people to the ...
- 197: Economy Of New Zealand
- The United States and New Zealand established close ties in 1942, when the U.S. provided security for New Zealand during World War II, and have remained close ever since. However, in 1984, the Labour party came into power in New Zealand, with intentions to bar nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered warships from New Zealand ports. ...
- 198: Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell
- ... uses another pig named Snowball to symbolize the part that Lenin played in the Russian Revolution. Lenin was the founder of the Communist Party in Russia and set up the first Communist dictatorship in the world. "LeninΉs goals were the destruction of free enterprise (privately owned and controlled business) and the creation of a classless society ( a society without groups of rich or poor people)."12 These were the general goals of Snowball also. Lenin and Snowball shared one major goal in common and that was to industrialize the societies that they controlled and lived in. Right before Lenin died, he "introduced a new economic policy and aimed to improve industrial skills and education".13 In comparison, Snowball was the mastermind behind the windmill in Animal Farm. The purpose of the windmill that Snowball was designing was to "do ... Eighty-Four, where he shows his dislike of Communism. As the Russian Communists grew stronger OrwellΉs dislike for them grew equally as strong. His writings contained warnings to the people of England and the world not to be misguided by Communism. These two novels were among the first to show the true brutality of the Communist party and helped to open the eyes of the American people to the ...
- 199: The Evolution Of A Disc Jockey
- ... this musical change. It was a simple musical output device. The role of this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the modernistic period. During the modern era, the world was changing from the traditional beliefs of more philosophical, social conscious, scientific ideas. This is when John Cage during the thirties came on to the phonographic scene displaying the manipulation of a song into abstract ... foundation of phonographic compilations, the true creators of the disc jockey hip-hop culture were soon to follow. Hip-Hop pioneers like DJ Kool Herc, Africa Bambaata, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Hollywood, and Grandwizard Theodore innovated new ways to create a hip-hop sound. When hip-hop was in its embryonic stages, it was made the original way with two turntables, a mixer, a breakbeat and a microphone (Braxton 23). As the ... to recognise the favourable offspring. "The spark that ignited the musical multicultural flame in hip-hop was when Jamaican expatriate Kool Herc and his Herculordian sound system unleashed continuous breakbeats upon the Bronx and the world" (Daredevil 74). Every record has a break, especially early disco. It's the part of a song after the chorus where the song changes at the interlude" (Kurt). The breakbeat is directly related to ...
- 200: The United States' Rise To A World Power After 1930
- The United States' Rise To A World Power After 1930 In the thirty years that passed between 1930 and 1960 a lot happened in America and Britain, making the first a new World Power while the latter saw its international influence diminished. The main reason for this was the Second World War. It left Britain in ruins, physically and economically. America, in stead, gained from the demand ...
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