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- 1811: Brave New World: Escape from Reality
- ... World society allows production to increase and requires that consumption increase, a solution that seems flawed by current American standards. Huxley provides a strong warning against the misuse of science. Through factories that produce children, drugs that evoke pleasure, and conditioning that replaces families, technology becomes a dehumanizing force. Family Life Huxley addresses the importance of family values and the family structure in Brave New World. The structural part of a ...
- 1812: Breaking Down Racial Barriers
- ... man took this issue into his own hands. He developed a project to show all of us just how stupid we act. John Howard Griffin colored his skin black, using a mixture of chemicals and drugs, to explore the life of a black man. He wanted to experience first hand the racism and injustice. He kept a journal of his experiences, and later published them. I found this book very interesting ...
- 1813: Keeping the Reader in Suspense
- ... jealous of her. What creates mystery is the fact that Lorna was a prostitute and that she couldn’t resists flirting with danger. Prostitution is associated with danger, with pimps, johns, and with money and drugs. All those things are illegal, and they are creating suspense. Sue Grafton creates suspense by letting the reader know that Lorna had a double life, and by describing the person Lorna was. In “From Potter ...
- 1814: John Cheever’s Portrayals of Suburban Life
- ... who changes ones community results in admission to a hospital for the insane. Lastly Farraguts bouts with change initially get him into trouble. His depression and stress compiled from Marcia’s affairs lead him to drugs. His drug addiction ends in a raging argument with his brother resulting in fratricide. The uplifting piece to this story though is the desire to change what seems to be the unchangeable. Farragut’s unhappiness ...
- 1815: Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
- ... and seem to go unaccounted for leads to leads to a decline in their motivation. How can they want more than what they know? They see the streets in which they live in infested with drugs, violence, death and decay. It's as if they are living in a battle zone in their own community. Yet despite these factors and other barriers, there are those that whish for more and strive ...
- 1816: Of Mice and Men
- ... her. He takes his own life out of love for her. He could not stand to be separated from her. He needed to be with her. “Here is to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” His life ended and awakened Juliet for she had seen he had taken his life for her and she then ended her own. Romeo had many strong ...
- 1817: THe Catcher in the Rye: Summary
- ... this "fall" they lose their child-like innocence. This fall could be related to a moral dilemma like maybe the city in the raw. Where he/she would be exposed to prostitution, drunkenness, and maybe drugs. Holden Caufield sees himself ruined and tainted by the world. He has failed out of school, drinks, and smokes. His attitude is it is too late for me. But, there is a ray of hope ...
- 1818: Brave New World
- ... that Huxley presents, everyone is happy. There are no differences. Everyone is brought up to be happy, and most do not even know what sadness or anger is. All is cured artificially through surrogates or drugs. Even happiness alone is not unique to the individual. Soma, the hallucinatory drug, the 'perfect drug' that is used by all, even induces the same kind of happiness. The only variant is to what extent ...
- 1819: The Scarlet Letter: Roger's Character Stereotyped As An Abusive Person
- ... have to. The most severe instance of abuse Chillingworth inflicted upon anybody was that of Arthur Dimmsdale. He abused Dimmsdale physically and mentally. Physical abuse came when he gave him medication. He purposefully gave him drugs he knew would hurt him in one way or another. Mentally, Chillingworth played with Dimmsdale's mind. He knew Dimmsdale was weak, and abused him by playing games with his head. He psychologically messed with ...
- 1820: A Comparison of Huckleberry Finn and On The Road
- ... Terri), gets drunk, and meets a lot of crazy people. Sal lived the unstructured life on the road, but not until he had written several more books and thought himself to have taken too many drugs in Tangiers with William Burroughs, who he casts as the character of Old Bull Lee in On the Road (Charters 15). On the Road became known as a product of the "beat generation" and was ...
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