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- 1721: Brave New World 4
- ... piece of science fiction for both its time and our own. It seems to withstand the intervening 65 years, primarily because of its depiction of a tightly controlled, rigidly stratified homogenous society. Issues of social control are as relevant today as in 1932, perhaps more so. Reproductive technology plays a key role in the social control of Brave New World. Reproduction takes place in a "Hatchery". Excised ova are inspected for abnormalities, fertilised, put into incubators and then undergo the "Bokanovsky Process". Each embryo is irradiated for 8 minutes with X ... here depends on how much we educate ourselves as a society, and which of these technologies we allow to bear their bitter fruit. At least we don't have soma as a method of social control ... but then again, we do have Prozac!
- 1722: Flannery OConner
- ... all elderly women. All three are mothers of boys. Another likeness is the women and their sheer physical presence. “In Everything Rises Must Converge” Julian’s mother walks on the bus and immediately begins to control the conversation. People seem to feed off her commentaries. These commentaries are usually on the basis of racism. As she states when she notices that there are no black people on the bus, “I see ... in A Good Man is Hard to Find. She continues a conversation with a man that is has murdered her family and threatening to murder her. Through the use of dialog these three women also control the man in each of their stories. Julian’s mother tries to control her son’s life. Her son still lives at home and put him through school. Mrs. Turpin’s husband is held silent for just about the entire story. -1- She orders him around and ...
- 1723: A Clockwork Orange 2
- ... by the government a clockwork orange. After much turmoil and anxiety, Alex is fixed, and once more has free will. In the final chapter, we see how Alex finally matures and frees himself from outside control. He decides to find a wife to take care of his son. In doing so, he realizes how his youth was that of a clockwork orange and we see how this realization breaks him from the control it had over him. This can be seen in our lives in that we eventually become morally responsible and take steps toward fulfilling our obligations in life. Burgess points out an interesting question in this ... novel. Would it be better to be forced to do good or to choose evil with freedom of choice? Would it be right to live our lives perfectly, on the condition that we had no control over it? Burgess states his answer in the words spoken by the prison chaplain, who says, When a man ceases to choose, he ceases to be a man.
- 1724: Androcentricty In Things Fall
- The world in Chinua Achedes novel, Things Fall Apart, was a society in which males had control of everything, and the women had control of nothing. As wives, women were seen as property, rather than as partners to be loved and cherished. The men of the Ibo tribe usually married more than one wife because the more wives, yams ... Agbala. Does a man speak when a God speaks? Beware!" (101). Okonkwo is powerless before the goddess's priestess. He feels insecure because she is a women, so he feels more of a need to control his own women.
- 1725: Antigone 9
- In the story Antigone Creon showed that to much power will corrupt anyone. As Creon became blessed with total control his character, principals, and his judgement deteriorated. Antigone was written by a man named Sophocles. He was a man that did an excellent job of showing how absolute power will corrupt absolutely. Using Creon's ... he had little sense of judgement at the time of the incident. As a leader Creon was a lost, undefined, wreck of a man. The power that came with his postition destroyed him. He lost control of what was important to his city and his family. As he became blessed with total control his character, principals, and leadership deteriorated. In the play Creon stated "You cannot know a man completely, his character, his principals, sense of judgement, not till he's shown his true colors, ruling the ...
- 1726: Affliction
- ... the barn to get into the truck, but Glenn comes up behind Wade and hits him over the head with a Whiskey bottle, Wade turns around and hits Glenn with a shotgun. Wade raises the gun, pulls the trigger, to find that the gun is empty. After realizing the gun was empty, Wade says, TRICK it was just a joke. But it was too late, Glenn died. Wade picked up his father put him on a workbench, poured gasoline over him, and burned his ...
- 1727: A Worn Path
- Fate can take control of humans lives and can help humans reach the end of the challenging path. The path is a journey which can not be totally controlled by humans. There will always be obstacles that will rely ... Overall fate was brought up many times. If she had gotten caught taking the nickel she saw fall out of the white man's pocket, she might have gotten killed. He could have pointed his gun at her and fate would have then taken her to her grave. In the end she almost forgot the reason for the long trip. It shows that it is sometimes the journey that was important ...
- 1728: A Story From America
- ... she opens the windows because of the heat, the murder is sitting in his or hers window frame, waiting for Mrs Alpher to stand in the right spot where he or she can fire the gun. No one will notice the shot, because of loud noise the trafic usualy makes. The pieces finally bagan to fit, now there was only one thing left to do, cross-examine those with windows opposide ... went out to find the murder. Mr Appleton 33 years old, lives opposide Mrs Alpher s apartment on Baker Street. Has a good point of view to the apartment, and have permission to carry a gun. He was alone home watching television the night of the murder. Mrs Sherly 25 years old, lives opposide Mrs Alpher s apartment on Main Street. Do not have a good point of view, but have ... killing. After hearing all three alibis, I sat down trying to find out who had the best reason for killing Mrs Alpher. Mr Appleton was apparently the headsuspect, because he had permission to carry a gun. But all murders didn t always have permission to carry guns, so Mrs Sherly with her jealousy was also a headsuspect. Mr Edwoods whom said he wasn t home at the time of the ...
- 1729: Analytical Essay On The Grass
- ... sternly tells Collin's father, Eugene, " I'll expect him this afternoon!" The filmmaker uses dark clothes, hard wavy hair and a heavy stamp to highlight Verena's character. She maintains an outwards appearance of control and decency. Further more, Verena's house is designed to convey her power and authority over the other characters. The wall paper is a vertical stripe to convey a prison like feeling and the colours ... right. Nor you sir." and in a stunning moment, Dolly breathes " It won't do... then you would have it all." Dolly is starting to come out of her shell and out of Verena's control. After this episode, Dolly runs away to the tree house with Collin and Catherine. It isn't until Dolly meets Judge that she flowers into a woman and feels free to give her affection and ... her own descisions. Verena's process of change occurs when Dolly goes away. She desperatly wants Dolly and Collin back, and she does it the only way she knows how, to order them down, to control the sheriff to get them down . Verena misses Dolly as shown when she enters Dolly's room and it is empty, and she breathes " Dolly." When Collin is shot, and she blames someone else ...
- 1730: A Clockwork Orange
- ... by the government – a clockwork orange. After much turmoil and anxiety, Alex is “fixed,” and once more has free will. In the final chapter, we see how Alex finally matures and frees himself from outside control. He decides to find a wife to take care of his son. In doing so, he realizes how his youth was that of a clockwork orange and we see how this realization breaks him from the control it had over him. This can be seen in our lives in that we eventually become morally responsible and take steps toward fulfilling our obligations in life. Burgess points out an interesting question in this ... novel. Would it be better to be forced to do good or to choose evil with freedom of choice? Would it be right to live our lives “perfectly,” on the condition that we had no control over it? Burgess states his answer in the words spoken by the prison chaplain, who says, “When a man ceases to choose, he ceases to be a man.”
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