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- 2171: Grapes of Wrath Essay
- ... food, leaving people to beg and steal. At first locals felt sorry, but the feeling went from pity to fear and from fear to anger and they began to take drastic measures in attempt to control the poor starving people. "Then sheriffs swore in deputies in droves, and orders were rushed for rifles, for tear gas, for ammunition."(555) People’s lives change, and when the do, they must adapt. They ... polluting the environment, cutting forests, replanting forests, developing etc. Humans are unlike any species on the planet, we developed complex brains as our tool. Our brains have allowed us to learn, adapt, and try to control and manipulate. However, with all advantages there come disadvantages because nothing is perfect. Our brains also cause us to be competitive, greedy, violent, and out of control. Most of the time humans have to adapt to changes that they have caused with their endless abilities and technology. The abilities that humans possess, are presently and have been, since the beginning of ...
- 2172: Social Criticism in Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities
- ... the factories and land. Rather, "state communism" was established, where a central government owned them. Orwell thought that such a political system, "state communism," was open to exploitation by its leaders. Napoleon, after gaining complete control, did anything he wished - reserved the best for the pigs, and treated the animals cruelly. The animals could not do anything, unless they again realized their strength in numbers against their own kind.Unfortunately, they ... different caste from the other animals. Orwell's implication is that "real" communism cannot exist in the countries which claim to be communist. The ruling class - politicians - own everything and ironically are therefore in total control. A Tale of Two Cities is a love story which chronicles the lives of Charles Darnay, a Frenchman who renounced his link with the aristocracy, and Sydney Carton, a wastrel who lived in England. Both ... disenchantment with the state of evolution of human nature. They seem to be saying, that even when we begin with honourable intentions, there will be some of us who will let their base instincts take control. Orwell, in Animal Farm portrays this nature by parodying events in real history. Given the right conditions, those events could happen anywhere - a leader becoming overly ambitious, to the point of harming his people ...
- 2173: Jane Eyre
- ... be the biggest obstacle at each stop of Jane's journey: Gateshead Hall, Lowood Institution, Thornfield Manor, Moor House, and Ferndean Manor. Through the progression of the story, Jane slowly learns how to understand and control her repression. I will be analyzing Janes stops at Thornfield Manor and Moor House for this is where she met the two most important men in her life. The easiest way to compare and contrast ... gentlemen come into contact with Jane. It is at Thornfield Manor that Jane first encounters Mr. Rochester. While living at Thornfield, Rochester demands undivided attention from the servants, Jane included. He needs to be in control of every aspect of his life, and he needs to feel superior to all of those around him. Jane de cides to accept his control and she concedes to him by calling him sir, even after they begin to have an intimate relationship. At one point, she even goes so far as to excuse herself for thinking. She says, " ...
- 2174: Ordinary People - Avoiding Problems Is Not A Way Of Handling Them
- ... Calvin, maybe not at first, wanted to resolve the problems that was eating away at them and their family. In the novel, when Conrad first saw the psychiatrist, he told Dr. Berger that he wanted control. I think that the control was control over problems faced in his life. Both Calvin and Conrad benefited from being able to speak their minds instead of avoiding the problems they faced.
- 2175: Drinking: A Love Story - A Review
- ... to give up drinking, she became anorexic. She says it was just another tool used to fill the void in her life and cover the pain. It was also a way for her to have control over something in her life. She could physically control the amount of food she ate and the physical pain of hunger she felt. She could control what she looked like and how others would perceive her. This disorder served the same function as the drinking did just as anyother addiction or obsession would have. When Caroline resorted back to drinking, ...
- 2176: A Rose For Emily: Symbolism
- ... out of touch with the modern world—all of these things make them feel superior to her, and also to the past, which she represents. (Brooks, Warren 159) Finally, the whip symbolizes the strictness and control that Emily’s father had over her. There are several examples of how her father’s control over her is implied. The townspeople pictured “Miss Emily’s a slender figure in white in the background, her father a spraddled silhouette in the foreground, his back to her and clutching a horsewhip, the ... back suggest a disregard for her. The back-flung door invites suitors in, but only those who meet Mr.Grierson standards. Unfortunately, those standards are unattainable (Powell). Miss Emily is obedient allowing him to have control. Her father runs all of her suitors off that come to call. Even in his death the power that he had over her did not go away. She refused to let his body be ...
- 2177: Black Boy Essay
- ... to keep black people down, from ever rising up and making things better for themselves. By telling black people from the time they were born that they were inferior and less human, they could effectively control the minority. These were the ideas that Richard was exposed to as he grew up, they were ingrained in him. The ideas had been so ingrained in Richard’s parents’ and grandparents’ minds that they ... a hundred dollars, but he soon got nervous and decided he would quit at the end of the week and leave town. Right before Richard left, to make a little more money he stole a gun from the neighbor’s house and pond it, he also broke into the college storehouse and stole canned fruit that he sold to restaurants. As Richard was leaving he began to feel terrible for what ...
- 2178: The Silence of the Lambs
- ... killer database. Clarice is told that she will be interviewing Dr. Hannibal Lecter, an ex-psychiatrist turned serial killer. He not only kills his victims but also eats their flesh. After she is issued her gun and badge she goes to a Baltimore asylum where Dr. Lecter is held. Dr.Chilton, who runs the asylum, greets Clarice. He leads her to Dr.Lecter, but on the way he tells her how ... and it is pitch black. James puts on his night vision goggles and slowly approaches Clarice in the dark and right before he tries to shoot her, Clarice hears him pulling the trigger of his gun. She pulls her gun and shoots him. After he is dead she notifies the FBI to come to Jame Gumb’s house because he is Buffalo Bill and tells them Senator Martine’s daughter is alive. During a ...
- 2179: Building Blocks of a Family
- ... to figure out what his problem is. Through many attempts she tries to reach to him through counselors, and outside help. This story reveals a lack of communication, feelings of inadequacy, and lack of parental control. Daisy reminisces on what Donny used to look like. "He used to have blond hair -almost white- cut shorter than the other children's so that on his crown a little cowlick always stood up ... receives a call that Donny has been expelled from school due to some contents that were found in his locker. Instead of heading home, Donny finds his way to Cal's. Daisy has now lost control of her son. Donny no longer takes her seriously, or sees her as a parental figure. Eventually, Daisy and Matt remove Donny from Cal's tutoring, and send him to a public school. This breaks off any control that they might have had left. After everything, Donny runs away. "The first week in June, during final exams, Donny vanished." The cops told Daisy that if Donny wanted to come that he would. " ...
- 2180: Brave New World
- ... its time and our own. It seems to have kept nearly all of it’s meaning for the past 67 years, mostly because of its story of a tightly controlled, 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". Stolen ova are inspected for abnormalities, fertilised, put into incubators and then undergo the "Bokanovsky Process". Each embryo is bombarded for 8 minutes with X ... but of financial, educational, nutritional and political resources. Where we go from here depends on how much we educate ourselves as a society. At least we don't have soma as a method of social control ... but then again, we do have Prozac!
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