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- 4541: Dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- ... were dilemmas that Huxley "foretold" of the future. This essay is interesting because of the many truths that have aroused since it was written such as the fact of overpopulation. Huxley's life was cut short on November 22, 1963, a few months after he wrote his last essay Literature and Science. He had spent most of his life in the United States by the time he died in his home ...
- 4542: Milton's Presentation of the Fallen Angels
- ... as the alternative, and less-frequently explored world of the devils, is probed in such a fascinating manner. Milton uses the story of the fallen angels to open out on numerous eras, civilisations, myths and stories, allowing him to convey his own perception of the world's history, as the reader is guided through various points in time. Before we are introduced to the individuals, Milton depicts an enormous army of ...
- 4543: Lord of the Flies: Characteristics of Children
- ... that adult authority figure. In addition to seeking adult-like authority figures, children lose their innocence and stray towards savagery when not around adult authority. When the boys have been on the island for a short time, they start to show more violence, but when they realiz e what they have done they become contrite, embarrassed by their actions. After Maurice destroys Percival's sandcastle and some sand gets in Percival ...
- 4544: Catcher in the Rye: Theme of the World Having An Outward Appearance
- ... of phonies hint the name Phoebe Greek for sun. I read a very interesting point in a book review about The Catcher in the Rye that explains the Holden behavior all through the book. In short it said his activities "describes a developing nervous breakdown." And if you think of the symptoms you would a agree. Unexplained depression, show countless time in the story as "I felt depressed as hell." And ...
- 4545: Lord of the Flies: Success of Golding's Portrayal of the Children
- ... that adult authority figure. In addition to seeking adult-like authority figures, children lose their innocence and stray towards savagery when not around adult authority. When the boys have been on the island for a short time, they start to show more violence, but when they realiz e what they have done they become contrite, embarrassed by their actions. After Maurice destroys Percival's sandcastle and some sand gets in Percival ...
- 4546: A Review of Huxley's Brave New World
- ... contemporary sense may no longer be needed when suffering has been totally abolished. The distinction between value and happiness has distinctively moral significance only in the Darwinian Era where the fissure arose. Here, in the short-run, good feelings and good conduct may conflict. Gratifying one's immediate impulses sometimes leads to heartache in the longer term, both to oneself and others. When suffering has been eliminated, however, specifically moral codes ...
- 4547: Anne Wilkes In Stephen Kings M
- ... King compares Annie's powerful figure to a giant furnace, "That's what it would look like If you built a furnace inside the mouth of one of those idols in the H. Rider Haggard stories. That is what it would look like at night" (153). Annie is a protective goddess of Misery Chastain. By saving Paul's life, she saves the life of Misery. Annie knows that upon completion of ...
- 4548: Review of The Scarlet Letter
- ... living in any permanent manner. To an individual or group who was battling something backward in the Puritan society, as were many things, this would have been an inspirational book and possibly a revelation. In short, this book could have been exceptional; it had all the elements of a superb book. Unfortunately, Hawthorne found himself a rather large thesaurus and added a bunch of mindless prattle that mellowed out the high ...
- 4549: The Pardoner: "The Root of All Evil Is Money"
- ... and the journey continues. The pardoner's character is further outlined in the Prologue , when the writer states that, With these relics, any time he found Some poor up-country parson to astound In one short day, in money down, he drew More than the parson in a month or two,. Also in the Prologue, his appearance is described in very unflattering terms. Chaucer states that he had hair as yellow ...
- 4550: Dvd Vs. Vcr
- ... on the individual entertainment needs of the consumer, should someone make the final decision between the two systems. Both DVD and VCR offer a host of advantages in home entertainment thought impossible just a few short years ago. With time, both of these systems are sure to find solutions to the few disadvantages held by each, and will prove to offer amenities that we are not even able to imagine. RECOMENDATIOSAfter ...
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