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- 1611: Fahrenheit 451: A Depleting Society
- ... progressing toward the society in the book are in the areas of entertainment, religion, and education. The great parlor walls in Fahrenheit 451 are probably the next step up from big screen TV. Before the television was invented, and shortly after, it wasn't used very often. People sat around and talked. They rarely watch TV and most people owned only one. Today, TV is a big part of people's ...
- 1612: Rheingold's Virtual Reality: Summary
- ... of the pioneers like Doug Englebart of ARC(Augmentation Research Center). This is the place that invented the mouse and hypertext. His history lesson included the evolution of the technology used in virtual reality from television screen to the head mounted display to the virtual environment display which used the glove to a laser microscanner to paint images on your retina. He seemed to cover just about every aspect of virtual ...
- 1613: Moby Dick: The Characters and Plot
- ... Whales are an endangered species, almost hunted to extinction. In fact, many countries have outlawed whaling. Most people consider whaling to be cruel and inhumane. The Japanese are despised worldwide for continuing to hunt them. Television programs portray them in a positive light. Whale are mammals that nurse their young and breathe air, just like human beings. They are not giant fish. Today's children are taught to respect whales, and ...
- 1614: Odysseus: Summary
- ... the offer and went to Lolita's house. There she made him soup called ajiaco, a Cuban favorite which has vegetables and meat mixed together (Vazquez 90). Odysseus nibbled on the soup while he watched television on the couch with Lolita. They watched baseball, a popular Cuban sport (Vazquea 107-108). Then Lolita asked Odysseus to spend the night with her. Odysseus declined, because he said he must be faithful to ...
- 1615: Society's Views on Family Values and Children as Reflected in the novel The Handmaid's Tale
- ... 1988 has used traditional family values as there main platform in running for office. Politicians like Dan Quale are condemning the single parent household and speaking out against such single parent role models such as Television's Murphy Brown. In Canada, three members of Preston Manning's Reform party were kicked out of the caucus for speaking out against homosexual rights and supporting the more traditional view of strait only marriages ...
- 1616: An Analysis of "This Boy's Life"
- ... belonging. Since they had none of these characteristics, they admired Nazis for the fact that they, at one time, had an abundance of power. The feeling of belonging to something was also attractive. They watched television programs about the Nazis and failed to see the wrong in them. They misinterpreted the whole purpose of these shows. "We saw that the real point was to celebrate snappy uniforms and racy Mercedes staff ...
- 1617: Compare Two Biographies Of Wayne Gretzky
- ... could skate at two years old. He was well known by people at six. When he was ten, he was signing autographs and had a national magazine article written about him. A thirty- minutes national television show done on him at fifteen. It also talk about Gretzky's hero when he was a kid. He was a funny guy. He was Gretzky's hockey instructor. He was also his lacrosse, baseball ...
- 1618: Vonnegut's Portrayal of Society in Breakfast of Champions
- ... country as long as they come out ahead financially. Earth's natural resources are being systematically destroyed by industrial greed (Giannone 109). While this is going on everyone sits at home on their couch, watching television in their homely suburban cottage, daydreaming of a new car or perhaps the soon-to-arrive mini-mall that will make everyone's life easier and solve the problems of the world. The scenes of ...
- 1619: Crying of Lot 49
- ... in the deciphering of clues or not participate at all.4 Oedipa's purpose, besides executing a will, is finding meaning in a life dominated by assaults on people's perceptions through drugs, sex and television. She is forced out of her complacent housewife lifestyle of tupperware parties and Muzak into a chaotic system beyond her capabilities to understand. Images and facts are constantly spit forth. Oedipa's role is that ...
- 1620: The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
- ... short story was published in the early 1950's, Using a major issue of the time. Ray Bradbury was trying to make a specific point about the dangers of the new directions of our society, Television was becoming a baby sitter to children in many homes. Busy parents were replacing their own affection and time for their children, with the goggle box. The story concentrates on how this relationship can eventually ...
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