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- 5411: Fahrenheit 451
- ... girl of seventeen who changes his mind about everything. Clarisse McClellan knows many things that Montag has never considered. For instance, she recites poetry, the ideas of great philosophers, and most importantly, facts about the world’s history. When she first speaks to Montag of these illicit things, he is taken aback and begins to question all that he has been told. Not trusting his current knowledge and cursed with a ... But, Montag did not give up. He soon remembers an old retired English professor, Faber, he met one year earlier. Faber jumps at the chance to help Montag and together they venture into the unwelcoming world to try to show others the importance of knowing their past. In light of these facts, one theme of this story, it is not necessarily the eldest, who is the wisest, can be found in ... quote proves to be true in Fahrenheit 451 because Montag’s knowledge of the past is lacking and what he does know is inaccurate. When he encounters the truth, it is like an entirely different world being opened up to him. Obviously, this newfound knowledge would not be as awesome if he had known it all along. This, along with other aspects of the book, made this novel truly enjoyable. ...
- 5412: Genetic Engineering
- ... pharmaceuticals and as sources of organs for transplantation into humans in the United States and abroad. Fish are being genetically engineered to grow larger and at a faster rate. According to U.S. News and World Report, many pharmaceutical drugs, including insulin, are already genetically engineered in the laboratory. Many enzymes used in the food industry, including rennet used in cheese production, are also available in genetically engineered form and are ... is unsafe; however, genetic engineering is a safe and powerful tool that will yield unprecedented results, specifically in the field of medicine". Burns went on to say that genetic engineering will lead us to a world where gene defects, bacterial disease, and even aging is a thing of the past. Gary Gardner, a scientist at the Center for Genetic Manipulation, stated that by understanding genetic engineering and its history, discovering its ... and place it into the DNA of another organism. He said that this would create a new DNA strand, full of new encoded instructions. Many claim genetic engineering will cause disasters that will lead the world into chaos. However, many people realize that there are certain risks that they're willing to take and that some safety precautions regarding bioengineering are already in effect. The Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee was ...
- 5413: An Utopian Society Is Wrong For Our Society
- An Utopian Society Is Wrong For Our Society Some people think that if the world was perfect, everything would be a lot better, This is called a utopia. I think that a utopia is not the right idea for society because if you don't feel hateness you don't feel hapiness either. Some things could be different in everybody's eyes, But it wouldn't be right if everybody was the same. A world with no uniqueness is what is called sameness in the book by Lois Lowry, It was called The Giver. One of the reasons that I think an utopia is wrong for our society is that people would lose all of their differences, everybody would have to have the same beliefs. Not everybody believes the same thing, there are many religions. In addition there are many ethnic beliefs in the world, there are also great quantities of languages, that would mean all people should speak one language too, that would be very hard to acheive. An additional reason is that there is no uniqueness, things ...
- 5414: Republicans! Unfavorable Acts Caused The Rise of The KKK
- Republicans! Unfavorable Acts Caused The Rise of The KKK The years after the civil war were frustrating times for the Americans. New laws and rules were posted for which to abide by and due to the outcome of the civil war, the people from the south had now to accept the new slavery laws issued by the political parties and congress. This created turmoil amongst both northerners, who mostly were against slavery, and southerners. This was ... on the rights of blacks. The battles with certain individuals who felt it their duty to stand up for their idea of what the American way was. In 1866, just a year after the civil war, six confederate veterans formed a social club in the small town of Pulaski Tennessee. These men were set out to perpetuate white supremacy through out the south. The social club became official. The members ...
- 5415: Alice In Wonderland
- ... these worlds of fantasy and make them realistic. How do these two great authors make the unbelievable believable? Both Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Island of Dr. Moreau float in between a dream world and reality, which makes the real seem unbelievable and the unbelievable seem real. In H.G. Wells’s The Island of Dr. Moreau, we see right from the beginning that imagination and reality are blended ... This is the same technique that Lewis Carroll uses in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The story begins with Alice getting tired, which implies that she is falling asleep and going to enter the fantastic world of dreams. Immediately, she sees a white rabbit in a waistcoat. This puts the reader directly into the world of fantasy and imagination. It is Carroll’s use of explanations that makes this unbelievable world seem real. No matter how strange something appears it has a meaning and a reason. When the Mock ...
- 5416: Life Or Death
- ... they are with or simply thinking about our mates. This feeling of security and belonging tends to increase our love towards each other, especially during times of pain and death. We begin to see the world of insecurity and being alone, a world of being abandoned and feeling useless. There are those who don t posses a soul mate , and nonetheless they too feel an increase of love; the love of having a mate of being wanted and ... icing on the top of the cake. The love for a child should be a durable as possible so that the child could use it as a shield from all the outside enemies in the world and feel a sense of security behind it. The final level of love that we feel has been considered and can be considered an evil love. Love for the material aspects in our lives. ...
- 5417: The Hutu Tribe
- ... to a public school. The way of life for the Hutu and Tutsi differs from our lifestyle very much. Right now the economy is in shambles because of the devastation of the long enduring civil war between these rival ethnic groups. I will expand on this topic later. The industry crashed because most of the country's efforts were being put into the war effort and not much work was getting done. Very little economic activity is going on and, as a result of this, millions of people are suffering. The agriculture consists of Hutu farmers' products. Stock breeding ... is done by the Tutsis who are cattle herders. Tin mining is the leading industry in Rwanda. As you can see the economy was never very strong to begin with, and now with the civil war raging it is worse than ever. The history of conflict between the two tribes began four centuries ago. The Tutsis are a warrior tribe of Hamatic origin. Sometimes called the "Watutsi", they invaded the ...
- 5418: Death Of A Salesman 2
- ... identity. From the very beginning of his life, Willy Loman experienced problems with his popularity and personality. His last name is a pun on a "low man." He is at the bottom of the business world as an unsuccessful salesman. In addition, his theories on life and society prove to be very degrading, not to mention influential to his mind set every day. Willy believes that being well-liked and having ... man who cannot sell well, the loss of a salary is very detrimental to his well-being. "Although Willy is aware, maybe dimly and imperfectly, that he is not cut out for success in the world of trade and commerce, he nevertheless nurses the dream of getting the better of everybody else. And this leads him into an alienation from himself, obscuring his real identity." (P. P. Sharma, critical analysis) Willy ... that occurred in Willy Loman's life, it was not surprising when he killed himself. In search of happiness, Willy believed that he could give his family what they wanted if he only left the world. But, his dreams were wrong, as his family did not even care enough to go to his funeral. He died for things that he had lived for- his sons and illusions of prosperity. Ironically, ...
- 5419: Taoism
- ... this concept to its beliefs. Ignorance of these beliefs is a sign of weakness in the mind. To truly understand ones own religion, one must also understand those concepts of the other religions of the world. Hopefully this will be an enlightenment on the reincarnation concepts as they apply to Taoism and Buddhism. The goal in Taoism is to achieve tao, to find the way. Tao is the ultimate reality, a presence that existed before the universe was formed and which continues to guide the world and everything in it. Tao is sometimes identified as the Mother, or the source of all things. That source is not a god or a supreme being as with Christians, for Taoism is not monotheistic ... the belief that the soul never dies, a person's soul is eternal. It is possible to see death in contrast to life; both are unreal and changing. One's soul does not leave the world into the unknown, for it can never go away. Therefore there is no fear to come with death. In the writings of The Tao Te Ching, tao is described as having existed before heaven ...
- 5420: Across Five Aprils- Summary
- Across Five Aprils- Summary The book Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt, is a great fiction novel that gives the reader a good perspective of the average family during the Civil War. This book shows the hardships and tough times that the war cast upon everyone in the U.S. The author tries to get the reader to be sucked in by the constant goings on in the lives of the many characters. This story takes place in southern Illinois in the 1860s during the Civil War. The main character, Jethro Creighton, is a nine-year-old boy that lives on his family's farm during the war. His brother Tom and his cousin Eb leave early on and join the ...
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