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Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451In the book, Fahrenheit 451, written by Ray Bradbury, two major female characters significantly influence Guy Montag. The two women are Mildred "Millie" Montag, Guy's wife, and a teenager who Guy met named Clarisse McClellan. Clarisse nurtures Guy's interest in books, while Mildred, on the other hand, tries to deny it. In the movie version of Fahrenheit 451, the director Francois Truffaut used the same actress for Mildred and Clarisse to suggest that the two characters were symbolic of the struggle that was going on inside Guy Montag. Clarisse and Mildred represent opposite world-views that compete for dominance over Guy Montag. With incredible speed, Guy's chance encounter with Clarisse turns his world upside down. Clarisse and Montag didn't know each other for a very long time, but she had a major impact upon him. Guy worked as a fireman, setting fires and burning books, which, in the world depicted in Fahrenheit 451, had become obsolete. For ten years Guy performed his ro |
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Causes of the American RevolutionSynopsis For my essay I have chosen to write about the American Revolution where I will 'assess the causes that lead to the development of the American Revolution'. I have decided to use this question, as I believe it is an interesting topic due to its importance in American history. It is important to know about, as it is the creation of the United States as an ostensibly unified and independent country. It also substantially changed the world, embodying ideologies and influencing movements such as other nations to become independent. The revolutionary principles that led to the formation of the nation continue to influence American society. The American Revolution is not only significant to the United States as for Australia it marks the beginning of their own history where Britain's supremacy tries to take over other nations and influence their political ideologies upon them. The content of my essay includes the main causes of the American Revolution where I have structured |
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Native Americans and the EnvironmentNorthern and Southern New England Tribes had to quickly learn how to adjust to the environments that surrounded them. They had to learn how to grow, hunt, fish and be prepared for anything to come their way. English settlers had to thoughts on the natives. The natives were either envied by the English settlers and were seen as people free from the corruption of civilization or seen as a bunch of inhumane people that are just taking up space or landscape. The Northern and southern tribes may have been far from perfect but if the English settlers would have just taken the time they may have learned something from these people. The environments in which the two tribes lived in would change every season just like they do in today's world. With that came preparation and flexibility of the two tribes. Just like we have today a "mobile home" so did the tribes except for the fact they had no motor and no wheels. The tribes would build a house out of wood frames covered in grass mats or bark that could be easily taken apart and moved within a couple hours. They also had things underground |
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Good Looks Do Matter by Rita PanahiRita Panahi's opinion article 'Good Looks Do Matter', appearing in the Herald Sun, on Monday, August 19, 2013, draws attention to the issue of people'e appearances, and contends that in today's society, good looking people "do better in life" than their "plain counterparts". Panahi argues to her numerous audiences, including parents, women and employers, that not only do attractive people do better in the workplace, but they are also more intelligent, better looked after as children, and lead an altogether happier life. She also employs various persuasive techniques, such as statistics, expert opinion and cliches, as well as factual, informative and humorous tones to reinforce her arguments. Panahi uses a variety of persuasive techniques to argue that more attractive children are better looked after. Her use of expert opinion and statistics, as well as appealing to family values in order to better connect with the parental audience, helps Panahi to make more |
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Division, Classification and FeminismAlthough intellectuals and activists existed advocating the intelligence, dignity, and intrinsic potential of the female sex during the Enlightenment and epochs prior, true advancements in the acquisition of rights only began to occur as the dawn of the twentieth century broke when impassioned women initiated a battle for suffrage. Well over a century later, it cannot be said that the feminist movement fulfilled its objectives in our society and there is vast progress to be made despite the epic leaps that have been taken through years of toil. In describing this evolution, first, second, and third wave feminism are multidimensional terms that function to make the unique advancements, influences, and impacts of each time period digestible. Analyzing feminism's short history is paramount in absorbing the complexity and urgency of the movement towards equality as well as forming a plan for reaching greater gender inequality in the future. All key periods of femi |
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Challenges in Romeo and Juliet"Literature can often explore how life is challenging for other people. Describe how one character faced a challenge or found something difficult, and explain what you thought about this." In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare. Literature can often explore how life is challenging to other people. And for Romeo, that challenge is to be with Juliet. Romeo met Juliet when he and his friends crashed the Capulet party. At that time Romeo was heartbroken because Rosaline – his former girlfriend – broke up with him. When Romeo sees Juliet, he fell in love with her instantly "Did my heart love till now?" "For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" Romeo thinks Juliet is beautiful and compares her to the most pretty and precious things in the world such as angel, sun, moon and stars "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun", "oh speak again bright angel". But not long after their first meeting, Romeo found out that Juliet is a Capulet & |
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Business Analysis - The Braap Organization1. Research the Braaap Organisation The Braaap Organisation is an Australian company specialising in motorcycle manufacturer driven by a vision of making motorcycling more enjoyable and more accessible. Braaap's initial vision was to create "WorldClass" motorcycles that are high quality, unique and affordable. Braaap is an emerging company amongst an industry dominated by a few well-established brands. This report will examine the products and services offered by Braaap, the key characteristics of the company's operating system, and their significance to the market, their pricing policy, pricing variables and their effect on demand. This report will also look into promotional methods, their channels of distribution, the level of customer service they provide and the components of their marketing mix and objectives. 2. Identify the key characteristics of their products and services and their significance to the market Braaap offers a variety of products and services to meet |
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A Look at My LifeMy name is Javier ___________. I was born on October 8, 1992 in Berkeley Ca. I am the second oldest of a total of five kids. I grew up in a pretty healthy family. My mom was a housewife who was in charge of making sure everything was done for us at home while my dad worked in order to provide. I didn't have to worry about anything but school. My parents were always involved in all my school work and meetings. They also put me into sports to keep my mind occupied. I played soccer for about 4 years and at that time soccer was my life. When I was about 14 years old, my parents decided to buy a house in Madera, Ca because my parents not only thought it would benefit us in the long run, but also because my dad seen that we were getting older and he wanted us to live in a better neighborhood and have a better lifestyle. As a teen if I didn't really agree on moving to Madera especially because I moved out there in the middle of the school year which made it hard for me to get situated and |
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Film Overview - WitnessThe 1985 Peter Weir film Witness effectively represents ideas, attitudes and values held by two vastly different cultures that live in the same world. Witness effectively conveys themes of power, murder and corruption along with contrasting themes of peace, community and harmony. This is achieved through the use of various symbolic, written, audio and technical codes used in several scenes in the film to highlight the ideas, values and attitudes held by two different cultures as shown in the film. The 'Murder Scene' in Witness conveys values of innocence, murder and the jarring nature of the modern world as it corrupts the innocence of a child. The scene highlights these values and attitudes through the use of various camera shots and music. The scene begins with a long shot of Samuel entering the toilets and establishes both the setting of the scene and the naive manner of Samuel as the shot sees him curiously exploring parts of the bathroom. The man in t |
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Young Goodman Brown - Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne had a strong belief humans were intuitively evil; one of Hawthorne's ancestors was involved in prosecuting the "witches" in Salem, Massachusetts in the 1690s, and Hawthorne, being born in Salem, lived with the haunting of this ancestral guilt. Just because Hawthorne criticized his Puritan backgrounds does not mean he had fully escaped it, therefor his Puritan foundation went on influencing his writing. Goodman Brown, being a newly married man to his wife Faith, is naive and still questioning his faith or religion. Unable to accept either the evil or joys of life, Goodman Brown has lost his faith, both in mankind and his wife, this is evident in "Young Goodman Brown", from the way he goes on his journey through the forest to how he ends up with Faiths pink ribbon in the palm his hands. Goodman Browns wife Faith is an innocent, young and pure woman who was strongly against Goodman Brown going out into the forest. She is the ideal women to those |
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Music Education ProgramsAs I progressed through my high school years, I started to notice the lack of attention the music program at my high school was getting. I remember going to contests all over Texas and observing the best high school band programs in the country. A common denominator for almost every great program is their utilization of props. These marching contests were part of University Interscholastic League (UIL) competition. The state of Texas is divided into 7 areas, which are then divided into 28 prospective regions, and only a certain amount of bands are allowed to advance once they receive the highest rating possible on a scale of 1-5, 1 being the highest. I noticed how the bands that advanced had so much more staff than my high school, so I decided to ask my band director why that was and he simply said it was because of money that we didn't have due to budget cuts. These schools weren't affected by budget cuts because they were part of wealthier neighborhoods that actually had support from |
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Senate as OppositionIn What Ways and With What Success Did the Senate Provide a Focus For Opposition to the Emperor? The senate was an institution in Ancient Rome which passed advice to magistrates in the form of 'senatus consulta' under the republic. Eventually, however, the senate became a legislative body and its 'senatus consulta' became law. Under the empire, the senate was not the only legislative body. The emperor could also legislate using his 'tribunician' power, as well as through unofficial methods such as through edicts. Hence, as the empire become more widely accepted in Roman society, the senate's legislative role became less, with many emperors choosing to legislate by themselves, often ignoring the advice of the senate, and other emperors, such as Tiberius, although seeking senatorial debate, failing to initiate such. Thus, it could be argued that over time the senate became a focus for opposition to the emperors, due to the ill treatment of senators and the senate's diminished role, a |
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The Computer MouseThe computer mouse is an input device that uses a graphical user interface. Computers that incorporate the graphical user interface into their system are able to use the computer mouse to maneuver around the computers different applications. The mouse is used in many different applications including engineering and computer games. When using the computer mouse with the graphical user interface you move the mouse along a flat level surface. The arrow on the computer monitor will move with the movements created by the mouse. Clicking the mouse button will allow for certain programs or operations to happen. Douglas C. Engelbart is the first person to develop the original computer mouse. He completed a great deal of different studies in regard to human interpretation with the computer. Englebart completed a study of augmentation, which he defines as using technology to assist the intellect. The computer mouse came out of Engelbart's study due to the acceptability and ease of its operat |
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The Humanities, Revolutions and RomanticismAfter many days of hard work and countless hours spent in the lab, I have finally completed my project, my time machine! The motivation to complete this project all started back in the fall semester of 2014, when I took a general humanities course. When my professor lectured the class about the Revolutions and Romanticism, it kept me at the edge of my seat and I could not be any more interested. Now that I have completed my time machine, I could finally visit this fascinating era of political and art revolutions. This paper is a summarized plan which includes my reasons for my time travel journey to the 1750s to 1830s that I am about to start. There are plenty of amazing historical feats that happened during this time period, so this is definitely going to be a long journey! I decided I would first check out how the three revolutions changed the Western World so fundamentally. I would begin with the Industrial Revolution, then the American Revolution, and finally with the French Revo |
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Movie Overview - The Forgotten CityAndrew Mudge takes his audience through Atang Mokoenya's journey through his past and present ways of life in his film The Forgotten Kingdom. Mudge uses traditional and contemporary customs throughout the film to show his audience how diverse the different countries of Africa are. In turn, we then begin to see how the tension builds up between these traditional and contemporary customs and how it has the possibility to tear apart loved ones. In the beginning, Mudge shows Atang living in Johannesburg and we can immediately see that this city is very urbanized and fast moving. Atang spends most of his time with his friends drinking and roaming the city. It is seen early on in the film that he does not have a good relationship with his father and barely sees or speaks to him. But, all of the sudden he is faced with his father's death due to aids. Even though Atang knows what his father died from, he does not speak of it. Atang then discovers that his father has already planned his funer |
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Art and the Characteristics of Social IdentityThe issue of Identity is a complex one. Identity consists of innumerable defining characters that make up the whole of who we are in any given moment. These fragments of self-include our sexuality, gender and sense of belonging to a particular culture, nation, religion or family. It also includes our looks, personality, beliefs and fears and is "an unfolding storycontinuing recast in the course of experience." (Sennett, 2000: 176-177). Identity can also be influenced by the work we do, our education, the car we drive, the home we live in and the clothes we wear. Identity is also determined by perspective. Our self-image can be entirely different to the way we are seen by a colleague, partner, friend or parent who all have their own lens of perception through which they view us. One definition of identity is the persona we project out into the world. It is suggested that we don't have much control over our identity creation as we think, as today more than ever we are bein |
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Exegesis of II Corinthians 12:7 AN EXEGESIS OF 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7 There are perhaps few passages within the Pauline Corpus1 that have so much ambiguity involved as that of 2 Cor 12:7. Questions arise from Paul's metaphorical use of "skovkoloy th/: sarkiv." There are questions about the dative use of th/: sarkiv. Theories abound as to what the thorn is2. These vary from eyesight3 to malaria, from sexual temptation4 to human enemies5 or even a satanic enemy6. How was this thorn received? Was it given to Paul by God shown by the use of the divine passive =edovqh or was it placed on him by Satan, shown by the use of a[ggeloV Sata:n? What significance, if any, does the 14 years previous have to do with the thorn? And was it meant to be a thorn or a stake in the first place? These questions and more cause the identity of the thorn to be unattainable7 at best. Therefore this writer finds it wasteful and in vain to try to nail down with any certainty what the skovkoloy th/: sarkiv is when perhaps the Cor |
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Film Summary - The Perks of Being A WallflowerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower is a film about an introvert freshman who is taken under the wings of two seniors, welcoming him to the real world. The film has three main characters; the introvert freshmen, Charlie Kelmeckis, played by Logan Lerma, Patrick, Charlie's first friend in middle school, played by Ezra Miller, and Sam, Charlie's love interest and expertly played by Emma Watson. The film targets youth (15-20) as the main audience, with its use of pop culture and dealing with relatable teen issues such as: drugs and alcohol, love interests and high school in general. Charlie, on several occasions, is subjected to drugs and alcohol, having to face the overwhelming enjoyment and the inevitable consequences of his decisions. Many teenagers are forced to make the same choices and these themes will be further discussed in this essay. One major theme highlighted in the film is "high school"; the setting of the film is quite obviously in a school. Charlie references the |
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Psychological Power in Of Mice and MenAn individual has the potential to utilise and enact on power and authority based off certain circumstances, thereby prompting either a pernicious or positive outcome. John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men published in 1937, exemplifies the thematic element of power thoroughly through its various forms and the manipulation of them whereby, as a result, causes individuals to comply or think in accordance to their superior(s). The possession of psychological power has the ability to enrich a person's influence on others. The prevalence of this notion is explicit throughout Steinbeck's entire work as the abstraction of this plays a fundamental contribution to the occurrences within the plot. Of Mice and Men protrudes the power of psychological ascendancy where several characters in the novel, most notably Lennie, fall victim to the intellectual influence of their authoritative figures. Visual imagery amalgamated in, "Then he replaced his hat, pushed himself back from the river, dr |
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An Unforgettable HolidaySince I was a little girl, I dreamed about traveling overseas to a lot strange lands; Exciting places and new cultures have always interested me. I've always wondered what it would look if I ever had been these countries. I wanted to go to countries which spoke different languages, and had different customs and life styles. This past summer, my dream came true. I traveled to Turkey with my mother, father, and brother. I made a memorable trip to Turkey with my family. First, we booked the flight the airplane tickets; it wasn't expensive. When the day of the travel came, I was so excited. We were traveling fir twenty hours. While we got to Istanbul we went straight to the hotel. We spent the first day sleeping. Then the second day after breakfast, we went to the castle |
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Film Summary - GattacaSince history, it has been revealed that names are quite important and very basic in the lives of individuals. Just, like language, names are regarded as a means of creating, preserving and also promoting identity. Critics in sociology and history argue that names given to small children have a great impact in their lives and also in the formation of character and identity. Many individuals have the assumption that their names depict their overall identities. (George, 176)Identity refers to the specific and concrete characteristics that are inherent to an individual. The fact that names preserve these characteristics is quite evident in the fiction movie Gattaca produced in 1997. The film Gattaca produced in 1997 is a story which describes societal genetic activities and mainly creating emphasis on in-valids. The story seems to suggest that the genetically perfect specimens are the only ones which can be chosen for space exploration and conquering. In addition, the film presents Vince |
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History of Shays' RebellionAround the time of Shays' Rebellion, there were a few events happening. One of them leading up to the rebellion was the Land Ordinance of 1785. It included all lands north of the Ohio River, and set the eastern boundary at the Appalachian mountains, the western boundary at the Mississippi River. This act enabled this territory to be surveyed. The land was supposed to be divided into separate and orderly types of land plots. With the land there were divisions of townships, which are six square miles each; many of which were provisions for education. This division of townships lead to Shays' Rebellion, which is a rebellion that took place in 1786. It consisted of citizens in Western Massachusetts, majority of the rebels were farmers. So another part that led up to the rebellion was the farmers in Western Massachusetts had been hit very hard by the American Revolution. Some of them had their property destroyed in the fighting, some others had contracts with the Continental Congress. The c |
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Redeeming Love by Francine RiversRedeeming Love, a novel based on the Biblical account of Hosea's faith in God, was written by Francine Rivers. Dated back to the 1800s, the story allows access to the relationship of Gomer and Hosea in more of a personal and emotional level. In the book of Hosea, the Lord commanded Hosea to marry a prostitute and deliver her from that situation. However, the wife returned to her sinful ways continuously, yet Hosea repeatedly took her home because of God's command. In the account from the Bible, readers are not told the details of what Gomer and Hosea felt individually. Therefore, Francine Rivers expertly guides the readers into the lives of two fictional characters as she retells the Biblical story with congruous concepts and themes. Redeeming Love is one of the best romance novels because it shows that God's love can wash away the combination of betrayal and abandonment, alter the numbness of emotions, and replace it with the greatest love, sacrificial love. As Angel worked in a bro |
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Trial Review: Kent Versus the United StatesThe main idea of the juvenile justice system is to prevent the youth to become repeat offenders and rehabilitate them. Juvenile courts have always had the right to send juveniles to district court if they believe their system isn't working for them. Statistically, it has been proven that when a juvenile delinquent is transferred to adult court, their rehabilitation is very slim compared if they were to stay in the system. Studies found that youth's were 3 times more likely to offend if tried as an adult. That being said, a reform was in need to conduct more thorough investigation before making such decisions to trial juveniles as an adult. Here is an analysis of the background, arguments, and outcome of the Kent V. United States case on how it affected the government's stance on trialing juveniles as adults. Morris A Kent Jr., a boy who was 16 years of age, was arrested by the police because he had links between several incidents of robbery and rape. The Police continued by questioni |
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Iranian Film: The Color of ParadiseThe Color of Paradise: The Examination of an Iranian Cinematic Masterpiece It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words and if that is true than a film must be worth at least a million words. Adding to this intrinsic value, filmmakers will often mask subtle messages behind the brightly colored facade presented to their audiences. One such film is the 1999 Iranian masterpiece The Color of Paradise. Written and directed by Majid Majidi, not only does this film present a easily understood and emotional plot but it also contains numerous subtle commentaries on important factors varying from Islam to Iranian culture and finally to direct critiques of the current Iranian administration. Without even delving beneath the surface, the plot of The Color of Paradise is an emotional, heart wrenching one. The story revolves around a widower named Hashem and his blind son Mohammad who is on summer vacation from his special school in Tehran. The father and son travel to a village in |
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