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Brave New World 4
Number of Words: 1081 / Number of Pages: 4
... It is here that they are given a caste designation (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon), carded into the main card index and stored. It is here that they are "sexed". Thirty percent of the female embryos are allowed to develop normally (to maintain the supply of initial ova). The rest of the female embryos are given a large dose of male hormone that renders them structurally female in all ways, but sterile.
It is also here that their caste designation determines how much oxygen they will receive in their bottle. "The lower the caste, the shorter the oxygen." The lower caste Epsilons are oxygen deprived ...
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Melville's "Bartleby The Scrivener": Introduction Of Character
Number of Words: 223 / Number of Pages: 1
... himself greatly increases its effectiveness. The lawyer begins with
the words, “I am a rather elderly man.” This first “I” begins a long,
autobiographical narrative in which the lawyer reveals much of himself to the
reader. Because the story is centered on the lawyer's life, it is imperative
that the reader have this close view of him.
The repetitive “I” in these paragraphs is important because it comes
from the lawyer's thoughts of himself. For this text to flow in it's intended
path, the reader must know a great deal about the lawyer and his employees. In
fact, it is these characters whic ...
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Faust
Number of Words: 861 / Number of Pages: 4
... greed is evident in the hope that he will overcome 's morality and thus be victorious in his wager with God; also because he is the devil and that is what he does. For , greed emerges because of his desire to attain physical pleasures and therefore become whole in mind, body and spirit. 's goal to become the Überminche is an understandable desire, however, the means at which he strives for those ends are irresponsible and unjust. It is through this greed that with the help of Mephisto exploit others in the pursuit of 's earthly desires.
Enter innocent Gretchen, a poor lower class young woman ...
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The Odysseus: The Theme Of Love
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... life that show great love
and guidance. One of the most emphasized in the Odyssey is the father -
son relationship. These relationships clearly support the issue of love in
the Odyssey.
The father - son relationship between Odysseus and Telemachos is a little
awkward because they both never really got to know each other but they
still care for each other's well being. When Odysseus hears of all the
suitors devouring Telemachos's future fortune and mistreating him, he wants
to return and revenge the misuse of his family and property. Odysseus,
like any parent, also misses his only child while he is ...
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Hamlet Criticism
Number of Words: 332 / Number of Pages: 2
... Cooleridge goes on to say that perfection is usually only found in one’s mind and is rare if impossible to find in reality. This is again shown through the fact that Hamlet’s planning seems to take a backseat to luck and fate as the others end up dying from the poison, which they had planned to use against Hamlet. Cooleridge also stresses the inconsistency of Hamlet and his plans for revenge throughout the play. One minute the audience believes that he cares greatly for Ophelia, and the next minute we see him showing a sort of disrespect for her at her funeral. Overall, though, C ...
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Book Critique Of The Logic Of
Number of Words: 1111 / Number of Pages: 5
... Why did the Aswan Dam planners who induced the cheap electricity to Egypt not realize that they would at the same time halt the annual floods that for a millennium had kept the Nile fruitful and fertile? Or why did planners of Third World health programs not realize that increased life expectancy requires increased food? Thereby these health programs ended up contributing starvation. With these plus with all the other examples of the experiments he mentioned in the book, he is aiming to teach us how we are suppose to solve complex problems in the different type of situations. In addition, he introdu ...
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The Writings Of Plato And Dantes
Number of Words: 2056 / Number of Pages: 8
... ideal world. There existed, for Plato, a
world of ideas where all things exist in the perfect form. That ideal place
is where all ideas that we have and that appear in material form originate.
Thus the paper you read this essay off of is an imitation of the idea of
paper, that idea of paper is paper in its quintessential paper perfection.
This sets up two layers of import, the first, or perfect, layer; and the
second, or imperfect, layer where we all live and construct things. But now
where does literature fit into all of this? According to Plato it is yet
further from the truth. For literature is a ...
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Who We Are
Number of Words: 2039 / Number of Pages: 8
... some of these issues.
The number one problem in for Black societies is the lack of economical development. True, there are Black owned business, but the businesses do not provide longevity in the communities. For example, in my community there was a soul food restaurant that just open up and before you could blink an eye it seem as if some on else other than Black American bought out the owners. Eventually that business will be passed down through the bloodline of whoever bought it and the person who has sold it has depleted the profit that they made form the business. That profit would have be ...
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Adults Of The Bell Jar
Number of Words: 1374 / Number of Pages: 5
... of dollars” (38). Jay Cee has “brains, so her plug-ugly looks [don’t] seem to matter” (5). But, Philomena has money so nothing else matters. Mrs. Willard is portrayed as the ultimate wife and mother. We are given the impression that Mrs. Willard embodies sensibility. She is what every little girl is supposed to grow up to be. But Esther sees differently. Mrs. Willard represents the inevitable outcome of marriage and motherhood – to flatten out under the husband’s foot like a kitchen mat (80).
The way the women are described brings to light the kind of rel ...
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Master Harold... And The Boys
Number of Words: 936 / Number of Pages: 4
... it" (1301). Sam believes that "Jesus Christ" (1302) was "a man of magnitude" (1300). Hally is obviously against Sam's suggestion of Jesus Christ, because Hally makes it clear that he is "an atheist" (1303). This disagreement between Sam and Hally is really just an example of the religious tensions in South Africa during Fugard's lifetime between the "Theory of Evolution," (1301) which was becoming more accepted, and Christianity, which was taught by Jesus Christ.
A second discussion between Sam and Hally that occurs after Hally learns that his father has gone home demonstrates the racial tension ...
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