Manipulation was a major theme in the book, Ender's Game. All of the adults in the book manipulated the children in battle school and told them lies that forced them to do dangerous things. Dink Meeker said that the adults were the real enemies, which was true because they had everything planned out and the kids were just a piece of their puzzle and had no idea what the international fleet was planning. The idea of the adults manipulating the children's lives is also seen throughout the book. The
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“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell” (“Aldous Huxley”). The World State, in Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is a controlled society where drugs are the center and motivation of religion. The citizens are merely brainwashed picture-perfect clones used to conceal the conspiracies of the impertinent government. Huxley incorporates uncanny mood, concealed context, and spine-chilling foreshadowing in Brave New World to show that an ideal, happy, and well organized society cannot be achieved
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Duanying Chen did not know the rules of the US society, then he got in trouble. The civilization creates many laws and rules not only to restrict people's activities, it also protects people. If those rules disappear, what will happen? Freud stated that the civilization is the source of misery, if we give rid of it and go back to primitive conditions, we should be much happier(38). That might be true for some people, but the happiness is just transitory. If there is no law to control their activities
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The red hunting hat will never hold the “downpour”. The only way to deal with it is to take the hat off and enjoy in the rain. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger used tone of first person to describe the characteristic story vividly. The main character Holden favors in wearing the red hunting hat everywhere as he goes. This red hunting hat is not only a decoration or a protection against coldness but also a symbol to portray Holden’s change of identities from his rebellious at school to his coward
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The monsters and men that Heracles killed some deserved to die and some didn’t, the Nemean Lion didn’t deserve to die because he didn’t do anything to Hercules but defend himself from Hercules, the Lernean Hydra did deserve to die because the Hydra was killing people and destroying stuff, the Ceryneian Hind didn’t deserve to die because it was an innocent deer with golden horns and bronze hooves Hercules had no right to hurt it or wound the stubborn and innocent little deer, the Erymanthian boar
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In Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson, off the coast of Washington in 1954, Nels Gudmundsson, the defense attorney for the main character, Kabuo Miyamoto, is making his closing argument to the court. Nels is aware that the jury may convict Kaubo based on his ethnicity. In Nels’s closing statement, he pleads to the jury to disregard race. “And so the shape of Kabuo Miyamoto’s eyes, the country of his parents’ birth - these things must not influence your decision. You must sentence him simply
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Brainwashing in Brave New World In today’s twenty-first century society, citizens appear to be fairly content with life. They have a materialistic mindset and possesses a false faith in the government. In his novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates a world with a hidden uncanny resemblance to today’s society. The motif of Brainwashing is used by the government in several forms throughout the read, such as drugs, hypnotism and physical torture, to manipulate the public. The World State in
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In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Bernard Marx’s character is established as an individual seeking social acceptance, yet one who is also confined by society’s expectations. Though he resists society initially, underlying his strained unorthodox ways and perceived rejection of social norms is a man who ultimately needs to be accepted. Huxley shows readers the multifaceted sides of Bernard’s journey towards acceptance, while also creating a utopia-like world. Initially, Bernard is a character
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Reading the two novels, We and Brave New World, the reader is educated about the possible future of our society. Both book’s idea of a perfect utopia may sound a little extreme, however. Looking at today’s society, it is possible. We already have shock therapy for psychiatric patients, so using it for babies could possibly happen. Between reading We and Brave New World, I can see what rules are beneficial to its citizens and what is not. In the novel We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, the main goal was to
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Animal Farm is a historical novel, set in England but dealing with the events leading up to and after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It illustrates the idea expressed by Lord Acton that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This abuse of power can be demonstrated by studying Napoleon’s actions in the book(Alex K.). In this essay, comparisons include the character Napolean and how he relates to Korean dictator, Kim
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