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    of people. The dystopian governments use of technology has negative effects on the citizens in Oceania in the novel. Orwell describes how Winston Smith's life is changed due to being surrounded by technology. Technology plays a negative role in society and the way individuals live their daily lives as demonstrated by the telescreens, the Party’s power over its people, the lack of privacy in Oceania, and limiting creativity in George Orwell’s novel, 1984. In 1984, Orwell uses telescreens as a…

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    factors that destroyed the society in the novel are still factors in today’s society. The warnings mentioned can still serve as warning to today’s people. Technology is advancing more and more everyday and that itself poses a threat to our society’s way of living. In that society the citizens are not united as one so it is very easy to be categorized as a minority. For example, something as simple as preferring dogs over cats made a person a minority People in that society did not take kind to…

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    New Technology Dbq Essay

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    the technology. Between the eight documents about Han and Roman attitudes towards upcoming technology, there are many similarities within their reactions. The first categorization of documents have common point of views and opinions about their societies’ water systems (Document 1 and Document 8). Both of these documents are primary sources from the perspectives of high government official positions. The Han government official is suggesting a flood prevention system to better his civilization…

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    Will Kyrie Irving's Soon to be Exit Impact the Legacy of LeBron James? Kyrie Irving sent shock waves throughout the basketball world when he requested a trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers owner, Dan Gilbert. This mind boggling ordeal comes after the Cleveland Cavaliers third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, one of which resulted in a championship. Now it is LeBron James who is forced to face his own future legacy. Without Irving (who averaged 25 points per game in 2017) and his clutch…

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    many respects technology not only helps us complete tasks, but do them more efficiently. Technology is helpful in nearly every aspect of life, such as commuting to work and completing complex tasks. The artificial intelligence (A.I.) presented in society today and in Ray Bradbury's short story "The Veldt" both illustrate examples of ways in which technology can provide both benefits and detriments. Within “The Veldt” we see many examples of artificial intelligence from the nursery to the…

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    Ralph Emerson Cons

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    “For every thing that is given something is taken,” Ralph Emerson. In this case, although new technology is given, society loses old instincts. The society that we live in today is all about efficiency, although that may be good, this has caused the average man to become dependent on certain objects. While efficiency may be focused upon by society, there are many cons to being dependent on new technology. In the text, Self-Reliance by Emerson, the author describes how even though technology…

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    Throughout history and the world women face oppression and disenfranchisement. As crazy as it may seem, many women all over the world still face oppression and disenfranchisement mainly stemming from societal pressures. Tradition is one of the leading factors to the oppression and disenfranchisement of women. In China, many young women bind their feet in order to fit societal pressures. Foot binding can cause death. Despite the risks, women still foot bind because tradition leads girls to…

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    when they become captive in an island. The children started as a society but started to become savages as their inner evils, fears and fight for survival became imminent. The book started narrating the story in third person which helped the readers identified the personality of each one of the characters being captive; it was quite distinctive the way Ralph could express himself and be helpful maintaining rules, and setting society. Setting rules and maintaining order was helpful at the…

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    In the article "Goths in Tomorrowland" Hine talks deeply about the hypocrisy from adults in our society. The adults who judge teens are the ones who raise them and they 're the people who will one day replace them as regular adults working regular jobs and cohering to societal norms. At the moment, it is necessary that we adjust society to be more open to topics that afflict such a large portion of us. Matson talked about how she was afraid to talk to the adults in…

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    directly by society and its’ expectations. This technique of juxtaposition allows for a deeper characterization of Meursault than what may have been possible without the comparison. The first instance of…

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