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    what is being done in a visual manner has resulted in people capturing a moment rather than living in it. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the evolution of photography and photo editing and the ultimate psychological effect of the visual distortion of reality. History of Photography The art of photography dates back several decades. Photography did not begin to be looked at as an art form until long…

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    M.T Anderson uses this novel to show how current modern societal issues could expand and worsen. By writing this novel, M.T Anderson is giving an example of how the problem that are ignore or considered normal could turn into something that people now would see very big issues with. M.T Anderson has written this novel as a warning to the current society. The novel is saying that if people don’t start taking care and acknowledging the earth current stage of environmental health, that we will all…

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    Distortion makes people see more than literary realism does because distortion catches the reader’s eye and holds it. Distortion can come in many forms. One form of distortion is overemphasis. William Shakespeare distorts feelings and emotions in his play King Lear by making them excessive. Characters feel deeper and react quicker, usually in response to those hurt feelings. King Lear exaggerates feelings and violence to further the effectiveness of the themes of betrayal and familial problems.…

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    Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a work of art that can be broken down with every bit having a deeper meaning. Morrison never actually clarifies who is doing what in the book, but with the context we can best assume what is happening. The distortion in the timeline, the switching of views, and the horrific scenes of human brutality, all play a part in Beloved. Morrison’s characters aren’t just made to play a role, but represent something much more, such as the love and determination that pushed many…

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    his father. This is, as it were, the carnivalesque-grotesque version of the play's main plot when the story of Cordelia's disinheritance leads finally to the delegitimization of the king himself. The reversal here triggers several other grotesque distortions in the subplot. Here Edmund's mock-legitimization gives nature a free rein to intrude upon the judicial rule of the state. The love triangle between Edmund, Regan, and Goneril drives a lot of action in the final moments of the play and it is…

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    Characterization of Toby If asked, most people would describe getting a ticket as, for instance a speed ticket; a ticket you got for driving too fast. Tickets are given to us by our higher authorities if we do not follow the law. However, for Toby Heckler, that is not the case. Toby is a socially handicapped male, with a rather childish appearance. (Page 37, ‘’On the yellow paper Toby had printed in red ink ‘PRAKING MISTEAK’ and signed his name ‘TOBY’ in a childish-looking hand.’’) The fact that…

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    was also very popular to take LSD diffused into a sugar cube. 5. When a person uses drugs like LSD they begin to feel the difference 20 to 90 minutes after taking the drug. A “trip” can also last for up to 12 hours. The effects of taking LDS are “Distortion or…

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    very destructive to mental health when one struggles with cognitive thinking distortions, or negative, inaccurate thoughts that convince the thinker of something that isn’t necessarily true, or twisted forms of the truth. Thinking like this can lead to anxiety, and ignoring the issue can cause greater mental health issues. Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, also referred to as CBT, is a form of therapy that…

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    the more they disagree with you? Distortion could be considered the last, frustrated attempt to get someone to understand your point of view. Like Flannery O'Connor said, "I am pleased to make a good case for distortion because I am coming to believe that it is the only way to make people see." In the book Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the author uses distortion to exaggerate some of humanity’s problems so that we see them as virtues in his book, distortions regarding views of romantic…

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    Distortion is arguably the most persuasive technique an author can utilize, because, once the truth is revealed, a text and its themes are much more resonant and influential. When faced with distortion, a reader is forced to examine their beliefs and actions in comparison to the author’s underlying statements about people and society as a whole. Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno, one of the greatest works of distortion of all time, recounts the story of a slave ship called the San Dominick.…

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