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    Philosophers have contemplated if aspiring for material wealth is contradictory to moral life. Guy Maupassant explores this concept of materialism in his short story, The Necklace. Set in Paris in the late 1800’s, the story focuses on Monsieur and Madame Loisel. The latter is unhappy as hse finds life to be inadequate and empty of the luxuries she deserves. The Loisels revcieve an invitation to a ball. Concerned with what others will think of her, she borrows a diamond necklace from a friend of…

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    know is that you can also find similarities in stories of different genre. In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting two short stories of different genre. Those stories are The Jewelry by Guy De Maupassant and Recitatif by Toni Morrison. I will mostly focus on the concept of plot. Guy De Maupassant wrote The Jewelry in the 1800’s. The story is about M. Lantin and how he falls in love with a woman whom he marries. Throughout the story it talks about how his wife manages his money so…

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    story is designed in a way that the story is designed in a way that the story is suitable for all lovers of literature. Deceit is rampant in the story, and that is a major problem. There are many deceptive aspects of the short story, “The Jewels” by Guy de Maupassant. Other than literary elements of the story, there are other structural components such as the setting and the plot. First of all, Maupassant cleverly uses allegory to represent the greed…

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    Analysis: Of Mice And Men

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    Dreams keep people going. The dreams keep pushing people forward and allow them to believe their dreams can improve their ways of living. They want the good life of no worries about money and having nice things. This is the American Dream. In Of Mice and Men George and Lennie have the dream of getting their own farm. This dream keeps them moving forward, working with a purpose. They kept going together with this dream for a very long time, and without it, who knows where they would be.…

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    Freedom can mean many things to many people, freedom to me means being liberated from what once held one in bondage. Although, freedom according to the Merriam Webster’s dictionary gives a concise definition which states: “Liberation from slavery or restraint or from the other power of another: independence. Nevertheless, Martin Luther king Jr. is a well-known activist who fought for the freedom for African Americans. Also know for the March and his I have a dream speech. He wrote a letter…

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    In “Base and Superstructure”, Karl Marx contemplates the reality of social consciousness and its relationship to individual agency. Marx asserts that is the process of material production that guides the political and intellectual structures of society. He theorizes that society consists of two parts: the base and the superstructure. The base reflects the forces and relationships of production (such as the relationship between employee and employer and the technical division of responsibility…

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    mentioned in a previous paragraph, during the time of the 18th century, rights were given to based on class. The idea that all men had equal rights was new, but supported by many others like the bourgeoisie and peasants. Another famous philosopher was Baron de Montesquieu. In his work The Spirit of Laws, “.. he outlined the principal of the separation of government power into three branches of government: the executive, the judicial, and legislative,” (choices.edu). Montesquieu believed that…

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    Alexis De Tocqueville

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    Imagine a man so smart that he is able to clearly observe and analyze major enlightenments and downfalls of a new nation. Now, imagine a man so shy that he rarely talks to women. These two men are one in the same: Alexis De Tocqueville. Tocqueville was a well-respected writer, philosopher and overall scholar of the 19th century, but he never could quite figure out one very important piece of the democratic puzzle: women. He spoke highly of the American woman; however, he took diminutive time…

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    unadjusted levels of inequality in under-five mortality by household wealth is the result of other covariates in Sastry’s study- household water supply and sanitation and mother’s education (Sastry, 2004). The main component of the infant mortality in Rio de Janeiro is the neonatal mortality, which is related to broad socioeconomic conditions, but particularly to the access to health care facilities and to the quality of perinatal care (Szwarcwald, 2000). Appropriate effects operate when the…

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    The late 19th century in France, there was a man of great literary talent and ambitions and caused widespread concern. His name was Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant. He was the historical more famous French writer. In addition, he was considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form’s finest exponents. However, Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert. The characteristic of his stories was variable different which came from his life experience and what he saw and heard.…

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