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    crashing down too. This is shown in a quote by Tyler in the book and the film, he says “You’re not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world.” Once again reassuring the audience that their material possessions don’t make them unique or complete. Another topic explored by Fight Club is masculinity in western culture. The…

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    the plantation home is actually in Tennessee. A few minutes later, the family hears a car coming slowly towards them. From inside of a big black battered car, come three men. One of them is a fat boy in trousers and a red shirt, while another has on khaki pants and blue striped shirt. They both walk silently besides an older looking man who is wearing glasses and is wearing no shirt. The children scream to the men that they just had an accident. Soon after, the grandmother recognizes one of the…

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    castes, "Alpha children… work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm really awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard... we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid... Delta children wear khaki… And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able…" (Huxley). Based on their caste category they are then conditioned through the Bokanovsky Process which involves shocking an egg if in a low caste. People in this world are put into a…

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    on the job, you will be counted for those hours as an employee working that day, you will have to dress the part as of what you're working for. Walmarts dress attire for a cashier is either a navy blue, white button collared shirt, with black, or khaki pants and or skirt; you are welcome to wear a black dress as well. During orientation you will be in a room kind of such like a classroom with a fellow other future walmart employees. They will tell you all there is about walmart and what's…

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    as well. According to source 2, I Married a Communist was a drama that involved a businessman who is blackmailed by communists that threaten to expose him to his wife. (Everett Collection). Even the fashion was challenged. The youth stopped wearing khakis and started wearing jeans due to comfort. Literature focused on reflected fears if USSR had taken over dominating America. The media flooded newspapers and magazines with misleading images pertaining to the Cold…

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    friend and I were catching the train to go shopping. We were sitting at the train station waiting for the train to arrive, when we saw a man to the left of us making unusual movements while he waited for the train as well. The man was dressed in long khaki colored pants leather shoes and a long sleeve button up shirt. It was the summer time then and that day it was 109 degrees exactly. The man also had a very long, long sleeved trench coat on and a hat as well, while I am aware of different…

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    Freedom In Brave New World

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    “In order to find stability in the world, we must first find stability within ourselves” -Tyler J. Hebert. For Instance, if we are not able to exercise the natural right of finding content, emotionally and mentally, then how do we expect to be stable people and create a stable and prosperous society ? To be honest, we can’t, there must be a balance between both stability and freedom. Furthermore, being defined by others and being confined to daily monotonous routines in order to maintain…

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    school or a charter school, all students across the country should be required to wear uniform. If there are families that cannot afford uniforms, a foundation will be built to provide families that make less than $30,000 a year, with polo shirts and khaki pants. It is better safe than sorry. Parents should not have to feel guilty of making their children wear uniforms. Uniforms create school spirit and increases the chance of students getting along with their peers. There may be pros and cons…

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    “Girl”: The oppressive attitudes exhibited in a mother-daughter relationship In today’s society parenting styles are more on the side of trial and error, however twenty years ago parenting styles were of a dominant demeanor. In this short story, the oppressive, arduous manner of the mother reflects back to how parents nurtured their children. “Girl”, by Jamaica Kincaid, employs the structure of word choice to capture the commanding tone which creates themes: that depict the mother- daughter…

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    double-take at his impeccable colour coordination. Sand-brown fleece, beige-and-green shirt, khaki chinos, light-brown suede shoes. Even his hair matched, a kind of chestnut-and-grey flecked combination. Translated into: Na początku nie zwróciłem uwagi na tego gościa, z wyjątkiem zbyt późnego odnotowania nienagannej koordynacji kolorów. Piaskowobrązowy polar, beżowo-zielona koszula, bawełniane spodnie khaki, jasnobrązowe, zamszowe buty. Nawet jego włosy pasowały kolorystycznie, specyficzna…

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