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However, no hope lies in a world without freedom. In The Giver and The Truman Show, readers and viewers are introduced with a sharp contradiction, dystopia. The dystopias presented in both the film and the novel evenly picture no freedom whatsoever. Both The Giver and The Truman Show have a controller, an all mighty force who regulates every facet of their dystopia. In the novel, this dystopia is the Giver, the force who does not let his citizens have freedom of thought and alienates them from…

Confessions of a Teaching Junkie Throughout the decades of the thriving education profession, many misconceptions have arose; a misconception in simple terms identifies an incorrect statement given by anyone. A couple of these include “A teacher’s day ends at 3 p.m.” and “Teaching is easy, anyone can do it.” However, the main one that seems to be concerning is “Those who cannot do, teach.” Although society believes, “Those who cannot do, teach,” educators represent true individuals who create a…

become synonymous in the English language. Yet, interestingly enough, they all contain subtle differences (Aresty 10). Etiquette is the body of rules governing the way in which people behave socially, ceremonially, or in public life (“Etiquette.” Merriam-Webster). Therefore, as characters in…

What is Diversity? Webster Dictionary defines diversity as “the quality or state of having many different forms, types, ideas, etc.” (Merriam-Webster, 2015), However, according to Ron Burgundy “Well I could be wrong, but I believe that diversity was an old, old wooden ship that used during the Civil War era” (Mackay, 2004). This was one of my favor movies, and I have use this for training when covering the topic of diversity. Diversity in its basic function is acceptance of all people, without…

creationism and evolutionism? By definition according to Merriam-Webster “a doctrine or theory holding that matter, the various forms of life, and the world were created by God out of nothing and usually in the way described in Genesis”( Merriam-Webster) On the other hand evolutionism is defined as “a theory that the differences between modern plants and animals are because of changes that happened by a natural process over a very long time” (Merriam-Webster) Evolutionists and Creationist both…

There are popular culture themes were constructed in this movie represents. First, there is Stepford wives’ fashion and hairstyle such as Barbie doll. Second, Men do just sitting in a couch and chatting while women do everything like house chore and take care of their children. Third, it described about TV show which is most popular and Joanna did. The filmmaker explains his intention through the movie. There are typically not only inequalities of gender but also gender stereotypes. In…

The notion of sexual harassment or assault is nothing new to any person on this earth. Sexual assault, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “Illegal sexual contact that usually involves force upon a person without consent or is inflicted upon a person who is incapable of giving consent…” (Merriam-Webster). Although it seems rather obvious, some individuals may not be aware that their actions could be considered sexual assault and could hold severe criminal consequences. This leads to…

Dignity and compassion are two different words cut from the same cloth. The definition of dignity from Merriam-Webster is “the quality of being worthy of honor or respect” and compassion “sympathetic consciousness of others ' distress together with a desire to alleviate it” (Merriam-Webster). These two words may not seem like a common duo, but when applied to nursing they rarely go unseen. For this assignment I interviewed my neighbor Joann, she is 85 and frequents the hospital with her husband…

in how they interact with people or things in their environment (ex: eating, walking, touching, hearing, etc.). The Early Intervention program offers therapy that helps improve the gross and fine motor skills of a child who has a disability. Merriam Webster dictionary defines "gross" as dealing with general aspects or broad distinctions. In reference to the human body examples of these would be the arms and legs. One type of therapy the program offers to improve a childs' motor skills is…