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    Seahaven, a wonderful place in the world of The Truman Show. The Community, another wonderful place in the world of The Giver. Why would anyone want to leave these two places? Truman left the show, and Jonas left his community. Seahaven is a passive city, there is no poverty or unemployment. The Jonas’s community is also like this, they have little to no conflicts at all in the community. This also happened during the Enlightenment period. The situation was a bit different back then, their…

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    The world is a transcendent place, it is diverse, unique, and seemingly unreplicatable, but, in William Golding's Lord of the Flies the world is replicated. The small island on which a large group of English schoolboys become stranded after a mysterious plane crash is a perfect example of a microcosm, a little world. As the story progresses the boys become representations of humanity’s strongest and weakest aspects. Some will mirror leaders while others will take a more submissive role in the…

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    What’s wrong with society? That’s a question asked by John, Bernard, and Helmholtz in a “Brave New World”. “Brave New World” was written by Aldous Huxley. This book was set in a Dystopian future where people are cloned in the World State Society because procreating is frowned upon, and even the word mom is considered smut. Even though sex is normal and have rituals for it. They even use soma a drug that makes you feel happy and makes you forget all your other feelings. There are many things…

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    Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel, "Brave New World," is a satire discussing many different topics such as war, the advancement of technology, and the power of one government. "Brave New World" is set in the distant future where society has given up their freedom after a gruesome war, called the Nine Years War, in order to live happily without constant fear or hardship. To be able to uphold this happiness, the new world's government, also called the World State, creates many rules and standards so…

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    Ponithe A Short Story

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    sisters. Once she had aged and became a young woman, it was no different. As hard as her parents tried, they could not contain Ponithea. When she was sixteen, her parents had finally had enough. Her father, the ruling monarch, banished her to the island of Erimos. She was given a fortnight to pack her things, say goodbye to her family, and leave. “I shall never forget you, my child.” “Neither will I, mother.” “Here, take this, hopefully this will help you until I can save you.” Ponithea’s mother…

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    Providence Island My Legend Travel. The perfect vacation doesn’t have to be in a big luxury hotel or in a recognised Inland, there is an Island that always distinguishes itself from the others around the word because its real adventure options, funny and friendly diversion, and baste diversity of sea food. Providence Island is a mountainous Caribbean Island part of Colombia, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica. My personal experience on a trip with my family to Providencia will let you…

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    Brave New World Essay In Life we all experience detached periods or moments of separation from others, feeling alone, different, and inadequate but these times can also bring out the best in us, we develop skills, discover interests, mature in who we are. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley is a book about a controlled futuristic society where people are placed in caste systems, conditioned to do a single job and always remain happy, however, we are introduced to a few people who may be viewed as…

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    To best answer the question of how Aldous Huxley would perceive our society today we must look to the past. Who was Aldous Huxley? Aldous Huxley was born in Surrey, England in 1894, to a well-established intellectual aristocratic family. He grew up far from poverty and much closer to riches than most at the end of the 1800s. He originally wanted to become a doctor, however due to juvenile sickness he lost his eye sight for two years and never fully recovered it. This caused Aldous Huxley to…

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    Nobody is happy. Everybody is only under the illusion that they are happy. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 examines happiness from a society with government censorship. In this society, the government restricts books from the public and believes that burning books is a source of happiness and equality, turning the public’s attention to entertainment instead of knowledge for pleasure. However, seventeen year old Clarisse McCellan, who others think is crazy and antisocial, asks Montag, “Are you…

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    He grew to love books. This love for books led him to detest his society this resulted in him becoming a criminal; Montag kills Captain Beatty and then goes on the run. The police and a mechanical hound chase him; he escapes the grasp of the police with the help of Faber, a friend of Montag, who shared similar ideals regarding their society and the importance of literature. He unites with Granger, then after the city is then bombed, Granger helps Montag cope with the loss of people he cared for.…

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