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    In The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss, the Cold War is defined by having a childish theme to understand the stupidity of a real-life problem. Within the book, Dr. Seuss gave an idea of which side of the bread to be buttered, the top side of the bread or the bottom side of the bread, creating a dramatic controversy. The major problem of the bread being buttered created the threat of nuclear war, which imitated the Cold War. Dr. Seuss tops many other short satires, with his major use of exaggeration, allusion, and symbolism. Dr. Seuss emphasized symbolism well throughout the story. Seuss writes, “In those days of course, the Wall wasn’t so high and I could look any Zook square in the eye. If he dared to come close I could give him a twitch with my tough-tufted prickle Snick-Berry Switch.” The wall was representing the Berlin Wall. As the story went on the wall continued to get taller as if it were continuing to be built. Seuss writes, “My boys in the Back Room have already begun to think up a walloping whizz-zinger one!” This symbolizes the race between both sides to win the non-violent battle. The arms race between America and the Soviet Union was on, they were constantly trying to be the best country. In the story, Dr. Seuss used a variety of characters to represent the American-Soviet Union conflict. Chief Yookeroo, was used to symbolize the United States leader. The grandpa was another example, he represented the American Army. And the USSR army was represented by VinItch…

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    Jack is a distinct example of the instinct of savagery, desire of power, and violent nature that the boys come to follow. Jack is Ralphs antithesis, or opposite in other words. Immediately, Jack retains the sense of decency and behavior that society has taught him. Susan Gulbin quoted Golding in saying "every man is part savage and that savagery is disguised or concealed only by the wall of civilization built by our ancestors" (Gulbin 87). Jack soon obsesses himself with hunting and devotes…

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    incur. In the book The Lord Of The Flies by William Golding the effects of the breakdown of society is a major theme. Humans identities are formed when society’s rules and laws are non existent, and humans are forced to rely off of their own morals. This can be seen when Ralph’s tribe is demolished by Jack because of Jack 's different ideology . In addition, Piggy’s logic and intelligence when talking about advanced topics on the island also show how identity is formed through a lack of societal…

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    grandfather heeds him to "overcome 'em with yesses" and "agree 'em to death", which is exactly what the affluent white men have done to the main character. They give him what he believes to be victories-the opportunity for a speech, the chance to prove his worth in the battle royal, the college scholarship-all of it, to keep him running. He finally realizes it. By studying this fascinating character which , I think, represents all blacks of that time I discovered that the prejudice is…

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    Existentialism and Invisible Man Ralph Waldo Ellison is an American writer. He was born March 1, 1914, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died April 16, 1994, New York, New York. He studied music for three years at Tuskegee University and left in 1936 to move to New York. While in New York he befriended Richard Wright and was influenced to start writing. In 1952 Ellison published Invisible Man, which was the only book published during his life time. The idea that Ellison seems to stress in the novel is…

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    In Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery, Jackson explores the effect of the societal norms on individuals and their actions. Written in 1948, the story takes place in a small town where a “lottery” occurs that leads to the stoning of one individual named Tessie. In her story, Jackson analyzes how the influence of society’s values corrupts an individual’s values to the point where individual beliefs are forgotten. In the novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison also addresses the influence of a societal norm…

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    Great Speech Analysis “Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you” (I’ve Been to the Mountaintop). Many are not familiar with this speech. It was given April 3rd, 1968 in the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. Being…

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    across the globe. Today, many of the advertisements promoting beauty or fashion products that are seen by the public include an image of a flawless woman portraying the idealized characteristics of beauty (Vaynshteyn). Moreover, numerous brands have been caught digitally shrinking women’s waists, slimming down upper arms and enhancing inner thighs (Vaynshteyn). One of the greatest examples of companies misusing photo manipulation was the Ralph Lauren scandal in 2009, when the multi-billion…

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    The setting of this epic occurs between the past and the future where a hero from the past is sent by the Gods in order to complete a mission for a well-known figure in the future. The setting for this epic begins in 399 B.C.E in Athens, Greece, where Socrates, a man who considers himself a gadfly, is being accused of corrupting the youth, of inventing new deities, and of not recognizing the Gods. The second setting occurs in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 with a man named Martin Luther King Jr who…

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    sweater? That’s the male 's point of view of how they see other males on an advertisement. And I am one of them males that don’t want to see another male in his underwear. However, Susan Bordo and other female 's reaction of looking at males advertisement are not the same as males point of views of themself. Susan Bordo point of view on males advertisement was there legs in Beauty (Re) discovers the Male Body article (4). “Men legs make me weak to the knees. Mens legs? I knew woman legs were…

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