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million unintended babies born a year to women aged fifteen to forty-four years old. Out of ten of those women, three will receive an abortion. On the other hand, homosexual couples cannot have any unplanned pregnancies, which would cause them to scrabble for needed resources and undergo life-changing…

In both Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, as well as The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the authors employ similar methods for leadership to keep their respective fictional societies, in check. Orwell creates the socialist society of Oceania and the main character and protagonist, Winston Smith, to highlight authoritarian injustices perpetrated by the leadership of his tyrannical government. Similarly, Atwood creates a society named the Republic of Gilead, and the main character and…

In a striking novel of a society that has had to grow and adjust to the threat of ending due to a sexually transmitted disease that denies women the ability to conceive, Margaret Atwood takes up writing a fictional dystopia of how our society would one day turn out to be under the same circumstances. In this totalitarian theocracy, a female’s status is assigned to her by the Republic of Gilead. This government is categorized as such for its “regime that reduces its female subjects to mere…

Absurdism fiction is a type of fictional narrative where the characters are unable to find a purpose in life and the lack of purpose is usually shown in meaningless activities. Absurdism is also a philosophical school of thought where humans effort to find definite purpose in life will fail because of the vast amount of things unknown to them. Kevin Wilson is an American writer, and educator, he released a collection of short stories titled Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories in 2009…

Students would find the definition, and write a sentence using the word. They would write the words in their journal to study for a spelling test. Other station would be word games station. This station would be filled with unscramble words sheet, scrabble word games, etc.… The last station would be a self-assessment station in which students would answer question of the story, like the main idea, characters, problem and conclusion. I would also add questions to the students if he or she…

Cultural Anthropology Question 1: Males, Females, and Natural Selection The differences between male and females seem obviously different. Of course, society is coming away from the objectification and sexism seen in the past and now moving forward to look at the biological, genetic, and cultural differences between the two sexes. One theory of these differences comes in the form of the Parental Investment Theory. Another way of explaining their differences is through cultural determinism.…

After reading, To Teach: The Journey, In Comics, by William Ayers, I agreed with his beliefs and convictions about teaching. His beliefs are very different than most teachers that I have had in the past in many different ways. For one, my teachers always had us sit in assigned seats that never changed and were in rows with their desk in the back of the classroom. On the other hand, Ayers talked about how “learning is active and not passive” and the students can not be very active if they are…

As you walk down the street right across from Mississippi College you will eventually get to a bright yellow building this building is located on 101 W Main St. At first glance, you would believe it was a house, because it is right in the center of a neighborhood. It is also surrounded by a church and some apartments, but as you get closer you see a huge black sign that spells out Cups in big white letters. And as you turn, you see a medium sized Open sign hanging from the window flashing…

I have chosen novels “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “1984” to compare and contrast together. “1984” is written by George Orwell, the main character Winston Smith is one of the lower ranked members of the leading party in London in the community of Oceania. Wherever Winston went the party was always watching him and the kept seeing the face of the party’s leader. The leader of the party happened to be Winston’s older brother. The controller of Oceania is the party whether it be historical or related…

The quote “Australia is a lucky country, run by second rate people who share its luck” was said by Donald Horne. Donal Horne was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who was the author of ‘The Lucky Country’ which was published in 1964 and was an evaluation of Australian society that questioned traditional attitudes. In saying Australia is a “Lucky country” its implying that by our social, economical, political, historical and social benefits we have, by world standards,…