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    Anthem is a book that was written by Ayn Rand in 1938. The setting is in a communist community in the future where man has entered another dark age. One man in the community, Equality 7-2521, is different from all his brothers and tells himself that he is cursed because he speaks unspeakable things and wishes for things no men wish for. The community they all live in has many rules and nobody has any freedom. The new society that Equality will create will have three main rules that are free…

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    Angella Conteh AP Literature Mr. Amoroso December 11, 2017 The Stranger By Albert Camus Topic Two: Discuss Meursault's reaction to the Sun and its effect on his mood and behavior. Conteh Page One The myth of man being bewitched by the moon on the night it is full causing his inner beast to be awakened is one that has traveled throughout history due its underlying truths. Sometimes, it takes an uncontrollable force to manumit the true side of a man and Albert Camus explores this concept…

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    The setting of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray bradbury is set in a large nameless U.S. city. The city is thought to be L.A.; in the near future, thought to be in the year 2053. Because he put his books one hundred years in the future. The mood is sad because he is trying to make the reader feel a sense of a future with no opinion and laziness. The book is about what will happen in the future sooner than later. The book had three major influences which were nazi book burnings, the cold war…

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    A dystopia is an imagined state where people live dehumanized lives often in fear of an eminent being. Dystopian literature is used to portray social issues, unfairness in society, history, or to simply mock something or someone. In Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “2BR02B” these short stories are extreme in content but share purpose. Life is implied to be plentiful and fulfilled in both scenarios, however, to perfect life extreme measures are…

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    One can define deception as the action of deceiving someone by concealing or misinterpreting the truth. Deception is present in the novel, The Great Gatsby, in the plot, characters, and setting. Though some argue that the themes in the novel are not still appropriate, this idea of perception versus reality is relevant in today’s society as well. Relevant in the 1920s as well as present day, the theme of perception versus reality exposes itself through corrupt lies, the American dream of wealth,…

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    In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, Montag, the book-saver, tried to escape the world of the overwhelming technology. Social activities were replaced by inane TV shows where clowns tear their limbs apart, families are replaced by the “family” on the television, and where thoughts are stopped by deafening TV commercials. Bradbury’s vision of today seems to be precise seeing that people started to care less about each other, people stop thinking due to the overload of technological…

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    President John F. Kennedy once said “conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” The concept of conformity and individuality is clearly illustrated in the novel Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. Like most dystopian novels, Fahrenheit 451 contains a damaged society in which the people use technology as a distraction to avoid any critical thinking. The lack of meaningful relationships that the masses have with their family displays technology’s negative impact on this society.…

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    A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero. Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building. I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones all, have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

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    Although many underlying messages are prominent throughout this novel the main overlying theme is that blind acceptance of societal norms is a catalyst for the loss of oneself .This is expressed continuously by the action taken by characters throughout the novel. At the start of Fahrenheit 451 Montag seems perfectly happy accepting his occupation of destroying literature as a fireman. This false sense of happiness begins to come unraveled as Montag meets Clarisse. Clarisse helps to establish…

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    Wells and The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. In this assignment the differences in language and characters will be compared and contrasted. The genre of the short story will be contrasted with the short novel. The different ways the authors are separated both by time and geography will be noted and commented upon. The language in the two pieces is remarkably different, H.G. Wells using the old-fashioned language of a gentleman's club contrast with the American of Ray Bradbury.…

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