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    Sons of Liberty, heros or fanatics “Always stand on principle, even if you stand alone”. My position is Fanatics,because they tarred and feathered people,they went into people's houses and destroyed all of their belongings.they also vandalized homes, the tea party, they were smugglers, stalked piled guns.This is why I chose that they are fanatics instead of heroes. They were fanatics because they did not pay taxes when everyone else were paying taxes.They just decided, okay, I'm not paying…

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    In any story, it is important for the audience to understand which characters are powerful and those that are powerless. In several stories that have been read this semester, there have been characters that are portrayed to be inferior because of their socioeconomic status or skin color. As a result, those characters obtain insignificant roles in books and do not receive the chance to have their voices heard in any story. Furthermore, the authors chose to display stereotypical images of them and…

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    Raymond Douglas Bradbury was an American fantasy writer, well known for his many short stories, some of which have been described as prophetic. It was Ray Bradbury who conceived Bluetooth headsets half a century before the concept was even considered possible and not sci fi, this is true with facebook, flat screen tvs, self driving cars, electronic surveillance, ATMs and artificial intelligence, but even these give just a small experience of the prognostication of ray bradbury. He also…

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    consequences because he hid books inside his house so he had to burn it. The author also wants to get across that you don’t have to be like everyone else. Montage doesn’t like how he can’t have books so he takes books and hides them. This goes with Bradbury trying to get across that you don’t need to follow what everyone else does. Montag kept stealing books and hiding them and this started in the very first section of the book when the old lady burns with her house. “Her hand moved under the…

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    After reading the book "The Giver", I think the community in the book is a very bad society. Yes it is a dystopian society. The people in the society live in a dehumanize society and also the people are afraid of the world outside. Citizen live in a dehumanized society. The people in that community can not make their own decisions, only the Chief Elder can make the decisions for them. The citizen doesn't order their own food. The people also don’t know what is music. They can't know any…

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    It rots the core of the perfect world, transforming from utopia to a dystopia, “no matter how much engineering and conditioning is put forth society remains the same” (Firchow 9). A community can be made to look as pure as possible, but mankind will always be there and always be flawed. The illusion of perfection is perpetuated by propaganda. Ironically, propaganda within Brave New World is used to extend the delusion of perfection and to prohibit outside sources from “brainwashing” the masses.…

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    itself. This movie is one of the most pretentious movies I have ever seen. Although there are many aspects of the novel “Fahrenheit 451” which are very significant, Francois depiction of how the events where portrayed in the movie, weakens the message Bradbury was depicting in the novel. Fahrenheit 451, directed by Francois is a production based on Bradbury’s book. It is a futuristic novel where all books must be destroyed. This is where the fire department comes in since they burn books…

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    Kristen D Randle”s “The Only Alien On The Planet” focuses on an intelligent , yet unidentified by it’s “extraterrestrial” behavior boy, believing friendship isn’t neccessary as he ignores everyone that comes his way.Without communication with teachers,friends, nor even his own family, The protagonist of this novel talks about a girl having to exit her comfort zone while moving out of her hometown to a new one.When she catches a glance of this “alien” called Smitty in her new school, she gets…

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    Interest in dystopian fiction has surged in recent years because of the popularity and astonishing success of dystopian movies such as The Hunger Games (2012), The Divergent (2014) and The Maze Runner (2014). All three movies focus on the struggle of a community which is forced to conform because of a powerful governing system. Individuality as such does not exist due to the restrictions imposed on society. Readers and spectators alike are intrigued by tales of oppressive societies which deal…

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    during the Roman’s navy attack to the port city of syracuse 2200 years ago. It is illustrated in the reading that the Greeks could not have been using an inventive weapon called ''Burning mirror'' which was a clear surface of cooper to direct the sun's rays towards Roman's ships. In order to question the tale, three different evidence have been provided by the author which the lecturer finds all reasons false and provide solid proofs for each of them. First, the professor claims that, in order…

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