In BNW, this is brought to us by a reflected image of our reality through an utopia world. ... From the mass' point of view, the purely brainwashed individuals of this utopia world, the questions raised by the social disturbers are fool questions because they are not answerable by the so "obvious" answers they possess and that everybody else does. ... On this level, there is a difference with Brave New World because the life of each individual living in the utopia is totally meaningless. ... From these observations, we can conclude that Brave New World and The Lottery have a common theme:...

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Some prefer themes of war, love, lust, etc. Personally, I do not have a specific theme that I call my favorite. ... Le Guin initially places us in a perfect town, a utopia. ... As for those who stand aside, they can still live as if nothing is wrong, living in a utopia. ...

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These two themes are heavily concentrated on though these two stories are similar on the aspects of themes, though they differ on thethoughts of civilization and governments. ... Emerson uses the themes of Nature and God to represent and reflect nature as transcendentalism. ... The two themes are used at once to direct the story in the path that the Thoreau wants it to lead. ... The similarities are so stressed in these articles it is difficult to see them as ...

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The dystopian theme, "society is divided into castes or groups with specialized functions" is supported well by the novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. ... All-day and everyday, the animals would work like, as it said, slaves, which is really an important word and theme in the book. ... Utopia is impossible to achieve when there are slaves, and the fear that the higher social class of the pigs imposed on the other animals contributes to the utopian vision truly being a dystopia. ... The book shows that in a society divided into social classes and without equality, utopia can'...

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First, Christianity is a prominent theme in the middle ages. ... Finally, a theme apparent through out the middle ages is adventure. First, this theme can be found in the epic adventure of "Beowulf". ... First, moral teachings can be found in Thomas Mores "Utopia". ... The citizens of Utopia are very well educated. ...

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The theme of totalitarianism is a prominent theme in this 20th century novel. 1984 by George Orwell features a futuristic dictatorship where humanity is controlled by the government. ... The Party alters the past to deceive its citizens and allow them a sense of utopia. ...

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"Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely"; and this is clearly proved in Orwell's short novel. "Animal Farm" is a simple fable with great symbolic value. As Orwell explained himself: "it is the history of a revolution that went wrong". The novel can be seen as the historical analysis...

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To learn examples of these themes a plot summary is given. ... He incorporates the theme: sin has its retribution, and also the theme of economic individualism. ... Novak also reflects on Crusoe as the hero of numerous economic utopias. ... These themes were analyzed in different ways. ... This shows that this is the major theme. ...

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It's simplest to describe a dystopia as a sort of anti-Utopia, that is, the opposite of our perfect world. Now, in our utopia, there's no war, disease, crime, and everything else that makes us upset. ... Except for in heaven (our afterlife Utopia), where god is in control, but let's not get into religion, yet. So if our Utopia is human controlled, then it seems fair that our dystopia is controlled by some other beings. ...

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This time period seemed very intriguing, with a culture that has reached a state of utopia, or so it would seem. ... The theme of the story in my opinion is do not worry about the future, make it through the present. ...

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In life I have often dreamed of a utopia, a place or state where I may be happy with absolutely no worries. To some it may not exist, but I believe I have experienced it at one point in my like. You see, I met the girl of my dreams...although I never looked at her that way when I first met her bec...

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The story is based on a place thats a utopia which isn't a common place to come across. ... The theme can vary depending on the readers. ... Overall, only the fact that there is evil and there is good is important to prove this theme. There are still several themes that are portrayed in the story that can be explained. ... People do not have to agree that this theme is true, but there is evidence that can help prove why it could be real. ...

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If a person constantly reads books that have the same type of theme, they will most likely start to look for things related to what they're reading in their books, in their everyday lives. ... In, "Madame Bovary," by Gustave Flaubert, the ways in which Emma was affected by the tales of romance and utopias that she read from her books deeply molded her into an impatient, bratty, foolish, and unrealistic woman, who essentially dug her own grave. ... Emma was reading these books that contained the romantic themes that she loved so much way before she even met Charles. ...

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Modern society is always striving for perfection. We develop new technology, make new discoveries, and even fight wars just to keep our people happy. No matter how perfect we make this world, though, there will always be something bad behind it all. The perfection of something usually relies on the ...

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Of all the poets on my Leaving Cert course, WB Yeats is easily my favourite. Although I am at ease in engaging with Yeats themes it is also his unique craft that has an impact on me. Yeats is a poet who uses powerful metaphors and images that have a very memorable quality that, in my view, makes Yea...

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"Truman Burbank", a man who lives a simple perfect life without knowing that he is the star of a reality television program. Millions of people around the world tune in daily and have watched him moment by moment since birth and even until today by thousands of hidden cameras planted in biggest stud...

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This capability of emotion then can also be man's destruction, a theme thoroughly illustrated throughout Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. ... The Houyhnhm culture really is a nowhere, as what the word utopia means in Greek. ...

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This "utopia- has people who all seem to be very ugly and uptight. ... The effect that this distortion of the letter produces is that the audience is left to try to draw the conclusion from the story by following the themes and seeing how the distortion itself can heighten our responses to the actions of the novel. ...

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Sometimes very advanced societies overlook the necessities of the individual. In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. The Fordians are technologically sophisticated, unlike the Savages. However, it is obvious that, overall, the Savages...

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