This is the reason behind his escape to the beach. Nikki needs to escape, if only temporarily, from his society. ... What Nikki believes is his escape is really his imprisonment. ... The salesman escaped society temporarily with intentions of returning, but during his short escape, he too was imprisoned when he least expected it. ... Nikki has the chance of escaping from the imprisonment in the dunes to the "freedom" of society, but he decides he "might as well put off his escape until sometime after." ...

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Either they create behavior in order to reduce negative self-perception or they will try to escape self-awareness. Alcohol abuse serves as one of the many common methods employed by students to escape reality, negative feelings and perception of self. Why are young adults more vulnerable to this type of escape mechanism than older candidates? ... It can also assist in the escape procedure by reducing anxiety and lowering self-inhibition. ...

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Technology change led to a large emphasis on leisure time with most Americans which not only made Coney Island one of the most popular destinations on earth but also managed to loosen US culture by freeing middle class workers to escape the harshness of the city. New technology change in the 20th century made escaping the city much easier for middle class and blue collar workers, but why were so many eager to leave the city for respite? ... However Coney Island only offered immediate enjoyment and escape from the demands of work and social life. ... Lastly and most important for most people ...

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As industry increasingly clogged the inner cities, residents with wealth sought escape from the noise and pollution, and thus began their escape to communities outside the city. ... This could not be said of people of color, large numbers of whom have tended to remain economically, politically, and socially disenfranchised, creating a permanent underclass, trapped in a culture of poverty with few avenues of escape. ... The "projects" that were created basically insured that most, quite possibly may never escape the neighborhood. missed opportunities such as jobs and adequate education. ...

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If history is cloudy than societies values and beliefs are shaken, this is not say that human life can be told in a simple way because we cannot escape our own complexity but we can escape deceit, structuralism and degenerated cultural determinism. We can escape unconsciousness and be able to look at life humbly looking for truth and objectivity. ...

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In escaping though the window of her flame engulfed apartment Mrs. ... Hedges" escape from the flaming inferno, Petry utilizes the biblical character Sampson. ... Petry uses this reference as a demonstration of the near subhuman strength that is needed to escape the constraints of society that ravaged women who did not comply with the unattainable ideal of European American femininity. ... Hedges does not escape or transcend classification in order to achieve success as Thomson suggests. ... Hedges does not escape the confines he dictated femininity because although financially stable she does...

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It is clear from the discussion that Offred escaped, at least long enough to make a tape recording of her story; her ultimate fate is not known. Her escape, and the fact that the historians represent a more humane society (disturbingly, this society seems too complacent, as though there is no recognition that another revolution can always happen again), confirm an article of Offred's faith: Even the worst of times will pass, although the individual may not survive to see the better days to come. ...

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With this in mind I will consider those who believe that living and thinking differently from others guarantee's the fact that they have found their true self by escaping alienation. ... All out originality however does not mean that one has escaped alienation it just means that they have alienated themselves in a different way. ...

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Her longing to escape the marginalisation she experienced is further reinforced when ultimately she obtains a job as a writer for telenovellas. ... (p.24) Storytelling provided Eva with an escape from her "world [which] was bounded by the iron railings of the garden", suggesting her life was restricted to the boundaries of the dead Eurocentric Professor's house. Her attempt to escape this reflects her dislike for the life she was being subjected to as a mestizo female. Her imagination provided her with a means of escape from the restrictive role she was forced to play, and highlighted...

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Differential association theory, in both groups the saints and the roughnecks they displayed this theory. They acted out their deviance to be part of their groups. This is very common among high school age children. Sometimes called peer pressure. They need to belong to their friends and unfortunate...

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The old waiter explains that leaving their café open late is vital for those who cannot find a clean well-lighted place to escape the insomnia they suffer from. ... He too visits cafés late at night to escape from the insomnia he suffers from. ... Understanding that money is not the root to all happiness and the escape from all troubles is an illusion that the young waiter must learn and a virtue the townspeople and older waiter must keep. ...

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Characteristics of Immigration and How it Contributed to the Social Development of the Area Every immigrant that came to the New World to settle, came for their own reasons. For some, America was a way of escaping persecution by their home countries. For others, it was the opportunity to begin a ...

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The retreatists, on the other hand, neither accept social norms nor the means to achieving them, often escaping their societies through substance abuse, looking for ways to escape society completely. ...

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Krebs gets disgusted and uncomfortable day by day and wants to escape from it. ... Eventually, after his twenty first birthday he decides to leave the town and go to Kansas City to escape from the society that he no longer believes in. ...

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Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is a novel about the psychological exploration of the protagonist, Raskolnikov. Initially, Raskolnikov's conflict is whether or not he should murder the pawnbroker. After the crime is committed, his conflict becomes whether or not he should confess and r...

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Aristophanes" play, The Birds, is structured in a way that is similar to other pieces of literature written during the same time period. The play's construct is made up of three phases: A social problem, a solution to the problem, and the results or outcome of the solution's implementation. The s...

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" However his plan for the New York's Central Park was for it to be an escape from the urban society America was becoming. ... He believed that having the park as an escape would relieve the unhappy and encourage individuals to uphold themselves to the social cultural standards (Kasson 12-15). ... The island encouraged visitors by providing an "escape" from everyday life. ...

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The heroic story of their origin tells how they were the only ones among the larger group of immigration to the south that were able to pass the bridge that took them out from the deep valley, and also that the bridge collapse once they passed it, before all other people could escape. ...

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Brave New World is an apocalyptic novel, which attempts to predict and define the future. Although it predicts somewhat of an unrealistic world, in some ways it correctly portrays the modern society. Though the beliefs of the predicted society it parallels that of modern life. Huxley's prediction...

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Dancehall music, which has its roots in the reggae of the 1970s, has now become entrenched in American culture. Dancehall has brought social borders down, in a way, bringing those who inhabit an uptown world together with the downtown scene. But not always in a positive way. Dancehall, like mos...

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People often feel trapped in their own lives and circumstances, thinking that their troubles are not escapable thus making them extremely depressed and unhappy in their lives. ... In order for people to escape the traps they have created for themselves, they have to understand the larger history (Mills, 1959). ...

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As a result, people Nyoto 4 tend to dwell more in their virtual world where they get to escape from their painful realities, loneliness and emptiness of not having many friends as well as their busy work schedules. ... Thus, Instagram might provide a place for others to escape from their unpleasant realities, but it only damages the users when they are unable to protect their own privacies on the Internet. ...

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Many of the points that Hayes makes about Hobbes' work seem to make more sense if the end goal of Leviathan was to show us how we can construct a peaceful commonwealth in which we escape the dangers in the state of nature. ... The bourgeois theories that act as a basis for many aspects of Hobbes' Leviathan can be seen through Hayes' eyes as a prescription for a way that we can use moderation to make the bourgeois society work, or as a way that we can escape the state of nature and limit those who seek to gain power at the expense of others....

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Many people behaving themselves as they want, murdering without any punishment, committing vandalism, but for all that escaping blame and conviction. those people will not know what is right or wrong, they have no possibility to find it out. ...

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But if the river prove that the accused is not guilty and he escape unhurt then he who had brought the accusation shall be put to death"" (Code 2), this law proves that Babylonians believed in a higher being. ...

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