...In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Bernard Marx’s character is established as an individual seeking social acceptance, yet one who is also confined by society’s expectations. Though he resists society initially, underlying his strained unorthodox ways and perceived rejection of social norms is a man who ultimately needs to be accepted. Huxley shows readers the multifaceted sides of Bernard’s journey towards acceptance, while also creating a utopia-like world. Initially, Bernard is a character who is dissatisfied with himself. It was being rejected that forged Bernard’s resentment towards society - this is apparent in his hypocrisy at the Solidarity Service and how he goes out of his way to unorthodox in chapter seven, when they arrive at...
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...only ask students to memorize but not to explain. So he put his favorite novels such as “Three Kingdoms”, “Outlaws of the Marsh” crushed by secretly reading the novels below. Not only that, Mao Zedong courage to resist his father’s authority due to the unreasonable verbal abuse, punishment from his father. At home, his mother and he as well as his younger brother organized ‘opposition party” to refute his father. Mao Zedong brave to against his father in public. When he was thirteen years old, his father accuse him of lazy elephant in front of many guests and he answered his father rudely and go away from his home. His father compromise with him at last. Mao Zedong believed that unreasonable rule doctrine is to be brave resistance and only the courage to resist it possible to win for their right. Besides that, Mao Zedong has a flexible thinking. At that feudalism era, he accepted and adopted Marxism-Leninism and he combine successfully Marxism-Leninism with China’s reality first historic leap in theoretical result and establish it as Maoism. When Marxism- Leninism principles guiding China as the weapon for revolution, Mao Zedong found to be Marxist-Leninist...
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...The novel A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley was a story written about society that was thought to be a utopia, but in actuality this twisted world was anything from perfect. The society Huxley portrayed in his novel was in some ways a Marxists dream and in other ways a Marxists worst nightmare. Aldous Huxley did a brilliant job connecting with the Marxist point of view while also embodying numerous fears of Marxists in his critically acclaimed book A Brave New World. Marxists believed in a totalitarian government somewhat like a dictatorship. The government in Huxley’s novel used tactics such as adolescent brainwashing, drug administration, and the use of technology to keep total control of the public population. Much like Marxist societies the society in Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World chose to alienate their young instead of nurture them like a normal world. Children in this novel were alienated at an early age, they were also trained to hate nature and music or anything that promoted any type of free will. Children were not raised by a mother and father because in the World State there was no such thing as marriage or even love. In Marxist cultures children were separated from their parents and taught to formulate their view of the world based on only Marxist teachings rather than “outdated” views. In a Marxist society the upbringing of children was not handled by parents but rather by the entire community so there were such things as family bonds in Marxism. Marxist leaders...
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...guide, Tyson explains the critical theories of psychoanalysis and Marxism. It’s all about the studies of human behaviors for example, human mind, especially inner experiences, thoughts, feelings, emotions, fantasies, and dreams. I have chosen one book and a movie. In a book, it talks about James, who is a main character of the story. He was really confused about his identity because he was a black and his mother was a white. In a movies, they showed the racism and differences create between students in their childhood. Both of these based on true stories. I would compare these character with Marxism and Freud’s theory. A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother is the autobiography of James McBride. It is also a tribute to his mother. It starts of the narrator James’s mother Ruth, who describes her early life with her family. She was born in Polish Orthodox Jewish family that was immigrant to United States. She had a repressed childhood in Virginia. She was sexually abused as a child from her father. In critical theory today: a user friendly guide, Tyson defines Fear of abandonment—“the unshakable belief that our friends and loved ones are going to desert us (physical abandonment) or don’t really care about us (emotional abandonment)” (Tyson 16). Tyson also comment on this definition if fear of abandonment is my core issue, I am liable to develop fear of intimacy as a core issue as well. “When we look at the world through a psychoanalytic lens, we see that it is comprised of individual...
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...As Gandalf and Theoden near the stronghold of Isengard Tolkien describes the environment saying, “No trees grew there; but among the rank grasses could still be seen the burned and axe-hewn stumps of ancient grooves.” The symbolic machine, Isengard, showed no respect for the things of old, instead it destroyed all in its path and created new. Treebeard also speaks of Saruman’s lust for destruction saying, “He has a mind of metal and wheels; and he does not care for growing things, except as far as they serve him for the moment.” Saruman, similar to the machine, erects a great army of Uruk-Hai via the industrial power of Isengard. What once was a historic Numenorean tower now became a symbol of...
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...Borders English 103-014 24 November 2015 Telling Times This study will examine the 1946 novel Mine Boy, by Peter Abrahams, first giving some information on the author and the background of the book and its historical context, and then exploring the elements of the novel itself, including plot, characterization, style, intended audience, and the contribution the book makes to an understanding of African life and history. A People's Voice: Black South African Writing in the Twentieth Century. Abrahams style is clear and simple. The book is certainly demonstrative of the political, cultural and economic life in South Africa in the 194 s as well as in the 199 s, and in any African country where imperialism and exploitation continue to exist. New York: Collier, 197. Shava, Piniel. With this offer the symbolic alternatives for the poor black as represented by Xuma are clear---he can lose his life and soul to the capitalist system which is epitomized in the mines, or he can become corrupted through the business of helping other poor, miserable blacks to become numb through the use of alcohol, thereby corrupting himself at the same time. The major characters around Xuma in his awakening to this politically radical position are Leah (who has adapted to the corruption spawned by capitalist exploitation by building her own bootlegging business); Ma Plank(who has been worn down by her hard life but who has acquired a deep visceral knowledge of life and death); the drunks Liz, Johannes and...
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...Critical Evaluation of Marxism in Titanic – Stephanie Kiewel – Critical Appraisal Film 5010 – Dec. 2013 The film Titanic used to be the most successful film of all times. The romantic disaster movie was released in 1997. It deals with both the historical catastrophe where 1,517 passengers lost their lives (Rosenberg, 2013). It is also a perfect example of class struggles and capitalistic ideals, presented in a love story between the classes. Although Titanic represents many examples of the Marxist paradigm, many viewers saw the film itself ironically as a prime example for capitalistic excess. When the film had been released, it was the most expensive movie ever made. Running months over schedule, many saw the film as the biggest failure in Hollywood history until it gained more than 1.1 billion dollars. Even now Titanic, together with Cameron’s Avatar is still one of the most...
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...At the time his novel was written, the World War II was over but still in the mind of a traumatized population in a economically exhausted Europe as The Cold War stated from two years[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War]. The World was economically and politically divided in two systems: the capitalism ruled in the Western part of the world and the communism in the Eastern part. However, a monetary crisis was lying in United Kingdom and annunciated hard times. The popular classes’ discontent was growing because of the hardships due to the bad after war economy and an apparent military and political mismanagement. The people felt that those issues kept their society from evolving. G. Orwell dreamed of a social revolution that would free the population. He was inspired by the situation and then wrote his novel 1984, depicting what he thought the world would become. According to him, a nuclear war was coming soon. His novel takes place in nineteen eighty four, thirty years after the end of this nuclear war. England became Oceania and society totalitarian, modeled on Stalinism and Fascism. The country is ruled by Big Brother – an inexistent God-like figure invented by “The Party” – and...
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...Ike Eke Mr. Simmons Sociology May 1, 2017 Refugees in the U.S Refugees have been a major issue since the beginning of the United States. The United State has been a place where many different cultures interact and thrive. It’s has been a place where there are so many opportunities than any other country in the world today and a place that accept all kinds of people. Refugees are people who are being forced to leave their country in other to escape war or violence. There will be always violence in some parts of the world but it has never been the answer to our problem. These people are forced to leave their home country without their free will, they are being forced away from the bad people. People who want to destroy the happiness of others....
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...concepts. There is usually a figurehead or a comparable concept that is worshipped by the populace. Citizens are perceived, whether they truly are or not, to be under constant surveillance by the authorities. There is also a strong sense of nationalism and citizens have a fear of the outside world and those that are outside their bubble. The society is generally stratified socially, economically, and politically causing a majority of inhabitants to live in a dehumanized state. For almost everyone except the protagonist, the society is a perfect utopian world. The melting away of this illusion is the journey a dystopian novel usually takes the reader. I can see these echoes of similarity between We and the many other great works of dystopian science-fiction such as Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451 and, for this discussion, Orwell‘s novel 1984. Both stories depict a post-apocalyptic world that has come into existence after a nuclear war has realigned the all of the previous geographic, political and social boundaries of the “old world”. Both stories are told by a government bureaucrat of sorts, living in a peculiar, yet glorious, futuristic society. Both describe an insipid world where the desire for consistency, social order, and reverence had crushed almost any reminisce of true humanity, individual freedom, or emotion. Consequently, the fellow citizens of these societies have become warped, brainwashed caricatures of human beings and their interactions resemble that...
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...© Guillaume Herbaut © Guillaume Herbaut Feminism & FEMEN Abstract Through feminism protest, women have been trying to get equal rights to men for decades. Different movements have appeared through the years. Radical feminism is one of them. Where does it come from? What differences does it have from “classical” feminism? For a few years now, we can often see in the media pictures of those bare breasts women protesting, the FEMEN. Where do they come from? What are they fighting for, or against? In this paper, we will have a closer look at where from comes their movement and what defines their ideology in order to understand their message and what they protest against. Methodology For this work, I used what the FEMEN movement wrote, its manifesto and different articles, and tried to find feminist theories on radical feminism in order to understand the basis of the FEMEN movement. Table of content Abstract 2 Methodology 2 Introduction 4 What is radical feminism? 4 The notion of patriarchy 4 The Marxist feminism 5 The FEMEN movement 6 Brief history of the FEMEN movement 6 Bare breasts as a weapon 7 Manifesto 7 FEMEN 8 Ideology 8 Objective 8 Missions 8 Exigencies 8 Tactics: sextremism 8 Symbols 9 Structure and activity 9 Financing 9 Information 9 Controversy 9 Ethical points of view on feminism 10 Conclusion 10 Afterword 11 References 12 Introduction Already at the beginning of the 15th century, a woman, Christine...
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...and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus, a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. The telephone call initiated by Morpheus prompts the police to visit Mr. Anderson’s home with the offer of deliverance and the awakening. Morpheus is known to the government as a legendary computer hacker and a terrorist. Morpheus meets up with Mr. Anderson and offers him a choice of a blue pill or a red pill. The choice that is offered will afford Mr. Anderson to either wake up in a world beyond his imagination or to continue to exist in his current state existence. The “real world” * 2. Analysis of The conversation between Morpheus and Smith, The Battle between the humans and the machines. “Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet Cross cutting with Neo and Trinity trying to save Morpheus, testing Neo‟s powers and the length he will go to save Morpheus. ...
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...R F S N O I TAT O U Q NAMRIAHC GNUT - EST OAM 5 SSERP EGAUGNAL NGIEROF 6691 G N I K E P Printed in the People’s Republic of China Study Chairman Mao’s writings, follow his teachings and act according to his instructions. Lin Piao A facsimile of the above statement by Comrade Lin Piao in his own handwriting appears on the previous page. FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION OF QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG (December 16, 1966) Lin Piao Comrade Mao Tse-tung is the greatest Marxist-Leninist of our era. He has inherited, defended and developed MarxismLeninism with genius, creatively and comprehensively and has brought it to a higher and completely new stage. Mao Tse-tung’s thought is MarxismLeninism of the era in which imperialism is heading for total collapse and socialism is advancing to world-wide victory. It is a powerful ideological weapon for opposing imperialism and for opposing revisionism and dogmatism. Mao Tse-tung’s thought is the guiding principle for all the work of the Party, the army and the country. Therefore, the most fundamental task in our Party’s political and ideological work is at all times to hold high the great red banner of Mao Tse-tung’s thought, to arm the minds of the people throughout the country with it and to persist in using it to command every field of activity. The broad masses of the workers, peasants and soldiers and the broad ranks of the revolutionary cadres and the intellectuals should really master Mao Tse-tung’s thought;...
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...Which singer joined Mel Gibson in the movie Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome? TINA TURNER Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail? HARVEY WALLBANGER Which American state is nearest to the former Soviet Union? ALASKA On TV, who did the character Lurch work for? ADDAMS FAMILY How many tentacles does a squid have? TEN What is converted into alcohol during brewing? SUGAR Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland? TWEED Name the two families in Romeo and Juliet? MONTAGUE & CAPULET If cats are feline, what are sheep? OVINE For which fruit is the US state of Georgia famous? PEACH In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels? TOM, DICK, HARRY Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus? CAPTAIN NEMO Which guitarist is known as Slowhand? ERIC CLAPTON What is infant whale commonly called? CALF In which film did Roger Moore first play James Bond? LIVE AND LET DIE (1973) What was the character name of TV's 'The Saint'? SIMON TEMPLAR Who composed The Wedding March? FELIX MENDELSSHON Which actor appeared in Papillion and The Great Escape and died in 1980? STEVE MCQUEEN In which bay is Alcatraz? SAN FRANCISCO BAY In which Dickens novel was Miss Havisham jilted on her wedding day? GREAT EXPECTATIONS Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour? SUGAR LOAF In Roman mythology...
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...THE PROBLEM WITH WORK A JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER BOOK THE PROBLEM WITH WORK Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries KATHI WEEKS Duke University Press Durham and London 2011 © 2011 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper co Designed by Heather Hensley Typeset in Minion Pro by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE TO JulieWalwick (1959-2010) Contents ix Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION i The Problem with Work i CHAPTF1 37 Mapping the Work Ethic CHAPTER 2 79 Marxism, Productivism, and the Refusal of Work CHAPTER 3 113 Working Demands: From Wages for Housework to Basic Income CHAPTER 4 151 "Hours for What We Will": Work, Family, and the Demand for Shorter Hours 5 CHAPTER 175 The Future Is Now: Utopian Demands and the Temporalities of Hope EPILOGUE 227 A Life beyond Work 235 255 Notes References 275 Index Acknowledgments thank the following friends and colleagues for their helpful feedback on versions of these arguments and portions of the manuscript: Anne Allison, Courtney Berger, Tina Campt, ChristineDiStefano, Greg Grandin, Judith Grant, Michael Hardt, Stefano Harney, Rebecca I would like to Karl, Ranji Khanna, Corey Robin...
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