...literary analysis the understanding of the era in which a particular work is written is essential for the understanding of the text in its entirety. Whether the work is fictitious or not, the concerns and anxieties that the historical context presents to society are often of singular importance. Particularly, in two works that marked the literature of the beginnings of the twentieth century and which established the canon of the genre of Dystopia, We by Evgeniy Zamiatin and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, these influences are crucial for the development, the understanding in the context of the period, and the impact on the literary field. In this essay we will try to analyze the social, historical and cultural context of both novels,...
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...described by Huxley in “Brave New World,” and not the world described in Orwell’s “1984.” He does an excellent job proving facts and disturbing anecdotes, but he lacks showing the audience an opposing viewpoint. Despite this he is able to clearly show is agreement, by proving emotion supported by fact. Postman is able to connect with his audience through his credentials. The student feels that Postman shows a dangerous path that American Culture may be on, and is able to provide a warning to those who listen to his speech. Analysis of Neal Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” “What is dangerous about television is not it’s junk. Every culture can absorb a fair amount of junk, and, in any case, we do not judge a culture by its junk but by how it conducts its serious public business. What is happening in America is that television is transforming all serious public business into junk.” (Postman, 1984, p. 2) In his speech, "Amusing Ourselves to Death," Neil Postman, Columbia University graduate, and one time chair of the Department of Culture and Communication, made the point that American culture is headed for a culture like that described in Adlus Huxley's "Brave New World," and not the culture described in George Orwell's, "1984." He described the world imagined in 1984 as a place where there were no books, and where the people are prisoners to the government that controls them. In contrast, Mr. Postman describes the culture in "Brave New World," by saying that there...
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...Cody Hudson Professor Michelle Grady Communications Cluster 21 March 2013 Brave New World: Technology and the End of Jobs “Brave New World” is a phrase said many times by people, since Aldous Huxley wrote the novel Brave New World in 1932, every time a greater technology, for anything, comes about; not necessarily referring to Huxley’s book, but more referring to the fact that modern technology is becoming so great that it will/or has downsized companies by replacing the human element. Sure jobs are lost, but is this a bad thing? One would have to really dive into the question and do some in-depth research and analysis to figure out the answer, but maybe there is not a right answer? Whether greater technology advances are better or not, one thing is for certain; people will lose jobs because of it. Auto plant workers, factories, coal miners, farming, telephone operators, cashiers, tollbooth collectors, and bankers: These are just a few examples of jobs that are being replaced by greater technology in our present day, even some earlier on. Yes, this is a bad thing for the people employed by those jobs, but maybe for the “greater good,” whatever that term, used by many optimistic people, is really supposed to mean, the same technology that ended those jobs will create more jobs or even better jobs--who knows? Maybe the advances in technology aren’t needed, but created because of corporate greed, to minimize a company’s cost to employees and fatten the wallets of the suits...
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...Anthony Poindexter 3/12/13 Mr.Kuntz Social Problems 110 Media Analysis Project. As we sit down and watch the television we see that the most popular shows and cartoons that we mainly watch consist of different types of stereotypes. Not knowing what the media's subliminal message is at this moment, it plays a key role into what our children are taking in with everything they watch and how what they view as a child effects how they see other people. Heiner discusses this in his book that social problems and critical construction-ism affect the way we live today and in the future. There are three TV shows that i have watched and carefully analyzed that show how the media today, has twisted the way we see Television. Not even really knowing that what we are watching is a Guinea-pig instrument that the government uses to make us see how they want everyday life to be. For example these are some of the shows that use stereotypes in every episode to trick us and to make us desire to be like them just because of their gender, race or class. The Cartoon "Hey Arnold" was created by Craig Bartlett and was diversely a stereotypical show that was basically showing people how middle class/poor kids in the ghetto lived and told the adventures they had together. The main Character in this cartoon was a little scrawny low class white kid named Arnold. Arnold is well respected around the city that he lives in just because of his humble and well-mannered nature. He is a quiet kid that has...
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...Intro to Speech Communication UNYT Fall 2011 Instructor’s name: Ermal Hasimja Student’s name : Viola Kora Assignment : Analysis of a Good Speech Date : 24/11/2011 Analysis of a Good Speech This is the analysis of President Ronald Reagan’s speech which addresses people on the Challenger Disaster. This analysis is divided on five categories: analysis of the thesis=attention catcher, of the Introduction, Body, Conclusion and Non-verbal language. Thesis- Attention Catcher “Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d planned to speak to you tonight to report on the state of the Union, but the events of earlier today have led me to change those plans. Today is a day for mourning and remembering. Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss”. Ronald Reagan addresses the American people in a very delicate moment. The seven members of the Challenger space shuttle have lost their lives after a few moments from taking-off. Understanding the delicate situation he starts directly with the thesis leading his way into the tragic incident that has affected all of the people around the country. He also has mentioned his wife by giving the tragedy a very personal tone in order...
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...decades, the relationships between women and men and their lives have dramatically changed. In many parts of the world, women still have fewer rights including poor level of education, less income that men and less power of decision making. Unfortunately, this is true, despite the fact that women’s role in children upbringing, food producing and family income is inestimable. Gender equality is not only about being fair to both women and men, but is also means that they should have the same status in society. It also means that they have equal rights and opportunities on the way to their success and can equally contribute to all spheres of live: political and economic. With the promoting of scientific advancement, Japan seems to fall behind with gender equality. Only about 14 percent of female professionals has been trained in mathematics, science and engineering. According to data obtained, most of female scientists merely underestimate themselves when competing with their male colleagues (sciencemag.org). Unequal pay and unequal respect towards working women dispel the myth about gender equality (shriverreport.org). In general, the level of women’s wage is 2/3 of that of the men. Gender inequality in payment is a direct violation of the principle of equal pay for equal work. Almost in all sectors of the economy women take low-paying positions. During all these year we another pattern can be seen in the labor marker: men are replacing women from perspective and well-paid positions...
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...demanding task for both. Tourists and natives. A culture can be described as learned human behavior patterns and differ between cultures. Those who have the resources (often money) can experience new cultures, but for many it can be a difficult step exploring the unknown. Furthermore communication can play an important role in recognizing and accepting new cultures, as well as socializing. Panic can develop against the unknown and this can form pre-judges. This is what we experience in the short story “Eating Sugar”. This an essay on the short story “Eating Sugar” written by Catherine Merriman and published in 2001. In the story we experience a meeting between two different cultures, who are forced to communicate without speaking the same language. We see how this impression develops over time. In the story, which takes place in Thailand in April, we meet a British family consisting of Alex, the father, Eileen, the mother and their twenty-one-year old daughter Suzanne. Alex and Eileen are on vacation in Thailand to visit Suzanne, who is working as an english teacher in a society. Through an analysis of the symbols in the story, this essay will discuss the theme prejudice. The story is told by an omniscient 3rd person narrator, and as the story is being told from the tourist point of view, we experience the native Thai’s as the tourist do. The narrator only knows the father’s thoughts. The author has chosen to sprinkle the text with Thai vocabulary and write Wirut’s lines in broken...
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...HIGH VOLTAGE HAUTE COUTURE- IRIS VAN HERPEN 2013 SHOW ANALYSIS What was it about Iris van Herpen’s High Voltage Haute Couture Show during Paris Couture Week 2013 that was so ‘electrifying’ ? Everything. As a guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture Parisienne for the fourth season in a row, she didn’t fail to deliver. One would not have expected anything less from this avantgarde Créateur as this is exactly what she is - a Créateur, although let’s not take away the kudos from her many collaborators who season after season help her invent and develop new and strange ways of making a frock. In fact it would be like taking away Lesage from Chanel or Dior but one might argue that it wasn’t this craftsmanship that is part of the backbone of what Couture is all about and was shown to the select few who may actually afford to be able to buy it and to the press and critics who would either love it or at the very worst not understand it. But then we all know that Haute Couture is not about who can afford to buy and wear it, it’s about the €240 billion global industry that revolves around selling the bag, the shoe, the make-up or the perfume that goes with it, which at this point in time, Iris does not have. It is interesting that the Chambre Syndicale invited van Herpen to show her exceptional frocks. To the traditionalist or the outsider they may not tick all the ‘Haute Couture’ boxes but look carefully, they do and the Dutchwoman has added a few more boxes of...
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...New Terrorism? Predicting the Future of Terrorism Introduction/ Purpose Terrorism is an often controversial subject. “One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.” This is a well known quote that is often used to allude to the complexity of terrorism. Terrorism, the word itself is a word that has possessed over a hundred definitions and a concept that has changed as the societies of the world have progressed. The use of the terms terrorism and terrorist are politically weighted, and are often used for a polarizing effect, where 'terrorism' becomes simply a relativist term for the violence committed by an enemy, from the point of view of the attacked. Because of the political nature of some struggles, 'terrorism' can become identified as simply any violence committed against established institutions. A terrorist is, strictly speaking, one who is personally involved in an act of terrorism. The term "terrorism" comes from the French 18th century word terrorisme (under their government's Reign of Terror), based on the Latin language verbs terrere (to tremble) and deterrere (to frighten from). The use of the term "terrorist" has had broader applications however, ranging in application from disgruntled citizens to common political dissidents. It is important to understand terrorism in our modern arena and under stand its effects on society. ‘Terrorism’, as a unified political and ideological motif did not arise spontaneously in response to particular instances...
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...is not enough to internalize the important messages that the author wants to convey. Perhaps the most important texts to analyze are those written to persuade their audiences to believe something. Failing look closely keeps audiences from understanding the text's true strengths and weaknesses. By carefully examining the ethos, pathos, and logos of an argument, the reader is able to determine whether or not an author makes an effective argument. An analysis of this sort will show that Neil Postman's speech “Amusing Ourselves to Death” is lacking in all three areas to be effective. Summary Neil Postman, department chair of Culture and Communications at NYU, gave his speech “Amusing Ourselves to Death” at a book fair in Germany whose theme was “Orwell in the year 2000.” It was written to demonstrate that an “Orwellian dictatorship” was not necessary to deprive people or their rights. Instead, he asserts, the west is like that of Huxley's “Brave New World”; it is a society that has no need to be violently controlled because we are ever distracted by frivolities. The most potent distraction, he says, is the television. He begins by citing a few key statistics: eighty percent of all homes in the United States have a television, and the average American child watches 5000 hours of television before he or she even starts school (p. 449). Television, he says, is full of“junk.” The serious issue at hand is not just that there's a lot of junk, but, rather, that serious topics...
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...2011). One of the best features of an HRIS System is how easily it can be customized. It can be expanded by adding additional modules as the company grows because all modules do not have to be activated during the initial setup process (Tatum, 2011). Ten critical success factors commonly agreed upon between several authors are as follows: 1. Top management support 2. Provision of adequate and timely resources 3. Ongoing communication 4. Conductive organizational culture 5. User involvement 6. Project champions 7. Organizational structure 8. Change management methodology 9. Project control and monitoring 10. Cross integration between business systems These critical success factors must be considered during the planning, analysis and design of an HRIS System (Kavanagh & Thite, 2009, p.167-168). Three important factors that Benefast Partners should have focused on were provisioning of adequate and timely resources which includes time, money, technology and people. It is very important to ensure that these elements are adequate and available prior to proceeding. This can be accomplished by developing a comprehensive business plan (Kavanagh & Thite, 2009, p.167). The second factor they should have considered was user involvement. In this...
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...n.d.). The Cold War was “conflict between the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union and the democratic nations led by the United States (Poon, 1979).” According to the historical analysis, The Cold War was one of the most important events of the twentieth century which shaped America in different ways like: • Foreign policy • Political ideology • Domestic economy • The presidency • Affected the personal lives of Americans (Naranjo, 2003). Some of the threats to Americans was the sense of fear and insecurity during the years between 1945 through 1962 (Kelly, 2007), but also threat of a nuclear crisis. Another threat to the citizens of America was an inconsistent lifestyle that would keep them at edge. If I had to protect my family and prepare them from an attack or a nuclear war, I would build a bomb shelter to keep extra supplies like: clothes, food, water, toiletries and other things like batteries and a radio for the news, but also to have somewhere to go and take my loved ones in case of an immediate threat. I would also brief them of the consequences, the dangers, and what to do if we would get separated. In case of that separation I would also designate a meeting place where we can all get together again, but also teach them, especially my children, about being brave, not being scared and not panic. The Cold War was a very long battle which lasted nearly 40 years, according to some historians, so it is only natural for some people to have questions...
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...Critical analysis of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey invites his reader into the world of the mental hospital, where everything and everyone is under strict dictatorship of Nurse Ratched. She is the one who decides medications, routine, and the destiny of her patients. She uses all of her power to keep them in fear, so they stay under her full control and obey her rules. Everything runs smoothly on her strict routine, until Randle McMurphy comes into the ward. This free-will rebel starts to question the authority of Nurse Ratched and constantly upsets the routines, which leads to a power struggle between the two of them; a power struggle that becomes a battle between wills, a battle between man and woman, between freedom and control. All the way through the story, McMurphy tries to restore the patient‘s masculinity; he shows them how to live the lives that they are too afraid to live; he attempts to teach them how to laugh, to be brave and, most important, to be free. Although, the power struggle with Nurse Ratched does not finish well for McMurphy-- a lobotomy takes away his freedom and, ultimately, his life--in the battle of wills, he is the conqueror. His free-will changes patients from “rabbits” into men(64). His strong nature teaches them how to stand up for themselves, how to find what they believe in and fight for it. Essentially, he teaches them how to be free men. McMurphy sacrificed himself to...
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...carpenter. Diesel[edit] Beginnings of Diesel[edit] Diesel logo Rosso dropped out of the University of Venice in 1975 and began to work as a Production Manager at Moltex, a local clothing manufacturer that produced trousers for various Italian clothing labels. Moltex' parent company, the Genius Group, was run by Adriano Goldschmied who would eventually become Rosso's mentor and future business partner. During Rosso's first two years at Moltex the company grew rapidly. In 1978, after Rosso had managed to increase the company's production beyond what Goldschmied actually considered possible, Rosso wanted to leave the company in order to start a new business on his own. However, Goldschmied convinced Rosso to stay by offering him a 40% stake in Moltex and by agreeing to form a new company together, thus forming Diesel.[5] Following the new partnership, Rosso also became shareholder of the Genius Group, which gathered brands such as Replay,...
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...Funding Managing and Growing the Venture HBS Entrepreneurs Services for Students Evaluating New Venture Opportunities Conversations with Venture Capitalists What makes for the ideal entrepreneurial opportunity? To learn about the frameworks firms use when evaluating potential venture opportunities, Mike Roberts, executive director of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, and HBS senior research associate Lauren Barley recently interviewed four venture capitalists from leading firms in Silicon Valley. The following are excerpts from their responses. Russell Siegelman (MBA '89) Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers The most important requirement is a large market opportunity in a fast-growing sector. We like a company to have a $100 million to $300 million revenue stream within five years. This means that the market potential has to be at least $500 million-or more, eventually-and that the company needs to achieve at least a 25 percent market share. The second factor involves a competitive edge that is long lasting. It is usually an engineering challenge that is tough enough to give the company an edge, resulting in several years lead or longer, if we're lucky. We look for a tough problem that hasn't been solved before. The solution can't be so straightforward that someone can look at the blackboard and say, "I know how to do it." The third thing is team. We look for engineering vision and execution, sales, and entrepreneurship in a team. Typically...
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