...The meaning of equality has caused several problems throughout the United States. Equality, to me, is everyone being treated the same despite their race or gender. No one will ever be the same regardless of how many changes you make to him or her. I think everyone should be different. If not, I think we would live a very boring life. In the short story everyone was equal in every single way; however, that’s not what equality is about. Equality is about being treated the same by the government and everyone else of the matter. The 14th Amendment of the Constitution was known as a reconstruction amendment from the Civil War. This amendment freed the slaves and made everyone equal. It states, regardless of the gender or race, everyone can vote....
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...The short story Harrison Bergeron was published in 1961 in the magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, and was written by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The genres this short story would fall under would be fiction, fantasy, and futuristic. The story takes place in the year of 2081 and everyone was finally equal. Nobody was smarter, better looking, stronger or quicker than anybody else. This was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments of the Constitution, and also due to the caution of agents of the United States Handicapper General. In spite of the government's attempt to make everyone equal, some things about the Amendments weren't completely right. The protagonist in this story was Harrison Bergeron, his life was different from everyone...
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...Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Harrison Bergeron” is based on equality. The story was written in 1961 but was based in the year of 2081. Equality is forced through amendments in the constitution, which states no one can be smarter than anyone else, no one can be stronger than anyone else, and no one can be better looking than anyone else. The story begins in the living room of the Bergeron’s, Hazel and George. George possesses an intelligence higher than the average person, so he is forced to have a handicap in his ear that scatters his thoughts every twenty seconds. George is also very strong, so he is forced to wear a forty-seven-pound bag of bird shot that consist of lead balls. His wife, Hazel, has an average intelligence in their society; however, in our generation she would be considered mentally slow. Diana Moon Glampers, also known as the United States Handicapper General, has placed their son Harrison Bergeron in jail for refusing to follow the equality laws. Harrison is a very strong, intellectual man and doesn’t believe in total equality. He escapes from prison, breaks into a ballet concert and manages to get on live television. Harrison rips off his restraints...
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...Harrison Bergeron was a short fictional and fantasy story published in 1961 by the author Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine. The story takes place in the year 2081 where everyone was finally equal. This equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and the 213th Amendments to the constitution. Also it was due to the continuous watch from the agents of the United States Handicapper General. Nobody was stronger, quicker, smarter, or better looking than anybody else. If they were above average, they would be given handicaps from the government to make sure they were equal to everybody else. Handicaps included weights to make the people weaker, a transmitter to cause people to lose their track of thought, and accessories to make people less attractive. Despite the fact of the government being so strict, there was one...
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...Stylistic analysis of the story “Cat in the Rain” by Earnest Hemingway The author. The story under the title “Cat in the Rain” was written by Ernest Hemingway. He was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections, and two non-fiction works. Additional works, including three novels, four short story collections, and three non-fiction works, were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature. The summary. The story describes an American couple, who have a trip to Italy. The story begins with the woman, who sits in the hotel’s room and sees a cat in the window. It’s a rainy day and woman wants to protect the cat. Then she leaves the room and when she returns, she doesn’t see the cat. All the time her husband spends reading. She tries to tell him about her desire to buy a cat and some other things, but he doesn’t listen to her. At the end of the story there is a knock on the door and the maid stands there holding a cat, for the woman, in her hands. The structure of the text. Every text is organized in a specific way, and this is not identical. Speaking about its structure there is an introductory paragraph...
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...This is one of the key themes in the short story The Indian Camp by Ernest Hemingway. In the story we follow the main protagonist Nick on his way to an Indian camp with his father where they are going to help an Indian woman in the birth of her child. These events force Nick into his journey of adulthood. The short story, Indian camp, revolves around a whole lot of things but most central is life and death, and part of the life cycle, is realising that death is real. And that is what Nick realises in his rite of passage. In the story we see Nick going from being an innocent child to being a more mature and open minded individual. We also see him opening his eyes, and realising that life is a lot more than just fun and games. There are a lot of themes in the story, but some of them include; father and son relationship, and maybe more importantly the loss of innocence. Nick naturally wants to be a part of whatever his dad is doing, as well as showing an interest in the work the father does. The father also wants to give his child an insight, to what he’s doing, even when his job shows its harsher sides. The theme loss of innocence is seen because Nicks finds out that life is not all sunshine and rainbows, as one would say. Nick experiences something that not all children experience, and that way his view of life is dramatically changed. Nick: Is a curious young boy, 8-10 years of age, quite little sensitive, which is seen in the story when the father says Nick can...
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...The short story that is referred to as Harrison Bergeron is one that I have crossed paths with on multiple occasions during my academic career. This story takes place in the home of George and Hazel Bergeron. They are observing some type of dance entertainment with ballerinas wearing mask. Right away it generates a mysterious tone, almost the tone of a horror story. During the broadcast of the ballerinas, a news alert pops on the screen and a broadcaster who struggled with speaking clearly appeared. I found this incredibly ironic, this added to the mystery. This man hands the news to one of the ballerinas she delivers the news that Harrison, the son of George and Hazel has escaped prison and is loose, and is considered dangerous. It mentioned he was seven foot, how often do you see a seven foot 14 year old boy?...
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...and interpret Richard Knight’s short story “Sorry for Disturbing You”. Part of your essay must focus on the function of dialogue in “Sorry for Disturbing You” I will correct the following elements: * Verbal concord * Personal pronouns (he, him, she, his, her etc.) * Spelling * Paragraph structure * Introduction + thesis statement Text: “Sorry for Disturbing You”, a short story by Richard Knight, 2008 Sorry for Disturbing You is a short story written by Richard Knight and its main theme is regretting some of the choices made in life. Two guys are regretting things in this story – an old man called Michael and Ian, who is also the main character. Michael is an old sick man one night knocking at Ian’s door asking for a phone to call for a cap. Ian doesn’t feel like letting him in, but he follows his instinct and finally lets him in to help him. Ian following his instinct turned out to be a good thing, because letting Michael made Ian change The story is told by a third person limited narrator, as it is only Ian’s thought that appears in the text. So reading this story Ian is our eyes and ears. Every description is given to us by his point of view, which means that the impression of the characters that we get is affected by what Ian’s thoughts of these people. The fact that the narrator is a limited narrator, also has the effect that Ian can only be described by his thoughts and the few dialogues that he has. The story is told in present tense and its...
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...One of the most important themes in the story is The American Dream is difficult to achieve. There are several examples of this theme, including George and Lennie, Curley's wife, Candy, and Crooks. One of the first examples of this theme can be seen in the chapter that is focused on Crooks the stable buck. In this chapter Crooks was at first shooting down Lennie’s idea that he and George were going to own land. “You're nuts. I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their backs...an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of’ em gets it,” (72 ). Crooks starts off in denial, but after Lennie continues to talk about it and after Candy tells about how they already have the money he is convinced and even asks if he can join in on the plan. But Crooks' hope about finally being able to do something and not be ruled by anyone is short lived due to being belittled by Curley's wife. After he stands up to her she gets angry and reminds him that because he is black he doesn't have the power to do anything and she could easily get him hanged if she wanted to. Her words discourage Crooks and make him feel dumb for thinking he was actually going to be able to live on his own land and be free to do what he wants. Crooks re-realizes how...
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...Reading File – Class 5 1. Summary Retell the story in your own words or attach a good summary from the internet (mentioning your source)..... The book Of Mice and Men is about two poor guys, George and Lennie, who travel together to find work. Lennie is a big, clumsy man, who doesn’t know his own strength and he is also childlike, simple and easily forgetful. Lennie goes through life with his fellow George, a smart guy and hard worker who takes care of Lennie. The book starts with them walking down a road, they ran away from their job in Weed because the stupid, innocent Lennie touched a ladie’s dress (because Lennie likes soft things). Lennie and George have a shared dream: having their own farm, where they can keep all kinds of animals, and can live from their harvest when they have saved enough money. When they on their way to a ranch, hoping to find work, they sleep in the clearing (a place near a river) for one night. The next day they come to the bunkhouse and they get a job. Soon they meet the other workers on the ranch, including Curley, the son of the boss. Curley is mean, aggressive and a lightweight-boxer. Because he is so small he doesn’t like big guys, he feels threatened by them. So an aggressive look and a rude attitude is his first reaction when he sees big Lennie. The next day when Curley comes into the room, Lennie is attacked by Curley. But strong Lennie defends himself and crushes (accidentally) the hand of Curley, because he tried to stop...
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...present the two characters “American Dreams”, while also using symbolism to connect the reader to the characters and the plot of the story. Throughout the book there are many symbols, and each symbol has a story to be told and a lesson to be learned. Candy’s dog for example, represents everyone who...
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...Sacrifice & Dreams “If you don’t sacrifice for what you want, what you want will become the sacrifice.” This quote fulls captures the meaning of what it means to sacrifice something. It indicates that if a person has a desire for something, it is something which is worth the sacrifice. Sacrifice is something what should be done in a timely manner because otherwise, what is being desired can be taken away in an instant. John Steinbeck illuminates this idea of sacrifice through a character from Of Mice and Men. In the story, the characters learn the consequences of sacrifice and what it actually takes to achieve a dream. Through George’s character and actions, Steinbeck reveals that in order to fully realize a dream, one must sacrifice things which are the most meaningful to them. Sacrifice is a key building block for a dream; without it, a person may never be able to reach their vision of success. George is a character who...
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...the short stories inside the book Somebody Told Me, written by Rick Bragg, committed a great amount of misconduct, and then had deep regrets afterwards. In “Just a Grave for a Baby but Anguish for a Town,” a church asked the family of a mixed race baby to remove her body so they could keep it a white’s only grave yard. Two soldiers in the story “Fort Bragg Area is haunted by Ghost and Two New Deaths,” were charged of murder for killing two innocent African Americans. In “Emotional March Gains a Repentant Wallace,” all George C. Wallace wanted was forgiveness for his horrid actions during the civil rights movement. The individuals gave sincere apologies for their wrong doings; however, their forgiveness will never remove the hurt in the hearts of the ones who were affected. All Jamie Wireman wanted was for her beloved baby girl to rest in peace. Whitney Johnson only lived nineteen hours, and was buried right beside her grandfather in the Barnett’s Creek Baptist Church cemetery. Jamie and the rest of the family became overwhelmed after the church found out Whitney was a mixed race baby and asked for her body to be removed and buried somewhere else; “‘There was no peace in it,’ Ms. Wireman said. ‘It was bad enough that the Lord decided to take my baby. But then they wouldn’t let her rest’” (Bragg 182). Only did the church ask for a sincere apology after the whole community found out and began to look down upon the deacons who took part in the atrocious act. Even though what the...
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...Ethical Dilemma Paper Trayvon Martin Case Sonji Toussaint-Watson CJA/324 June 24, 2013 Angela Sonsalla Ethical Dilemma-Trayvon Martin The current story in the news that I have chosen to write about is the Trayvon Martin murder. I asked myself now what role did society play in this case? Society has labeled young black men who dress a certain way that is a fashion first and foremost for many of the youths today as being a criminal, or they look suspicious because of the clothing that they wear. Benz (2012) website, the journalist has not done a good job covering this heated, sensitive set of events. We have rushed to paint the story as too simply explained by racism, we have rushed to judgment on whether an arrest should be made, we have given enormous time to the loudest voices and spent precious little time digging for new perspectives or analyzing the laws and community standards in question. Besides editing the 911 tapes, we have been shown year old photographs, the photo of Trayvon Martin smiling; the very young teenager in the Hollister T-shirt is four years old. Trayvon did not look like the same child on the picture within the months before he was murdered. The photo of Geroge Zimmerman, the one of him in an orange jump suit is a mug shot that was taken 7 years ago based on an arrest that was later dropped. What subliminal messages are sent by showing a smiling 15 year old boy who was killed by a menacing man who was once in jail? Is this a truthful representation...
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...A Good Night’s Sleep - A Scottish short story The story deals with George Lockhart who is trying to sleep but has a hard time doing so due to the noisy city life and his insomnia. He lives on the third floor in a tenement building in Edinburgh. He is a teacher of Community and General Studies, and he misses his ex-wife Elaine “He tried not to think of Elaine, his ex-wife, sleeping in their old comfortable double bed – alone?” (p.1, l. 41), and has a son named Ben with her as well. He notices every sound from the people and cars out in the street to the neighbors. It makes him more frustrated and less tired. He finds a homeless adolescent girl on his doormat and who is geting some rest. Instead of staying humble when the homeless girl is being confronted by George, she gets irritated and has a rude tone every time she answer him back. At the start of their conversation we feel that Georg is a bit shocked, and therefore asks a lot of questions because he is curious to know why there is a homeless on his doormat, which only gets her more upset and she sees George as an wealthy man (p. 3, l. 89-92) that only contributes problems in to her attempt to sleep, and he has to be dealt with somehow in a way that doesn’t end up in her having to leave and find another place to sleep. She doesn’t see him as one that could actually help her in some way. She has a very pessimistic attitude. The reader can clearly see from the start of their conversation that she is sure that he doesn’t...
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