...In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley provides us with a strange yet appealing futuristic world. Huxley throughout the book argues the points that author George Orwell makes in his book “1984”. Neil Postman made six assertions that varied when comparing them to today’s contemporary society. Some of these assertions are either highly valuable or fail to meet the standards of today’s advanced society. In one of Postman’s quotes, he states that “As he (Huxley) saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” Postman describes the lost of thinking for ourselves and how society has lost all ability to use imagination. What we seem to imagine is all given to us through social media and television. Everything around us is intensified, to create a series of propaganda and influences. Both Orwell and Huxley believed that our thoughts and imaginations are a complication of our own...
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...What makes the military important mainly they protect our country and fight for us in war because they are brave enough to put themselves thru long boot camps and training for us but do we take it for granted no we don't. there have been 2,326 U.S. military deaths in 2015 just imagine all of the soldiers families and the sorrows 60% of soldiers come back home and they have changed so much because of what they have gone thru for example your fighting side by side with your best friend and is killed but you be strong on the outside but really you're falling apart on the inside and then when the news gets to his wife and his family they break down but his body is never found again.The real horrors that they go thu post-traumatic stress disorder...
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...encouragement on my life and reminds me that God is in control. I am here to influence you today that you and I both have bright futures ahead of us. There are times when we often go astray but God always steps in on time. We cannot take today for granted, for we not know what tomorrow holds. There is hope for every one of God’s children and I am here to remind you that he has plans for each and every one us. I always tend to look back at this scripture whenever I feel the need to give up. In the past, I’ve felt like I wasn’t going to make it and like I wasn’t strong enough. I felt like I wasn’t good enough for a successful future because of what I’ve been told, but then I started praying and asking God to step in and take charge. I then began to step back and let God do his works and once I made that major step, the LORD did exactly what he said he would do. Speaking on today would’ve been a nerve wrecking assignment for me in the past, but now that my spirit of fear is gone, I have the courage to do anything I put my mind to. My speaking goals is exactly what I’m living at this very moment. They are what I’m presenting to you at this very moment. I am a strong believer in hope and having a bright future. I do believe that public speaking will get me where I need to be. Although, I’m brave enough to stand before you’ll this evening, I’m always willing to learn above just fears. Yes, getting over my fear of speaking in public was one of my main speaking goals, but remaining fearless is an...
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...loved/liked me? No. Not one person its like my only friend is my shadow. Every time I talk to someone its like I’m talking to myself all-alone in the end. I scream my name like a fool hoping someone will hear but the only thing coming back is my echo. I just wish I had someone. Not even a boyfriend labeled but someone I can tell my deepest secrets to, cuddle with, kiss, hug for 5 minutes without it being awkward, hold his hand, and do coupley things. But it’s just my echo and shadow that is my only hope. Ill never be in love. Ill never find the one. I feel like I’m just weird and not one guy would ever fall for me because I’m not like the others, idk? Maybe I’m to mentally fucked up. Maybe they know that I’m scared of settling. The only thing that keeps me still open for a chance in love is the love tree quote. “Girls are like apples on a tree. The best ones are at the top. The boys don’t want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead they just get the rotten apples, at the bottoms, that aren’t as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think there is something wrong with them, when in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right guy to come along, the one who is brave enough to climb a tree all the way to the top.” Love is meant to make you happy. I cant wait to be old with kids and when that day comes when your kids ask you, “mommy, did you ever have a high school love?”, and I say, “No baby I never had one.” Though...
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...barbarians. 土酋: Attack! 德首: Fire! Kill them all. 德首: Just wait and see. My son, Li Shang, will revenge himeself on you. 路人甲: Your majesty, we are losing. What can we do? 陛下: Even if the odds are against us, we must keep going on. Now, what we can do is recruit soldiers. 使者: Pat…….Ouch, what are you doing? Are you Pat? Pat: Yes. 使者: O.K. I am the messenger from our great general, Li Shang. This letter is confidential. Please read it carefully. Mulan: What’s up? Daddy, you look so pale, Pat: Nothing…. Mulan: Look! Pat: What…… Mulan: My father is dying. My brother is too young. What can I do? 路人甲乙丙丁: What can she do? Mulan: What can I do? Voice: You can go to the army instead of your father. Mulan: But I’m a girl. Voice: Why not? You look like a man. Mulan:...
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...girls bravery, not perfection because the title immediately jumped out at me. Girls everywhere want the perfect body, the perfect boyfriend, straight A’s, cute clothes and other materialistic items. Why do we have such an urge to attain these things? It’s because we’ve been told our whole lives we need to be perfect or as Saujani states “be pretty and play it safe”. As a kid I would see my brother do things and wonder why I couldn’t do them. I knew I was just as smart and capable as him but it would never be enough. As the years have gone by it’s been harder and harder to raise my hand in class. When the teacher asks a question I stare at them blankly but actually knowing what the answer is. For fear of one wrong answer would cast me as the dumb blonde, I stay quiet. However, if I was raised the way a boy was raised my hand would shoot up in the air and confidently answer the question....
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...scared fourteen year old boy, to someone who can overcome his biggest fears. He faces many challenges, but these obstacles help turn him into the brave, fearless person he is the end. Whether it be his oldest brother, the Socs, or his grades, Ponyboy was terrified of almost everything at the beginning of the story. Pony was the innocent one of the group. He suffered less and went through less than the rest of the gang. His biggest worry was disappointing Darry or...
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...do it at home, but that person really needs to know what she’s doing so she or he won’t mess it Up. To some people it will require a lot of experience to learn. Although some people are quick learners like I am, I been experimenting new things all the time, on my own hair my sisters and some friends who are brave enough to let me do their hair. Luckily no one has ever complained on how I do it. That’s the reason why I chose this topic because I know I can learn more by researching on articles, WebPages, and books from professionals. The tips they always give work pretty good. This topic should be pretty interesting and fun to learn about I’m sure that everyone has had some horrible hair dyeing experience and it seems like shaving your hair would be the only solution so that’s why I chose this topic for the people who don’t like to waste money on expensive hair salons can do it now by themselves at home or at a friend’s house. But like I said before they got to make sure to know what they’re doing they can’t just say, “Oh, I’m going to die my hair and make it look like celebrity”. No! That won’t work in that case it’ll be better to go to a professional place. I’m going to do my sisters hair she has it light brown mixed with blonde bangs. I will try to make it really pretty so she can be satsisfied with it. But with this research paper people will know the basics steps to do it. And learn the tricks of a hairstylist! The history of hair coloring started...
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... and Boudicca was not very happy about that. What caused Boudicca to battle? When Boudicca’s husband died, he left his kingdom to his two daughters and the Roman emperor, Nero. The Romans and Nero both went too far with this and eventually physically beat Boudicca and raped her daughters. They took away the tribe’s rights including Boudicca’s and she would fight for them and freedom back for her and her tribe. When Boudicca battled, she lived in many places. She battled at Londinium, Verulamium, Camulodunum, and the Isle of Mona. The Isle of Mona was where her husband died. Londinium is Boudicca’s time’s name of London. Boudicca stood up for her and her tribe’s rights even though she was a woman. When the Romans made Celts into slaves, she freed...
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...slob is suddenly handsome -- it wasn't last time I checked. I cannot see how or why anyone would ever find this fashion attractive. It's indecent and only reinforces the stereotype that young people are lazy and careless. The whole point of underwear is that it stays under one's clothes. Having it on display is usually a sign that your clothes are too small, which isn't a problem anyone should wish to accentuate, let alone make a style from. Men have tormented us before with bad fashions. We've witnessed men in tights, the socks and sandals combo, but believe me when I say that we've never seen a mistake on this level before. True, there was a time when men wore stockings, but at least they wore then with confidence, a quality that seems to be sadly lacking when sagging jeans showing your boxers are considered the norm. Perhaps guys do it as a statement of individuality, flying in the face of conformity, but I'm afraid this is a poorly thought out master plan, given that individuality requires something unique to be present. The sagging trouser is moving throughout the world like the plague,...
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...do anything for her family, even if it gets her in trouble. I would do the same though. Cassie was an outgoing little girl that spoke with her hart. She made sure nothing stood in her way to get her family happy. Cassie was very courageous throughout the book. She did many things that I would do if I was in her position. The first time I saw how brave she was, was when she and her brothers went out and dug a hole in the rain so that the bus with the white kids on it gets. They did this because they always walked to school and since it started to rain the bus, filled with white children, will splash them with the mud and laugh. “At noon, we met as planned and ducked into the unlocked toolshed where all the church and school garden tools were kept….When we reached the place where we had fallen into the gully, Stacy halted. “All...
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...the book Speak Melinda is not very outspoken about what happened at the party, but when she sees her ex best friend dating the guy, she wanted to make sure that it never happened again. Why is courage important, and is it just about being brave? Webster dictionary defines courage as, “The ability to do something that frightens one.” Many times in the book Speak this is shone, some events being more courageous than others. “David takes a seat in the front row and sets a tape recorder on his desk. As Mr. Neck opens his mouth to speak, David presses the Play and Record buttons at the same time, like a pianist hitting...
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...determination showed the world that African Americans are equal, not just in the air, but in all places. Coleman was born on January 20, 1926 in Atlanta, Texas to George and Susan Coleman. She was born into a family of thirteen children, and her father left the family when she was young. (Hart, Up in the Air, pg. 12) Coleman had to overcome both racial and sexual barriers, because she was an African American woman. (Handlemen, Philip. "Armchair Aviator". Yankee Wings, January-February 1995, pg. 20.) The community in which Coleman lived was strictly segregated. African Americans could not go to the same schools, use the same bathrooms, or entrances into buildings. (Hart, Up In The Air, pg. 12) Coleman's family never had much money. To help her family out, Coleman took on jobs such as cotton picking, laundry, and housekeeping. Coleman had dreams of breaking away from these jobs that were for "colored people" (Hart, Up In The Air, pg. 13, 18) and promised that she would "amount to something". (Rich, Doris L. "My Quest for Queen Bess". Air and Space, August-September, pg. 57) One day when Coleman was picking cotton in the fields, she saw birds flying in the sky. Coleman thought, "I wish I could fly like that." (Fisher, Brave Bessie: Flying Free, pg. 19) It was then she decided she would learn to fly. In 1912, Coleman moved to Chicago to earn money for her dream of flying. There, she lived with her brothers. She got a job at a barbershop. While at work, her...
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...crystal meth in order to pay off all of your medical expenses? Well that is exactly what Walter White did when he discovered that he had an inoperable case of lung cancer. The Whites were a middle class family living in New Mexico. Walter was a high school chemistry teacher, and his wife Skyler was an ‘author’ of short stories, but they never took off. They would need more money in order to keep Walt alive. I wish to commemorate Walter White for his acts of braveness and determination, and the sacrifices he made in his life. Walter was a family man; he lived to keep his family safe. He had sacrificed his own safety among others in order to provide for himself and his family. You would think that cooking meth would be the biggest safety risk for Walter, but he was a chemical genius. Walter studied chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, after he graduated he was given the opportunity to work for a billion dollar company, but due to a falling out in a friendship he chose the education route, making yet another sacrifice. Walter was a brave man. He sought out all of his competition and eliminated them one by one. He made sure the he was going to be the best in his business and make it very clear to everyone else. When his partner Jesse was brutally beaten by a rival dealer, Walt chose to approach the man, and ask him to pay for Jesse’s hospital bills. When the dealer refused, Walt then blew up the room with fulminated mercury, and took all of the dealer’s money...
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...excuse for me to do it too. Sometimes I wish that when they refuse to see my point of view I would just let it go or talk calmly rather than blowing up and becoming overwhelmed with stress. • I want to strengthen the amount of willpower I have. I cave in a lot of the time when I shouldn't. I'm improving on this though. • I need to stop being so lazy. When I want to get something done, I'll work hard to finish that goal. But if I don't feel motivated, I just won't do much of anything. Mainly I just need to start waking up before 1 PM. I'd prefer if I woke up at 9 AM or at least started getting accustomed to that. • I wish I wouldn't overthink certain situations. Being sensitive isn't a bad thing or anything, but sometimes I overanalyze to the point where I'm making something out of nothing and freaking out for no apparent reason. I need to learn how to wield/control this properly. • I also need to worry less. Sometimes when I worry everything I'm thinking becomes so irrational. Problems don't get fixed by putting them off or worrying, so I want to get better at facing them head on right away. I'm not saying I shouldn't be concerned about some things, but worrying too much isn't good for anyone, and it kind of puts a damper on anything else you try to do. • I don't want to be so scared of everything anymore. I want to be brave, courageous. I want to take more risks and live life instead of being so introverted. I am scared I'm ruining my own life, I can't let that happen. •...
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