Inessa Baustad Oostindie Block G – Ms. Vadacchino Nov. 19 – Dec. 2‚ 2014 The Impossibility of Equality and Humanity’s Mutual Existence in Society What is the key to a perfect‚ equal‚ yet just society? There may not be one. Both Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Isaac Asimov’s “All the Troubles of the World” are short stories that satirize societies which are based on the goal of equality but which reveal deeply inhumane and unequal restrictions and practices. The bureaucratic and technological
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Human rights are basic freedoms that are inalienable. This means that no matter what law or rule is set‚ those are rights that should never be taken away from the people. A dystopian society will deny these rights‚ one of them being life. The stories Harrison Bergeron‚ Shades‚ and Examination Day‚ are all ones that have a common theme of the denial of life. A dystopian society denies individual rights such as life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. In Shades‚ by AJ Said‚ the Government hides colors
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Emotional Situations “Adam and Eve” and “Porphyria’s Lover” both have a unique story between a man and a woman. The poem written by Tony Hoagland‚ “Adam and Eve”‚ explains about a man showing anger towards the woman and how he wanted to hurt her. Hoagland wrote‚ “she held her mile white hand agitatedly / over the entrance to her body and said No‚ / and my brain burst into flame” (14-16)‚ which gives the readers the idea of how the man was furious. Another line Hoagland wrote‚ “I wanted to punch
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Boss: [walks into room] Boss: Hello how are you today test subject #1: Good test subject #2: I’m alive so I guess that is a plus. Boss: I want to know which story best represents our world’s future. test subject #1: I say that the “Harrison Bergeron” relates to our community more than the giver because how would we make a memory boundary that keeps memories trapped. test subject #2: I didn’t read The Giver… So what should I do? Boss: How did you know what you wrote on the application? test subject
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Aristotle once said‚ “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” In Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron‚” the government attempts to create equality between all individuals‚ and unfortunately‚ propitiously succeeds. The equality laws state that all of mankind must be identical to each other in terms of appearance and knowledge. Intelligent beings are handicapped with a monitor in their ear which emits caustic sounds every twenty seconds or so‚ to wreck their train of thought
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With the help of tape measures and rules small distances in the everyday household are easy to measure. As distances grow bigger so do the devices and ways in which the distance is to be measured. In math rulers make sense as well as Pythagorean Theorem; so what about astronomy? Astronomers have a totally different format of information of which they are studying. It only makes sense that the astronomers would have a totally different way of which they measure. Two measurements astronomers use are
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Is Distance Learning As Good As Classroom Learning? Classroom learning is better than distance learning because of the face-to-face interaction‚ disciplined atmosphere and the placement opportunities. In the very first place‚ classroom learning provides the opportunity of face-to-face interaction with the teachers. This is extremely helpful for gaining a quick grasp of a subject‚ especially if it is being approached for the first time. Classroom lectures are more educative and enlightening than
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Simply Running “The one who wins wants to win the most” Steve Prefontaine the famous distance runner said. This not only applies to running but to life in general‚ the more you focus your time and energy into something the better and closer the result to what you dreamed or imagined it would be. For runners either competitive or amateur‚ this often means long hard training sessions‚ putting their body through pain‚ giving up favorite foods and sacrificing their time. Runners must have incredible
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rights to speak or act are like a bird in a cage. People need freedom for choosing what they want to do‚ saying their ideas‚ and voting. People have rights to choose what they want or what they do‚ and many people mentioned freedom. For example‚ Harrison Bergeron short story explains that people who were in the story were not free because all smart people were controlled by the government‚ and if people ignore government’s rules‚ they would be suicided. Additionally‚ Nelson Mandela try his best in
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meaning of the communication in education and distance-learning are best understood‚ when the types of communication among the participants involved in distance education and some related communication theories are mastered thoroughly. The communication among the students and the communication between the members and the content should not be underestimated even though the communication between the teacher and the student is a vital element of successful distance education. If it is important to attain
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