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    The idea behind the monologue was actually inspired by Lenny Bruce, an outspoken, political-based, satirical comedian. Bruce was arrested in 1961 for “obscenity” when he quipped “To is a preposition, and come is a verb,” while performing in a comedy club named the “Jazz Workshop.” The idea of getting arrested for obscenity in a venue that caters

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    individuals and societies may be challenged and furthered in terms of social and moral values and beliefs, as each comes to encounter the underlying and intangible elements of conflict and through this, humanity. Based on the testimony of survivors, Bruce Beresford’s feature film Paradise Road highlights the potential of conflict to catalyse the revaluation of an individual’s moral compass, the way in which one lives and the values that are important to their existence to be realised. The film portrays

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    intercepting fist." Bruce studies all types of fighting from American Boxing to Thai Kickboxing. His simple philosophy was rather than block a punch and hit back with two distinct motions, why not intercept and hit in one, fluid stroke. Fluidity was the ideal. "Try and obtain a nicely-tied package of water," Bruce would taunt. "Just like water, we must keep moving on," Inosanto reitterates. "For once water stops, it becomes stagnant." Water, Bruce would always give as

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    Within this world where love is a gifted token gradually accepted by the fragile heart, love itself is a power, a blessing in all its glory. For love brings the beauty of the ripest fruit and carries the whispers of lustrous eves. Yet within such a delicate world, love itself is often a curse; thorns that prick the careless skin left bare from the worlds impurity. Ripened fruit will surely sour and become distasteful upon indulgence. Love itself will perish and it’s budding will come to an unsatisfying

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    Cyberpunk Definitional Paper

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    Cyberpunk Definitional Paper In the late 1970's and early '80's and new type of writing style came about that relied on many of the traditional criteria to be called science fiction, but had a certain something else that had many people agreeing that it was not just science fiction. This new style of writing was so different and so many people started writing in this style that the general public decided that it was time this genre of writing deserved a label: cyberpunk. Cyberpunk is not an

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    normlessness – lack of social norms, cultural estrangement and social isolation. In the three chosen texts; “Enter Without So Much As Knocking” by Bruce Dawe, “Capitalism and Alienation” by Danielle Pioli and “ Be My Brother” by Geneueve Clay, alienation is forced upon the characters by external forces. In the poem “Enter Without So Much As Knocking” by Bruce Dawe, the alienation

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    Indeed, has rapidly emerged as an issue that characterizes the modern environment, specifically the Information Technology (IT) environment. This is based on inclinations towards advancements in technology aimed at attaining significant levels of sophistication the end user, the organization, and the corresponding network. The respective trend, as evidenced by disposition towards the achievement of network sophistication, further aggravates the need to develop new forms of approaches that are aimed

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    Real: A Review of John Vargas’ The Tenth Mile “In action pictures, there was no virtuous side to identify with and nobody you really felt very good about cheering for. (Kael 113)” This forty-two-year-old remark is still true for at least half of present-day action movies; the remaining ones are either about good triumphing over evil or about dopey loser unlocking inner genius. These movies usually (and perhaps unavoidably) involve vendettas too bad to be true or masters too good to be true. While

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    As the day went on strange thing continued to occur. In math the shadows seemed to be constantly moving as if they were watching her. Sylvia tried moving to different seats and walking around ,but it seemed that everywhere she went to shadows made an effort to follow. When she was alone in the restroom the shadows started inching their way towards her in what seemed like an effort to consumer her. Then some random girl walk in and they went back to shadows. You must really be losing it Sylvia thought

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    The Social Learning Theory is a theory created by Bandura that often references children and young adults. Social Learning is observational learning, the basic idea behind it is that we can’t learn all we need to know on our own from experiences and personal observations alone. Some of the we learned is learned from indirect sources, this includes mass media. While mass media isn’t the only source of social learning it is one that has an extremely large effect on us all. According to McQuail (2010)

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