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    I was surprised how the dairy does not include what he as a person was doing while on the island. I found it interesting how different cultures and different countries were interested back then also, reading the diary of Columbus mentioned that Columbus was interested in the different islands how people change as he was traveling. “He noted things like their clothing and their bargaining skills. He seems to find interesting how different the

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    the United States lies the island republic of Kiribati. Stretching along the equator, Kiribati consists of 33 atolls, which are ring-shaped coral reefs or islands that surround a body of water called a lagoon. With a total land mass equivalent to Baltimore, Kiribati boasts a population of around 80,000 people scattered across its 21 inhabited islands. Tarawa is the capital of Kiribati and where the story, ultimately, begins. J. Maarten Troost’s adventure to the island atoll of Tarawa is told within

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    Indian ocean, where I discovered numerous islands occupied by men without number, of all which I took ownership for our luckiest ruler, with broadcasting envoys and flying benchmarks, nobody questioning. To the first of these I gave the name of the favored Savior, on whose guide depending I had achieved this and additionally alternate islands. Yet, the Indians call it Guanahany. I likewise called every one of the others by another name. For I requested one island to be called Santa Maria of the Conception

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    Poems "Island Man" and "The Fringe Of The Sea" I recently read two poems entitled "Island Man" and "The Fringe Of The Sea". They are both similar in theme, but they also have many differences. Both poems are based on the emotions of people who live near the sea and their feelings towards it. This theme relates to both of the authors, and connects them; the author of "The Fringe Of The Sea", A.L. Hendricks, was born in Jamaica and later in life moved to Britain. Grace Nichols, author of "Island Man"

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    Communist/Marxist Influence and Connections in Brave New World “The literary term utopia denotes an illusionary place that projects the notion of a perfect society to the reader”(“Utopia”). The definition, being more of a guideline to utopian novelists, none the less a utopian novel is no new idea. Utopian literary works contain blatant influence from The Bible, with the story of Adam and Eve.Too writers past the 1850’s there was a much bolder image that was constructed for novelists too receive

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    Novel and Play Review Notes 2. Huxley, Aldous. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1932. Print. Aldous Huxley: 1894-1963(Born in the Industrial Revolution) 3. Explaining his reasoning behind hindering a fetus 's development to intellectually fit it’s job, Mustapha Mond pronounces “Only an Epsilon can be expected to make Epsilon sacrifices, for the good reason that for him they aren 't sacrifices; they 're the line of least resistance”(Huxley 266-67). Bernard, John, and Helmholtz are receiving this

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    Imagine a world where complete control is in the hands of the government. Imagine a world where science, literature, religion, and even family, do not exist. Imagine a world where citizens are conditioned to accept this. This is exactly how the world is portrayed in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The focus of the World State is on society as a whole rather than on individuals. Some characters from the novel have a harder time accepting the conditioning. Through these characters, we learn the true

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    Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World kindles many questions about today’s social order and considers the questionable society exposed in the book. Throughout the book, Huxley presents a world much different than the one we are accustomed to. Some question whether the novel portrays a dystopian or utopian civilization. There are a variety of advantages and disadvantages of Huxley’s world paralleled to the one we live in today. Two major disadvantages considered consist of the lack of family, monogamy

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    In the book Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, the character John the Savage is brought from his homeland of Malpais to London. When he arrives he finds that this world is very different from his own. Saddened and angered by the injustice of the society, he attempts to isolate himself from the world. John the Savage’s experience of being exiled from Malpais was enriching in that it showed him the true nature of the Other Place and alienating in that he was separated from his culture and not able

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    The identity of a person is often considered to be synonymous with his culture, whether it be to a distinct nation, race, or way of thought. However, one of the greatest conflicts a person can endure is one with himself, when he is caught between the innate desire to belong and a sense of self and difference from the society that he belongs to. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, such is the case with Bernard Marx. Marx faces the immense dilemma of not fitting in in the greatly socialized and cohesive

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