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Throughout George Orwell’s essay, “Such, Such were the Joys,” the poor class in society is represented as incompetent and undeserving of joy and success. Instead they earn and deserve beatings physically and mentally. The poor class is represented this way to show how money appears to buy success and happiness through Orwell’s implying the “Joys” and privileges that the elite class have. The essay begins discussing Orwell as a young boy arriving at a school by the name of St. Cyprian’s. Right at

The Issue of AIDS and HIV Zoya Siddiqui In today’s world, it often seems like there are more issues to tackle than people have the capacity to handle. There is the global warming, poverty, hunger, wars, political conflicts, refugee conflicts, etcetera. Though all of these can seem daunting and hard to combat, none of them can be accomplished if the world’s population is not healthy. If people do not have the physical strength to think of new and innovative ways to take on these issues, then no progress

The invisible man begins his journey as a young, naïve student who is bewildered as he experiences his first taste of blindness. The narrator is a gifted, student with a specialty orating speeches; he and a few other boys are invited to a ceremony but are actually used for “white entertainment”. They are forced to look upon an unattainable American dream, represented by a nude woman, “…and in the center, facing us, stood a magnificent blonde—stark naked[…]Had the price of looking been blindness

stereotype of blacks as servile as they frantically collect coins on the electrified carpet. Sambo Doll is based off of the Sambo slave, who, according to whites, is lazy yet obsequious. Moreover, as a dancing doll, it perpetuates the negative stereotype that its job is to entertain whites. “While the coin bank illustrates the power of stereotype to follow a person in his or her every movement, the Sambo doll illustrates stereotype’s power to control a person’s movements altogether.” The Liberty

In the winter of 1957, Chuck Berry—an eccentric, African American rock ‘n’ roller from St. Louis—recorded one of his most popular and influential songs: “Johnny B. Goode” (Taylor 27). During a time when Jim Crow laws still had a place in American life and active racism towards African Americans and minorities was commonplace, Chuck Berry’s hit “Johnny B. Goode” became popular amongst a white audience, and it reached the number eight position on the Billboard List in 1958 (Cooper 301). The rollicking

I believe that the world is more closer to today in the 21st century and that Bradbury’s imagining of the future world was closer to the way it is today. Through the novel we saw many of examples of things in the Fahrenheit 451 world that are really close to the way they are in today’s real world. One example of this is how important technology is to people and how it has affected people’s social lives. Mildred in Fahrenheit 451 was a great example of this when Montag asked her ““Will you turn off

Many characters in the Invisible Man are dedicated with names that provided insight to their role in the novel. Although the narrator of the novel was never introduced with a name, but referred himself as the Invisible man which echoed with his unassertive identity. While all of the other characters are presented with names suggesting significant connotation to their identity, for instance, the blind man who told the story of the Founder took after the name of the Greek poet Homer. Another significant

Ralph Ellison was a 20th century African-American writer and scholar, who also studied music before moving to New York City, where he worked as a writer. Ralph Ellison was born on March 1st, 1914 in Oklahoma City. In 1936, Ellison went to New York City for an internship and while he was there he earned money for his college expenses. He was a researcher and writer in New York for The Federal Writers Program. Plot Summary: Invisible Man is a story by Ralph Ellison, told in the point of view of

For every student, there is a teacher. In Ray Bradbury's dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451, Clarisse and Beatty are the two main influences in Montag’s life that travel an attitude reversing journey with him and teach him about himself along the way. Clarisse is an outcast who teaches how him to enjoy the little things in life and shows him that there is more to life other than this corrupted society. Beatty, his boss, was the final change in Montag that caused the last turning point in the novel.

Dean of Students Office University of Alaska, Anchorage 3211 Providence Drive, RH 122 Maddelynn Sambo maddelynnsambo@gmail.com Student ID: 31034278 (907)744-1208 Student Conduct Review Appeal – Minor Sanctions I am currently taking a summer class with Professor Debra Summers, the class is Survey Chemistry A 103. This is my first time taking a summer class at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. I am not used to taking the 10-week session compared to the traditional semester courses. I have felt