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    S5 Higher English - Discursive Essay Is Technology Ruining Society in the Process of Advancing It? (P1 - Introduction) In the 1960s ‘TV Takeover’ was prominent. With televisions becoming ever popular, technology advanced even more into the upper class division. 20 years later, the technical cycle rolled on with the introduction of the internet (But not quite as we know it). a further 25 years down the line, what was in a large, heavy and clunky plastic case is now in the palm of your hand made from

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    Throughout human life, there have been different societies each functioning in a specific way to help humans exist. These different types of structures are known as pre-industrial, industrial and postindustrial societies. Each and everyone has served to ensure the existence of humans and have even come to improve the lives of our societies. The structure of preindustrial societies greatly varies from the society we currently live in. There are great differences but when looked at closely we can

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    Are you in a society in which it has holds on the ways you can live? Society nowadays affects everyone’s life directly. It doesn’t matter who the person. It makes unstated laws that are said to be followed by everyone in the society. It’s all connected to the way people live. In The Crucible society affected the way everyone lived by their religions. Anyone who did certain things back then people thought were the doings of witchcraft. This restricted people from living certain ways because if they

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    in place of this place.” The word "utopia" comes from the Greek word called "outopos". Outopos means, "no place” (“Utopia”). This meaning is described because a utopia is a perfect society that will never exist, thus it is perfect. One utopian theory is a society without drinking and driving. However, a utopian society could potentially go wrong and lead to a dystopia. One example to look at this transition from a utopia to dystopia is causal analysis. Causal analysis "systematically examines the

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    Durkheim stressed how interconnectivity within a society is necessary for success and ultimate balance and stability. He linked the human body and its organs to society; the organs being the necessary parts that work collectively to maintain stability and keep the person alive. Cultural norms and values are placed within a society because of the socially deviant members who break said established norms, which calls for punishment and consequences. Such deviant actions could be in the form of social

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    Societies fall due to three main problems, corrupt government, unemployment, and lack of freedom for citizens. So many things have fallen from grace, including society, I say it as a whole and not a plural due to the general rule that every society falls at some point. In a few sentences, describe what your entire essay will be about. You should state the three reasons why great civilizations and societies fall. There are three main reasons, all stemming from that fact that humans destroy what they

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    relatively egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies. With the transition to agriculture, this egalitarianism of hunter-gatherer societies began to end. There were many aspects of this societal change that allowed for the rise of inequalities. The introduction of inequalities began as hunter gatherer societies made the transition into agricultural societies. Before agricultural societies came to be, humans lived in various hunter-gatherer societies, and these societies were much more egalitarian than we

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    The Decent Society Avishai Margalit begins his book with a definition of a decent society, which according to him is such a society that does not institutionally humiliate its members and people in its orbit. In other words, it is a society that does not violate the rights of people that are dependent on it. Regarding institutions, he distinguished between their actual behaviour and the behaviour that they should perform according to the law. Society is then defined as a nation. He admits that there

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    Capitalism, in its advancements, had led to new criticisms made by Max Webber. He had come to the conclusion that capitalism was a “result of the protestant spirit” (126). Webber believed that religion, particularly Catholicism, had a bigger role in capitalism rather than the status of the economy itself. Regardless of the standing power of ruling countries like Spain, capitalism did not evolve due to the Catholic religion. As stated in Capitalism: a Graphic Guide, “being wealthy was never seen as

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    The Chrysalids: Who’s society is better David’s society was a worse lifestyle compared to today’s society. The people of today’s society have more technology than David’s. Citizens of today’s society have a lot more freedom in life, unlike those living in David’s society. In today’s society, the people of Canada have different types of religion, but that does not determine if you will be living in bad circumstances or even being killed. It is the opposite in David’s society since religion controls

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