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    Fahrenheit 451 is an example of a dystopian society. A dystopian society is futuristic illusion of a perfect society that is controlled by the government. At many occasions in the book it proves that it is a dystopian society that Montag lives in because of the context it consists of. Characteristics such as‚ Freedom‚ information‚ and personal thought is prohibitted‚ individual personality lost and looked down upon‚ and propaganda used to control the citizens‚ is present in the text of the book.

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    dress that looks like moonlight. Pluto is a god that went mad and tried to kill Sun. Pluto and Moon are also siblings. For the church system‚ people have to attend church every week for 20-30 minutes worshiping and praying. The church is a huge temple. Some of the beliefs are that people believed that Sun was from another utopia. They believed Sun created the utopia and had Moon watch

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    Betrayal of Freedom Here I am again; working for another rich family to do their labour. I hate having no freedom. I have been owned by different rich families ever since I was born. I am now 16‚ 17 in a month‚ I think. I kind of lose track. I never met my parents. They were slaves for other folks so I guess I won’t ever get to meet them. I don’t get jealous of the rich families though. They got no respect; the young spoilt‚ spiteful children treat me like a piece of shit on their shoe. I can’t do

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    INTEGRATION OF POINT OF SALE TERMINALS WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGH WEB SERVICES ERIK-JAN MONSHOUWER‚ RAUL VALVERDE University of Liverpool Concordia University ABSTRACT With the conventional POS payment transaction method‚ vendors are bound to a payment institute in their region and can only use relatively expensive dedicated or slow dial-up lines to their financial institute. This paper report covers the work to produce an architecture and a prototype that supports Point of Sales

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    The Reasons of Plagiarism

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    the main reasons why university students plagiarise in English speaking countries. Present an argument and support with evidence from academic sources Part 1 Plagiarism is the act of using another’s work without appropriate acknowledgement‚ is often grouped with other cheating behaviour such as taking notes into an exam‚ fabricating a bibliography‚ lying about personal circumstances to get special consideration and other similar actions. There is a significant and growing body of literature on plagiarism

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    Harsh Bhathal Mrs. Elliott 4/16/15 Marginalization in dystopian society Dystopian fiction presents the world presents the world two types of characters; protagonists and antagonists. Often‚ dystopian societies portray the main character as a protagonist‚ in which they marginalize the characters thoughts. In a dystopia‚ the society is displayed to be very bad for its citizens because of the strict rules and obligations that they impose. This is shown through the society ’s lack of enthusiasm to create

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    How do Religious people and Atheist people perceive each other’s points of view? Do religious people accept atheists or see them as enemies of “GOD”? How does not believing in God create tension and sense of mistrust between religious people and atheist? I would like to investigate and learn what religious and atheists people think of each other using interactionist theoretical perspective. Interactionist perspective mainly focuses on how people interact with each other from simple everyday

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    following transcript of a radio broadcast in which Mr Sandip Patel‚ who campaigns against the use of cell phones‚ gives his views on the topic. Write a letter to Mr Patel in which you comment on his views on the use of cell phones. In your letter you should: • • • examine the points Mr Patel makes; examine the ideas raised by the interviewer; give your own view and develop your arguments. Begin your letter‚ ‘Dear Mr Patel…’. Base your letter on the ideas found in the transcript and

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    age‚ adolescents seem to have an infatuation with dystopian tales. This fascination leads the question; why are these tales so popular? One theory would be due to the comparison of dystopian existence and the life of a teenager. Many teens argue that they are oppressed or treated unfairly and‚ in a more extreme circumstance‚ dystopian stories share similar themes‚ Dystopian literature seems to mirror a teenager’s view of the world. A famous dystopian novella called “Anthem‚” by Ayn Rand‚ would be an

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    importance of point of view in literature and‚ more specifically‚ in the short story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written‚ and analyze it in terms of point of view. When writing your post‚ consider the following questions * How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.‚ first-person‚ second-person (i.e.‚ “you”)‚ third-person limited‚ third-person omniscient]? * Is the point of view consistent throughout the story (told from the same point of view)

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