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    being sent to an island, away from Society, he blames Helmholtz and John for mistakes he made too, but Helmholtz understands he is scared so he forgives him. Watson is also very intelligent, and is a lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering and a writer of hypnopedic messages. (57) Meanwhile. Bernard has a darker personality. He is a vengeful, selfish person. He uses John and Linda to scare the DHC so he resigns, which prevents Bernard from being sent away to an island. Helmholtz, therefore

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    “A Liberal Education” Analysis Thomas Henry Huxley’s “A Liberal Education [A Game of Chess]” is an essay that subtly advocates Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection. Huxley forms conclusions on how education should be based on the ideas encompassed in evolutionary naturalism. He begins “A Liberal Education” with a question directed towards the reader. Soon after, he answers the question using illustrative metaphors and unambiguous phraseology. By including the audience

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    “We love ourselves to the point of idolatry; but we also intensely dislike ourselves¨ (web). In his youth Aldous studied science, which he tied into his writing. Because of this, he was denoted as a serious writer and one of the few that could so aforesaid. Huxley lost and regained some of his sight and still managed to write phenomenal work. And lastly, as a kid, he stood out, which foreshadows his success. Aldous Huxley was born to an English writer, Leonard Huxley. His mother, Julia Arnold

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    The use of eugenic science is a factor that Huxley used to create identical human beings with no difference between them, except for what group they belong into. Obtaining social stability within a civilization can be hard, but with the Bokanovsky Process it can help completely destroy any ounce of individuality. Huxley created a saying for the utopian society, “CENTRAL LONDON HATCHERY AND CONDITIONG CENTRE, and, in a shield, the World State’s motto, COMMUNITY, IDENTITY, STABILITY.” (Huxley, 1932

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    class) are looked down on, their consequence is not having access to the same privileges as the Alphas and Betas (higher classes) Lastly, Bernard’s refusal to follow the rules and take the drug results in his exile from the world order to a remote island. As an outsider in both, the Savage Reservation

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    From Desolation… Isolation… to Location… These three important words describe my island home: Kwajalein. In World War II, this island was an absolute war zone, machine gun firing and bombing strikes. Today, it still stands with about 1300 people living here today, and I am amazed that I have the opportunity to experience life on Kwajalein and soon experience life at the University of Oregon. As I walk outside of my white brick, cookie cutter house, the warm, salty scent of low tide hit the part

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    Hayden Rabinovitch and Parth Patel FAIRY TALE MASHUP Once upon a time on an island far away was a happy kingdom named after King Atlantis. The island was located at the center of the Bermuda Triangle, a land where no ship would dare sail. Those who took the risk would plunder to the bottom of the sea along with their ship and crew. Atlantis was not always like this. Several years ago, the kingdom was once open to everyone in the world. It had everything one can imagine. The birds would sing with

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    Mau, a boy who is unaware of full potential, beings the travel to Boy’s Island to discard his boy spirit and gain a man spirit. Towards the end of his journey to Boy’s Island, a tidal wave crashes into the island. He returns home finding all of the bodies and forces himself to depose them properly. Then he starts hearing the Grandfather, telling him how to fix the island. During the time of helping the island (and Grandfathers), he spots the Sweet Judy and the lone survivor of it, the ghost girl

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    Imagine that by taking one magic pill, you could be at the top of your world. With one pill, you could find complete happiness and unmatched physical fulfillment. In his novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley uses the drug Soma, to give the characters all of the benefits of fulfillment, both physically and spiritually, yet ironically, as the drug plays out its role, the “fulfillment” leaves its consumer empty. The drug, Soma, is used almost a comically large amount, as the characters take a gramme

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    “All the Disappearing Islands” A. Paragraph 1: Introduction Julia Whitty writes about the amazing beauty of Tuvalu Islands B. Paragraphs 2-3: General Idea The general idea is the environmental and cultural impact of melting ice caps on the nation of Tuvalu. Global Warming could cause the sea to expand and rise faster than the corals could fortify themselves against it and Tuvalu could disappear beneath the waves. This not only risks the population of the island but also to the unique

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