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Men have become the tools of their tools

Henry David Thoreau, a leading philosopher of the 19th century, stated that “Men have become the tools of their tools.” Machine Man, written by Max Barry, holds true to this quote. In this fiction novel, scientist Charles Neumann surrounds his entire life based on mechanical...

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Zamyatin’s “We” and the Garden of Eden

In Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We, the reader sees what was supposed to be a utopian society. From the characters’ painfully regimented daily lives to the clandestine desire to break free from the monotony of OneState, we see that not all is perfect; freedom does...

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How does We explore the communist ideology through the use of “we” and “I” and how are these used to strengthen the reading of this text?

When are “we” and “I” of the same importance and have the same meaning? Is it possible not to distinguish these two from each other? The dystopian work We by Yevgeny Zamyatin explores a society in which these two words have been merged in order...

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Contextualizing "To Room Nineteen" by Doris Lessing

In Doris Lessing’s short story, “To Room Nineteen” Susan and Matthew Rawling seem to be the perfect couple, until Matthew begins to have affairs and Susan is left alone to her own thoughts and eventually goes mad and kills herself. An underlying theme that Lessing...

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Pleased at others discomfort and woes

Edward Bellamy, in his novel Looking Backward, delineates a futuristic utopia set in the twentieth century in which humanity lives in a much more collaborative and unified manner. No longer do such concepts as currency or laws exist, while the motivation to pilfer or deceive...

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Literature in Translation Essay: The Windup Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami, Japanese author of The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, has many characters who all have influential aspects on the protagonist Toru Okada. But one particular character, May Kasahara, is one minor character who has a critical effect on the unfolding of the protagonist throughout...

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The Role of Ambiguity in Literature

Art lives in a realm of ambiguity, and it is ambiguity that grants it greater applicability to the average life. In Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham, three narratives lack detail as to draw greater attention to the ideas within the narratives and the idea of...

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Ameron Book 2 The Second Sword By Adam Federspiel Prologue Tyrone story

“ Ameron Book 2 The Second Sword By Adam Federspiel Prologue Tyrone was starting to get scared. His team was supposed to meet for a Pyroball practice, but no one showed up. At first he thought it was a prank, but he searched all around...

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Temptation and Surveillance in We

Temptation lures people to succumb to suppressed human instincts, yet together with surveillance, the opposing forces create a precarious balance between resurgence and restraint. This conflict influences the characters in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, which follows cipher D-503’s experience in the oppressed One State as he...

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Summoning a Succubus

As people start hitting the age of withdrawal and are qualified to become a pensioner, the free time cannot be fully utilized due to the health conditions that one faces. No matter how hard one tries, it becomes impossible to avert any health issues at...

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Corruption and Control Within the One-State: An Attempt to Eliminate Happiness to Maintain Power

In Zamyatin’s We, the One-State society is structured to eliminate all aspects of life that may contribute to negativity. A totalitarian government controlled by the Benefactor sets up a world in which people – referred to by numbers – do not have to make choices....

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Werewolves: Understanding Them All In Their Complexity

A creature that has been drooled over in the human world, but despised in the magical world. Over the past couple of decades, werewolves have made many grand appearances in shows and movies such as Wolfman (2010), the Howling (1981), Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985)...

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Effects of Conformity on the Individual and the Society

Robert Anthony once said, “The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity”. Zamyatin’s We depicts the advantages and disadvantages of conforming to a small group of people, an authoritative society in general, and to the extreme totalitarian society of OneState. Through the heroic actions...

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