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Jean Rhys's 'Wide Sargasso Sea' / Antoinette's Struggle With Racial Identity
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5 pages in length. In Jean Rhys's compelling novel about racial tension amidst confusion and anxiety, the author addresses this subtext in such a way as to portray Antoinette as a product of an intolerant society. While more of an underlying theme, the character's racial inner struggles in Wide Sargasso Sea represent a significance to the story's overall flavor and intensity, being that Antoinette is torn the entire time between calling herself black or white. The writer discusses who she really is, and why she is having such a difficult time coming to terms with her true identity. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLC_Sea.doc

Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World'
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A 5 page general discussion of society in Alex Huxley's 'Brave New World.' No Bibliography.
Filename: Brave2.wps

Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' / As A Cautionary Warning
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A 7 page research paper that posits that the clock cannot be turned back on the world Huxley warned the world about in his antiutopian novel. The writer presents Huxley's cautionary tale in light of today's (1998) world, and posits that the only remedy for state control of individual lives is the creation of a new type of family. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Bworld.wps

Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' / Science & Technology
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A 9 page paper on Aldous Huxley's 1932 futuristic novel. The paper discusses Huxley's view that science and technology should serve man, not the other way around, and society should never have to adapt itself to an ideology that does not serve its spiritual as well as its physical and social needs. No sources.
Filename: Brave.doc

British Science Fiction & Technology / Correlation
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A 10 page research paper which examines the historical connection between science fiction and technology. Specifically discussed are how British authors H.G. Wells, Aldous Huxley and Arthur C. Clarke could have the creative foresight to write about technological innovations before they became accepted realities. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Scific.wps

Huxley's 'Brave New World' vs. Vonnegut's 'Cat's Cradle' / Two Utopias ?
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A 6 page paper arguing that Huxley and Vonnegut created utopian societies in prose to prove that there is no such thing, and in fact created 'dystopias' in their prose and agreed with that vision. The paper postulates that they believe society is helpless to change its path. Definitions of utopia and dystopia introduces the paper, which ties into a Huxley finale. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Dystopia.wps

Locke, Voltaire, & Huxley / On Society
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A 5 page paper that discusses how these three authors' intent was to prepare society for the world in which it lives. The paper discusses the three viewpoints, but brings them together in a thesis that they wrote their stories and philosophies in order to provide information to humans about how the world is/should be constructed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Lockeh.wps

Outcasts in a 'Brave New World'
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A 3 page look at the characterization of Bernard and John in Aldous Huxley's futuristic novel. The paper concludes that of the two, only John is a real iconoclast; Bernard is simply reacting to what he perceives as society's rejection of him. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: Outcast.wps

Empathy and Human Rights in Shelley, Conrad, and Borowski
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An eight page paper looking at these issues as presented in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness,' and Tadeusz Borowski's 'This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen.' Tracing these themes from the Enlightenment to the mid-twentieth century, the paper argues that in order to secure human rights for all, we need to be able to empathize with one another's pain. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: KBfrank3.wps

Linda Hogan's 'Mean Spirit'
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A 5 page analysis of the book by Native American writer, Linda Hogan. This novel tells the story of what happened in the 1920s when oil was discovered on Native American land. Through the eyes of two Indian families, the reader learns how whites coerced the true owners of the land through brutality and murder to gain control of the oil. The writer demonstrates how the novel works on several different levels of meaning and specifically focuses on the relationships between the Indian men and women in the story. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Meanspir.wps