.... extraordinary breakthroughs in science, especially on the subject of cloning. People are trying to determine whether these new realities of life will enhance life, or if they will cause the destruction of society and life as we know it. When thinking of progress, most people think of advances in the scientific fields, believing that most discoveries and technologies are beneficial to society. Are these advances as beneficial as most people think? In the novel Brave New World, the author Aldous Huxley, warns readers that scientific advances can be a threat to society. This .....

.... quickly revealed that he is utterly ignorant. On the other hand, Charlotte is his complete opposite. Charlotte is an extremely sensible and intelligent girl, but she has little money. Although Mr. Collins could obviously never satisfy Charlotte as a husband, Charllote agrees to marry him for his money. Hence the original understanding of the quotation at the start of the novel seems to be justified. Mr. Darcy also seems to follow this quotation. He believes that woman would marry him for his wealth and status no matter what. Therefore, when he falls in love with Elizabeth he d .....

.... amounts to" (Walden, 140). Thoreau almost makes the identical argument, (although Thoreau is not really "arguing", he is documenting the costs of his house) and explains that having a shelter that is practical yet functional is an essential step to simplifying one's life, which in turn is an essential step in the process of becoming deified and enlightened. In more detail Thoreau mentions, " [that] the necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough be distributed under the several heads of FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, and FUEL" (Walden, 13). Food, one .....

.... during the time in Moksha. The title of Doors of Perception, lifted from poet William Blake, inspired rock singer Jim Morrison to name his group "The Doors." Then in 1963 Huxley with his wife by his side ingested a dose of mescaline while on his deathbed. Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World shows humanity, that an obsession with a utopia, as they world they live in, will come with great cost and is near impossible as he shows that the problem is knowledge destroys value of life. As man has progressed through the ages, there has been, essentially, one purpose. That .....

.... were describing the change in society and religion. Nietzsche believed that because of all the changing lifestyles and the new technology people were loosing the meaning of life. His ideas relate closely to those of Buddha, Plato, and Aristotle in believing that, “self-mastery was the key to transcending the confusion of modern thought. “ (Par. 4) being in touch with one’s self, according to Nietzsche, was the greatest quality one could posses. Nietzsche believed that in order to achieve this a person had to obtain a balance of two parts of his mind, Apollonianism and Dio .....

.... ever”. So even though she had sex against her will, she couldn’t have talked to anyone about it. “My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex” shows that she was not an immoral woman but someone who was forced into having sex. She could not let anyone know what was happening with her. She had no one to listen to her and understand her misery. She did not have anyone to rescue her out of the fateful situation. Her own family treated her as an “outcast”. They made her, the wrongdoer, be left alone. They considered her an offender when she was no .....

.... nature and peoples’ way of life. Colors were symbolic in both The Scarlet Letter and Pleasantville, especially red. The first instance of color in Pleasantville, was red. Red was also symbolic in The Scarlet Letter, where the letter was scarlet, or red. Red represented the heart. Not literally, but the human soul and an individual’s feelings. The letter on Hester’s chest revealed her desires which she acted upon, which were normal. What started with red in Pleasantville, turned into every color representing individualism and emotion. In these stories, color represented reali .....

.... guardian, and protector from the other children’s cruelty on the island. Jack - Jack Merridew is a singer, head of the choir, and has an intimidating appearance and way of talk. Jack is jealous, and when Ralph is elected Chief, Jack forms a bit of hatred in his heart, not revealing it even unto himself until time passes. He is head hunter, and likes fun more than work, and eventually wins the favor of the children, claiming Ralph as a coward, and a person who just dreams about being rescued. II The Conflict... The main conflict in Lord of the Flies is tha .....