domingo, 29 de mayo de 2011
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Dictionary
1. Coerce: To compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition: They coerced him into signing the document.
2. Servitude: Slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
3. Unvarying: To change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
4. Sultry: oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day
5. Viviparous: Zoology . bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
6. Frightfully: such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
7. Astonished: to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze: Her easy humor and keen intellect astonished me.
8. Scattered: distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
9. Bemoaning: to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
10. Quivering: to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
11. Malignant: disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
12. Hatchway: the opening of any trap door, as in a floor, ceiling, or roof.
13. Kneel: to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
14. Grimace: a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
15. Quaint: having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
16. Elation: a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
17. Garments: any article of clothing: dresses, suits, and other garments.
18. Piercingly: loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
19. Peered: to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
20. Scathing: bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
21. Trembled: to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
22. Clamoured: a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
23. Tenderness: soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
24. Murkiest: dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
25. Gingerly: with great care or caution; warily
26. Inquisitiveness: given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
27. Flivvers: older Slang . an automobile, especially one that is small, inexpensive, and old.
28. Bandaged: a strip of cloth or other material used to bind up a wound, sore, sprain, etc.
29. Gloomy: dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
30. Turpitude: vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
2. Servitude: Slavery or bondage of any kind: political or intellectual servitude.
3. Unvarying: To change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
4. Sultry: oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering: a sultry day
5. Viviparous: Zoology . bringing forth living young rather than eggs, as most mammals and some reptiles and fishes.
6. Frightfully: such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
7. Astonished: to fill with sudden and overpowering surprise or wonder; amaze: Her easy humor and keen intellect astonished me.
8. Scattered: distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
9. Bemoaning: to express distress or grief over; lament: to bemoan one's fate.
10. Quivering: to shake with a slight but rapid motion; vibrate tremulously; tremble.
11. Malignant: disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
12. Hatchway: the opening of any trap door, as in a floor, ceiling, or roof.
13. Kneel: to go down or rest on the knees or a knee.
14. Grimace: a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
15. Quaint: having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
16. Elation: a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
17. Garments: any article of clothing: dresses, suits, and other garments.
18. Piercingly: loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
19. Peered: to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly.
20. Scathing: bitterly severe, as a remark: a scathing review of the play.
21. Trembled: to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
22. Clamoured: a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
23. Tenderness: soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
24. Murkiest: dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
25. Gingerly: with great care or caution; warily
26. Inquisitiveness: given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curious: an inquisitive mind.
27. Flivvers: older Slang . an automobile, especially one that is small, inexpensive, and old.
28. Bandaged: a strip of cloth or other material used to bind up a wound, sore, sprain, etc.
29. Gloomy: dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
30. Turpitude: vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
domingo, 22 de mayo de 2011
Cloning Essay
We live in an era of constant advance of technology. Biotechnology has advanced a lot in the few years it had been considered as an important science for human knowledge. Cloning is one of its more polemic themes. Since the birth of the cloned sheep “Dolly”, the cloning of humans has been a recurrent theme in the discussions of scientists and specialists in bioethics. In this essay I will make clear why I think cloning will only bring bad things to our society.
I think that cloning humans will have very negative effects in our society. First I think that the damages and complications in the process can make a clone a kind of monster, with special biological features that will make them die eventually or have physical or mental incapacities. Several abnormalities can be produced in the process of cloning, and thinking that the process used for the cloning of the sheep “Dolly” had just one success after trying 277 times. This makes me thing that cloning a human will need time and more failures before success, which could result in abnormal mutations and monstrous conditions.
If in a future cloning is a reality, I think that the psychological damages for the clones will be enormous. First, the human being had always characterized itself by the necessity of power over someone. When someone knows about the weakness of another, tries to take advantage of it. For obvious reasons the clones will never be accepted like humans. This will make serious complications in the psychics of the clones, feeling submitted and humiliated. This will cause anger and sadness in these “things”.
Finally and most important, is the social impact. Clones will never be accepted equally as humans. Another important theme to determine is that if cloning becomes fundamental on the future, people with money can clone themselves as they want. Cloning can become an economic aspect. In conclusion, I think that the respect for human life will decrease. Cloning will allow us to see human beings as replaceable. The superiority will be now decided by the genetic condition of the people. Injustice will control us even more than now. “A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts”.
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jueves, 19 de mayo de 2011
Characters Brave New World
LINDA
Linda is the mother of John the Savage. She was left behind on the Reservation while she was pregnant with the Director's child Mother of John the Savage, because she was lost during a storm. She was too ashamed to go back because of her baby, many years later she return home because she misses soma and the comforts of civilisation. Linda ends up in Park Lane Hospitalshe was treated to a series of soma baths and a pleasant death.
LENINA CROWNE
A young, beautiful and sexually liberated Beta. Lenina is a popular and promiscuous vaccination-worker at the Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. Lenina is basically happy and well-conditioned. She uses soma to suppress unwelcome emotions. Lenina is involve with with Bernard, and she tries and fails to seduce John the Savage, because she develops a violent passion for John.
MUSTAPHA MOND
Resident World Controller of Western Europe. He is one of the ten controllers. Mond had himself flirted with doing illicit scientific research and heterodox belief. He still keeps a small library of forbidden books in his safe. Yet he opted for training as a future world leader rather than exile. The Controller argues that art, literature and scientific freedom must be sacrificed in order to secure the ultimate utilitarian goal of maximising societal happiness. He defends the genetic caste system, behavioural conditioning and the lack of personal freedom in the World State as a price worth paying for achieving social stability. Stability is the highest social virtue because it leads to lasting happiness.
HELMHOLTZ WATSON
is an Alpha-plus lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering. Helmholtz is a friend of Bernard. He is restive at the stifling conformism and philistinism of the World State. Not least, he feels unfulfilled writing endless propaganda doggerel. Helmholtz is ultimately exiled to an Island a cold asylum for disaffected Alpha-plus non-conformists - after reading a heretical poem to his students on the virtues of solitude.
The director administrates the Central London Hatching and Conditioning Centre. He is a threatening figure, but he is vulnerable becuase of Jhon (his child), who performs scandalous and obscene acts in the World State.
Bernard Marx has unorthodox beliefs about sexual relationships, sports and community events. His insecurity about his size and
status makes him discontent with the World State.
Linda is the mother of John the Savage. She was left behind on the Reservation while she was pregnant with the Director's child Mother of John the Savage, because she was lost during a storm. She was too ashamed to go back because of her baby, many years later she return home because she misses soma and the comforts of civilisation. Linda ends up in Park Lane Hospitalshe was treated to a series of soma baths and a pleasant death.
LENINA CROWNE
A young, beautiful and sexually liberated Beta. Lenina is a popular and promiscuous vaccination-worker at the Hatchery and Conditioning Centre. Lenina is basically happy and well-conditioned. She uses soma to suppress unwelcome emotions. Lenina is involve with with Bernard, and she tries and fails to seduce John the Savage, because she develops a violent passion for John.
MUSTAPHA MOND
Resident World Controller of Western Europe. He is one of the ten controllers. Mond had himself flirted with doing illicit scientific research and heterodox belief. He still keeps a small library of forbidden books in his safe. Yet he opted for training as a future world leader rather than exile. The Controller argues that art, literature and scientific freedom must be sacrificed in order to secure the ultimate utilitarian goal of maximising societal happiness. He defends the genetic caste system, behavioural conditioning and the lack of personal freedom in the World State as a price worth paying for achieving social stability. Stability is the highest social virtue because it leads to lasting happiness.
HELMHOLTZ WATSON
is an Alpha-plus lecturer at the College of Emotional Engineering. Helmholtz is a friend of Bernard. He is restive at the stifling conformism and philistinism of the World State. Not least, he feels unfulfilled writing endless propaganda doggerel. Helmholtz is ultimately exiled to an Island a cold asylum for disaffected Alpha-plus non-conformists - after reading a heretical poem to his students on the virtues of solitude.
Bernard Marx has unorthodox beliefs about sexual relationships, sports and community events. His insecurity about his size and
status makes him discontent with the World State.
Jhon is the son of the director. He grew up outside of the World State. He has spent his life alienated from his village on the New Mexico. He finds himself unable to fit in the World State society and his entire worldview is based on his knowledge of Shakespeare plays, which he can quote with great facility.
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