Charles SturtzMcgee AP Lit 1B

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Bucket ListIn Soviet Russia, bucket kicks you!

1. Stay alive until list is completed.

2. Go to wildlife sanctuary in Belize

3. Go scuba diving in the tropics4. Learn to water-ski5. Go skydiving

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6.Sail in the Gulf of Tonkin7.Attend a Hollywood movie premier8.Start a friendly conversation with

a stranger9.Help build a house of a family in

poor country10.Befriend a celebrity

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11.Be an extra in a hit movie12.Be quoted in a major publication13.See the French Open14.Fly in a space shuttle 15.Become a leading expert in something

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16.Be in a flashmob 17.Invent something18.Meet a world leader19.Be on jeopardy20.Prove someone who has doubted me

wrong

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21.Complete a marathon22.Counter protest people protesting

something I like23.Do something unbelievable24.Salvage and rebuild an old car25.NO REGRETS!!

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Take every chance—have no regrets.

“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”--Paulo Coelho, Famous Brazilian novelist

ArtifactsOf Writing“Any fool can make history,it takes a genius to write it.” –Oscar Wilde

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Charles Sturtz

McGee

AP Lit 1B

14 April 2010

Literary Analysis of Brave New World

The general concept of Brave New World was no new idea—many writers had

tried to envision the future at the beginning of the twentieth century, especially with the

uncertainty brought about by the Great Depression. Many books predicted utopian

societies; however this is where Huxley digressed from the general batch of forecasting.

Huxley dared to show the danger of a utopian society, the fact that only a dystopia can

exist, because eliminating all negative aspects of life leads to the shallow happiness that

remains becoming a negative aspect in itself. Huxley showed that the idea of a utopia is

itself paradoxical, and that the current world and time (1930s for this novel) was actually

very fulfilling and the only way to find true happiness.

One important aspect to look at first is the socio-economic system found in the

World State. People are broken up into different castes depending on how the scientists

at the hatchery wanted them to be. Economically, the system in place is communism,

however not what the world of Huxley had seen so far. The communism shown in Brave

New World is what the original meaning of the system is—everyone works for the benefit

of everyone else, no one, even the leaders or higher castes, receives special treatment or

benefits. The only communism Huxley had seen was the Marxist-Leninist form that took

Charles Sturtz

McGee

AP Lit 1B

The Picture of Charles Sturtz

After very deep soul searching, I was able to create a collage that somewhat scratches the

surface of what makes me tick. There are several reasons I chose to make a collage rather than a

drawing similar to Dorian Gray’s portrait. First off I have terrible skills artistically, which eliminates that

off the bat, but also a painting or a drawing cannot capture the complexity of someone’s essence, of

someone’s aura. Now I will take one small step for Charles, but one giant leap for some sort of ant, at

explaining my soul through a simple collage.

The focal point of this collage is the scarlet letter, for the simple reason of being the most

important thing I consider about me. The “Scarlet A” as it is called by the Richard Dawkins Foundation,

was based off the idea of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is currently the most widespread symbol of

atheism. This is also a representation of my mindset. There are many things that people don’t know

about me, not because I choose to keep them secret, but because no one has asked. The scarlet letter

for me means that there are things about me that people might be interested in, but if anyone was

interested it would be their prerogative to start the conversation. While seemingly contradictory to the

Scarlet A, a dharma wheel is located just below it. The cogs on the wheel are representative of the

eightfold path of Buddhism, which I have found to ease stress, improve my life outlook, and help me to

become a better person. The reason I don’t feel that the atheism and Buddhism contradict each other is

that I find Buddhism to be more of a philosophy and a way of life, while the clear perspective on life

from the atheist point of view has made me more responsible for my actions and encouraged me to live

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