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Charles SturtzMcgee AP Lit 1B
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Letterto thereader
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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Bucket ListIn Soviet Russia, bucket kicks you!
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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Bucket ListIn Soviet Russia, bucket kicks you!
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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Bucket ListIn Soviet Russia, bucket kicks you!
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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Bucket ListIn Soviet Russia, bucket kicks you!
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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Six Word Life Story
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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Letter to the Reader