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Allen, Alvin, Brian, Winnie and I had made a presentation about one of the major totalitarian ideology—Islamism, and discussed its relationship with the government of Oceania in the book 1984 by George Orwell, as well as other dystopian literatures.




 * According to Austin Carr in his article "Meet the Big Brother Screening Your Social Media for Employers****", employers nowadays are hiring professional companies to do social media background check and monitoring on applicants and employees. However, is it totally acceptable to do so and are there any relating consequences? In this short essay I'll try to answer this question well relating to George Orwell's 1984.**


 * An Introduction of Philosophical Optimism and Its Relationship with Voltaire’s //Candide// :**
 * Candide is a famous satire that Voltaire wrote to criticize Leibniz's idea of philosophical optimism which states that the current world is the best of all possible worlds. Though it might appear simply in Candide, philosophical optimism is actually a complex idea that involves the problem of evil, determinism vs free will, which would all be introduced and explored in the attached paper.**

The Noble Savage is a stereotype of man who live in the wild and resembles the natural stage of human. The notion inspired heated debate between the philosophers during the Enlightenment for wether the primitive life is better than civilization. The following is a power point introducing the term and its relationship with Candide.
 * The Noble Savage:**

What is Enlightenment is a famous essay by the great philosopher Immanuel Kant in which he describes his ideas of the meaning of Enlightenment and the necessary condition for it to emerge from the society whose majority does not dare to use its own mind but rely on other's guidance. And the following is a paper discussing Kant's main points about enlightenment and my personal opinion regarding Kan't viewpoint.
 * What is Enlightenment?**

Political cartoons are popular style of satire in the world today that are often been use to criticize, or call attention upon certain political issues. The following are a political cartoon regarding the verbal threat of the supreme military leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un, and a paper analysis of the cartoon.
 * Political Cartoon:**

The Hamlet family has a long history in the Denmark Formula 4 (F4) Championship. Old Hamlet has dominated the race for five years. This year no doubt he was going to win. However Old Hamlet was killed in a huge crush in the last day of the competition, and thus Claudius, his brother, replaced him in the game and won the championship. The next day during Claudius’ celebration party he announced marriage with Old Hamlet’s widow, Gertrude. The Young Hamlet, though depressed by the series of unfortunate events, planned to go on a trip with two of his friends, Horatio and Marcellus, to where they claimed to have seem a ghost which looked like the Old Hamlet
 * Shakespeare's Play: Hamlet Act 1 Scenes 4&5**
 * Introduction**:

Young Hamlet(Alvin): Son of Old Hamlet and the rising star of Denmark F4. Was upset by the death of his farther, and the quick marriage of his mother and uncle.
 * Role (and Actors): **

Ghost(Joseph): The ghost of the dead Old Hamlet who return to earth in order to inform Hamlet of his unnatural death and to request revenge.

Horatio(Winnie): Hamlet’s best friend and classmate. Together with Marcellus guide Hamlet to the place where the Ghost had appeared twice before.

Marcellus(Emily): Horatio’s friend, the first to witness the ghost.

**Script**:



https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDGLSFx4gU0lP6Mkp_RwibKHZdVcyD3oy
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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.Helen Keller

Welcome!! The prompt for this essay is No.11: Although Oedipus gives some reasons for blinding himself, can you think of some others? What do you think Oedipus learns from his suffering? I've try to compose an insightful essay that can both accurately provide my response according to the question and invoke some thoughts among the readers. Hope you can enjoy!