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Different Lifestyles

       The very start of our life already determines what kind of lifestyle we’ll have for a big part of our life, if not the rest of it. If we were born into a poor family, it would be difficult to sustain the kind of lifestyle rich people have, the kind where you can splurge all you want into things that can be deemed as highly unnecessary. On the other side of a challenging lifestyle, a rewarding lifestyle would be one where we indulge in spending responsibly with the money that we earned from our hard work.      The modern era has definitely increased the prevalence of the never-ending pursuit of material aspects in life. This condition will only continue to grow further throughout the years. The ongoing situation is rising as capitalism and consumerism increase as well.      Economic inequality occurs because the wage gap between the rich and the poor is vast, coupled with the fact that the rich get richer due to the systemic inequa...

Remote-Controlled Weather

Why is the world never on my side? I dread everything the world has to offer for me. Everyone around me seems to hate me and I can’t seem to do anything right. I just want to be left alone, to have no worries whatsoever. I want to be free and happy, and I don’t want anyone to interfere with my happiness. I can’t do it, I can't go to school today. I will just get beaten up if I go anyway. But mama and baba would be disappointed if I skip school. I looked at the time to see that it’s still early, so I decided to go to our living room and watch my favourite morning cartoon. When I was on my way to the living room, I could hear the sound of the news reporter blaring from the television. I picked up a remote and pressed the button, but it became cloudy outside. I swear it was scorching hot just before. I kept pressing the other buttons but the channel would not change, instead, a huge storm appeared. Could this be a coincidence? Or is it because of this remote? Shocked by the sudden...

Fahrenheit 451 (Page 1 - 100 summary)

      Fahrenheit 451 is set in futuristic America where books are outlawed and firemen are the main causes of fires. In this universe, firemen are called to burn books to ashes, and that is what the main character does, Guy Montag.     One night as Guy was walking home from the fire station, he encounters Clarisse McClellan, a free-willed seventeen-year-old. There, Clarisse questions Guy about life, his job, and what it means to live. From that point onwards, Guy keeps meeting her on a day-to-day basis.     On another night, Guy came home to find his wife lying lifelessly down on the bed. After finding an empty bottle of medication next to her, he quickly admitted her to the hospital. The doctors there managed to get the toxins out of her system, and there is where Guy learns that her wife's case is more common than what he had expected.     The words that Clarisse had said to him had made him all the more anxious. So much so that he question...

Animal Farm Book Review

Title of Book : Animal Farm Author of Book : George Orwell Genre : Political Satire Number of Pages : 112     The story is set on an animal farm owned by a drunken man, Mr. Jones. In that farm, several animals were planning to overthrow the rule of humans and take control of the farm, inspired by a speech given by a visionary, Old Major, the pig. After successfully taking over the farm, the animals decided to apply an ‘Animalism’ government, with principles that are described as the Seven Commandments that rule over the animals.      Time passes and the pigs that control the central government, Napoleon and Snowball, of the farm further increase their reign over the other animals and grant themselves even more authority and privileges. An internal feud broke out that caused one of the commanding pigs, Snowball, to be cast away. This let Na...

Harapan Vaksin Covid-19

     Pada akhir tahun 2020 ini, mayoritas masyarakat di semua negara masih rentan terhadap coronavirus. Terutama di Indonesia, jumlah kasus tetap meningkat setiap harinya. Dikarenakan karantina yang kurang efektif, menyebabkan dunia untuk bergantung kepada harapan vaksin virus tersebut. Vaksin ini dapat memungkinkan tubuh kita untuk meningkatkan daya tahannya dalam melawan Covid-19. Dengan adanya vaksin, apakah dunia dapat dibebaskan dari kondisi pandemi ini, setelah masyarakat gagal social distancing?      Dalam menghadapi pandemi Covid-19, berbagai organisasi luar negeri telah meneliti virus tersebut dan sedang mengembangkan suatu vaksin, tetapi belum merupakan vaksin dengan efektivitas 100%. Namun, sebagian besar vaksin yang dikembangkan mempunyai tingkat efektivitas yang cukup tinggi, sehingga direncanakan untuk dibagikan pada awal tahun 2021. Di Indonesia sendiri, vaksin tersebut akan dibagikan kepada yang berumur 18 hingga 59 tahun terlebih dahulu. ...

I, Tyranny

It must've been dozens of years ago that I first sat in this office. Back then, I envisioned myself as the savior of my country. Someone who would cure the rampant poverty, crime, and corruption that plagued the country.               Now, I want people to grovel at my feet.              For the decades that I have invested as President of this country, I have known the feeling of complete dominance. The government, the people, their hard work, it all belongs to me. They are all within the palm of my hands.               I get up from my chair and look out the window to the people below me. Some people are gathering in front of the Presidential Office The building, looking like a bunch of thugs trying to scavenge leftovers. Their stares pierce straight through the window with eyes filled with a...

Teks Sejarah

  Perumusan KAA              Pada awal tahun 1954, Perdana Menteri Srilanka  mengadakan salah satu dari dua konferensi yang merupakan konferensi yang akan berakhir pada perumusan KAA. Konferensi pertama tersebut dinamakan sebagai Konferensi Kolombo yang diadakan di Srilanka . Konferensi tersebut dilaksanakan 2 April hingga 2 Mei 1954 dan menyertakan Srilanka, Myanmar, India, Pakistan, dan Indonesia dalam perundingannya.              Yang menjadi  buah bibir  dalam Konferensi Kolombo merupakan permasalahan setiap negara masing-masing. Perdana Menteri Indonesia, Ali Sastroamidjojo, sendiri meminta adanya Konferensi Asia Afrika.  Ia mengajukan pertemuan yang lebih luas antara negara-negara Asia dan Afrika.  Setelah pembahasan lebih lanjut, para peserta Konferensi Kolombo menyetujui gagasannya beliau tersebut.       ...

Self-Respect

       As society progresses, our sense of individuality does as well. Connecting with other people involves a back and forth of personalities clashing. Sometimes, we need to sacrifice a bit of ourselves to be able to match with the person we’re talking to.      What we usually forget is that our sense of individuality shouldn’t be brought down by other people. What we are isn’t something to be taken granted. After all, if our sense of who we are is flimsy, we wouldn’t be able to care for ourselves in the long run.      Though losing sight of one’s self seems scary, it isn’t very complicated to solidify ourselves in our minds. That’s where the act of respecting one’s selves is necessary. By knowing what we want, the things that make us uncomfortable, our personal morals, etc, we can mentally protect ourselves from being swept in social norms that don’t match with our own sense. Story