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A major theme of Harrison Bergeron is the importance of individuality and the dangers of conformity.

Athena helped Odysseus in his journey home by disguised as Mentes, the lord of the Taphians, and she convinced him to go to Ithaca. She also helped him by appearing to Telemachus and Odysseus as an old friend, and she gave them both wise counsel.

Andrew Jackson is a hero because he was the seventh president of the United States and he fought in the War of 1812.

There is no guarantee that democracy will produce equality of results. There is only a guarantee that democracy will produce equality of opportunity.

The Color Purple was banned because it contained explicit sexual content and offensive language.

The Reconstruction Era was a time of societal and political reconstruction in the United States. It followed the Civil War and lasted from 1865 to 1877.

Marriage Equality is the legal recognition of same-sex marriage. It is the equal access to marriage for all couples, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation.

First, the family stops eating together and Gregor becomes a nuisance that they try to ignore. Second, Gregor’s room becomes increasingly dirty and his family starts to neglect him.

Medea was written by Euripides in 431 BC.

In “The Masque of the Red Death,” the clock symbolizes the unstoppable march of time toward death, which claims victims regardless of their social status.