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Themes Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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Technology is dangerous

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Fahrenheit 451

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2
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Memory is important to human life

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The giver

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3
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Man is most dangerous when exerting power over others

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The most dangerous game

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Jealousy can be powerful but destructive

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The lady, or the tiger

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6
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When real life lacks satisfaction, imagination can take over

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The secret life of Walter Mitty

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7
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Knowledge and learning provide true meaning in life

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Fahrenheit 451

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8
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Excessive pride can bring about one’s downfall

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The scarlet ibis

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10
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Conformity strips people of their individualism

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The giver

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11
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Conformity leads to complacency

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Fahrenheit 451

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14
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War is impersonal; it picks no favorites

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War

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15
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Determination of spirit can overcome physical limitations

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The scarlet ibis

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16
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Censorship suppresses thought and self-expression

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Fahrenheit 451

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17
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Crime doesn’t pay

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Musgrave ritual

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18
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There is within us a streak of cruelty that makes us act cruelly to the ones we love

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The scarlet ibis

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19
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Mindless pleasure-seeking and materialism are false values

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Fahrenheit 451

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21
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Values should be human and spiritual, not materialistic

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The necklace

22
Q

Excessive pride can being about one’s downfall

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The cask of amontillado

24
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Humanity must learn from its past mistakes

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The giver

Fahrenheit 451

30
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There can be no pleasure without pain and no pain without pleasure

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The giver

35
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Complacency leads to conformity

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The giver

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