1984: Some Prophecies Have Come True
.... exaggerated but it is still the same concept.
Yet another example is how people are tagged with numbers. People
today are identified by a social security number same as in 1984. Many of
Orwells predictions became true but many didn't.
Despite the truths, there were many untruths prevalent in 1984.
Many concepts expressed in the book such as banned sex, thought police,
food shortages from the past were all predictions that never became true.
Orwell made the prediction that sex would be illegal in the year 1984. In
the story Winston and Julia were caught having sex and Winston was tortured
almost to death. A l .....
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Comparison Of 1984 And Animal Farm
.... this true reality is available to Inner Party members,
they too do not have the freedom of thought or individuality... they are
only just aware of its existence. Only the outside reader is able to think
and understand the true nature of the reality established by the Party.
In Animal Farm, Orwell unveiled that reality is a simple mental
state that can be easily manipulated. Napoleon and the pigs proved this
theory by repeatedly changing the Seven Commandments and reporting to the
other animals that the 'laws' had always been in their changed condition
when they were questioned. Napoleon uses the terror wielded by .....
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Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, And Pessimism
.... it occurs to man that nature
does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the
universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the
temple, and he hates deeply that there are no bricks and no temples.
(pg156) The one character who perishes, the oiler, is of course a victim of
determinism. Even as he was so close to land and no longer out in the open
sea, nature still takes its role in determining his fate.
Objectivity refers to how the author describes reality as it exists,
that is, not glorifying something, but rather simply stating the
observation. The fact that the narrator is t .....
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Abbey, And His Fear Of Progress
.... other visitors pushing them onward,
their bored children, and the long trip home in a flood of cars. Many of
them take tons of pictures, possibly so that they can actually enjoy the
park without all of the hassles (Abbey 58). Without leaving their cars
they will never actually experience the beauty and wonderment of the parks.
They will only find the stress and chaos that they sought to leave at home
(Abbey 59).
There is a minority though, that prefers to be able to get away from the
modern world completely, and travel throughout the parks on foot, bicycle,
or horse. With these vehicles they can travel on quiet trails that ar .....
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A Tale Of Two Cities: Dr. Alexandre Manette
.... The Doctors Bastille time is pure hell. Ever after being freed he
still mumbles crazy things such as It is a lady's shoe. It is a young lady's
walking-shoe. It is in the present mode. I have had a pattern in my hand.3
Outbursts such as that show that he is not nor may he ever heal his scars.
Though the book starts after his imprisonment, his Bastille time contains his
actions that effects the stories plot the most. The action that truly stands out
is his writing and hiding of the letter that later convicts Charles Darnay. The
exposure of the letter during the trail is in my opinion the most interesting
twist in A Tale Of Two Citi .....
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In The Middle Of The Night: Review
.... I can easily
say this has been the best book I have read this year. Robert Cormier has
pleased me with this fine novel.
In the Middle of the Night is an exciting, entertaining thriller, which you
get to piece together yourself, a very enjoyable read.
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The X-Files, X Marks The Spot: Book Report
.... events were
spread out very well. These are all good reasons why I liked The X-files, X
marks the spot. It wasn't another long boring science fiction book.
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The Lord Of The Flies: SUmmary
.... by Jack. Ralph=s only supporter is Piggy, a fat asthmatic boys
who nobody likes because he is always lecturing and criticizing everyone=s
behavior. Jack bullies him constantly and the other boys make fun of him.
Jack and his followers spend most of their time hunting for wild pigs so
Ralph=s efforts to organize the group fail. By now, most of the older boys
are beginning to act like savages, hunting wild pigs, going into a frenzy
when they succeed and celebrate their kill with wild dancing around a fire.
One night during an air-battle, a body of a parachutist lands on
the island and has become tangled on some rocks on .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front: Themes
.... nature motif is expressed most dramatically in the following passages.
These passages mark the three distinct stages of nature's condemnation of
war: rebellion, perseverance, and erasure.
The first passage occurs in Chapter Four when the troops are
trucked out to the front to install stakes and wire. However, the
narrator's squad is attacked unexpectedly by an English bombardment. With
no visible enemy to fight, the soldiers are forced to take cover and live
out the bombardment. In the process, the earth is shredded and blown
asunder. It is during this melee that many of the companies' horses are
wounded, and begin t .....
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Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
.... and her brief personal experiences.
The narration of Absalom, Absalom!, can be considered a coded
activity. Faulkner creates the complex narration beginning at chapter 2.
It ironic that one of Faulkner's greatest novels is one in which the author
only appears as the teller of the story in one brief section; The details
of the hero's arrival, Thomas Sutpen, into Jefferson in chapter 2.
Although Faulkner sets the scene up in each section (The omniscient
narrator), most of the novel is delivered through a continual flow of talk
via the narrators.
Quentin appears to think the material for the first half of the
chapter 2. The n .....
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Abuse Of Power Within A Clockwork Orange
.... his freedom to choose is now gone. He is left
without any reason to live. When he realizes that he is no longer a man
because of his absence of choice, Alex decides to end his life. The author
illustrates through Alex's violent actions, how they represent his abuse of
power through his freedom of choice. Alex consistently chooses evil as a
means to display his power over the innocent and the good. While beating
and raping a young girl, he states with pride, "So he did the strong-man on
the devotchka, who was still creeching away . . . in very horrorshow
groodies"(22). This proves that he feels he must display his power th .....
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Great Expectations: God's Law Vs. Human Law
.... steal food from his own
family to help Magwitch, thereby transforming mercy and compassion into crimes.
As Pip is running home, he looks back at the convict and sees him limping
towards the gallows "...as if he were the pirate come to life, and come down,
and going back up again" (27). This imagery conveys a complicated perception of
guilt as something conscious of its own moral accountability, frightening and
self-destructive. When Magwitch is caught, he gives a false confession to
stealing the food from the Gargery's to protect Pip. Joe replies that he
wouldn't want him to starve and that he was welcome to it. Pip highlight .....
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