1984 Skeleton Outline ENG3U1 “I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away‚ was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn ’t aware of it yet”. Bruce Sterling (www.brainyquote.com) Technology has helped society achieve great strides in the world today. It has helped us to walk on the moon and find cures for certain cancers. However‚ technology can also have horrible and devastating effects. This
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’’It is not what an author says‚ but what he or she whispers that is important’’‚ this is a quote written by Logan Pearsall Smith. The meaning of this quote is that what matters is what the author implies not the literal meaning. My opinion is to agree with Logan Pearsall Smith’s quote. In the next two paragraphs I will discuss how the quotation pertains to the examples I have chosen in "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving‚ and "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe. In
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A Future of Oppression in 1984 George Orwell’s 1984 is a book about an average man and his troubled life in the year 1984. The story takes place not in the 1984 that we know to have come and past‚ but in sort of communist ruled era that Orwell originally portrayed in 1949. The book centers upon Winston Smith‚ a simple man who works for the Ministry of Truth‚ rewriting history as seen fit by the government‚ or as it is called in the novel‚ the ‘Party.’ 1984 takes place in the city of London‚ which
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The Go-Between This short story is about a 33-years-old African man craving to cross the strait between Africa and Europe in order to enter Spain. He’s a refugee from Cameroun living now in a Spanish city in Morocco where he helps people like him to get over the border. He used to be microbiologist in a university‚ he has some knowledge in medicine and is able to speak several languages. He can so help the French doctors and act as a mediator between them and the refugees. He tried himself to
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Context Response “Storytelling” Prompt: Words have great power but they can be manipulated. “Words have enormous power. They can make us erupt into laughter or bring tears to our eyes. They can influence‚ inspire‚ manipulate and shock. They can build and destroy.” A quote from Bruna Martinuzzi (an author and educator). When we are able to fully understand and interpret the meaning of our words it can make our country stronger‚ by producing educated powerful leaders. The power of words can unite
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George Orwell wrote 1984 in the year 1949‚ four years after the end of World War II. This book shows us an extreme side of war and the totalitarion system. 1984 is important because we see just how much humans need personal freedom. Orwell was very motivated by the rise of comunism in Russia. Seeing as he wrote this before Russia dominated Europe‚ it is safe to say he was very good at predicting situations. He also wanted to expose the truth behind these regimes and warn people about how dangerous
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to progress and development. We are focusing on the wrong directions more than the correct ones and it is making things oddly difficult. In the stories‚ “Fences of Enclosure‚ Windows of Possibility” by Naomi Klein and “Speaking in Tongues” by Zadie Smith both show the difference of how paths can lead to alternate decisions. Naomi Klein’s story believes that the direction is all wrong and major corporations are blocking and maintaining the freedom of
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"The greatest improvements in the productive powers of labour‚ and the greatest part of the skill‚ dexterity‚ and judgement with which it is anywhere directed‚ or applied‚ seem to have been the effects of the division of labour."- Adam Smith Smith is saying that the greatest improvement we have in productivity is labour‚ labour is the key of the great things we have now. I agree with the author because the workers are the people who help with the economic growth‚ and the people who make the product
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1984 Essay What do you think a normal human being needs to have a good‚ hearty life? What are the most basic needs that are vital to one’s survival? According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ physiological needs are those required to sustain life‚ such as air‚ water‚ nourishment‚ and sleep. If such needs are not satisfied‚ then one’s motivation will arise from the quest to satisfy them. Higher needs such as social needs and esteem are not felt until one has met the needs basic to one’s bodily functioning
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George Orwell’s classic novel ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’ paints a bleak picture of a futuristic society controlled by a totalitarian government. 1984 is a novel about using power to control society. George Orwell’s novel was published in 1948 and this is significant because World War II had recently ended and the Nazi dictatorship of Adolph Hitler in Germany had been defeated. This was not an end to dictatorship around the world; however‚ because Joseph Stalin controlled Russia in much the same way
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