changed a whole lot since the 1300’s. Back then‚ girls wore dresses everyday of their lives and married at the age of 13 to an 18 year old guy. That is just not acceptable today. And as centuries have gone by‚ human maturity has increased‚ along with kids maturing faster‚ and people‚ in general‚ living longer. As a result‚ teenagers today on average think quite differently than the characters in “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. A story about two “star-crossed lovers” who may or may not act very
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Imagine living inside a society where every single one of your movements‚ thoughts and desires are closely examined by the government. In George Orwell’s novel 1984 Winston Smith’s feelings of rebellion for an escape of “Big Brother’s” watchful eye jeopardizes his life and satisfied intimate relationship with Julia. An individual’s responsibility to society is to pursue happiness for them and others to the best of their ability despite the consequences. Throughout many months Julia spent her days
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George Orwell created a dystopian future in his novel 1984. Winston Smith is an outer party member who works in the records department in the Ministry of Truth. His job is to rewrite the past so it is in accordance with the present. Winston is not like the others in Oceania. He secretly hates Big Brother and The Party. Winston has a love affair with another outer party member named Julia. Winston and Julia elope to a room above an old antique shop owned by Mr. Charrington. O’Brien‚ an inner party
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451 the society is very different from the modern Society that we currently live in. For instance the three different compare and contrast themes I have picked is tech‚ the tech they have in this dystopia is a lot better than our current tech like the robotic dog they have. The second theme I have picked is empathy‚ in today’s current society people are very heartbroken when people commit suicide‚ in their society it’s just
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In today’s society women are powerful‚ however times were not always like this. In the elizabethan times there women did not have control over their own body nor their future . Having said that‚ the play‚ “Romeo and Juliet” written by William Shakespeare in 1597 had Juliet play a vital role in demonstrating feminism. The play “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragic love story about two star crossed lovers‚ that were unfortunately ripped apart due to family conflict ‚the two were destined to be apart . In
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to Lit – 1st Period 5 November 2012 Racism Today Discrimination against other races is very common in society today. 2007 Yale University did a study showing a black man who murdered a white man is three times more likely to receive the death penalty than a white man who killed a black man (11 Facts). Some people might think racism has stopped since the Civil Rights Act‚ but discrimination against minority races is still prevalent in society today. The Civil Rights Act was established in 1964
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strength are still much valued in the western ways. Through math‚ science‚ society‚ and culture prove much of this point. Math and science are a huge part in modern western civilization. Most of the science we use is based off the founding made during the Hellenistic Age. The heliocentric theory of the earth rotates on its axis and that the earth revolves around the sun was revolutionary at that time but never got a foothold. Today that is a very common and widely known fact that is taught to young kids
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1984 was written more than 60 years ago by an author named George Orwell. This book was very much like today’s society. Some people agree that 1984 is still relevant in today’s society‚ some disagree. 1984 has so many references to today’s society and relates. This book was written many years ago and was a book for analyzing the future. They have three parties‚ the inner‚ outer layer‚ and the proles. They speak in Newspeak‚ and have telescreens and Big Brother watching their every move. Winston
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George Orwell’s book “1984” is a novel about a dystopian society that is constantly monitored. The society is systematically based on creating an efficient world where people are compelled to not rebel. Orwell creates a book that incorporates ideas from Marx‚ Foucault‚ and Weber. The Party is seen to overuse its authority by restraining people from exploring their individuality. It showcases how a society will end up being based on the desire of power. The Party is driven by power and control. The
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A perfect society is not at all what it seems. The word to describe this so called “perfect society” is a utopia. A utopia is‚ “More imagined and wrote about an ideal country where citizens lived in harmony and prosperity’ (Sreenivasan xi). But there is also the complete opposite of a utopia and that is called a dystopia. A dystopia is‚ “A society characterized by human misery” (Dystopia Dictionary.com). No society can be truly perfect and so many people try to come to this so called utopia. Which
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