1984 Winston Smith is a disillusioned Outer Party member in Oceania‚ in the year 1984‚ and he begins to question the validity of the Party and its policies‚ like no sex for joy‚ only for procreation and the ever-present telescreen‚ which monitors his apartment all day. He feels the Party is restrictive and overriding free thought and will which is what Winston feels is essential to being human‚ but he is fearful of the Thought Police who patrol people ’s very thoughts and make people "disappear"
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February 10‚ 2012 Children Today There are many factors which lead to the way children act today. The way a child is raised‚ is a reflection of the lack of respect which an adolescent embraces for their elders. Over time‚ generations of human beings have become more reliant on technology. This has made mankind lazy and uncultured‚ causing a reflection on our children. Also‚ there have been many laws which were set against structure in a child ’s life. Whether the child is at home‚ school
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"BLACK MUSIC" African-American music has had such an impact on our society today. African-American music became popular in the 19th century after the civil war as musicians of color were hired to play in saloons and brothels. A couple of forms of popular music are spirituals‚ gospel‚ blues‚ jazz and ragtime. Spiritual and gospel music reflected the poverty and oppression of slaves. As Jazz entered the popular culture it provoked a great deal of criticism. An artist know as‚ Louis Armstrong
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to ask ‘is this trend something new or has the world just begun to open its eyes. Dating back to the 13th century‚ India experienced a novel sensation in having a woman upon the throne at Delhi. Razia Sultan was everything one wants from a leader today. She was wise‚ just‚ shrewd and on a whole an exemplary leader. A couple of centuries later another person of similar calibre became one of the most influential women of India in that period. Ask any historian and he’ll tell you scores of tales about
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fear‚ all of these are key elements in the distopia George Orwell creates in the novel‚ 1984. In this book‚ Orwell creates a society which is based solely on hate and controlled by those who seek only power. Orwell‚ however‚ is not the only author to ponder the possibility of an extreme‚ futuristic society. In particular‚ The Giver‚ by Louis Lowry relates a great deal to the themes found in 1984. Unlike 1984‚ Lowry’s novel focuses on the idea of a utopia as opposed to Orwell’s distopia. What is the
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1984 1984 by George Orwell is a novel about a man‚ Winston Smith‚ living in a dystopian‚ totalitarian government. The book circulates around the negative ideal of a harsh government strictly controlling the people of a society. 1984 shares some unique similarities as well as differs greatly from actual life that many English lived during the 80’s‚ even though the book was written nearly 40 years prior and was not looking at a realistic interpretation of what the world would be like. Orwell had
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Police and Law Enforcement Traci D McGahey CJS/200 December 5‚ 2012 Professor DeFranco Police and Law Enforcement Police and law enforcement play a critical part of keeping peace in our society and trying to make sure that criminal activity is kept at a minimal from the local to the national levels. The five main responsibilities of the police are to enforce the law‚ arrest offenders‚ crime prevention‚ preserving the peace‚ and providing services to the citizens of our communities. The main
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"She loved me for the dangers I had pass’d‚ and I loved her that she did pity them" (Othello‚ I.iii 166-167). William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Othello‚" is pervaded by a dominant theme‚ one of love. Othello‚ the Moor of Venice falls madly in love with a woman named Desdemona. They marry and are very happy together. Othello and Desdemona face many trials during the course of their nine-month marriage. The most notable one occurs when Barbanzio‚ Desdemona’s father accuses Othello
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1984 Essay John F. Kennedy once said‚” conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” a statement that still stands strong as conformity and oppression can seldom be found in today’s world. Together in this world the people choose their leaders and enjoy the right to overthrow any government they think of as corrupt. With such a heavy surge of information onto the general public‚ politicians can hide nothing forcing them into honesty. Also‚ the media is a massive help in the decision
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The novel 1984 was written by George Orwell. This book represents the society in Oceania through the character name Winston‚ who is an outer party that works in the Ministry of Truth. In Oceania‚ people are surveilled by the Big Brother and have no freedom. This seems to appear in today’s society by how we are watched by the government through social media or even on computers. There are many similarities to be found include Social Media‚ Privacy‚ and the Mutability. Nowadays technology is a big
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