How important are teachers in education? In the modern education system‚ students are seemingly fed prescribed knowledge‚ rather than core knowledge. Prescribed knowledge supplied to us students deprives us of the ability to think critically‚ and perhaps challenge the status quo. It ingrains a sense of conformity within us‚ where opposing another person’s views seems a crime. The primary purpose of education‚ in my opinion‚ is to help us find out true selves‚ help us trigger our passion‚ and teach
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George Orwell ’s 1984 is an exemplary work of dystopia. Although written in 1940s‚ 1984 is a vivid depiction of China during the Cultural Revolution and Soviet Union during the Elimination of Counterrevolutionaries. Dystopia came into being after the World War Ⅱ‚ when the world was at a loss about its future. Although the world was purged of fascism‚ personality cult and communist dictatorship arose to take its place.Dystopia is characterized by an authoritarian and totalitarian regime that oppresses
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Value of Language I was talking with a friend of mine about a year ago‚ about what humanity has done and is capable of doing. During this discussion‚ we came to the conclusion that language was one of the most impressive feats of humanity. My friend said that language really is just a bunch of sophisticated grunts‚ and I have to say I agree with him. There are thousands of languages in the world‚ and multiple dialects to each language. I have always felt that wasting potential was one of the worst
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Erick Suazo English Essay 1984 by George Orwell The novel 1984 by George Orwell is considered to be one of the most famous novels of the negative Utopian‚ or dystopian genre. This novel was majorly written to warn the readers the dangers of totalitarian government in the West. There are three themes that fit the novel; danger of totalitarianism‚ technology‚ and psychological manipulation. These themes make the novel of 1984 more comprehensive. Each of this themes give an effect to society.
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Mr. Weir ENG3U1 May 30th‚ 2012 The importance of Freedoms Freedom is a very important aspect of a society‚ without freedom people live in fear and insecurity. Benjamin Franklin once said “Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve nether and lose both” (Franklin). Throughout history one can see how much control the governments have had over their citizens. People in other countries have been oppressed
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integral to control? The freedom of information is something that North Americans take for granted. However‚ is it possible that we are actually concealed from the complete truth when it comes to certain matters? Does censorship exist even here‚ in a continent where freedom is considered to be a fundamental right? The surprising answer is yes‚ which brings one to ask; why is censorship integral to control? The reason why the dystopian society present in the novel 1984 by George Orwell was able to
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define what freedom means‚ people usually have a difficult time coming up with a concrete definition. The common answer of freedom means doing whatever I want‚ whenever I want generates many conflicting questions. What if ones free actions are harmful to others? Should he then still have the freedom to keep acting that way? Freedom is too abstract of an idea to be defined accurately and precisely. The notion that someone c an be unequivocally free is absurd. Most of the time‚ one persons freedom is another
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Freedom Our fore fathers fought for political freedom from the tyranny of England and its kings. Slaves fought for freedom and equality. Women fought for the freedom from their stereotypical "wifely duty"� and their right to vote. We now are beginning to see freedom‚ due to the World Trade Center Disaster‚ being redefined and more defined. Young Americans of the past saw freedom differently than young Americans of today. The pampered youth of today’s society use freedom in regard to getting a car
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be wary of what we are giving up in the name of fighting terrorism”. In the dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ the citizens in the community have no rights whatsoever and the society is in terrible shape. It is unnecessary to sacrifice civil liberties in order to live in a safe‚ egalitarian society because the people will not be equal and safe if the right against unreasonable search and seizure‚ freedom of speech‚ and right to privacy are altered. Americans have many rights; one of them being
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place in Oceania‚ a fictional country‚ where the party and its ruler‚ Big Brother‚ seek to have complete control over the population. The party implements many tactics in order to achieve this‚ such as surveillance‚ propaganda‚ and degradation of language to gain control of the population’s minds. Furthermore‚ the party destroys all aspects of independent thought and identity. Everyone wears the same clothes‚ eats the same food‚ lives in the same rundown apartments. Orwell uses many literary devices
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