How Important Are Friends and Family? Do you know what really matters in life? It is a question that many have asked‚ and many have answered. The answers offered to this question have been varied and variegated‚ but there are a few that consistently bubble to the surface. Two of those are “friends” and “family.” With so many people offering those two answers time and again‚ it would be unwise to discount them outright. However‚ what most people mean when they say “friends” or “family” may not be
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Perspectives 12 20 October 2014 Surveillance It is safe to say that people live in an age where it is possible to say that one is alone and privacy doesn’t exist. People are always being watched‚ tracked‚ listened to‚ and investigated. In the book 1984 one of the main topics would be that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” ( 2). Wherever they go‚ they feel as if they are being watched. If not by the thought police‚ then they are being watched by the telescreens. A world where no one is safe‚ nor trusted
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similarities when you compare 1984 and Hamlet‚ about maintaining high moral standards. First of all in 1984 the proles are forbidden to interact with prostitutes‚ because they are not supposed to fall in love and they are not supposed to enjoy sex. “but a real love affair was an almost unthinkable event. The women of the party were all alike. Chastity was as deeply ingrained in them as party loyalty” pg.71 in comparison‚ in hamlet‚ the royal family does not have the freedom to choose who to marry and
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spied on by the government. Technology is advancing quickly and so is the way the government retains the people’s information. Although‚ people feared to have a society alike to the one in the novel 1984 written by George Orwell‚ the society in America is very similar in tremendous ways. In the 1984 novel by George Orwell‚ the government or best known as Big Brother has complete power over the people in Oceania. Big Brother also determines which technology may be used. Written in the novel‚ “The
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what extent is language the most important way of knowing? To answer this question‚ let us first define language and knowledge. Language is any system of formalized symbols‚ signs‚ sounds‚ gestures‚ or the like used or conceived as a means of communicating.1While knowledge is a justified true belief. In my opinion‚ language is an important way of knowing; however it is not the most important. Language is not restricted to merely words‚ it encompasses actions as well. Without it‚ how can we communicate
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and population. The People’s Republic of China went through a drastic change in culture and as a nation under a communist government. The methods that this government had used under Mao Zedong’s direction‚ can also be seen used by the government in ‘1984’‚ a novel by George Orwell. Both governments used their powers to control their nation and citizens to an extreme. Under Mao Zedong’s government‚ the Chinese suffered from state-controlled media‚ destruction of traditional cultural practices and the
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Warnings of 1984 George Orwell’s novel 1984 is a political novel written with the intent of warning readers of the dangers of communism and totalitarian governments. Secker and Warburg published the novel in 1949. Orwell’s motivation for writing this piece came from his time serving as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War. There he witnessed first hand the atrocities committed by the fascist government. The rise of Hitler in Germany and Stalin in Russia also served to inspire Orwell’s
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The world around us is just like the book 1984 by the despair‚ people losing their human qualities and becoming soulless automotrons. So these are the examples of these terrible things in our world. The despair in the book 1984 by George Orwell starts with the Winston being tortured in room 101 with a rat and electric shock therapy that only hurt and scared Winston while also trying to brainwash Winston to love Big Brother meaning the government. In the real world the government doesn’t make there
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How important is ambition to successes? Thomas Jefferson‚ the third president of the United States‚ once said‚”Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson then became one of the most influential leaders of all time and envisioned the United States to be one of the most powerful countries in the world‚ something no one at the time could imagine. It turned out to be true. Why was
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1984 Study Questions Part One: Pages 1-48 and Pages 48-104 1984 Chapters 1.1-1.4 (pp. 1-48) 1. What is the effect of the juxtaposition at the beginning of this section? 2. What is the effect of the syntax in Winston’s journal entry for April 4th‚ 1984? 3. How is the Junior Anti-Sex League sash an example of paradox? 4. What is the rhetorical effect of the word voluptuously on page 18? 5. What is the rhetorical effect of the physical description of Mrs. Parsons
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