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    despises what she sees. Deluded by the commercials and magazines‚ she is convinced that she is fat and ugly. She is sure that she is overweight and will be for the rest of her life. She is sure that no man will ever find her beautiful‚ causing her to go on a diet. Another young woman with the same convictions starves herself even though she is beautifully slim. Another woman simply can’t stop eating even though she long to lose weight. These women have one thing in common‚ a body image problem.

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    How does the media affect teenage girls perception of body image? Community and Family Studies Year 12 Due Date: 6th March 2012 Contents Title page _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pg 1 Contents_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pg 2 Abstract_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pg 3 Acknowledgements_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Pg 4 Introduction_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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    According to this cloze passage in the dystopian novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ a sympathetic impression is resembled because of the propaganda that swarms in every wall‚ poor living conditions that are infested through the setting‚ and the suppressed indication of the society. To start off‚ this immutable sensation is portrayed in this particular passage of the novel because of the propaganda that is constantly seen on every corner in this setting. For instance‚ this passage states that‚

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    Explore how satire effects the readers attitude toward the content of Alexander Pope’s‚ ‘Rape of the lock’‚ Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s travels’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’. Satire is defined as a literary genre or form used to ridicule‚ tease‚ torment and ‘poke fun at’‚ satire can employ irony and burlesque as methods of playfully making fun of a subject while at the same time making an extremely valid and thought provoking point which excites and stimulates the reader with its intellectual wit

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    1984 by George Orwell

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel by George Orwell published in 1949. It is a dystopian andsatirical novel set in Oceania‚ where society is tyrannized by The Party and its totalitarianideology.[1] The Oceanian province of Airstrip One is a world of perpetual war‚ omnipresent government surveillance‚ and public mind control‚ dictated by a political systemeuphemistically named English Socialism (Ingsoc) under the control of a privileged Inner Party elite that persecutes all individualism and independent

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    1984 By George Orwell

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    1984 1984 is mostly a political piece of literature written by George Orwell. Published in 1949 in New York‚ the story follows Winston Smith. Winston Smith is a small political figure in the ruling party in London‚ the Ruling party is very controlling and does not tolerate rebellious thoughts or actions in their society. Throughout the story elements of fiction are easily detected because it is something that hasn’t happened but can happen. This story is a soft science fiction because it focuses

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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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    abundance of themes and issues explored in Nineteen Eighty-Four (hereafter “1984”) that relate to the object of power and its representation through the political state of “the party”‚ rebellion and language. Similarly‚ these themes of the use‚ abuse‚ and manipulation of power are used in the Peter Nicholson Cartoon in the Daily Telegraph (1/03/03)‚ and the film Enemy of the State directed by Tony Scott. Orwell begins 1984 with an introduction to the responder of a bleak world where individual freedom

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    media’s outlook on different aspects of life and has a large effect on body image. Body image in America has been a growing problem for years as more young women feel the need to do anything they can to stay thin‚ trying to live up to what society has taught them is beauty. Body image is how someone perceives his or her body; therefore there is a variation of problems that can result from body image dissatisfaction. Some of these include low self-esteem‚ depression‚ self-harm and eating disorders

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    reliable. The people feel like it is their right to talk and express what they feel in whatever way possible in different mediums because it is the first amendment . They may be right‚ but do you ever think what would happen if the government decided to control and limit what people say or do‚ in the name of “ for the society’s own good”? In many texts and works of literature during and after World War II‚ people depicted what the world and society

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