The text under analysis is named The Dinner Party‚ written by Nicholas Monsarrat. Monsarrat is a British novelist known for his sea stories and his novels‚ The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel‚ Richer Than All His Tribe. The Dinner Party is a piece of narration. It tells us about a rich man (uncle Octavian)‚ who was a hospitable and friendly man‚ and liked to give parties – until January 3‚ 1925. It was his fifty-fifth birthday. As usually on such a day he was giving a party‚ a party for twelve
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George Orwell uses setting to help create a dystopic world by establishing the lack of freedom in the 1984 society. Firstly‚ it is depicted that there is no loving relationship between parents and their children in society due to the Party’s overbearing control. The distrustful relationship between family members is highlighted in how Ms Parson’s children “would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy” (29). The characterisation of the children and how they would be willing to
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decisions about the mirror. Another example is that Clara decides to put the mirror in the dining room so they all can sit at in the same room and have dinner. The author of the story uses symbols in her story “In the Family” to convey the theme of pride and sometimes obstructs one’s ability to make wise decisions. This paper shows how our world is now always making foolish decisions that could get yourself killed. This paper also shows how foolish secrets can be and how they can harm someone
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Such choices can range from what to eat and where to live. It could be anything and everything! For those in the novel 1984‚ Freedom is virtually as simple but yet complex. In the dystopia known as Oceania‚ freedom is sanctioning one to think for themselves. This is also known as thought and intelligence. In society‚ freedom plays an immense part. For the so-called dystopia in 1984‚ it is greatly banned and reinstated with security. In the end‚ if society’s rules are disobeyed‚ then prices will be
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was able to show how destiny plays in the life of the two main character. At other’s first perception‚ the movie was about a blind girl who falls in love to a not-so-attractive boy and will focus on the theme ‘love is blind’ as seen in the trailer of the movie. Well it is quite correct‚ but the theme ‘love is blind’ was just part of the movie. It was actually focused the appreciating of one’s effort or care and seeing the truth with the use of heart than what eyes perceive. It means that the film wants
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“War is Peace‚ Freedom Is Slavery‚ Ignorance is Strength.” This is the renowned slogan for the Party which is restated throughout the novel 1984. This phrase is extremely contradictory and makes no logical sense‚ which is the concept of Doublethink. The Party uses Doublethink to control the citizens of Oceania. In the novel Winston Smith described Doublethink: "To know and not to know‚ to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies‚ to hold simultaneously two
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convey that they miss their earlier life or wish for a better past. Paragraph 2 - Write the theme of the first poem. D.H. Lawrences ‘Piano’ is a representation of longing of his past with his mother. The music has a very powerful effect on him and starts to bring back memories of the time he had spent sitting at his mother’s feet. This shows us how much Lawrence misses his childhood. Paragraph 3 - Theme of the second poem. Alice Walker’s ‘Poems at thirty-nine’ is a semi-autobiography about a woman
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“A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” The main theme for this poem‚ “A Martian Sends A Postcard Home” is showing that how different people have different perspectives and different way of perceiving things. This poem shows how a Martian would describe some of our everyday thing a lot differently than we would. The Martian has a unique way of describing everyday objects‚ emotions‚ and time. The Martian sees mist as an object that has human like properties such as becoming tired. “Mist is when the
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iewThe novel 1984 is based on totalitarianism and dictatorship. Big Brother rules Oceania‚ where the people are forced to listen to him and follow his rules. There are surveillance cameras and microphones set-up everywhere so that Big Brother can keep an eye on everyone and know about everything that’s happening. There is no secret in this society‚ and one wrong move can get you killed with no one knowing‚ one day everything about you will be erased and you’ll eventually be forgotten. Children
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1984 Contradictions To contradict something is to oppose it. For example to call the Pope an atheist‚ is indeed a contradiction. Winston Smith‚ who is a main character in the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ works in the Ministry of Truth. But does the name of the department mean exactly what it says it is? In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ he explains everywhere Winston goes‚ even his own home‚ the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly
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