Tony Vu Pre-AP World Literature Mr.Davis 23 September 2013 A World Without Death It was an organized line with people dressed in various clothing. Some were wearing clean t-shirts with ironed out jeans and others wearing ragged pants and a dirty t-shirt. All of the people in the line had a small number tattooed on their wrist followed by some letters like they were cars with a license plate (OFL). As Jason looked at his watch he complained‚ “What’s taking this line so long? I have places to
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In the Making of an Orwellian Society The term Orwellian originated from George Orwell’s novel notably Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Both novels had a common theme‚ the attempt to become a utopia society but result in a dystopia society. Utopia is the opposite of dystopia where utopia is the idea of the best possible society‚ whereas a dystopia society can be described as a human-created hell (Geeraert‚ March 21). An Orwellian society is a result of an attempted utopia society gone badly
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The King of Sharks Who is the Protagonist and who is the Antagonist in the following short story? I think the protagonist is Nanave‚ the King Shark’s son and the antagonist is the chief of the village. How does the story let you know that one character is the protagonist and that another character is acting as the antagonist? The story lets me know that Nanave was the protagonist because the story was more focused on him. The story identified the antagonist when the chief of the village announced
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Dystopia Imagine living in the most undesirable society‚ a society where the government watches and controls everything you do‚ a society in which you have no individual choice. There is no independence‚ no freedom‚ and no personal thought. This is a dystopian society. The word "dystopia" traces its roots back to the Greek word "dys" (meaning "bad") and "topos"(meaning "place). The story "Ones who walked away from Omelas" focuses on the utopia splitting because of ones sacrifice and neglect. For the theme
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Antigone: Protagonist or Misinterpreted Innocence? A literal “age old” argument that has sparked intelligent conversation since the BC era is still as potent as ever in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy‚ Antigone. Since the play’s origin‚ there has always been a toss-up as to who the true tragic hero‚ or protagonist‚ is. A popular misconception is that the character Antigone must be the protagonist due to her direct name being the title. Sophocles intends the play to highlight Antigone and her soon to
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Cindy Martinez Ms. Matthews English II February 13‚ 2015 Anthem a dystopian world Why is Anthem a dystopian world? A dystopian world is a world in which an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. Ayn Rand’s novel Anthem demonstrates dystopian novels because the citizens of the society worship a figurehead or concept‚ citizens have fear of the outside world‚ and the natural world is banished and distrusted. Anthem
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The protagonist is the main character in a writing/story. In Willa Cather story the protagonist name is Anton Rosicky. I would describe the protagonist in Willa Cather "Neighbour Rosicky" as Diligent‚ Stubborn‚ and Respected. The author starts the story with Mr. Rosicky visiting Dr. Burleigh. During this visit‚ Mr. Rosicky finds out that he has a bad heart. Mr. Rosicky being such a diligent worker thought otherwise "No‚ I guess my heart was always pretty good… I got a little asthma‚ maybe… Just awful
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endless torture‚ Winston is enlightened by O’Brien‚ “[The Proles] are helpless‚ like the animals. Humanity is the Party. The others are outside—irrelevant” (Orwell 339). The helpless masses of the proles are truly the most alive‚ but they live in a dystopian world of conformity and social repression. The flipside of the world is that Humanity is the Party” but the definition of humanity has changed. Humanity for Oceania is a lifetime of indentured servitude to the party until your fingers can’t type
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In 1984 telescreens are used to constantly watch over their society‚ and our society is working towards this type of surveillance. The dystopian society of 1984 uses telescreens so the government is able to keep the citizens out of trouble and prevent secret plotting of schemes against Oceania. Today the use of surveillance although is not used in the same way 1984‚ in a matter of years our society will catch up and shadow the book. Now in our society cameras are useful for preventing crime or someone
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The Protagonists of Julius Caesar In the play‚ Julius Caesar‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ the plot uncovers several different characters: the tragic hero‚ Brutus‚ the anti-hero‚ Cassius‚ and the hero‚ Mark Antony. These three characters continue to display fitting attributes throughout the entire play. All of them are defined as a protagonist and they endure changes and grow as the play progresses. Brutus acts out of a desire to limit the self-serving aspects of his actions‚ ultimately dooming
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