In the article ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell‚ the word ‘hollowness’ is an abstract noun because it is intangible and encompasses human states of mind. In my opinion‚ the word ‘hollowness’ has two meanings. Firstly‚ it refers to absence of certain components of an object‚ making the object vacant or empty. Secondly‚ it can mean one’s emotion: the feeling one has after he or she worked vainly. The writer worked as a police officer under the British Empire in Burma‚ where he was hated by
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Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell‚ also known as Eric Blare. The events correspond and represent the Russian Revolution and when Joseph Stalin was ruling the Soviet Union in the 1900s. The characters of the pigs in Animal Farm would represent Stalin and his helpers and the other animals would represent his followers/believers. The pigs become leaders by manipulating and controlling other animals to form a dictatorship of the now followers‚ through acts of lying and influencing
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In today’s world‚ we see many new development of technologies that has the potential to change our society like 1984. For example‚ the police now have a device that can read license plates and check if a car stolen or uninsured. Humans know that the National Security Agency can observe what we do online and Google searches. It also seems that almost every stores we would go to would always ask for our phone number and ZIP code as part of any transactions. If you have read the novel‚ 1984‚ we can
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Orwell remembers knowing that he should be a writer at the young age of five or six. Later in his teen and young adult years‚ between the ages of seventeen and twenty-four‚ he attempted to leave this idea behind. 2. Why did Orwell make up imaginary stories? How did this affect his social life? Orwell grew up lonely so he coped by putting his imagination to use by making up stories. These stories most probably served as an escape where he could dream up a more perfect and fulfilled life. This affected
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that the two are self-mannered in the way that you are effective about not allowing something or someone influence your beliefs. It is up to the individual to determine how they interpret the media‚ and the reality of it. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ the powerful themes involved are: reality vs. perception‚ mind control‚ propaganda‚ and totalitarian rule. Throughout the novel‚ media control is very effective towards the citizens of Oceania. Winston determines that if one’s perceptions can be
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Shooting an Elephant is a self-identity essay written by George Orwell recounting his time as an Imperial guard in Burma. He describes the ways that he was treated and how he was hated and seen as a symbol of the oppressive Imperials that he worked for. Orwell discussed how he had grown disenfranchised with imperialism and decided that it “was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out the better.” Orwell described his job in terms where he was on the front line‚ and wrong side
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certain historical figures and groups. George Orwell‚ in Animal Farm condemns and criticizes the actions and injustices that occurred during the reign of Joseph Stalin with the evil character Napoleon. As the farm animals are encountered with no freedom‚ no equality‚ and are being slaughtered by their own kind‚ Orwell illustrates the misinterpretation of a Utopian society and the wrong turn rebellion can take with the wrong leader in charge. Orwell mirrors Napoleon’s characteristics to those of
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Abraham Lincoln once said “History isn’t history unless it is the truth”. In the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ he is warning us that while it is important for a government to maintain a level of secrecy‚ it causes a corrupt society because people can not trust one another‚ not knowing the truth can alter your judgement on society‚ and not knowing the truth can hurt you. At the beginning of the story you can see that people can not trust one another because it causes a corrupt society. In chapter
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Pigs walking on two feet‚ horses and sheep talking. This is how George Orwell satirizes human nature in his classic novel Animal Farm. Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The title of the book is also the setting for the action in the novel. The animals in the story decide to have a revolution and take control of the farm from the humans. Soon the story shows us how certain groups move from the original ideals of the revolution to a situation where there is domination
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If I could talk to Orwell‚ I would tell him how incredibly disappointed I was after finishing 1984 due to Oceania’s victory and the loss of hope for the citizens. Since Oceania won the battle‚ they gained full control of Africa. This means that the Oceania government and their laws will expand toward other people. Rather than letting Oceania win the longtime war against Eurasia and Eastasia‚ I would make one of the two others win. If I let Oceania lose‚ it means that the citizens and proles would
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