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    Imagine having a brother that is disabled and cant do everyfay things like most kids.In the story the little brother couldn’t help that he couldn’t walk and he was embarrassed to have doodle as a brother but he taught him to walk and do everyday things. Don’t judge a person by the way they look or how they do something because they may not be able to control it or help it. Doodles brother was embarrassed to have him as a brother because he couldn’t do anything or everyday things. He tried to teach

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    Big brother isn’t watching you The expression‚ Big brother isn’t watching you is a directly parallel to the English author and journalist George Orwell’s book‚ 1984. Originally‚ the book was written in the year 1948 and is about an insignificant young man‚ named Winston Smith‚ who works for the state. His job is to paraphrase historical documents to promote propaganda in the society. The book is about Winston’s attempt to rebel against the totalitarian state‚ he lives in. People today‚ still

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    Surveillance and Big Brother Technology has advanced immensely over the last hundred years. We are able to do things only imaginable not so long ago‚ as well as things that may be deemed as unconstitutional. With this new technology we are capable of spying on people‚ finding people‚ tapping phone lines‚ and getting a hold of information previously not accessible. While these actions can be used in order to maintain the safety of a nation‚ how does one know that this is not happening around the clock

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    An interesting character in “Yellow Brick Road” by Witi Ihimaera is Matiu‚ a young boy who cares for his family and is very eager to meet with the future. Matiu helps to deliver the idea of going somewhere foreign with great enthusiasm in this story‚ unlike the character Hema from “Big BrotherLittle Sister.” Hema is also an interesting character as he is protects and cares for the people in his family‚ and instead of purposely harming them when they betray him‚ Hema runs away. Hema and Matiu are

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    ‘’Big Brother isn’t watching you’’ In 2011 between 6 and 10 August‚ London was tormented by riots where there were thousands of people in streets and the high amount of people resulted in chaos and a high level of police activity. The riots that are deemed to come from the economic class triggered a debate among political‚ social and academic figures. The debatable question is what caused the riots and who to blame. English comedian‚ actor‚ singer and famous TV person‚ Russell Brand‚ comments

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    usually shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or just Mobutu‚ ruled what is now Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997. Although the atrocities Mobutu committed as dictator are real‚ one can draw several comparisons to the fictional rule of Big Brother and the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Oceania. Firstly‚ both leaders secured power by obliterating all references to the past. As the old Party slogan goes‚ “Who controls the past goes the future; who controls the present controls the past.”

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    Hitler and Big Brother Some totalitarian regimes can be similar in some ways but also different in others. 1984 is a book that talks about a totalitarian regime that is ruled by big brother. We can find some similarities to this totalitarian regime with the regime of Adolf Hitler. They are both totalitarian regimes that are ruled by different leaders that can convince people to follow them so they can rule a population‚ and make people to be subordinated to them just by persuading them. So if

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    In the book Little Brother by Cory Doctorow‚ their are many memorable scenes that happened in the book for the crew of Marcus‚ Darryl‚ Vanessa‚ and jolu. On the day of the crew went to go play HarajukuFM‚ they felt to be thought an earthquake. But then they saw black smoke coming from the bay bridge. An explosion went off on the bay bridge. Sirens when of an it said ‘’REPORT TO THE SHELTERS IMMEDIATELY” (‘’33 Cory Doctorow’’). Other people’s saw the event and started running down the stairway to

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    A Block Big Brother Today In 1984‚ George Orwell created a world so undesirable that one could not even imagine living in it. A world where even a thought against the “party” is considered the gravest of crimes. Orwell’s vivid portrayal of the extreme effects the government can impress on its’ citizens may seem unbelievable but Big Brother and the Party is still evident today. The similarity from Orwell’s imaginary world and the present time is astonishing. Oceania’s citizens were scrutinized

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    Engelsk – Essay ”Big Brother isn’t watching you”‚ Russell Brand In 2011 videos and reports about riots vandalizing the streets of London wandered through the Internet and the media to all parts of the world. Everybody’s eyes were on Britain. Especially it was big in Europe. Not one day passed without new pictures‚ new stories and new tragedies. But riots aren’t something new in the 21st century. Almost daily‚ both before and after the 2011 UK riots‚ riots and conflicts between civilians and

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