and Consequence with Orwell and Shelley The beauty of literature lies in its ability to transcend time with an impact lasting across generations of readers. Even better is when a body of work can mirror humanity’s timeless struggles and triumphs. Readers are confronted with profound examinations of human nature in the pages of these classics. Notably‚ upon revisiting the literature I read years ago‚ striking parallels emerged between two specific works. In “1984‚” George Orwell preaches the dangers
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the gallows‚ deliberately avoids a puddle in order to insure that his feet do not get wet. 1. Orwell found this to be very interesting ii. The man shows how he is still conscious and a living creature 2. Therefore‚ Orwell’s theme revolves around the inhuman nature of the extraction of a human life a. While the man may not care for the unnecessary sidestep he made‚ this action spoke piercingly to Orwell. i. View of executed man reverberate in his mind 1. "I had never realized what it means to
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importantly freedom of expression. Musicians are a force to be reckoned with because they can influence thousands in just a few minutes. When a nation loses music‚ musicians hold the key to rebuilding what was lost. The most notorious case of musical censorship
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George Orwell’s novel 1984 demonstrates how a person can be completely changed. Winston Smith the protagonist in 1984 was completely changed by the end of the novel. The government transformed Winston’s beliefs from despising to loving Big Brother. By the end of the novel Winston was fully transformed‚ his way of thinking was altered and he was brainwashed into loving Big Brother for the rest of his existence. Winston has been tortured‚ in the Ministry of Love by O’Brien for days‚ maybe weeks or
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Morocco. The author‚ George Orwell wrote the essay in 1939. The historical context in which the writer was submerged was brutally ironic for European countries in relations to their African colonies. The outbreak of WWII was fragmenting Europe‚ and indirectly the world. Fear was spreading throughout the minds of those affected by the global conflict; and such fear is exactly what I feel in Orwell’s voice: the fear of the white man losing its supremacy in Africa. However Orwell attempts to conceal this
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“Freedom is the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear‚” says George Orwell‚ writer of 1984. The Party has taken away the rights of the people to know the truth in order to maintain power. Although some would believe that the most central paradox in Orwell’s 1984 is the Party’s slogan “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength‚” it is clearly the act of doublethink because it’s the Party’s form of psychological control in order to maintain power. To demonstrate‚ it is the
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Censorship has been a dilemma that has plagued our society for a plethora of years‚ and which still is heavily debated in our modern times. In the essay from The Atlantic Monthly the writer confronts the issue of public nudity‚ making his stance and proclaiming his advocacy for free access to the nudity he may desire to lay his eyes upon. Throughout the essay the writer places emphasis on many of his personal opinions‚ while also implanting his critiques aimed toward the opposition who perceive
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accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist‚” (Orwell 199). The Germans were also reminded of their enemy‚ and just as in Oceania‚ it fluctuated. The only difference being the enemies of Germany changed between the Jews and the Allied Powers (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The next historical parallel between Nazi Germany and Oceania is the totalitarian governments‚ more specifically‚ dictatorships. In 1984‚ the dictator‚ Big Brother‚ was feared‚ respected‚ and loved. Throughout
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attitude does Orwell identify as an impediment to the improvement of language usage? 2. In the second paragraph‚ locate and quote Orwell’s complete thesis. 3. Show that after Orwell clarifies his thesis with a number of examples‚ he uses a problem/solution structure to organized the essay. 4. In the interaction between thought and language‚ which element does Orwell believe must predominate? Why? 5. Identify each of the four main “language tricks” Orwell lists. In a
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Through the eyes of Winston‚ the protagonist in 1984‚ we observe the forces used for the government to retain its complete power over the people. The government almost diminished free thought of the people‚ has destroyed any means of building relationships‚ and utilized fear to make sure everyone would stay true to Big Brother. In such a dystopian society it may only take one person to overcome such obstacles‚ or so we thought. Orwell designed 1984 to warn his readers about the grave dangers in
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