Elephant by Dolly Clark -An analysis and interpretation The main character of the short story‚ “Elephant” by Dolly Clark‚ is called William. William is an author just like his namesake William Shakespeare. But only the name and their profession bind these two persons together. Because although William is an author he is not quite as magnificent an author as the famous Shakespeare was it. In fact he is just a biographer who is “writing £1.99 stories for the record shops”. William does not seem
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In the novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell both the main character Winston Smith feels like he has finally met Julia‚ his lover‚ to whom he can relate to. Julia and Winston however are very different. Winston Smith is a thirty- nine old year old. He is very thin and unfit. He is employed as a records editor in records department at the ministry of truth. He is also an outer party member living the victory mansions. Winston suffers from an itching and inflaming ulcer in his right ankle. He knows
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In George Orwell’s dystopian 1984 both Winston Smith‚ the main character‚ and Julia‚ his love interest‚ rebel against the Party in different ways but Julia’s rebellion is preferable. Julia sleeps around with plenty of men while also being a part of the Junior Anti-Sex League. She has fun while doing this unspeakable act of rebellion that could most likely ruin her life. She reassures Winston of their relationship saying that she has done it “scores of times” and that her affairs are “always with
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Although‚ the modern version of “Hills like White Elephants” may be a better video for today’s viewers the traditional version is more superior to Hemingway’s subtext because both the man and girl have different viewpoints‚ jig wants to make the choice for herself ‚ and throughout the whole video there are hints of the man leaving the girl behind. When the couple is sitting at the table in the station‚ the man brings up many promises about this operation during the conversation which the girl clearly
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Even though Tan and Orwell have two different approaches to showing a struggle to fit into society‚ they are actually in agreement that people who come from different places struggle to fit. This common ground becomes apparent through the emotion behind each authors’ writing. In both Tan and Orwell’s writing they show a variety of feelings. These feelings consist of sadness‚ anger and bitterness. The first illustration of both authors’ accord is the way each of them express sadness from the way
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Inside the Aurora Colorado Shooting On the night of July 20th‚ 2012 the term tragedy was rewritten as the largest mass shooting in United States history took place in a movie theater located in Aurora‚ Colorado. What is now known as “The Batman Massacre” resulted in twelve casualties‚ fifty eight injuries‚ grief ridden family members‚ and left the rest of the United States searching for answers. This horrific scene will be replayed in the minds of the survivors for life and will be one of grave
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Gus Van Sant’s Elephant was at once critically praised and denounced by both film reviewers and filmgoers alike. The cinematography takes you on a waltz throughout a seemingly typical day at an unnamed high school‚ stopping through the journey to focus on the stereotypes of school. The jock‚ the quirky artist‚ the cliqued girls‚ the skateboarder‚ they are all represented and representative of his film. Van Sant created a film‚ seemingly without a staunch opinion on the horrors of the Columbine
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March 20th‚ 2014 A.C.E. ENGLISH II 1984 PAPER In George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ the authoritarian government known as Big Brother controlled and watched the citizens via numerous types of technology. Through telescreens‚ microphones‚ cameras‚ and ‘thought police’‚ the government was able to keep complete dominance
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Sample Essay on 1984 George Orwell’s novel “1984” is truly a masterpiece that continues influencing many people around the world and has a deserved title of best-seller. The novel presents a nightmare vision of the repressive state control in Oceania. Although written in the middle of the last century‚ this story is nevertheless relevant today to the politics of state as it has never been before. This book teaches us not only the important lessons of the past‚ but also presents the essential ideas
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“ Do you see‚ then‚ what kind of world we are creating?” (Orwell‚ 1950 p.267)George Orwell‚ author of 1984 released in 1950‚ present the idea of a society that proves to be a dystopia as it is completely based on fear and rarely does one see happiness while in the other hand‚ Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World presents the idea of a functional utopia were feelings are destroyed and no one is unhappy because they don’t know happiness but all this could change by the hands of one outcast. These two societies
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