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    whole development of the tale is the first level. Also every animal has it kind of secret identity which is connected to some famous figure from Soviet Union history. And we have the second level of meaning which is Orwell’s critique to the whole communist regime. It is very well constructed through out the story line. As I said the animals share their identity with famous Russian political individuals from history. For example through out the character of the pig Napoleon is presented Joseph Stalin

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    The novel 1984 by George Orwell portrays many political dynamics and propaganda techniques. The party in control uses the Ministry of Truth to disseminate lies and control the news‚ and newspeak to manipulate the population by changing the language. Newspeak is the modification of the working language in which the citizens of Oceania live by. The modification of the language is way of controlling the people’s thoughts and actions‚ and obtaining the will of “Big Brother.” If you take away the knowledge

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    “The Lottery” Research Paper Outline Thesis/Essay Map Statement: Through the names of the characters used‚ the ritualized use of a scapegoat‚ and the actions of the women in “The Lottery‚” Shirley Jackson symbolistically foreshadowed the unforeseeable ending and portrayed the culture of rural America. Main supporting points and minor supporting details: I. The names of the characters symbolistically foreshadowed the unforeseeable ending and portrayed the culture of rural America. A. Mr

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    exploit propaganda to obtain the power of the farm. The following will present examples of how propaganda is used‚ and what techniques are most prominent. Scapegoat is the foremost example of propaganda used in the book. Scapegoat is when all of the tribulations and disasters that transpire are attributed to an individual or group. Scapegoat is used frequently in alliance with quick fix – a fast and easy solution to all problems that are occurring in the present time. At the beginning of the novel

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    To what extent were Jews assimilated into Germany by 1930? 24 marks It would be extremely simplistic to state that all Jews were well assimilated in Germany by 1930 as the mere existence of segregation within the Jewish community within Germany serves as a representation that some were assimilated and some were not. We have the different ‘types’ of Jew such as: the German Jew‚ the Jewish German‚ the Ostjuden and the Polacks. These represent the Jewish chain in the German community and where they

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    progress even when it is necessary. The townspeople have made the bloody ritual a masquerade for their selfishness of wanting a scapegoat. Beneath all of the trappings of civilizations‚ man continues searching for scapegoats and thus their innate savagery shines though. "This story comments upon the all-too-humantendency to seize upon a scapegoat and to visit upon the scapegoat the cruelties that most of us seem to have dammed up within us"(Brooks et al. 1995: 224). They give no care whatsoever: they

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    In Monsters are Due on Maple St. there were many themes. The two themes I picked that I think are the most valid are “Suspicion can destroy” and “a thoughtless‚ frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout of its own.” Both of these themes are very good explanations of the story. The first theme “suspicion can destroy” has many examples that support it. When the spaceship flies over the sky and there is a loud noise with a flash of light everybody becomes suspicious of what is going on. Soon people

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    “The Lottery” 1.The dark ending was not a typically lottery but throughout the story methods of foreshadowing was used by the author‚ Shirley Jackson. Characters throughout the story fear the lottery nervously but the dark suspicions are confirmed when “Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers. "You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!"”(Jackson 5). Tessie instead of being excited for winning the lottery is extremely against winning which confirms that

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    a failed one at that. The narrator and main character of “The Yellow Wallpaper” can be determined as a kind of failed hero‚ if not anti-hero‚ through an archetypal lens of analysis which identifies her initiation‚ her quest‚ and the sacrificial scapegoat of the situation. Every hero needs some sort of start‚ with harrowing conditions‚ which metamorphoses them into an actual hero. Any hero’s initiation can be broken down into

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    family system. They are responsible and self- sufficient. They project the family at its best manner and‚ often referred as role model for siblings. Hero makes the parents feel proud of their parenting despite of what is in reality. b) Scapegoat – one who express the anger or emotions sincerely. However‚ lacking the attention and recognition in good

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