will have a generation of idiots” these are the words of Albert Einstein. Technology has been growing as the years past by but now wearable technology has become a trend in today’s society. George Orwell 1984 novel is accurate‚ effective‚ but fail to predict people’s willing towards using technology. Orwell fail to predict that the society’s self willing to be spied on. Well known brand companies are creating new wearable technology like the google glasses‚ new smart phones‚ and many more things
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Figurative Language versus Literal Language Introduction Figurative language is an important part of the English language that allows a person to better express their thoughts. However‚ some are careless in using figurative language that can cause confusion and misunderstanding. Below are some examples of the most common types of figurative language as well as their examples. Idiom Idioms are common in the English language but may pose problems if someone is not familiar with the idiomatic
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"Politics and the English Language" is an essay by George Orwell published in 1946 where he criticizes the way written English language has evolved. Orwell uses five texts from various contemporary authors to identify in them the "perversions" in the evolution of the language. He then classifies these into four main fallacies: "dying metaphors" or cliches‚ "operators or verbal false limbs" or the elimination of simple verbs and the use of passive voice rather than active‚ "pretentious diction" or
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long..." Mirrors can not look at other objects because looking is a characteristic of a living object. Mirrors can only reflect what can be viewed in the background of an area. In this instance‚ the reader learned (though interpretation of the figurative language) that the mirror reflects its ’feelings’ for the objects that it can and can not ’see.’ Without this personification‚ we would not understand the mirror’s true feelings‚ and the one would not be able to truly interpret the theme of appearance
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surface‚ George Orwell’s novel Animal farm written in 1966‚ is about a group of neglected farm animals who overthrow their owner and take control of their farm. However‚ under the surface‚ the novel is an allegory to the Russian revolutionary war. Using animals to represent some important people‚ Orwell made his point clear about power being able to corrupt. In Animal farm the author uses common diction making it known to us that he intended to write for an everyday person. In addition‚ Orwell uses a
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Siddhartha In the book Siddhartha‚ by Herman Hesse‚ figurative language is used to create beautiful pictures‚ settings and feelings more real. Strong images‚ metaphors‚ and symbols help to make the books topic‚ Buddhism‚ more understandable. Imagery is used to make the setting and Siddhartha’s words come alive. The author spends a good amount of time describing the settings in Siddhartha’s journey‚ to convey that in Buddhism words are not just the teachings‚ but lessons of everyday life
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The People’s Republic of China went through a drastic change in culture and as a nation under a communist government. The methods that this government had used under Mao Zedong’s direction‚ can also be seen used by the government in ‘1984’‚ a novel by George Orwell. Both governments used their powers to control their nation and citizens to an extreme. Under Mao Zedong’s government‚ the Chinese suffered from state-controlled media‚ destruction of traditional cultural practices and the subversion of
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Orwell was also incorrect in the way he believed newspeak would be used. He never expressed the belief that a group besides the leaders would use newspeak. Today newspeak has been swapped for the term political correctness. "The notion of political correctness came into use among communists in the 1930s as a semi-humorous reminder that the party’s interest is to be treated as a reality that ranks above reality itself."(Codevilla) This quote is saying that whatever the leaders tell must be true and
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commands‚ because creative people can be dangerous to totalitarian control. The critical essay “George Orwell and the Mad World: The Anti-Universe of 1984” by Ralph A. Ranald discusses the theme of controlled madness and of a reverse society in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Ranald argues that Nineteen Eighty-Four is about “…religion reversed‚ law and government reversed‚ and above all‚ language reversed: not simply corrupted‚ but reversed” (Ranald 251). He refers to Winston as an “antihero”
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Lucy’s house of memories was burnt to the ground each night Personification Comparing an inanimate object to a person In The Language of Flowers‚ the flowers were vocal about who they were arranged with Hyperbole A statement that is exaggerated Johannes was so hungry he could’ve ate a horse (hyperbole when not starving but literally in this case) Imagery Visually descriptive language The haunting‚ dark clouds were eradicated from Vada’s life when a friend beamed with light rays after Thomas J’s death
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