Book Review [pic] Essays of Orwell [pic] George Orwell (1903 – 1950) [pic] Edited by : M.G.Nayar Review done by : [pic] Fahimuddin Shaikh Roll no. 44 R.H.Patel English Medium B.Ed. College Kadi Sarva VishwaVidyalaya Campus‚ Sector 23‚ Gandhinagar. Year 2007-2008 Introduction : 1) The Aims of Book review : The book-review is appreciating‚ analyzing and criticizing a book wherein the reviewer goes through the book comprehensively to come out with his own ideas about
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The American Revolution; the one war that gave America the hope to become it’s own independent nation. But you may be wondering‚ who was the commander-in-chief that lead the Patriots to their victory? That man was General George Washington‚ known amongst all current Americans as both the first U.S president and one of the key people in America’s fight for independence. He was elected commander-in-chief during the second Continental Congress held in Philadelphia. Through Washington’s time commanding
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1984 is a novel written by George Orwell depicting a dystopian society in Oceania where the Party oppresses human actions with the omniscience Big Brother. His novel introduces the phrase describing life without freedom: Big Brother is watching you. The rundown‚ tyrannical government of 1984 is often being compared to today’s society‚ and Americans fear that we will become the dystopian civilization in Orwell’s novel. People claim that the surveillance technology used by our government is inhibiting
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Drama‚ War‚ History Franklin J. Schaffner George C. Scott‚ Karl Malden‚ Stephen Young Academy Award for Best Picture The Truth: George S. Patton Jr. was a senior commanding officer of the United States Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European scenes of World War II‚ and is best known for his dedicated leadership of the Third Army in Europe after the Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy‚ France in June 1944. Before George was a General for the Third Army‚ he gained his
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Law enforcement in Pennsylvania has put up a search for a middle-aged man suspected of the murder of a 14-year old girl and the possibility of several others. The young victim’s elbow was found by a neighboring dog as was her hat covered in saliva‚ which is thought to have been used as a gag. The past murders do not seem to be consistent to one age group and no other patterns have been found. The oldest known victim‚ Sophie Cichetti‚ was age 49 at death. She was murdered in her home‚ however she
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George Ohr (1857-1918)‚ the self-proclaimed “Mad Potter of Biloxi” created a collection of ceramic art that defied the traditional aesthetic of nineteenth-century America. Ohr’s entry into the field of pottery was not an instantaneous one; as the son of German immigrants‚ Ohr initially followed in his father’s footsteps‚ learning the blacksmith trade in his early adolescent years (Black‚ 1978). After working alongside his father‚ Ohr abandoned the blacksmith trade and immersed himself in over a dozen
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In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell is conveying the message that imperialism within a society creates an imbalance in power amongst individuals‚ where Orwell came to realize that he was not on the top of the heap but a tool to oppress the Burmese people. Orwell employs the use of metaphors to enforce his message. When Orwell states‚ “conjurer about to perform a trick”. This way of looking at Orwell is contrary to the way that white Europeans would be looked at in ordinarily. In this
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may be‚ because as much as you might think so‚ life isn’t a statistics class. Just because the rest of the world is special doesn’t mean I can’t be too. I first learned the phrase “doublethink” from what I believe is its source‚ the book 1984 by George Orwell‚ describing the ability to hold two conflicting ideas in one’s head while accepting both as true. In 1984‚ Orwell presents the idea as almost decidedly negative‚ an effect of
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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell tells the story of Winston‚ a man who lives in a dystopian society in which everything is controlled by the Inner Party and everyone worships the enigmatic leader known as Big Brother. Within this society Orwell establishes a sexist undertone through the way in which women are portrayed. In the novel‚ women are seen as being less competent‚ sexual objectified‚ and morally reprehensible. Orwell depicts women in Nineteen Eighty-Four as being less capable than
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Landscape with a Watermill by George Barret is an oil painting of a rural forest scene. The painting features an old‚ although working‚ dilapidated watermill‚ weary travelers on a grassy ledge‚ a rundown shack‚ and alert cows. Up above‚ grey clouds indicate an impending storm. In this painting‚ Barret wanted to depict the uncertainness of the future by emphasizing the central figures. To do this‚ he expertly used the elements of art. In the foreground of the painting‚ there are two people resting
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