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    If our society was full of fear and despair. And your force to do nonunderstandable commands. A place where you’re not allowed to think of your free will. A society where there only hate and nothing else. In the book‚ 1984 book written by George Orwell‚ a character named O’Brien‚ argues that a society that has hate can survive. However‚ Winston responds by stating that it would be impossible for a civilization to survive on fear and hatred. I agree with Winston. A society can’t survive with just

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    shy away from government interference. With today’s technology and paranoia‚ society is closer to 1984’s “Big Brother” scenario than it has ever been before. However‚ at the same time‚ a full blown out “Party” control seems impossible due to the mass awareness spread through Orwell’s 1984. The technology in “1984” is fictitious; however‚ society’s current technology is certainly catching up. In “1984” the party utilizes microphones and telescreens‚ two-way television-like instruments‚ in order to

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    No Humanity in 1984 Mrs. Parsons looks anxiously about the room‚ peering around corners to see if the children were nearby. Winston starts to bend down when Mrs. Parsons starts to say‚ “Of course if Tom was home he’d put it right in a minute. He loves anything like that. He’s ever so good with his hands‚ Tom is.” She stops abruptly. Boots trample then –BOOM! The children bursts into the living room‚ Mrs. Parsons’ shaking vigorously of fear (Orwell 21-24). Mrs. Parsons’ reaction towards her own children

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    George Orwell is a famous writer who wrote the science fiction novel “1984” and the political satire “Animal Farm”. However‚ he also wrote short works such as “Shooting an elephant”. George Orwell was placed in a difficult situation on deciding whether to shoot the elephant in order to protect others. Regardless of which side he acted on‚ he would still have others wishing he would have acted the opposite way. I believe George Orwell was not justified in killing the elephant‚ because the elephant

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    A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia. The meaning of utopia is a perfect place. Therefore making a dystopia a nightmarish place with many things wrong with it. The book "1984" is based in a dystopian world in 1984. This is the future from when the book was written. Orwell has to use many ideas and very twisted thoughts and nightmares to create this world‚ which seems to become more like reality year by year. An example of the dystopia being created would be the weather note on the first line of

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    Animal Farm‚ an allegorical novel written by George Orwell‚ is an acute representation of the political reality that keeps repeating itself. In the first chapter‚ readers are introduced to most of the novel’s characters. In addition‚ the main idea of the novel is presented. The concept of rebellion seems to be the chapter’s controlling idea. The elements of significant importance in the process of rebellion are the causes‚ contributors‚ and the futuristic results. Any rebellion has root causes. In

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    A Helpless Hero In the totalitarian society created in “1984” by George Orwell‚ the only factor one can own is their rebellion. Of course the choice is available to defy Big Brother‚ but the result is inevitable. You can live as a lie‚ or die as the truth – which will vanish just as the one who revealed it. Orwell presents this “heroic” figure as just the opposite. Physically and mentally‚ Winston is the exact opposite of the generic image of a hero. Winston appears to be a

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    World The book 1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian world filled with evil and sadness. This is how 1984 and America today compare and contrast agents each other. 1984 and America today both have a similarity and difference in government. Government also connects to technology‚ so there are similarities and differences in technology also. 1984 and America today are very different and similar but America could turn into a dystopian world if people let it. Some similarities between 1984 and government

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    George Orwell is well known‚ even though he died in 1950. He was British and an ex-cop. George Orwell is a very prominent author. He is known for a few of his books‚ written for a variety of purposes. However‚ this specific essay‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ is written to inform of us. He phrases this essay more as a narrative‚ which makes it not rhetorically effective. George Orwell uses great imagery and his syntax makes it simple for even high schoolers to read through his works. Orwell sent this

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    Government 260 Professor Gonzalez April 19‚ 2012 Reaction Paper: Classical Just War Theory and Its Relevance Today Cian O’Driscoll‚ author of the article Re-negotiation the Just War: the Invasion of Iraq and Punitive War‚ explains how the arguments of punitive war‚ or wars of punishment‚ from both Presidents George Bush and Tony Blair relate to the justification of going to war with Iraq in 2003. O’Driscoll‚ after explaining the justification of both

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