Animal farm is the first example of a piece of literature that involves an immense amount of violence and harsh wording in order to get the point across. Alliterations also play a huge role in the creation of this novel as well. The author‚ George Orwell does an amazing job at taking an old‚ confusing
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an elephant presents the animal and its death sympathetically as it died a slow‚ painful death. Through the language‚ the author evokes sympathy towards the elephant and a slightly more complex feeling towards the author who‚ although he kills the elephant‚ suffers inwardly during the process and appears to be affected by the Burman crowd’s greed to strip the carcass. In the society Orwell lived in‚ hunting was common amongst gentlemen and is less challenged morally. This is revealed by “one never
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In George Orwell’s 1984 there are three class levels that everyone belongs to almost like our own. There is the inner party they are the party everyone wants to be in. They would be like our top 3% . Then we have the outer party this is similar to our to our middle class (doctors and lawyers). Lastly are the proles they are the masses they would be like our underprivileged people. Why does Big Brother treat every class differently? In our world today and the world George Orwell describes in 1984
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English as a global language English is spoken in most parts of the world‚ for instance in Great Britain‚ the USA‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand and in many more countries. Moreover in African states English serves as main form of communication. English is‚ after the Chinese one‚ the language most people speak and it is the most popular second language and foreign language pupils learn in school. The English language is often named as a “killer language” that wipes out smaller languages
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The events of the book 1984 by George Orwell takes place in 1984‚ almost half a century after World War II and a few years after the Atomic Wars which resulted in three new superpowers dominating the world. Great Britain is absorbed by the USA and becomes known as Airstrip One. This new superpower state is called Oceania with the other two being Eurasia‚ Soviet Union combined with most of Europe‚ and Eastasia‚ comprised of the eastern side of Asia including China‚ Japan‚ Korea etc. All three are
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open-ended war on terrorism. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984‚ the government utilizes surveillance methods to maintain control over the people of Oceania. The telescreen is a tool operated by the Party to continuously monitor the activity of the people to inhibit any degree of public or private disobedience against the Party. Orwell refers to
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Throughout history‚ there has been one question that every citizen has considered: Who has predominant power in our society today? Many argue “the short answer‚ from 1776 to the present‚ is: Those who have the money -- or more specifically‚ who own income-producing land and businesses -- have the power” (Domhoff). If this is true‚ the real question here is: how exactly do these wealthy individuals use their social standings to support capitalism and hold their statuses in society both in the past
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sensational nature‚ created to be widely shared online for the purpose of generating ad revenue via web traffic or discrediting a public figure‚ political movement‚ company‚ etc”. (Time) There are many similarities between the themes in the book 1984 by George Orwell and the current trend of spreading fake news in today’s culture. In 1984‚ the only information the citizens of Oceania are told is exactly what the government wants them to hear‚ regardless of the accuracy of the reports. Today in 2017‚ fake news
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is a ______. A. B. C. D. food language number city 9. Gold is a ______. fruit language number color 5. A banana is a ______. country number woman language 7. A lion is ______. country sport city color 4. Green is a ______. A. B. C. D. A. B. C. D. country
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something that could be completely avoided‚ to establish superiority over the locals who have harassed him in the past. Orwell does a great job of setting the tone – gloomy‚ low-spirited‚ and one filled with unhappy events by using words such as target‚ sneering yellow faces‚ hooted‚ bogged‚ huddling‚ evil-spirited little
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