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    George Orwell Research Annie Ward His real name and reason behind this change. * He was born as Eric Arthur Blair * The reason he changed his name was due to a sudden change in his own lifestyle; we went from being a pillar of the British imperial establishment to a literary and political rebel. * He never fully abandoned his original name‚ but all of his official work came under the name of George Orwell * The surname he adopted came from a river in East Anglia called Orwell

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    independent are doomed to fail‚ Men who are subjected to the collective will are free from danger. No society can be perfect‚ love and hate between people always seems to be present because that makes people humans. The party slogan in the 1984 by George Orwell appropriately uses; “War is peace “ because people act united with each other being enemies than while being friends. Humans can go up to months or even years being friends and not communicating with one another or talking about that person with

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    George Orwell wrote 1984 in the year 1949‚ four years after the end of World War II. This book shows us an extreme side of war and the totalitarion system. 1984 is important because we see just how much humans need personal freedom. Orwell was very motivated by the rise of comunism in Russia. Seeing as he wrote this before Russia dominated Europe‚ it is safe to say he was very good at predicting situations. He also wanted to expose the truth behind these regimes and warn people about how dangerous

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    In the book‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ Oceana is a place where everyone and everything is monitored in order for the government to keep control. There is an exception to this though‚ the lower class does not seem to have the power to overturn the government‚ therefore‚ they are not monitored. Everyone else is monitored by devices called telescreens. These devices can hear and see what people do on a daily basis. They can also be used as some kind of televisions‚ where announcements are made‚ mainly

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    “A Hanging” by George Orwell (Literary Analysis) “A Hanging” is a short story about the death of a prisoner who gets hanged. The writer‚ George Orwell was motivated by as a head police in Burma to write this story. Orwell utilizes a mixture of literary components‚ devices‚ and gadgets to pass on his disproval of the death penalty. He makes a dreary climate‚ in the first person perspective‚ and develops irony about the corrections officer’s state of mind toward the prisoner’s death‚ to show that everybody

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    ” reminisces about a bad decision he made earlier in life‚ just like Tim. Reflecting on his experience‚ Orwell has also identified the reasons why he did it: “I could get nothing into perspective. I was young and ill-educated and I had to think out my problems in utter silence‚” Tim O’Brien also dealt with his problems alone‚ “ I felt isolated; I spent a lot of time alone.” Both Tim and George are struggling to deal with their problems and it’s eating away at them. In “On the Rainy River‚” having

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    In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”‚ Orwell mentions how he was hated and harassed by the people of Burma. Essentially‚ because of the fact that he was part of the British colony that oppressed the Burmese. From the beginning‚ Orwell did not concur with British Imperialism‚ he states “I had already made up my mind that imperialism was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out of it the better” (Orwell. 134). In addition‚ Orwell detested his job‚ he had to watch the prisoners

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    ”Nineteen Eighty-Four” – Pages 1-40 If there is any doubt of the persistent power of literature it should be banished by the novel “1984” by George Orwell. There is much that reasonant for most of us in Orwell’s dystopia in the face of Edward Snowden’s revelations about the NSA; the totalitarian State of Oceania‚ its menacing Big Brother‚ the history-erasing Ministry of Truth and the sinister Thought Police with their everpresent telescreens. Eventhough the novel “1984” was read by its readers

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    1984‚ a dystopian novel by George Orwell‚ warns of a future where the government has total control over its people. While it may have sounded ridiculous in the past‚ as time progresses Orwell’s vision is slowly coming to life in modern American society. With new technologies arising at a faster rate‚ a world dominated by the government is inevitable. A major example is the NSA organization. Edward Snowden‚ a former employee of the NSA‚ leaked information showing the government organization invading

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    In “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell presents a story in which he reluctantly kills an elephant. Orwell is a British police officer who is always teased by the Burmese‚ who see him as a representative of the British Empire but fail to realize that Orwell also opposes English occupation of Burma. One day‚ Orwell is called to investigate an accident in the marketplace involving a rampant elephant. Orwell borrows a rifle‚ which could bring down the elephant‚ from his friend. He hopes

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