1984 George Orwell‚ author of 1984‚ describes a world where anonymity is dead. He goes on to tell the reader that this idea of a world could possibly exist in the real world. This idea haunts readers throughout Orwell ’s novel. Orwell hopes that readers will leave 1984 believing the possibility of this world is real; enough to question government and tread cautiously into the future. Orwell intends to portray Oceania realistically enough to convince contemporary readers that such a society has‚
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Audience Analysis The target audience for this summary and response writing exercise over George Orwell ’s Shooting An Elephant would be the other individuals and the instructor of this online English Composition course. The majority of my core audience‚ minus the instructor‚ should be my fellow college students taking this course. Other than stating that the others who will be reading this piece vary in age‚ ethnicity‚ and overall life experience; I would be hard pressed to further describe my
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George Orwell’s short story “Shooting an Elephant‚” is set in Burma during the British rule. The narrator is a white policeman who is forced to shoot an elephant that has gone rogue and is destroying crops and buildings and has killed one person. He gathers his guns and sets off in the direction of the rogue elephant and his following of natives increases as he gets closer to the elephant. The elephant’s owner is not in town so he is forced to make a decision about shooting the elephant. The narrator
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The society in the novel of 1984 written by George Orwell is based on power and hate. This society controls the community by brainwashing and training them to follow their leader big brother‚ i could not be able to live and or survive in a society based on hatred for everyone and everything. I have read and learned about these societies and they have all came crashing down. For example Hitler and his tyranny state. Humans should not be controlled in such a way because it eliminates their rights.
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“All animals are equal‚ but some animals are more equal than others”(Orwell 177). In the novel‚ Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ the pigs take advantage over the other animals by hoarding food‚ living in the house‚ and doing barely any work. Mr. Jones was a bad owner of the farm before‚ yet when Napoleon and the pigs took over things were not any better. First‚ the pigs start to hoard food while the others rations are cut. Napoleon tricks the animals into thinking the pigs need apples and milk in
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states‚ “If one simply proclaims that all is for the best and doesn’t point to the sinister symptoms‚ one is merely helping to bring totalitarianism nearer” and through this recognition‚ Orwell’s rebellion against a totalitarian state took form (“George Orwell’s Letter”). Rebellion can be a versatile and fluid concept‚ taking the form of the resentful or the oppressed. 1984 explores rebellion for the purpose of Orwell’s anti-despotic political statement. His depiction of a future totalitarian
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Letter to President George Washington Name: Liam Glynn Block: E Dear Sir Washington‚ It has come to be known how much Thomas Jefferson and I dislike on another. I’m sure you already know this. This man is a fool in my opinion and is unfortunately my colleague in your cabinet. This foolish fellow believes that the power of the government should lie in the hands of the masses. This is foolish. Imagine that! The poor and uneducated practically ruling our country! The government should be
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leadership‚ even in an ideally equal civilization‚ if unrestrained can quickly fester into insuppressible tyranny. Such a transformation is effortless‚ with tactics such as fear and threats‚ and obliteration of freedom is inevitable. Such is the theme of George Orwell’s parable Animal Farm‚ as such is the theme of all failed paradises; the horrendous state of things in the beginning is greatly improved in the highest point‚ but towards the end the state rapidly descends to the primal dictatorial state it
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dictators‚ Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin‚ were defeated after World War II. To make sure the world does not see evil such as them again‚ author George Orwell wrote his novel 1984 to warn every one of the dangers of totalitarianism. Despite his efforts‚ the threat of totalitarian regimes is still seen today through Kim Jong-un’s rule over North Korea. In George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ the Party displays totalitarian ideals and characteristics similar to that of North Korea’s society through the absolute
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In Homage to Catalonia‚ George Orwell describes what the conflict was like. He provides the following details to show exactly this as well as conditions on the ground and fighting: • “It was the first time that I had ever been in a town where the working class was in the saddle. Practically every building of any size had been seized by the workers and was draped with red flags or with the red and black flag of the Anarchists; every wall was scrawled with the hammer and sickle and with the initials
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