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    George Washington is the most influential person from the American Revolutionary Era because he led the colonist to a victory in the Revolutionary war against the british which is the most powerful army in the world‚ he was the first president on the United States of America‚ and he also was the president of the constitutional convention in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. The first reason why he is the most influential person in that Era is the he led the colonist to victory against Great Britain which

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    In Oceania when you step out of line‚ you will be punished accordingly. That is the message George Orwell tries to get across to his reader in 1984. Since that is the notion he is trying to get his reader to understand as the author in this book‚ he obeys that rule as well. Orwell uses many literary devices and techniques such as symbolism‚ metaphors‚ tone‚ allusions‚ and many more… to make the reader understand what kind of society Winston is living in. The tone of 1984 is very gloomy and the

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    Symbols George Orwell novel 1984 contains symbols and images throughout the novel. Although symbols such as rats‚ the coral paperweight‚ songs‚ and Winston’s varicose ulcer only appear infrequently‚ they do provide important functions. Winston had a reoccurring dream which found himself standing in front of a wall of darkness of which on the other side there was something to dreadful to face. He always woke up prior to finding out what was on the other side. After awaking during one of Winston

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    “First in war‚ First in Peace‚ and First in the hearts of his countrymen.” These were the famous words stated by Henry Lee about George Washington at his eulogy‚ which demonstrated the significance of one of the greatest Americans. George Washington was extremely pivotal for the triumph of the American Revolution due to strategic battle plans‚ leadership skills‚ and his sense of patriotism. He was a master of military strategy; probably crafted during the French and Indian war. General Washington

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    How did George Washington defuse the tension surrounding the Newburgh Crisis? (discussed in class). Washington went on stage to give his address. Once on stage he puts on his eye glasses and says “I’ve gone gray in your service and now I’m nearly blind.” He then asks them to please not do this and the officers call of the march on Philadelphia. What was the importance of Judith Sergeant Murray and Mercy Otis Warren?Judith Sargeant Murray was a published author and civil rights advocate. She believed

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    Rationale For my written task‚ I wanted to focus on the learning topics presented in part four. My task is a small‚ portable handbook made for each party member to carry on them at all times. I wanted to represent the themes throughout the book 1984‚ such as totalitarianism‚ conformity‚ the effect of simplistic words/thinking (newspeak)‚ surveillance‚ loyalty to the government‚ lack of creativity‚ and the widespread untrusting nature of the society. After reading 1984‚ there was identifiable

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    “The rule of the Party is forever.” (Orwell 262) is what O’Brien is engraining into Winston as he is torturing him. No one in this society dares question the Party in fear of being vaporized. The thought of rebellion is inconceivable. Winston Smith sees something everyone else does not. The prolitarians‚ commonly called proles‚ go unnoticed by nearly everybody because they are poor and dirty. To Winston‚ they’re the key to freedom. While he was incarcerated‚ he noticed that the prole criminals were

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    Totalitarianism‚ a form of government that has absolute authority over all aspects of its citizen’s public and private lives. Media persistently regulated to convey that those in power are great and always right‚ citizens are closely monitored to identify any form of rebelliousness; propaganda is plentiful and a police state is held to oppress and instill a sense of powerlessness in people who dare think of fighting back. A single party is in power and has no competition‚ and is never challenged

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    Orwell’s 1984 Eleven years prior to the beginning of the action in 1984‚ Winston Smith accidentally comes across a photograph of three men: Jones‚ Aronson‚ and Rutherford. The "party" had contrived a plot to prove the three guilty of treason. The picture‚ however‚ because of its true location and date in relation to the party’s false scenario‚ shows the men’s innocence. The picture provides Orwell’s protagonist‚ Winston Smith‚ with "concrete‚ unmistakable evidence of falsification" of the past

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    What is truth? Many believe that truth is what we are taught and the words we know‚ but the basic question Orwell raises in 1984 is whether there is any such thing as “truth.” Fromm further argues that the beliefs of truth explained in 1984 are “a development which is taking place in the Western industrial countries.” The three slogans discussed by Orwell are war is peace‚ freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength‚ which are‚ in fact‚ a reality in present day society. The first slogan Orwell

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