“ War is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ ignorance is strength ” - 1984 George Orwell. The most symbolic and persuasive quote written in the “1984” novel‚ What is the significant? Why does Orwell use this kind of repetition all over his novel? The slogan is divided into three parts‚ therefore when reading at first sight students would probably say‚ They all contradict each other‚ After critical thinking and reading the novel‚ in my opinion‚ there is certainly truth behind them. Such action is called
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Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ we follow a community of animals as they change political regimes‚ and repeat the same mistakes as before. Through irony and symbolism‚ Orwell shows us how ignorance and naïvety lead to the repetition of past errors. The author uses irony throughout the book‚ to make us realize that ignorance and naïvety are connected to the recurrence of past blunders. One day in early summer‚ once all the animals are done for the day‚ they hear Clover scream. They all rush to her aid‚
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Literary Analysis: Fredrick Douglass Ignorance Is Bliss: Fredrick Douglass’ Search for Freedom through Knowledge In the Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ Written by Himself Douglass writes about his life as a slave and his effort to educate both white and black men‚ about the nature of slavery‚ and its inherent injustice. Throughout his text‚ Douglass places a very high value on knowledge and education. It becomes obvious to the reader that very early on in
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Samuel Huntington has made famous his thesis "the clash of civilizations"‚ which was developed in his article in Foreign Affairs in 1993 and in the book that followed‚ in which the author expanded his thesis and reaffirmed the validity of his theory after the success and controversy that followed the publication of his article. In fact‚ the “civilizational” approach of conflicts today is now intrinsically linked to a comprehensive theory of international relations‚ which Samuel Huntington has developed
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If I am Not Special‚ What Are You? “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” (King). In David McCullough Jr.’s “You Are Not Special” speech‚ he surely proved that theory. Mr. McCullough‚ who is an English teacher at Wellesley High school‚ spoke at the class of 2012 graduation. The quote above reflects his speech because it seemed like he knew near to nothing about the little details he threw into his speech such as “…Make for yourselves‚ please
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Gender‚ Power and Violence Violence reflects and creates gendered power relations- Central to maintaining patriarchy Central aspect of feminist theory Control of behavior of women- from clothing to movement in public space Gender-based violence compromises the health‚ dignity‚ security and autonomy of its victims Keeps women in “their place” of oppression Police‚ judges etc. are traditionally males- nothing to gain from helping males The threat of violence is enough to make sure that
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breaking down the differences and similarities of both religions and using articles and journals to back up my stand‚ I would like to display that the depiction of Christianity as the source that tore the clans apart is only perpetuating prejudice and ignorance as much as the word ‘tribe’ does and only telling one very small side of the story of the deterioration of the African clans‚ lineages‚ cultures‚ beliefs and ways of life. The particular religious practices of the Ibo people of Umuofia are focused
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his profound quotes: “If knowledge can create problems‚ it is not through ignorance that we can solve them”‚ Isaac Asimov shows his perception for knowledge and ignorance as well as to what they lead. Based on his thought‚ the expansion of knowledge leads to expansion of problems while ignorance responds to smaller number of troubles and struggles. More knowledge causes more uncertainties and harder life whereas ignorance simplifies people’s way of living to such extent that there is no meaning in
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What can you walk towards forever and never reach? The answer is simple: the horizon. The use of the horizon as a metaphor for knowledge is very accurate‚ depending on how one perceives knowledge. To some people‚ knowledge may seem like a giant treasure chest filled with knowledge‚ but it if we keep taking from the chest one day we will run out of knowledge. To me knowledge is so vast that no one person could ever even come close to knowing everything. With each new discovery we make‚ we open doors
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journey of twelfth night is usually from the darkness of ignorance to the light of self knowledge. Discuss this journey in Twelfth Night. The play‚ Twelfth Night‚ was written as a comedy‚ however‚ one can clearly see that it served many purposes such as criticizing the society of the time and as a result posed difficult questions on a society which in itself was ignorant on many issues in the society. Many characters undergo a change from ignorance to being enlightened by self knowledge. The characters
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