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    George Orwell’s Animal Farm: Ignorance of Animals and Pigs Controlling Farm In George Orwell’s book‚ Animal Farm‚ it is obvious that that the pigs‚ tyrants though they were‚ were awarded control of the farm through the ignorance of the other animals. There are various statements in the book that support this idea. After reading this piece‚ the importance of education should be clear. It seemed as though the pigs created and enacted propositions‚ and took liberties that increased their control

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    Arvin Drei A. Maras Dann Ervin Tolentino Fhatie Sawadjaan Professor Nikolo MC Panganoron Cultural Anthropology March 19‚ 2015 Blissful Ignorance: Grasping the Filipino Psyche on the Matters of Religion “Where ignorance is bliss‚ ’tis folly to be wise” (Wikipedia 2015). This was a phrase from an English poet named Thomas Gray. He was reflecting with nostalgia on a time when he was a kid where he was allowed to be ignorant. I ’d like to use that phrase to illustrate what it ’s like to live a happier

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    first time. At this point Mailer introduces a "Time Machine" section on Gallagher’s Boston-Irish background‚ his training in frustrated prejudice. Just as we first see Gallagher as fully human‚ stunned by the loss of his wife‚ Mailer highlights his ignorance and bigotry. Paradoxically‚ we are all the more impressed by Gallagher’s intense feeling for his wife. He becomes a more complex and interesting character than would have been possible had his biography or his mourning been presented alone. Thus

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    A Character Analysis of Oedipus the King Who is one of the most famous tragic heroes in the world of literature? It can be none other than the main character in Oedipus Rex: Oedipus the King. This is an inspired play written by Sophocles. In the duration of the play‚ a prophet has told that Oedipus is going to kill his father‚ and then marry his mother. Because of this‚ Oedipus faces many problems through the course of his life. But his doomed fate is not the only thing that causes him to fall

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    governmental apparatus: the Ministry of Peace‚ which wages war; the Ministry of Plenty‚ which plans economic shortages; and the dreaded Ministry of Love‚ the center of the Inner Party’s loathsome activities. WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH From a drawer in a little alcove hidden from the telescreen‚ Winston pulls out a small diary he recently purchased. He found the diary in a secondhand store in the proletarian district‚ where the very poor live relatively unimpeded

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    1984 For as long as governments have existed‚ the people they ruled feared them. This fear and the desire to improve these governments have let to countless different attempts to perfect government. From the most liberal democracy to the most crushing dictatorship‚ governments have all faced some shortcomings. Because of the faults inherent in all governments‚ various types of governance have been the topic for many authors. The late novelist Ayn Rand wrote many books on the trouble that

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    Ignorance - self knowledge is the most important part of the protagonist‚ Travis. Here Travis is trying to portray a tough guy‚ ignorant attitude when really he is a scrawny boy. Travis gains knowledge from the books he finds in Leonard’s trailer. He gains

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    veil of ignorance. This ensures that no one is advantaged or disadvantaged”. In reality‚ how to create such a circumstance in which people are behind the “veil of ignorance” and no one is advantaged or disadvantaged? Because in our society‚ people are born in different family. They have different religions‚ social status‚ interests‚ and backgrounds. It is hard to prevent them from making a choice that will favor their particular condition. If there is no way to apply the “veil of ignorance”‚ what

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    build big cities. One may be amazed to think how the pyramids of Egypt were probably built and how the knowledge of trigonometry and measurement were evolved in those days. What we seek‚ while we speculate and meditate is the gradual end to our ignorance. We have come a long way from worshiping the forces of nature to the present day scientific feats of our ability to get high resolution pictures from the surface of Mars. From the speculation of Heraclitus‚ Pythagoras‚ Socrates to renaissance of

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    between the rich and the poor is not drastic‚ but rather‚ the “average amount of wealth is lower.” In order to achieve this theory of “The Original Position‚” Rawls rightfully claims that people must have a ‘veil of ignorance’ when designing the new society because with the ‘veil of ignorance‚’

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