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    relaxation becomes a memory as soon as the determined pig Napoleon comes into the picture. Napoleon’s search for absolute power is shown by him constantly manipulating the animals of the farm with fear‚ lies‚ and taking advantage of the animals’ ignorance in order to maintain his control‚ all of which affect the animals’ lives negatively. It has become the norm for Napoleon to regularly twist the farm’s commandments for his own

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    Lost Ignorance By: Charleston White Children are ignorant and happy people. If a child touches a hot oven and burns themselves‚ they learn to avoid ovens while they’re hot and that the world isn’t a safe place. This scenario is an example of a child’s blissful ignorance‚ however many people other than children are ignorantly blissful. Many adults are more experienced and know more about the world than any child‚ but adults who score higher intellectually are despairing. In the article “13 Reasons

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    The Ramifications of Ignorance From the perspective of a non-African reader‚ the novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ by Chinua Achebe‚ is the story of a seemingly uninviting character‚ named Okonkwo‚ who struggles to secure his status and masculinity within himself and his culture during the time of European colonialism. His continuous struggle leads to his downfall and ultimate death‚ in which the District Commissioner orders his messenger to retrieve Okonkwo’s body and bury him‚ on account of the villagers

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    Knowledge vs. Ignorance In Ray Bradbury’s novel “Fahrenheit 451” a brief insight is given into what I believe our current world is evolving towards. Bradbury created a world that’s placed so much emphasis on artificial happiness that at some point this became the only thing of importance. If we view this novel in the aspect of this story originally being written in 1953‚ and compare it to our current society and how much things have evolved to matching Bradbury’s description in Fahrenheit 451‚ I’d

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    Ignorance or Intelligence As C.P. Snow from the ongoing New York Times once said‚ “Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand‚ and it stabs you in the back with the other.”. This means that science‚ although great‚ can be dangerous. In the novella “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes there is 37-year old character named Charlie Gordon who is mentally ill and has a operation that increases his intelligence three times. The effects end up temporary and forcing him to

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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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    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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    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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