Through evocative parallels‚ a comparative study of texts allows for the composer’s didactic vision to be demonstrated through integration of context and form. Fritz Lang’s German cinematic masterpiece Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s emblematic literary classic 1984 (1949) are very much products of their time‚ galvanised by the profound conundrums and pessimistic predictions of their own cultural and societal contexts. Although remarkably divergent due to absolute contextual disparity‚ both
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manufacturing was done mainly in the people’s homes or in rural stores using hand tools or simple machinery. When the Industrial Revolution began it lead the people into a new era‚ full of new inventions‚ mass production and steam power. Though industrialisation increased Goods manufacturing and improved the standard of living for a small portion of people‚ the poor and the working class were stuck in terrible (and unsafe) jobs and poor living conditions. Due to the Industrial Revolution there was
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countries are in different stages of development‚ and thus grow at different speeds. An immature country will develop at a faster rate as its population begins industrialisation. People from this country will move to cities and leave behind their agriculture. A mature city will have slower rates of growth as it has already experienced industrialisation‚ and instead people are moving out of cities toward rural areas. Some countries are so rich from resources such as oil that they force development artificially
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during the last century will be analysed. A theme that has a major effect on sociological studies of the family is the relationship between the structure of the family and the related process of industrialisation and modernisation. For example the type of family that would be common in pre-industrialisation would be the extended family‚ which
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began on the right side but later switched to left in 1925‚ this lost them credibility within the Party as people saw them as unreliable and unable to make a decision. The three main debates they had were: industrialisation‚ world revolution‚ and the future of the revolution. The industrialisation debate came around because Lenin’s view that the
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In his escape‚ Elmer is representative of a different kind of attitude towards the industrialisation of America. His is the side of hope and possibility – he has the freedom to leave the suffocating surveillance of the small town in a way that was not afforded so easily to the generations before him. He will become one of the many‚ a dot in the masses that are seen so disparagingly in Manhattan Transfer. Yet‚ the kind of surveillance Elmer is running away from continues to exist in the cities. Individualism
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In what ways does globalisation affect regional integration in Africa? Globalisation is the “coalescence of varied transnational processes and domestic structures‚ allowing the economy‚ politics‚ culture and ideology of one country to penetrate another.” (Mittleman 1994‚ 428) By its very nature it is an intrusive process‚ one that ignores the sovereignty of states in order to allow the features of one state to infuse into another. Its modus operandi accordingly‚ is the manipulation of interactions
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latter and the need for religious values in humanity‚ itself attached to the importance of femininity. He also writes in parallel to the literary context of the times‚ for example criticising capitalism and portraying the negative effects of industrialisation. The novel is one of many critiques written at the time and suggests numerous social developments and ideas. In effect‚ Hard Times is one of Dickens’ strong social critiques. It is almost a satire in itself because of the use of humour and
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It was defeat in war which was the main reason for the February revolution. Do you agree with this statement? The February revolution was a big turning point in Russian history; demolishing the Tsarist autocracy and breaking the Romanov dynasty that had ruled Russia for hundreds of years. Due to many factors‚ involved in the war or long standing issues before the war‚ Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate to Grand Duke Michael‚ desperate to keep the rule of Russia in the Romanov family. Grand
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collectivisation in agriculture‚ which would in turn fund rapid industrialisation. These policies helped‚ to an extent‚ transform the Russian society from a majority peasant populous to one striving in industrial and economic wealth. A way in which Stalin hoped to achieve economic self-sufficiency and improve standards of living in the Soviet Union was through the Five Year Plan. The aim of the five-year plan was to push forward the industrialisation of the Soviet Union. This plan was believed to eliminate
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