2 Days Later We were well into the week trip‚ out in the middle of the sea. I was sitting quietly in my room when I heard an explosion that sounded really close and rocked the ship a little. "What the hell?" I said as we were in the middle of the ocean. Worried‚ I headed up to the deck to see what was going on. Small talk arose in the hallways with most claiming that it was the engine. On deck‚ everyone shared the same two emotions: confusion and fear. After a little bit‚ someone came onto the stage
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Animal Farm by George Orwell is parallel to the Russian revolution. It shows how evil people achieve and maintain power and explains the way the masses are controlled. The leader of Animal Farm Napoleon and his parallel‚ the dictator of Russia‚ Joseph Stalin both make it dangerous to speak out against government tyranny. They do this to be able to control the masses so they can stay in power and continue to use it to their personal advantage. Napoleon and Stalin both make it clear that speaking
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Imagine a world in which occupants were monitored at all times. Well‚ in George Orwell’s 1984‚ the citizens in Oceania are scrutinized at all hours of the day. In 1984‚ Winston Smith starts a journal to express his negative thoughts about the Party and Big Brother even though he can be punished by death if caught. Soon after starting his journal‚ Winston meets Julia‚ another unorthodox person like Winston. After a few gatherings with Julia‚ Winston falls in love with her. Then O’Brien invites Winston
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When people first read George Orwell’s critically acclaimed novel 1984‚ people wondered if there was a society that actually existed similar to the society in 1984. A lifestyle that didn’t allow people to have an opinion‚ freedom and kept them from knowing the truth. To some‚ 1984 seemed like an exaggeration and maybe it was but George Orwell was definitely on to something. 1984 follows the life of Winston Smith in the party-ruled city of Oceania. Winston is constantly under surveillance and lives
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When a country undergoes a transition of power there are many variables that effect both the social aspect of a country and the citizens way of life. During this period variables such as uncertainly‚ irrational decision-making‚ and fear of society itself promotes a state of unhealthy and frightful way of living. It becomes unsafe and causes one‚ as an individual‚ to lack and trust the government and its political parties—including its members. In Argentinian history‚ prior to 1973‚ Juan D. Peron
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Every question that is asked is expected to have an answer‚ and soon. As human beings‚ anticipating a response is unbearable. Area 51 has and continues to spark a multiplicity of fascinating inquiry‚ many left for the questionee to decide on his or her own. The idea of associating Area 51 with extraterrestrials is a fault in the government’s security. The allowance for the media to distribute false evidence is a hoax. Deferring people from actual activities going on at Area 51 will only raise
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Hero to Zero When a horse is not winning‚ the jockey pulls out the whip and Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his party are following suit. Eishan Beotra is compelled to ask the important question – why the sudden change in the media to make Abbott go from hero to zero? T ony Abbott is one of the most talked about people in our society. Once‚ he was like Spiderman‚ a hero‚ in the eyes of newspapers‚ radio and television‚ but since his ascension to power in 2013‚ he has been increasingly portrayed
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The World State is a seemingly perfect place. There people are “decanted” and then conditioned to fit perfectly into a preselected social caste. Because of the conditioning they are put through‚ everyone is happy in the caste they are put in. The feelings of despair and suffering are absent from this world‚ at the price of religion‚ art‚ and open scientific discoveries. While from the surface the World State seems like an utopia in the novel Brave New World‚ Aldous Huxley expresses his clear distaste
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Tom Parsons is a simple character on the surface. Readers do not get to know him on a personal level. All that readers know about him is that he is a fervent believer in the doctrine of Big Brother and that his daughter turns him in to the Thought Police. According to Winston‚ he is also fat and sweats copious amounts. However‚ he is crucial to the story in that he is the epitome of the mindset of the Party members. He is ardently devoted to Big Brother; a fact which Winston despises him for. His
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What does Utopia means to when you hear it? Utopia can be described as an imagined place or state of objects in which everything is perfect. The community of the "Utopia" can be camouflage from the negative aspects of life‚ and hidden from fear. Then there is another world but this is more dreadful type of society‚ and that is dystopia. Dystopia is more defined as a society that is rather undesirable or frightening‚ not a good place. In Dystopic societies people are scared‚ deprive‚ horrified‚ and
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