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    In the article ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell‚ the word ‘hollowness’ is an abstract noun because it is intangible and encompasses human states of mind. In my opinion‚ the word ‘hollowness’ has two meanings. Firstly‚ it refers to absence of certain components of an object‚ making the object vacant or empty. Secondly‚ it can mean one’s emotion: the feeling one has after he or she worked vainly. The writer worked as a police officer under the British Empire in Burma‚ where he was hated by

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    Karisma Sanchez “A Hanging “ The short story‚ “A Hanging” by George Orwell‚ tells how the narrator’s emotions and feelings change throughout the story‚ emotions and feelings have a big effect on the theme because the narrators change is basically the main themes of the story. It shows the narrators development as a character by describing him being a guard and witness to a man’s death‚ without explaining what that man had done wrong. First he starts off by describing the environment

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    as they please on their own accord. Throughout the books progression we see how these children live up to the standards set upon them by the situation that they find themselves in. A fantastic quote that can be held in relation to the book is from George Orwell’s A Collection of Essays‚ saying‚ “Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice.” The rules and stigmas along with social norms of life change depending upon the situation that we find ourselves

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    Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell‚ also known as Eric Blare. The events correspond and represent the Russian Revolution and when Joseph Stalin was ruling the Soviet Union in the 1900s. The characters of the pigs in Animal Farm would represent Stalin and his helpers and the other animals would represent his followers/believers. The pigs become leaders by manipulating and controlling other animals to form a dictatorship of the now followers‚ through acts of lying and influencing

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    In the article “Hanging Tongues: A Sociological Encounter with the Assembly line” Thompson (1983) there are many connections between the Physical structure of the beef processing plant and the social structure of those working within it. The layout‚ design and decor of the beef plant both directly and metaphorically impact on the social structure within the plant‚ pertaining to (among other examples) a sense of isolation‚ hierarchies‚ formalisation and standardisation. The physical layout

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    In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell uses allegory to show a communist society shifting to dictatorship and showing how it upsets people along they way. The author uses allegory to support his story by using farm animals going through a rough time finding out how their " government works" and settling the situation. The story starts off with the animals upset with the farm owner due to them being treated unfairly. The animals have these seven commandments they go by " whatever

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    1984 by George Orwell Summary: The book is set in a fictive future in the year 1984. The world is split into three totalitarian super-states: Oceania (North and South-America‚ Britain and Ireland‚ Australia and South-Africa)‚ Eurasia (Europe and Russia) and Eastasia (China).These three super-states are constantly at war with each other‚ regularly forming different alliances. Each one of the super-states is too powerful and strong to be defeated by an alliance of the two other super-states and therefore

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    allowed Cuba to flourish‚ making it an important stage in the Cold War. Cuba withdrew from the war after the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ but it remains communist to this day. Although some say it is not the same‚ communist Cuba resembles the government in George Orwell’s 1984‚ because of its authoritarian policies and history. In both Cuba and 1984‚

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    constantly being rewritten due to archeologic discoveries and scientific advances. However‚ if all artifacts from the past are destroyed‚ and if every individual’s memory of the past is distorted‚ the past no longer exists. Throughout 1984 by George Orwell‚ it is evident that the past cannot exist if nobody remembers it‚ which further proves that the Party has complete control over its people. In the novel‚ Winston works at the Ministry of Truth‚ and his job is to rewrite what has occurred in the

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    Self-centered Teen or Thought-invoking Speaker : "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde The speaker in Audre Lord’s poem "Hanging Fire" is extremely self-centered. Does this limit the poem’s ability to say anything of general value? A simple read of "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde might lead one to conclude that there is no real value in this self-centered poem. However‚ upon critical analysis‚ one can obtain valuable insights from the poem. The 14-year-old speaker deals with major issues that plague the adolescent

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