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    trail of destruction and death behind. Unfortunately he gives in to pressure exerted by the locals and does something horrific‚ something that could be completely avoided‚ to establish superiority over the locals who have harassed him in the past. Orwell does a great job of setting the tone – gloomy‚ low-spirited‚ and one filled with unhappy events by using words such as target‚ sneering yellow faces‚ hooted‚ bogged‚ huddling‚ evil-spirited little

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    These children possess vicious traits‚ and it is illustrated because there mother lives in terror‚ from the way the book portrays it. For example‚ on page 24 it states “ with those children‚ he thought the wretched woman must lead a life of terror”(Orwell 24). She is scared to to say and do things around them because of the way the act. She knows if she doesn’t not withhold her thoughts‚ opinions‚ etc. they will reveal her to the Thoughtpolice‚

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    I. Intro Spike Lee is one of the many directors who in my opinion always want to keep people alert. Lee is a film director‚ producer‚ writer and actor. He is with no question a very intelligent man that believes he has a responsibility to try and explain the world of black folks and other minorities in their most genuine form. When it comes to making films‚ he always fulfils his responsibility to show the behind the scenes black personnel who are underrepresented in an industry dominated by white

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    participate in communal activities. Winston‚ locked in loneliness‚ becomes a lunatic‚ a minority of one‚ the only man still capable of independent thought. He is “The Last Man in Europe” precisely because he adheres to the importance of the individual mind. Orwell shows that totalitarianism paradoxically intensifies solitude by forcing all the isolated beings into one overpowering system. “Much of Orwell’s success in Nineteen Eighty-Four‚” writes history professor Malcolm Thorp‚ “lies in his creating a plausible

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    1984 by George Orwell Part 1 Reading Journal‚ Chapters 1-8 These eight chapters open the readers up to the world Winston Smith lives in. The first chapter shows us the first act of rebellion that Winston does‚ which is writing in his diary. The first chapter gives readers a glimpse into how everything works. “There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment” (ch.1). In the first chapter‚ we also learn of Big Brother and the Thought Police. We learn of telescreens

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    The Resistance of Winston and Julia In his novel ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’‚ George Orwell created a new world which is divided into three intercontinental super-states after a global war. The novel occurs in Oceania‚ which is one of these super-states. There are three parts of the social system; the upper-class Inner Party‚ the middle-class Outer Party and the lower class Proles‚ who make up 85 percent of the population and represent the working class‚ in other words; Big Brother; the party leader

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    Spike Heels The play spike heels was written by Theresa Rebeck and directed by Deborah Mello. I viewed the play spike heels at the Miami Dade Community College Kendall campus auditorium. The play consisted of four characters; there were two males Andrew and Edward and two females Lydia and Georgie. The role of Andrew was performed by Arnaldo Carmouze and the role of Edward was played by Sheaun Mckinney. The part of Georgie was beautifully played by Natalie Morales and Lydia witch was performed

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    However‚ Oceania is depicted as a country where the people are deprived of freedoms such as freedom of thought‚ freedom of speech‚ and the freedom of expression. Orwell describes Oceania as a cold‚ bleak‚ war torn country where the inhabitants are kept under surveillance 24/7‚ and left without the many freedoms that we take for granted. Winston‚ the protagonist of the story is always trying to suppress his inner thoughts that may conflict the the ideology of the party. At the beginning of the

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    the good things it brings‚ there are some negatives as well. The internet‚ once a new place of discovery‚ is now a place of caution with danger lurking around every corner. Lori Andrews writes about the privacy issues of the web in her essay‚ “George Orwell…Meet Mark Zuckerburg.” Already‚ in her title she emphasizes Orwell’s rational fear of “Big Brother” is happening now on Zuckerburg’s social media site‚ Facebook. It is not just Facebook that has fallen to data aggregators invading the privacy of

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    The novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell takes place in a totalitarian nation that has full control of media and media production. Even the pornorgraphic films are produced by the state. The situation in 1984 represents the ultimate manifestation of what was close to becoming a reality in Soviet Russia‚ waging war on citizens. The Party controls all aspects of society in 1984 and everyone owes their allegiance to Big Brother. Under Stalin’s rule‚ people worshiped him as a god. The 40 million citizens who

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