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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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    animal farm-george orwell READING REPORT name: Tesse de Boer form: 4th date: October 24‚ 2011 |Title: | Animal Farm | |Author: |George Orwell

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    In this essay‚ I will be discussing my personal opinion on Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this novel a community of farm animals revolt against their farmer‚ Mr. Jones. They take ownership of the property where they attempt to farm themselves and embark on a huge project to build a windmill in order to cut down labour. The farm animals led by Napoleon take on a slogan: “four legs good‚ two legs bad‚” but as their rebellion becomes corrupted and the pigs power overcomes them this motto is no longer

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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 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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    A Hanging The short story‚ ?A Hanging? by George Orwell‚ poses many problematic and significant questions. Of these questions the one that intrigued me the most was‚ how does the narrator?s emotions and feelings change throughout the story‚ and how does this change affect the theme of the story? These questions are significant in general because they are very important to the theme and major conflict of the story. These questions are also important to the story specifically‚ because it shows how

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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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    In 1984‚ George Orwell has demonstrated the possibilities of two main characters who have contradicting traits can fall deeply in love. Although they are both secret rebels of the party and they both hate the Party’s totalitarian power in Oceania‚ Winston and Julia still bear a striking difference from each other. They are different in physical appearances‚ their views upon life‚ and their motivation towards the rebellion. Despite their contrasting beliefs and traits‚ the couple still manages to

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