The Greatest Scot The greatest Scot was a television programme that presented the different views with different categories with different people to choose from for the prestigious title. The different categories were; sport‚ inventors and entrepreneurs‚ leaders and thinkers‚ arts and entertainment‚ scientists and engineers and brains‚ with big names in there like Sean Connery‚ William Wallace and Jock Stein‚ but the person which I believe deserves the coveted status is Sir Alex Ferguson. I highly
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Paranoid but fanciful‚ Winston imagines an encounter with O’Brien that might deepen their rebellious tie. Although Winston is portrayed as being intelligent‚ his cause blinds him‚ he is overly eager in finding alliances‚ and as a result jumps to conclusions. Briefly following the aforementioned excerpt‚ Winston uses writes in his diary‚ “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” (36-37). In his own small way of going against
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“Criticism may not be agreeable‚ but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.”(Winston Churchill) Growing up‚ I’ve had a great amount of people give me criticism‚ both positive and negative. Some of those people being family‚ friends‚ teachers‚ and even people I didn’t know. I haven’t always known how to accept criticism. I was like most others‚ often taking negative comments much worse than the positive ones. It
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Written in 1949 looking into the future of 1984 George Orwell wrote a novel about a negative utopia where the government controls everything‚ even your thoughts. In London 1984 Winston Smith starts writing a diary about his life‚ and later put in prison for his actions. Winston Smith is our main character and the easiest character to relate to. He is also the character with the most progression and changes. Julia is Winston’s lover and companion that he hated before he knew her and then later loves
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“The failure of Gallipoli was mainly caused by poor Allied leadership” Gallipoli is a peninsula in the Dardanelles in eastern Turkey. Gallipoli and the surrounding areas of the Dardanelles were the locations of some of the most contentious battles of the First World War in 1915 and 1916. The military campaign is well known as one of the great disasters of British military history. In 1915 the First World War in northern Europe was deadlocked and ideas were being discussed about opening up
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Gallipoli was a 1981 fil produced by Peter Weir that shows that Gallipoli and the war in general was not as pleasant or fun as it was all cracked up to be‚ the film shows that even though some causes are worth giving a life for‚ some others are not worth it‚ the Gallipoli campaign was one of them‚ which was a short lived campaign and a fail‚ which resulted in the loss of many lives that could’ve been avoided. While the first thing I will explain isn’t directly related to the book‚ I will include
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Aleksandra Szymczyk Alienation Effect in Top Girls by Caryl Churchill Caryl Churchil’s play Top Girls presents a socially challenging commentary. She uses a variety of theatrical techniques to convey her message. Influences of Brechtian Epic Theatre can be seen explicitly in her employment of the technique called the alienation effect. Brecht’s alienation effects‚ in contrast to suspension of disbelief associated with realistic plays‚ tries to destroy the possibility of escapism and aims
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George Orwell depicts Winston Smith as a typical individual readers can relate to the most. Though the readers aren’t physically going through what Winston went through‚ the reader can imagine the society the way the protagonist saw it. Winston shows that he is a loyal party member by working in the Ministry of Truth‚ where he changes historical records in correspondence to Big Brother’s wishes‚ regardless if the information was right or wrong. At the same time‚ Winston has an internal conflict for
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Have you heard someone say that Winston Churchill is the greatest prime minister in Britain’s history? They may be right based on his actions during WWII. Winston Churchill was on the right with everything he did during the war as he did it all for his country and resulted in their side winning the war. However‚ it is important to note that Churchill’s legacy is not without controversy‚ particularly regarding his views on imperialism and race. Some argue that his actions and policies have caused
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and be able to use them to better their actions in the future. The list can go on and on. So‚ how did Winston Churchill become so powerful? Simply because he had the best interest for Great Britain and didn’t let his opinion cloud his judgement. Through World War I‚ World War II‚ and then becoming Prime Minister‚ Winston Churchill had to put Great Britain in his best interest. Winston Churchill wasn’t always a star student. Some would say that for his first two formal schools‚ education wasn’t his
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