When one both reads Catcher in the Rye and sees Rebel Without a Cause‚ he or she can’t help but wonder if the writers‚ Nicholas Ray and J.D. Salinger‚ somehow knew each other‚ or if one writer copied the ideas of the other. Jim Stark and Holden Caulfield‚ the two main characters of the stories‚ have so much in common that if they ever met one another‚ they would immediately become friends. The main theme that applies to both works is teenage rebellion. Holden and Jim seem to get into trouble often
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To what extent are Winston and D503 cowardly as they face repression in their dystopian world? In 1921 Yevgeny Zamyatin wrote the world’s first dystopian science fiction novel- WE. It would prove to be a lasting and universal novel that dissected the relatively fresh Revolution. Twenty-eight years later another dystopian novel appeared‚ this time written by the English writer George Orwell. 1984 would prove to be the more famous of the two‚ providing new vocabulary to a world reeling from the
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recollection. This was the reality that took place in the book 1984 by George Orwell. How a certain individual found himself in society was a very slippery slope. The Character was Winston and throughout the book in changed back in forth between what he thought and what was happening. At the beginning of the book Winston was just somebody who lived there life with no intrest of care. But one day he had sat down at his desk and started writing.“To mark the paper was the decisive act. In small clumsy
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Brandon Fan Szeto English 10H: P3 May 13‚ 2013 Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears‚ and Sweat Winston Churchill’s leadership and influence saved Britain and Europe from falling under the wrath of Hitler. There are multiple perspectives of an effective leader. One might argue that a leader may force their citizens to swear loyalty to show that immediate results are effective. Others may say that an effective leader is someone who leads the country for the greater good. Some may even say striking fear into citizens
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Winston thinks that the proles are the only hope for a better future; if they revolt as a mass‚ the government can’t do anything about it. The shame is that the proles are too dumb and too content with their lives to stand up for their rights. Winston makes a comment about the red-armed woman who is free and she looks fertile; she is able to produce a lot of kids for the future
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Regulars and Rebels in Religion During the Romanticism Period religion was often a critical part of everyone’s life. People attended church every Sunday and followed the words of the Bible on a day to day basis. Many authors from the Romanticism Period were firm believers of a God and many were also followers of Christianity. Although many authors believed in God and were Christians‚ some of the authors from this era were atheists or had differing opinions about religion and the way God should
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Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were leaders of two very different countries. Hitler was the overseer of Germany‚ while Churchill was the Prime Minister of Britain. These two rulers were on different sides of World War Two. Because of this‚ Hitler and Churchill had different views about political ideologies‚ treatment of their citizens‚ and goals they wanted to achieve. First‚ what were some of Hitler and Churchill’s political ideologies. Well‚ Hitler thought
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When Sir Winston Churchill was making a speech to the House of Lords November 11th 1941 this phrase was made ( Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed‚ it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.) This is only part of the speech this was a debate in the House of Lords to pass the Parliament Act of
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Who- Winston Churchill convinced the Entente Powers to try to get control over western Turkey. The Entente Powers is made up by British Empire‚ French Republic and Russian Empire. Australian and New Zealand forces also joined in to help the Entente Powers. Winston Churchill had Admiral Sir Sackville Carden send him a plan for the naval attack in the Straits. Carden was replaced with Sir John de Robeck after collapsing. Ian Hamilton was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief who was then replaced Sir
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Winston Churchill’s speech‚ tilted the “Iron Curtain Speech‚” was given on March 5th‚ 1946 and expressed the need for the prevention of another war. Churchill first begins with talking about Russia‚ and about how the Soviet Union has influenced some very major European cities or capitals. Cities such as Vienna‚ Budapest‚ Bucharest‚ Warsaw‚ Prague‚ Berlin‚ Belgrade‚ and Sofia are know to be apart of the “Soviet sphere” which was a title given to them by Winston Churchill himself due to the major influence
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