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1984
... novels are Animal Farm (1945) and (1949), which are both attacking types of government, these two novels brought him his first fame as a writer. , a story of dictators who are in complete control of a large part of the world after the allies lost in World War II. The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are afraid of having corrupt thoughts about the governments of Oceania, a crime punishable by death. Winston, the main character, is a man of 39 whom is not high in either intelligence or character, but is disgusted with the world in which he lives in. Winston represents Orwell’s view on totalitarianism. He works ...
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Animal Farm
... boxer was gone. He was such a hard worker. The animals
have had to do twice the work. Napoleon, as usual sits in his office doing his
"paper work." Rumors have been circulating that the cat has seen Napoleon
sleeping at his desk, then after waking, moving to drink his rum. Something must
have to be done. That night, when Napoleon was asleep, all the animals were told
to meet at the "Old Major Orchard" at midnight. Sure enough, the animals arrived.
They had an inquisitive across the hay dark empty field, they all sat down I
started to address them.
"Comrades, we are here tonight to discuss the well-being of all the animals on
Animal Farm. As you may well Know, Napo ...
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The Awakening 2
... ignorance. Especially in the years of life readers are told about before her newly appearing independence, we see that she has never been fully content with the way her life had turned out. For example she admits she married Mr. Pontellier out of convenience rather than love. She knew he loved her but she did not love him. It was not even the case that she did not know what love was, for she had had infatuations that at the time (being so young) she believed was love. She consciously chose to marry Mr. Pontellier even though she did not love him. When she falls in love with Robert she regrets her decision of marrying Mr. Pontellier. Readers should not sympathi ...
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Stephen King: Telekinesis And It’s Effects On The Innocent
... breakdown of Carrie’s mental unstableness.
Her first and greatest impediment to a normal life is
her mother, a woman indoctrinated with a fierce religious
fanaticism who refuses to teach Carrie the adjustment
skills necessary for survival in the real world.
Consequently, Carrie’s discovery of her menstrual
period- the initial event associated with the emergence
into womanhood- brings her only fear and loathing
( Magistrale 336 ).
One of Carrie White’s biggest and greatest downfalls in her misinformation to life is
her misunderstanding of the pre-adolescent menstrual cycle.
Carrie White experiences some sort of dysmenorrhea
which funct ...
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Inherit The Wind: Creationism And Evolution
... Galapagos Islands, where he spent many years. These islands are unlike anything else in the world. They have many different types of species. Darwin figured from his studies that humans evolved from a primate and slowly over millions of years. This has been proven because numerous amounts of fossils were found in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Skulls, teeth, and bones of the earliest form of a human being, apes, and modern humans have been compared. It is that over millions of years the skull for example has more then tripled in size. The earliest tracing back of a human fossil is called austalopithecines; it dates back to about 5 million years ago. Evolution is a slow ...
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Comparison Between Tom And Huck
... When the two boys are reunited they decide to think up a plan for stealing Jim back. Huck comes up with a simple, realistic approach that would safely bring Jim out of captivity, but Tom immediately rejects his plan. “But it’s too blame’ simple; there ain’t nothing to it. What’s the good of a plan that ain’t no more trouble than that? It’s as mild as goose-milk. Why, Huck, it wouldn’t make no more talk than breaking into a soap factory” (176). Tom’s outlandish plan has much more “style” and he assures Huck that it will free Jim from slavery. Huck being a realist doesn’t understand the need for danger but he was satisfied, “…it would make Jim just as free a ...
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Sea Wolf
... intelligent and had a very extensive vocabulary. He seemed very
surprised when he realized Wolf and he both shared some vocabulary words
and meanings. Hump wasn't used to living on a boat, but he soon learned to
live on one. He became accepted on the boat with the crew.
Wolf and Hump were very different people with few similarities. Wolf
was very strong and bullied everyone around. He believed everyone was
insignificant, while Hump was nice, proper and believed everyone was unique
and we all should live and that one person can make a big difference and
change in the world. Wolf also tried to turn Hump into a strong man, since
Hump was a wimp in every ...
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The Right To Privacy By Robert Bork.
... Griswald case involved a bizarre law that forbade the use of condoms in the
hope that it would prevent adulterous affairs. This deduction is as absurd as
banning all sales of chocolate in order to prevent obesity.
Robert Bork admitted that this law did not make sense, especially in the ability
of government officials to enforce the law. Yet, Bork disagreed with the method
used by Justice Douglas to overturn the conviction of two doctors distributing
information on condoms. Bork felt that Douglas's liberal use of penumbras to
create a zone of privacy was an excessive use of judicial power. Bork feels a
judge must follow the Constitution and should not imply an ...
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The Metamorphosis: Shape And Form
... who was on her way towards becoming like
her brother.
Gregor was very important to the family's welfare. At first he was the
only working member of the family, and his job was very important; the whole
future of Gregor and his family depended on it (p.84). For so long he wanted
to quit his work, because he wasn't happy with it. But he said to himself, "
Besides, I have to provide for my parents and my sister. (pp. 82-83)." He felt
that his family was too dependent of him. When Gregor wouldnt let anyone in his
room in fear that they would be horrified by his condition, he thought that his
family was harassing him because he was in danger of losing his job, ...
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Hamlet
... that was mature could stop. The madness that assumes is understandable but he can never get over the actual death of his father by still wearing black a year later, and the hasty marriage of his mother to Claudius. Compared to Horatio who is calm and cool throughout the play, and Fortinbras who collected an army to fight for his uncle’s land and honor, ’s maturity level for his time is low, especially for being a prince. Today ’s age group is more immature than during his own time so he relates to the youth of the 1990’s better than he does with the adolescents of his own time. Sarcasm, and blunt rudeness is often used by in order to offend people that, duri ...
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