Summary Of 1984
.... Ministry of Truth.
Winston hid his hate of the Party very well from the telescreens. He
hated the party but he knew there was nothing he could do. He had heard of an
anti-Party organization called the Brotherhood, but there was no way of knowing
if it really existed. He didn¹t know if anyone felt the same way he did, but he
was sure there must be.
The Party was reconstructing society as a whole, and no one seemed to
notice. it was done so systematically and effectively, it was hard to believe
the worl .....
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1984: Summary
.... portrayed as
a criminal, I believe that he is a victim of a system that is criminal. All
through this book Winston's convictions lead us to believe that he is ethical
and the Party is unjust but it is left up to the readers discretion to decide
whether he is the criminal or just a victim of a totalitarian society. The first
instance of Winstons "criminal" nature was when he bought an illegal journal,
quill and bottle of ink to record his thoughts. Although he had so called
"criminal" thoughts before, the .....
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The Ironies Of 1984
.... brother is
one whom is older and wiser and helps the "littler siblings" -- this not the
case with 1984's Big Brother. The Big Brother in this novel completely watches
over every move a person makes keeping them controlled with fear.
The next type of irony is Situation irony, which is when a character or a
sequence of events appears to be headed one way, but it ends up as the opposite
of what was thought. One example of this is Winston's general health. From the
beginning of the book, it is shown how horr .....
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1984: Some Prophecies Have Come True
.... product by advertisements on the televisions or by subliminal messages.
Winston was brainwashed into conforming to the normal society by loving Big
Brother. The brainwashing in the book might be a little exaggerated but it is
still the same concept.
Yet another example is how people are tagged with numbers. People today
are identified by a social security number same as in 1984. Many of Orwells
predictions became true but many didn't.
Despite the truths, there were many untruths prevale .....
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Comparison Of 1984 And Animal Farm
.... Winston that if the Party tells the people that 2+2=5,
then it does. He also instructs Winston that if the Party informs its members
that 2+2=3 or 4 or all at the same time, then it is so. Although this true
reality is available to Inner Party members, they too do not have the freedom of
thought or individuality... they are only just aware of its existence. Only the
outside reader is able to think and understand the true nature of the reality
established by the Party.
In Animal Farm, Orwe .....
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Stephen Crane's "The Open Book": Determinism, Objectivity, And Pessimism
.... five oceans. Occasionally a great spread of water, like
white flames, swarmed into her.” (pg.145) There is also a sense that man is
totally not important to the natural forces controlling his fate. “When it
occurs to man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels
she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw
bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply that there are no bricks and no
temples.”(pg156) The one character who perishes, the oiler, is of cou .....
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"Billy Budd" By Herman Melville: Captain Vere
.... of the king's that is being transported from one place to another.
As Melville points out, “He had seen much service, been in various
engagements, always acquitting himself as an office mindful of the welfare of
his men, but never tolerating an infraction of discipline; thoroughly versed in
the science of his profession, and intrepid to the verge of temerity, though
never injudiciously so.” In fact, his downfall is directly caused by his never
tolerating an infraction of discipline.
Captain Ver .....
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In The Middle Of The Night: Review
.... you start to piece together each view you just can't put the book down,
this suspense thriller will definitely keep you holding on to the book until the
end. I found the book very enthralling and exciting. I can easily say this has
been the best book I have read this year. Robert Cormier has pleased me with
this fine novel.
In the Middle of the Night is an exciting, entertaining thriller, which you get
to piece together yourself, a very enjoyable read.
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The X-Files, X Marks The Spot: Book Report
.... you have to read all the way to chapter 10, for
the book to be any bit interesting. The events were spread out very well in The
X-files.
There was a lot of suspense. It was easy to understand. The events were
spread out very well. These are all good reasons why I liked The X-files, X
marks the spot. It wasn't another long boring science fiction book.
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The Lord Of The Flies: Summary
.... with building shelters, arranging work and on being
rescued but Jack only wants to roam the jungle and hunt. The failure to
establish rules soon creates confusion and inappropriate behavior encouraged by
Jack. Ralph=s only supporter is Piggy, a fat asthmatic boys who nobody likes
because he is always lecturing and criticizing everyone=s behavior. Jack bullies
him constantly and the other boys make fun of him. Jack and his followers spend
most of their time hunting for wild pigs so Ralph=s efforts to or .....
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All Quiet On The Western Front: Themes
.... should be noted that the nature motif is carried consistently
throughout the novel, and that it supports many of the author's lesser themes.
For the purpose of portraying war as something terrible, though, the nature
motif is expressed most dramatically in the following passages. These passages
mark the three distinct stages of nature's condemnation of war: rebellion,
perseverance, and erasure.
The first passage occurs in Chapter Four when the troops are trucked out
to the front to install stakes and wir .....
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Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!: An Innovative Narrative Technique
.... mansion on this day. She is the one narrator that is unable
to view Sutpen objectively. The first chapter serves as merely an introduction
to the history of Sutpen based on what Miss Rosa heard as a child and her brief
personal experiences.
The narration of Absalom, Absalom!, can be considered a coded activity.
Faulkner creates the complex narration beginning at chapter 2. It ironic that
one of Faulkner's greatest novels is one in which the author only appears as the
teller of the story in one brief se .....
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Abuse Of Power Within A Clockwork Orange
.... his love for music in which he exclaims, "And all the
time the music got more and more gromky, like it was all a deliberate torture, O
my brothers . . . then I jumped"(131). The music that represents his freedom
to choose is now gone. He is left without any reason to live. When he realizes
that he is no longer a man because of his absence of choice, Alex decides to end
his life. The author illustrates through Alex's violent actions, how they
represent his abuse of power through his freedom of choic .....
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A Case Of Needing: Serious Revisions
.... the law by performing them.
The antiquated plot line is not the story's main flaw. The biggest
drawback here is a one-two punch of highly technical prose employed to relate a
thoroughly dull story. Karen Randall, the daughter of an eminent physician, dies
as the result of a botched abortion. Art Lee, a Chinese obstetrician, is accused
of performing the D & C that has resulted in her death. Though Lee is known to
be an abortionist, he vehemently denies any involvement in the case. Lee calls
upon his fri .....
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Accounts Settled: A Review
.... because it is waiting for Gordon
to move. Gordon knows better and stayed in the same position for what seemed
like hours. Suddenly, the porcupine returns to look for more food and this
disrupts the cougar. The climax is when Gordon quickly reaches for his gun and
shoots the cougar. The resolution is when Gordon "cries the final tears of his
boyhood" and he is finally a man.
This writer used suspense in his story many times. For instance, "his
eyes held the boy unwinkingly as he waited in the .....
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