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- 201: 1984 3
- ... 1984 by George Orwell. It is a shocking and scary view of the future from a writer in the 1940's.This book tells of a society which is ruled by fear and ignorance, where "Big Brother" is the government is always watching you, and ruling you subconscioulsy.Orwell wrote this as a warning against the comon persons bvecoming complacent and overly tusting in their leaders. What I learned from this book, is that what happens in this fictional novel, can easily happen to our present day community.Governments lie to us today, so why couldn't they attemp to alter the past like "Big Brother" government did so skillfully and convincingly in 1984. I also came to the understanding the "ignornace is bliss" can be a statement held as dogma to many modern day governments. If the people of ... knowledge, their is no motivation for one to better his or herself.They are content and happy in their own words much like an animal.This belief is what permeates the story of 1984.The Big Brother an druling classes of the "inner and outer" pary are vastly outnumbered by the common person or proletariats, "proles" are uneducated and overly trusting in the government.THey have no desire to improve ...
- 202: 1984 and The Handmaid's Tale: Lives of Dystopia Can Be Changed
- ... 49) When Offred found this writing in her room, which she believed was intended for her, she should have reported it to a superior. Instead, she keeps it a secret which would be considered a big risk, especially if someone else finds it. This little bit of writing gives Offred hope that she has a future even though she doesn’t know what it means. This one little secret influences her ... Winston want to be part of this plan so they can join O’Brien’s organization and try to help. Winston knows that if anyone finds out, he, Julia and O’Brien will be in big trouble. On page 138, Winston is talking to O’Brien when he says “We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party, and that you are ... to an institution where he was tortured and brainwashed. Winston thought he was being tough and sticking to what he believed. On page 224, O’Brien says, “- tell me, what are your true feelings towards Big Brother?” to which Winston replies, “I hate him.” This shows how Winston is successful in changing his life. At this point, he thinks that his life is going to change for the better, but ...
- 203: Mi Vida Loca
- ... doesn’t need or want a man to be dependent on anymore. She warns the girls, “By the time our boys are twenty-one, they are either in prison, or handicapped, or dead!” She rejects Big Sleepy’s offer of becoming his partner after she has sex with him. Big Sleepy is an older generation gangster who has his own business as a mechanic and detailing cars. Sad Girl’s sister, Alicia “La Blue Eyes”, is a college girl who is infatuated with a prisoner ... Echo Park during a joy ride. In retaliation, El Duran’s followers the little girl standing by Little Sleepy on the sidewalk the next day, thinking she’s his. But that little girl was actually Big Sleepy’s daughter. The movie ends with the females becoming independent and starting their own operations. Sad Girl says, “Women don’t use weapons to prove a point. Women use weapons for love.” Gender ...
- 204: Australia's Future
- ... was a barely disguised description of the 1948 soviet government. Unfortunately nature is imitating art and the work now appears a grim prophecy for Australia. Newspeak was a term coined by the novel to describe Big Brother's manipulation of language. Words, being the foundations of thoughts, were perverted to control public understanding. If the words needed to think rebellious thoughts did not exist, then neither could rebels. This was one ... to make chastising children illegal - an absurdity - a quality that makes official adoption almost a certainty. Continually being observed via a huge television screen in every room was one of the horrors of life under Big Brother. Presumably Orwell was alluding to Stalin's secret police who constantly watched all citizens. Such relentless scrutiny has not yet been implemented in Australia, there are now only radar speed cameras, red light cameras ... at risk whenever they communicate. A trend that will see all possible offences brought under the baleful eye of the state's technology. Imagination seems the only limit to the future monitoring by an Australian Big Brother. Dwelling only upon the realities of totalitarian life, the book never explained the official ideology of Big Brother. In reality authoritarian states have no beliefs except gaining then retaining absolute power. Their official ...
- 205: The Evolution Of Professional
- ... what we know now as professional wrestling. Wrestlers with bizarre costumes, names, and false biographies would wrestle. They would have exhibition matches and would take any challenge from any townsmen who wanted to prove how big and bad he could be. Carneys detested to lose, so if the local man seemed as if he was going to beat the champion, he was tricked and lead towards a curtain backdrop at one side of the ring where another carney would be hiding with a really big baseball bat. As you can see many of these so called champions rarely lost a match. By the end of the nineteenth century professional wrestling was already well organized. Wrestling extended out from carnivals to big city arenas and stadiums. In the beginning a wrestling match consisted of three falls. The winner had to pin his opponent twice in order to be considered the winner. The bad thin though was ...
- 206: The Video Game Wars
- The Video Game Wars Video games are a big market these days. Within the past few years, the industry has boomed into a very large business. Within this business, there are three big companies are fighting to be the best. Nintendo's N64, Sega's Saturn, and Sony's Playstation are the three main systems in this huge market. Because there are so many games for these systems, and because it is such a big business, stores specializing in only these games are opening everywhere. A few days ago, I walked into one of these stores. My friend wanted to purchase the new nintendo machine. According to the reviews, ...
- 207: Ideas Of Automobiles
- ... economy. The war ended in 1945 and brought a fallen country back to its feet. With the economy in great shape and prosperity on the minds of many Americans, the auto industry thrived again. The big three slowly took form. The big three included General Motors, Chrysler, and the Ford Motor Company. In the late 1950s, the United States saw the beginning of foreign cars being imported. This posed very little threat to the market share held by the big three because the quality of the foreign cars, at this time, was very poor. The 1960s are best remembered as the muscle car era. This was a time of low gas prices and high ...
- 208: Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Grim P
- ... hours a week. That is more that 2 days straight without sleeping, eating, or going to the bathroom. He also wouldn't have passed by this magazine advertisement that could be seen in 1984: Is Big Brother watching? If you are tired of Government, tired of big business, tired of everyone telling you who you are and what you should be, then now is the time to speak out. Display your disgust and exhibit your independence, Wear a "Big Brother Is Watching" tee-shirt. $10, Canadians remit us dollars. Big Brother is Watching LTD. Neenah, WI. This advertisement makes one wonder if there is really a group dedicated to the rise to power ...
- 209: Lives of Dystopia Can Be Changed
- ... 49) When Offred found this writing in her room, which she believed was intended for her, she should have reported it to a superior. Instead, she keeps it a secret which would be considered a big risk, especially if someone else finds it. This little bit of writing gives Offred hope that she has a future even though she doesn’t know what it means. This one little secret influences her ... Winston want to be part of this plan so they can join O’Brien’s organization and try to help. Winston knows that if anyone finds out, he, Julia and O’Brien will be in big trouble. On page 138, Winston is talking to O’Brien when he says “We believe that there is some kind of conspiracy, some kind of secret organization working against the Party, and that you are ... to an institution where he was tortured and brainwashed. Winston thought he was being tough and sticking to what he believed. On page 224, O’Brien says, “- tell me, what are your true feelings towards Big Brother?” to which Winston replies, “I hate him.” This shows how Winston is successful in changing his life. At this point, he thinks that his life is going to change for the better, but ...
- 210: Revolution Girl-Style Now!
- ... hate. You know who you are you because when you read this you are thinking that this “feminist” should SHUT UP STOP LOOKING FOR TROUBLE SHE'S PROBABLY PREMENSTRUAL OR HATES MEN IT'S NO BIG DEAL EVERYONE LAUGHED AT THE JOKE ABOUT THE BLOND PROSTITUTE THIS GIRL IS MAKING A BIG DEAL OVER NOTHING SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT ANYWAYS. Yeah, you know exactly who you are. You aren't all of mankind, or one person alone, but you make up a big and power-hold-ing part of society... AND IT”S ABOUT TIME YOU FOUND OUT THAT THE WAY YOU ACT SOMETIMES IS NOT RIGHT, IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME OR MY FRIENDS. It's ...
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