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- 1441: George Orwells 1984
- ... By removing meaning and suggestion from the vocabulary, they hoped to obliterate anti-social thinking before it even had a chance to enter a person's mind. The act of individual thought is called Thought Crime. No one could be trusted in fear that they might report you to the Thought Police. This held true for families as well. You had to watch your facial expressions at all times, because "the ... all thoughts and actions are monitored through telescreens -- video cameras in the form of televisions that can never be turned off. Any thought or comment which goes against the state or Big Brother is a crime and punishable by death. There is a defined class system in Oceania, set up in pyramidal form. At the apex is the all powerful Big Brother. Just below him is the Inner Party, which consists ... and the youth riots in British cities during the early 80's. (Paxman, p.1192) People had the right to freedom of speech and expression in the Western World, something Orwell saw as being a crime in his futuristic novel. Although these protests during the 80's were punished, the fact that they even occurred shows the difference from Orwell's prediction. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the proles would not ...
- 1442: Crucible 3
- ... in trials, church influence in government, and in the setting. With the witch trials in Salem, the lack of evidence has a large effect on many people s lives. Someone can accuse another of a crime, and in almost no time at all, there will be a trial in the town court. Not only those who are personally affiliated with the crime are affected, everyone in the town is touched also. When Putnam states, She cannot bear to hear the Lord s name that s a sure sign of witchcraft, he jumps to conclusions about the girls ... steady hands the candle that would light the world He is remarking about the way of life and beliefs of Puritans. He says they will not let their new world be polluted with sin and crime, and the world will imitate their actions, depending on the way their society is ruled. The people of this time and era think their justice system is acceptable, and throughout the many scenes in ...
- 1443: Clock Work Orange With Regards
- ... insures his release from incarceration. "In a little over a fortnight you will be out again in the big free world, no longer a number"(Burgess 108). With the increase in population comes an increase crime, this has also brought on encouraging new rehabilitating techniques to corrections. Stated by one government official the importance of reforming in corrections rather than retribution. "The government cannot be concerned any longer with out moded penalogical theories. Cram criminals together and see what happens. You get concentrated criminality, crime in the midst of punishment . . . Kill the criminal reflex, that's all"(Burgess 105,106). The rehabilitating technique used upon Alex is that of responsive conditioning with the use of drugs and visual aids. Conditioning ... corrections is concerned, society can not lock up every offender and can not come up with plausible means of curing the criminal element. With the rise in population there will always be a rise in crime. However this does seem to be the present trend, 5.3 million people were on probation, in jail, in prison, or on parole in 1995 (B.J.S. 1). As seen in Alex's ...
- 1444: 1984
- ... 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 ... first act of rebellion is buying and writing in a diary in which he buys from an antique shop run by a prole (lower class of society, Poor). This act is known as a though crime and is punishable by death. A though crime is any bad thought against the government, Winston commits many thought crimes and becomes paranoid about being caught, which he knows is inevitable. He becomes paranoid because a young woman who is actively involved ...
- 1445: To Kill A Mockingbird Notes
- ... friends. Then Atticus examines her testimony and asks why she didn't put up a better fight, why her screams didn't bring the other children running, and--most importantly--how Tom Robinson managed the crime with a useless left hand, torn apart by a cotton gin when he was a boy. Atticus begs her to admit that there was no rape, that her father beat her. She shouts at him ... Atticus is making his closing remarks. He has finished going over the evidence, and now makes a personal appeal to the jury. He points out that the prosecution has produced no medical evidence of the crime and instead is relying on the shaky testimony of two unreliable witnesses; moreover the physical evidence suggests that Bob Ewell, not Tom Robinson, beat Mayella. Then he offers his own version of events, describing how Mayella, lonely and unhappy, committed the crime of lusting after a black man, and then concealed her shame by accusing him of rape after being caught. Atticus begs the jury to avoid the state's assumption that all black people are ...
- 1446: THE BOGART
- ... story are Emily and Jessup. Emily is the oldest. She is smart brave and very sensitive towards the Boggart, once she understood him. Jessup is very smart, loves computers, and was a member of a computer gang called the Gang 5. The parents of Emily and Jessup were Robert and Maggie Volink. Robert works in the theater and Maggie owns and runs an antique store. The Volink family were excited and ... to visit her. When the Doctor left the Boggart realized how homesick he was. He needed to find a way to tell Jessup and Emily. The following day Jessup was playing a game on his computer called The Black Hole. Suddenly a blue flame appeared on the screen with the rocket. The flame followed the rocket into the black hole. Emily and Jessup thought they lost the Boggart forever. They really ... able to spell out a message that said that he wanted to go home to Scotland. Jessup came up with a great idea. They copied the game with the Boggart in it on to a computer disk and sent it to their friend Tommy in Scotland. Tommy downloaded the disk and released the Boggart. The Boggart was glad to be home at his castle with his new family the Maconochies. ...
- 1447: The Cask Of Amontillado
- ... high point of emotional involvement. It is at this point that the reader may ask themselves if this is really about to happen. The conclusion lets us know that Montresor was never punished for this crime. Fifty years has passed and he is an old man telling the story on his deathbed. The true horror is that Fortunato died a terrible death, utterly alone, and his killer was never brought to justice. Perhaps the theme in the story is the least important feature. After all, it is about a senseless crime, and what sense can be made of such horror? Perhaps the idea behind the story is that no one can find refuge from a deranged mind, or that terrible crimes can be committed when an ... his hacking cough, and his laughter of despair as he is buried alive. We feel the dampness of the catacombs. Poe uses irony throughout the story. There is situational irony in the fact that the crime takes place during a celebration, that Fortunato's name means good luck, and that Fortunato is dressed like a jester. What is about to happen is just the opposite of what you would expect. ...
- 1448: Crucible
- ... in trials, church influence in government, and in the setting. With the witch trials in Salem, the lack of evidence has a large effect on many people’s lives. Someone can accuse another of a crime, and in almost no time at all, there will be a trial in the town court. Not only those who are personally affiliated with the crime are affected, everyone in the town is touched also. When Putnam states, “ She cannot bear to hear the Lord’s name… that’s a sure sign of witchcraft,” he jumps to conclusions about the girls ... steady hands the candle that would light the world…” He is remarking about the way of life and beliefs of Puritans. He says they will not let their new world be polluted with sin and crime, and the world will imitate their actions, depending on the way their society is ruled. The people of this time and era think their justice system is acceptable, and throughout the many scenes in ...
- 1449: Macbeth Essay
- ... dinner, Macbeth has the first opportunity to think about the murder of his king. At first this was only a dream, but now it is a real moral problem for him. He knows that the crime must be punished; divine justice in a “life to come” does not worry him so mush as judgement in this earthly life. Then he considers the duties he owes to Duncan as his kinsman, of ... blast” while “heaven’s cherubin” are mounted on the winds. The speech builds to a mighty climax then suddenly the power is lost, when Macbeth turns to his own wretched motive for committing such a crime. He can find nothing except Vaulting Ambition. His mind is made up, and tells his wife “We will proceed no further in this business”. He is not prepared for her rage and abuse. She calls ... the rest of the play Shakespeare shows us that the murder of King Duncan was not complete when he died but that Macbeth was forced to kill more people in order to hide his first crime. At the same time he had to recognise his guilt and bear the punishment. In this speech we also learn that Macbeth had the ethics and morals to know that killing the king was ...
- 1450: The Bogart By Susan Cooper
- ... story are Emily and Jessup. Emily is the oldest. She is smart brave and very sensitive towards the Boggart, once she understood him. Jessup is very smart, loves computers, and was a member of a computer gang called the Gang 5. The parents of Emily and Jessup were Robert and Maggie Volink. Robert works in the theater and Maggie owns and runs an antique store. The Volink family were excited and ... to visit her. When the Doctor left the Boggart realized how homesick he was. He needed to find a way to tell Jessup and Emily. The following day Jessup was playing a game on his computer called The Black Hole. Suddenly a blue flame appeared on the screen with the rocket. The flame followed the rocket into the black hole. Emily and Jessup thought they lost the Boggart forever. They really ... able to spell out a message that said that he wanted to go home to Scotland. Jessup came up with a great idea. They copied the game with the Boggart in it on to a computer disk and sent it to their friend Tommy in Scotland. Tommy downloaded the disk and released the Boggart. The Boggart was glad to be home at his castle with his new family the Maconochies. ...
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