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- 821: 1984 - Success
- Success is the main object of desire for many people in the world of today. In George Orwell s 1984, the author provides a speculative view to the future and brilliantly describes what would happen if ultimate success was attainable. George Orwell describes success in three extremes: those who succeed ultimately, those who fail miserably, and those who are neither capable of succeeding nor failing. In 1984, the success of the individual is forbidden, while the ... victory over himself. He loved Big Brother. The Inner Party worked hard to ensure that they had ultimate success while controlling everyone else to the point where they were not capable of succeeding or failing. George Orwell wrote 1984 as a prediction of the future. As such, we should take it as a warning. With all the advertising on the radio, TV, billboards, etc., we are essentially being brainwashed. We ...
- 822: 1984 4
- ... love and warmth, but in actuality it's the complete opposite. It's a place of hate and pain and is cold and dark. A better name for it would be the Ministry of Hate. George Orwell lived during a time when Europe was in a period of rebuilding after World War II. During that time Soviets gained six nations as satellites. England was helpless and had to worry about their ... and real people. In 1984, Orwell represents his point of view in Winston. He shows a totalitarian leader, in O'Brien and Big Brother, while Julia is the desire and lust in every human being. George Orwell had deep resentment against totalitarianism and what it stood for. He saw the problem of totalitarianism in his existing world. He also understood how the problem could fester and become larger due to instability ... of proportion to capture people's attention and make them think maybe it wouldn't be unrealistic in the near future. With his deep resentment toward totalitarianism it became the focal point of his novels. George Orwell's, novels were directed toward against totalitarianism and for Socialism and what it stood for.
- 823: Andrew Jackson 3
- ... took out his sword and cut Andrew across the fore head and left hand which left him scarred for a lifetime (World Book Encyclopedia, 1976) small pox a very deadly disease, during the times of George Washington, but he survived it (internet) He went to Waxhaw Presbyterian Church because he wanted to be a minister. Later on, he started to study law and became a lawyer and a landowner. he was a ...
- 824: Jane Eyre And Foreshadowing
- ... of philosophy and for containing irreconcilable paradoxes. As times changed, so did the views of the readers. The author Charlotte Bronte has been criticized as well as praised about her writings. She was described by George Lewes to George Elliot as “A little plain, provincial, sickly looking old maid”, yet George Elliot added to her journal having been so overwhelmed by the novels “What passion, what fire in her!” Elizabeth Gaskell, her biographer as well as fellow female Victorian novelist remarked : “In general there she ...
- 825: Heart Of Darkness - Cruelty
- ... the horrors that provided the political and humanitarian basis for his attack on colonialism. The Europeans took the natives' land away from them by force. They burned their towns, stole their property, and enslaved them. George Washington Williams stated in his diary, "Mr. Stanley was supposed to have made treaties with more than four hundred native Kings and Chiefs, by which they surrendered their rights to the soil. And yet many of ...
- 826: Creative Writing: Conquest
- ... War replied as he entered his limousine returning to the White House. Once the limousine was out of sight the CIA man whispered, "Get 'im," into his watch. Mere seconds later an explosion rocked downtown Washington, DC. With a new Secretary of War in office, a larger number of troops were ordered to be at San Francisco for rendezvous with a fleet to Northeastern Asia. Koslov had launched a nuclear weapon ... Britain, France, and Germany also. Their chief job was to assassinate Russian leaders…by any means. "We gotta fuckin' pop this honcho. What the hell are they givin' us for this chore?" A tall man, George Carlson, asked. "They gave me a bag fulla' all this spy shit," Clark motioned to a canvas bag on the floor. He opened it and revealed a Zippo lighter. Unlike the conventional models, when he ...
- 827: William Sherman
- ... 000 men he would drive the enemy out of Kentucky and if he had 200,000 men he would finish the war in that section. Many newspaper writers humiliated William Sherman because Cameron returned to Washington and reported that Sherman required 200,000 men. Sherman didn’t get a large number of army as he wished, but he was placed command of the Fifth Division, which was an average size army ... will supply him with rations." William Sherman was about to start his greatest military expedition. William Sherman kept a total of 60,000 troops and sent the rest to Nashville under his appointed commander, General George Thomas. On November of 1864, Sherman started his second quest, which later know as Sherman’s March to the Sea. He spreaded his army approximately 60 miles wide marching from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. Sherman ...
- 828: Creative Writing: 6 Months Later
- ... That night, I had the most horrible dream of my life. I could see Lennie petting hundreds of rabbits, one at a time. But he was crying and screaming in rage. The rabbits were dying. "George, why do they die? Don't let them die George, please. Can I still tend the rabbits? I know I done a bad thing," exclaimed Lennie. I got up, screaming. "Lennie, please leave me alone, please," I asked. It was silent. Nobody was awake. I ... my best friend; he was so helpless. Maybe he's better off know, but I will never know. All that I can think about now is what Lennie said to me just before he died. "George, can I still tend the….. the rab-bits."
- 829: Will Rogers
- ... to ride horses, rope cattle, and read the papers. In fact he often said, "I only know what I read in the papers." In this way, he tried to show that he wasn't a Washington insider; he got his information out of the newspapers, just like regular folk. During the Depression, many people were worried about what was going on in Washington. When Will pointed out some politican who said one thing and did another, or criticized some program in Washington he didn't approve of, he'd disquise his criticism behind a joke so as not to offend. But Will would also get straight to the heart of the matter, letting the American people ...
- 830: Personal Writing: History of Pete Dalberg Family
- ... the next one who was married and she married Frank Hayes and lived in Bovil. Merle was born in 1911 and is now deceased. Erma was born about 1914 or 1915 and lives in Spokane Washington. Anna divorced Frank Hayes and moved to Spokane when Merle was in high school. Merle actually lived with us for a year when we were in Nez Perce Idaho. Later Anna married Joe Colverson and ... he seemed to lose interest in life after she died. Emma married Simon Hagon in 1910 they had 2 children. Eveylon was born in 1911 and Luette was born in 1919. Eveylon lives in Clarkston Washington and Luett lives in Lewiston Idaho. There is a little story about Emma when she was small. It seems that Emma use to walk in her sleep and Grandma was always worried that Emma would ... was her love and that was it. Bill was in his late 20's when he married a widow Ida Hawkinson Olson. She had two sons Harald who was 12 who now lives in Spokane Washington and Leonard who was 6 and now lives in Utah when they were married. But Bill thought of them as his children. just like anybody else. Bill just recently past away while living with ...
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