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- 1281: 1984: Government's Attempt to Control The Mind and Bodies of Its Citizens
- ... Four to simply be an extension of Animal Farm. Nineteen Eighty-Four, however, brings everything to an even more extreme but even scarier is the fact that is more realistic, such as in a Nazi Germany environment. Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered to have great pessimistic undertones, Orwell's prophecy if you will. It is also not known whether it was intended as a "last words", though it was his final ...
- 1282: Catch 22: Satire on WWII
- ... they are satires and why they are. Catch-22 is a satire on World War II. This novel takes place on the small island of Pianosa in the Mediterranean sea late in the war when Germany is no longer a threat. It is the struggle of one man, Yossarian, to survive the war. Throughout this novel Yossarian is trying to escape the war, and in order to do so he does ...
- 1283: All Quiet on the Western Front
- ... As the war went on, they saw their friends either die or be permanently wounded. Then the end comes when there was only one person left. All Quiet on the Western Front takes place in Germany where a group of young boys are first encouraged to join the military. Thinking that it would be a great adventure, they enlisted, not knowing the fate that lies before them. At first, the group ...
- 1284: John Jake's Homeland: A Review
- ... focus attention on a new "Jakes" family, the Crowns. Multiple characters and settings at the norm for Jakes; however, this story rivets primary attention on Paul Crown, a young German immigrant. Paul leaves behind a Germany of cholera, poverty, and political upheaval only to face problems of equal magnitude in America. Undaunted by a difficult ocean crossing, Paul arrives at Ellis Island penniless but naively optimistic about his future. He makes ...
- 1285: Lord of the Flies: Golding's Reality - Fact or Fiction
- ... weight you get made fun of because your different. Simon and Piggy both died because they were different. Ralph's united nation depleted while Jack's dictatorship rose. This relates the rise of Hitler in Germany. Jack wanted to get rid of Ralph and all his followers as Hitler wanted to get rid of all the Jews during the Holocaust. Simon was exterminated by fist then piggy was killed by a ...
- 1286: Summary of Rosen's "My Lost World: A Survivor's Tale"
- ... 28. I believe that this very quote inspired her to write, not only this section, but the book as well. Sara starts this section on the first day the war began, September 1, 1939. Nazi Germany had invaded Poland, and the subject of fleeing sprung in every Jewish household. Even the Jewish radio stations, the one's not yet over taken by the Nazi's, repeatedly said, “Go East! Go East ...
- 1287: 1984: Dystopian Visions
- ... the government did in 1984. If in fact the Nazis had won the war and taken over the world, today might have resembled George Orwell's world in 1984. The people's attitude of Nazi Germany reflects the attitudes of the people of 1984, both were so pumped full of the governments ideas and beliefs that no matter what anyone told them they still believed that the government was right. They ...
- 1288: The Life of Edward Albee
- ... in the publishing business hounded into killing an alienated man who happened to confront him in Central Park. Foreshadowing the future, New York producers rejected the mordant one-acter. But after its success in West Germany, Albee recalls, "my life changed." The play ran three and one-half years off-Broadway, while his next works, The Sandbox, The American Dream, and The Death of Bessie Smith, entranced theatergoers with their attack ...
- 1289: Madame Bovary: The Origin of Emma And Nora
- ... despite the fact that it was a bestseller. Also Henrik Ibsens “A Doll's House” was such a slap in the face to many Europeans that it was banned in some countries and revised in Germany so that it had a happy ending. Some people in Norway even attributed the rising divorce rate to this play! What is it that drove both of these authors to be such harsh social critics ...
- 1290: Anne Frank Remembered: Review
- ... in the following quotation, when she was asked to join the Nazi Girls' Club: " 'How can I join such a club?' I icily asked. 'Look at what the Germans are doing to the Jews in Germany.' ...Let her take a good look at me and see with her own eyes that some 'Aryan' woman was not to be swept in by the Nazis." (Gies, p. 41, 1987). The main source of ...
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