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- 1501: George Orwells 1984
- ... known as English Socialism. The government monitors the lives of the citizens through technological means to insure loyalty through surveillance, propaganda and brainwashing. The Party, as the government is known, goes so far as to control the people's thoughts and ideas. They have even replaced English with Newspeak, the language of the party. By removing meaning and suggestion from the vocabulary, they hoped to obliterate anti-social thinking before it ... a warning against the dangers of a technologically advanced totalitarian government. It is set in London, the chief city of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania. It is possibly 1984, although, with the party's control of all facts, one could never be sure. (Orwell) "To begin with, he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984. It must be round about that date, since he was fairly sure ... anything new about this period. However, I did learn, and have come to understand, how people in totalitarian societies behave and how those societies function. I also have a clearer understanding of how these governments control the people, and why the lower classes tend not to revolt. I realize that peasants don't revolt because they don't think there is any reason to. They are too uneducated to understand ...
- 1502: Flowers For Algernon Essay
- ... Charlie lost his job because he was to smart to work in a bakery. Although Charlie was a genius he had no real social skills. The "Charlie" inside of himself emerged and started to regain control of his mind. All in all, Charlie suffered from the pain of not knowing how to deal with his peers and decisions. Therefore, after the operation, Charlie became a smart man but he had to ... Charlie lost his job because he was to smart to work in a bakery. Although Charlie was a genius he had no real social skills. The "Charlie" inside of himself emerged and started to regain control of his mind. All in all, Charlie suffered from the pain of not knowing how to deal with his peers and decisions. Therefore, after the operation, Charlie became a smart man but he had to ... Charlie lost his job because he was to smart to work in a bakery. Although Charlie was a genius he had no real social skills. The "Charlie" inside of himself emerged and started to regain control of his mind. All in all, Charlie suffered from the pain of not knowing how to deal with his peers and decisions. Therefore, after the operation, Charlie became a smart man but he had ...
- 1503: Female Power In The Odyssey
- ... women stand their ground in individual protests to get what they want; Penelope s trickery in evading the impatient marriage proposals by suitors, Helen s deceit over Menelaos during the Trojan War, and finally the control that Nausicaa seems have upon first meeting Odysseus each illustrate power possessed by females of the epic. At the Epic s beginning the reader finds Penelope, Odysseus wife in Ithica facing the pressure of suitors ... glance her situation seems hopeless. The men have moved into her home, taking complete advantage of her husband s land and riches, eating his prize livestock, and drinking his finest wine. Penelope is however in control, carefully plotting against her rude guests. It has been said that one must keep their friends close and their enemies closer. She does just that, by keeping the suitors in her home for three years ... standing her ground. She continues to show her bravery by providing Odysseus with clothing and a place to stay, inviting him into her own house. Even by today s standards, her assertiveness to remain in control is remarkable. As individuals approaching the twenty first century it is hard to believe that the simple actions of the women of The Odyssey are to be viewed as acts of power. It is ...
- 1504: Evolution Of Heathcliff In Wut
- ... develops in three distinctive parts. First, Heathcliff is sympathetically portrayed as an interloper. Next, he is characterized as an individual who is beginning to lose his innocence because he is coping with situations beyond his control. Finally, Heathcliff is a hardened man who manifests hostility and anger toward everyone. The change from victim to victimizer is what makes the novel interesting and timeless. It also hooks the reader because he or ... of compassion, the love that began with good intentions ends in disillusionment and devastation. In Heathcliff s dialogue with Hindly, he is slowly getting angry because he was put into a situation he had no control over. Now he feels he is being hurt because of something he was not responsible for. It s easy for people to sympathize with him because he is a child. He is not in control of his environment and he is brutally tormented and mistreated by Hindly. Later in the novel, after Heathcliff has acquired an education and refinement, he visits Edgar and Catherine and surprises everyone with his ...
- 1505: Essay On Bladerunner
- ... humans with the exception that they lack empathy. When we think of typical man-made machines, we usually think of subservient items to help us with the mundane jobs of life. They are under our control and are here solely for our use. However, the machines that are created in Blade Runner are, as Tyrell says, more human than human. They have almost all of the characteristics of humans. They have ... but something indefinite. Tyrell then gets rid of Rachael because Deckard was able to distinguish her. He doesn t care for what he creates, no matter how more human than human. He only wants to control them and make them indistinguishable from humans. He failed with Rachael because she was detected, even though he can control them better with memories as a cushion. As he tries to make them identical to humans, he won t give them the same respect and equality as he would another human being. This begins ...
- 1506: Compare Rosencrantz And Guilde
- ... of the depth of their predicament. (2) At one point Guildenstern says We are entitled to some direction...I would have thought . Guildenstern begins to accept this feeling that his life is out of his control and says We move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation We ll know better next time . Rosencrantz and Guildenstern s deaths shows how effectively Stoppard created these characters by the ... Predestination, fixed destiny idea) Guildenstern Yours or ours? (subtle irony hinting at the ending of the play) Player It could hardly be one without the other Guildenstern Fate then Player Oh yes. We have no control. The Player readily accepts destiny and the unknown future, unlike Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who like to feel that they do have control in their lives. In Waiting for Godot the subject of chance and probability is also considered: Estragon I don t know, there s an even chance, or nearly. Vladimir Well, what ll we do? ...
- 1507: Breakfast Of Champions- Kurt V
- ... Finally Trout does come to some conclusions for himself. He believes that man was probably a better universe in its infancy, this concluding that the more man realizes the more corruption man will cause, the gun being the prime example. Trout does not want to take part in that corruption. He wishes to remain young and see things in there purity. Trout realizes that what he sees in the world affects him tremendously. The pessimist that overwhelmed him in later life will control him forever if he does not fight against it. He needs to free himself from the restrictions of the world. Trout is a pessimistic man going on with life the way it is, but when ...
- 1508: Brave New World Vs. Modern Soc
- ... is a threat to the society s existence, in the eyes of the leaders. As today, pregnancy, in Utopia, could be prevented using a variety of methods. Where our society uses male and female birth control methods, Utopia has pregnancy substitute (a procedure in which Utopian woman are given all the psychological benefits of childbirth without undergoing it) and malthusian drill (similar to today s birth control pills). However, modern society and Huxley s Utopia both explore the advantages of artificial reproduction, although Utopia has taken it to the extreme: The Bokanovsky Process, is a method whereby a human egg s normal ... My good boy! ... Bokanovsky s Process is one of the major instruments of social stability! (Huxley, 7). Not only did this method create millions of robot like citizens for Utopia, but the leaders have supreme control over any threat of overpopulation. Utopian predestinators decide the future function of each embryo, essentially assigning class status. In this way, the leaders of Utopia are also able to keep the social classes balanced ...
- 1509: Animal Farm
- ... situation. One of the important themes of this book is the lack of awareness and what it can cause (Smyer). Napoleon, like Stalin, realized that if he could change history he would be able to control the other animals on the farm from rebelling against him. As Greenblatt said if language is abused, if words can have entirely contradictory meanings then since thought is dependent on language, all unorthodox modes of ... Orwell s disenchantment with the state of human nature. The point he is trying to make is that even when we begin with honorable intentions, there will be those who let their base instinct take control. Orwell portrays this nature by parodying events in real history. What he was trying to teach by writing this book was that power, in the hands of few, is corrupting and doesn t benefit the ... in Animal Farm or particularly those events that occurred during the Russian Revolution can happen anywhere. We don t have to look to far to see how certain third world governments today are able to control their population with fear and intimidation; Syria, Iraq, Serbia, to name a few.
- 1510: A Worn Path
- In the story A Worn Path, Eudora Welty shows an old woman living in a time period where racial prejudice is rampant and out of control. Phoenix Jackson is a grandmother whose only motivation for living is to nurture her grandson back to health. The strength of love may make people do or say unusual and implausible things. The central idea ... social hindrance is once again her old age. People she encounters on her journey are very condescending towards her and have no respect for her. The hunter in the field mocks her by pointing a gun to her and laughs at her. The nurse s attendant scorns her because she does not feel comfortable talking in the office. All these social obstacles are as a result of her race. Phoenix Jackson ...
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