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- 18331: Communism In Animal Farm
- ... as a satire because it makes fun of a certain aspect of society, such as communism. The book itself is about an irresponsible, usually drunk, farmer named Jones and the animals on his farm. Jones's terrible treatment forced the animals on his farm, Manor Farm, to rebel and overthrow him in hope of not having to work for such a cruel tyrant. But when the pigs take it upon themselves ... beings. This book is an excellent representation of why communism does not work through use of fictional characters. Karl Marx also wrote a book, Communist Manifesto, which tries to show how communism would work. Marx's theory of the thesis, antithesis, and synthesis can be found in George Orwell's Animal Farm. The thesis, or the old way of doing things, can be represented by the years Mr. Jones owns and operates Manor Farm. The terrible abuse and neglect of the animals on the ...
- 18332: Chocky - TV Vs The Book
- ... Film version differs quite a lot from the Novel. There were a number of changes to the plot, but most of these were only little issues. One of the major differences in plot was Matthew’s relationship with Colin. Colin was Matthew’s next door neighbour in the Novel, but there was no close friendship or relationship between them. However in the Film, Colin is Matthew’s best friend, classmate and neighbour, whom Matthew was always visiting and playing with. One of biggest changes occurs in the character Piff. Piff was Polly’s long gone imaginary friend in the Novel who ...
- 18333: Walt Disney
- Walt Disney, American cartoonist and motion picture producer, has made a big impact on today's animated motion picture industry. His great talent as a cartoonist and producer has inspired many of today's great film-makers. Here is a short summary of the early beginning and career of probably the greatest animator and film writer of all time. Walt Disney, in full Walter Elias Disney, was born on ... Cartoonland", combined animated characters with a living actress. In 1926-28, Disney produced a series called "Oswald the Rabbit", for Universal Pictures. In 1928, Steamboat Willie was produced by his own company and introduced Disney's most popular character, Mickey Mouse. This film was also the first to utilize sound in an animated cartoon. Besides Mickey Mouse, Disney created such cartoon characters as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. In 1937, ...
- 18334: Huckleberry Finn
- ... Finn great. The author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Samuel Langhorn Clemens, who is more commonly known by his pen name, Mark Twain. He was born in 1835 with the passing of Haley's comet, and died in 1910 with the passing of Haley's comet. Clemens often used prejudice as a building block for the plots of his stories. Clemens even said," The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice." There are many other instances ... broken down into five main sets of antithetic parties: people with high levels of melanin and people with low levels of melanin, rednecks and scholarly, children and adults, men and women, and finally, the Sheperdson's and the Grangerford's. Whites and African Americans are the two main groups contrasted in the novel. Throughout the novel Clemens portrays Caucasians as a more educated group that is higher in society compared ...
- 18335: In The Skin Of The Lion
- ... from childhood to adulthood of Patrick Lewis. Michael Ondaatje describes this voyage with recollections of sensory memories. These recollections permit the reader to relate to Patrick, as these memories are both simple and realistic. Patrick's memories are often conjured up through touch, smell or color. The readers can not help but to imagine their own rendition with some of the imagery used in the book. This essay examines the use ... which is used both as a description and a comparison. Moths appearing on the screen one night are described as those that "have seen this one lighted room and traveled towards it. A summer night's inquiry." (9). In the Garden of the Blind, Patrick observes the blind woman's remaining eye "darting", "moving with delight", "and alighting", all easily visualized. Later in the story, Carvaggio watches a woman in the boathouse. "In this light, and with all the small panes of glass around ...
- 18336: Writing.......It's Not Just For Fun Anymore!
- Writing.......It's Not Just For Fun Anymore! I am writing to support the new writing class being discussed for the Junors' and Seniors' curriculum. I bielive that these classes will help them not only in the work ...
- 18337: Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth from an Iron Age in Galapagos
- Galapagos: James Wait's Rebirth from an Iron Age in Galapagos In Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut, James Wait shows his rebirth by leaving his “Iron Age” and entering into his new “Golden Age.” Galapagos portrays a group of people ...
- 18338: Henry V
- ... irresponsible drunk and the people of England question his ability to control and reign the throne when hisfather dies. He has a poor selection of friends, they all a drunks, thieves,dishonest and cowardly. Henry's father, Henry IV, suggests that Hotspur, the son of his enemy and rival to the throne, would be a better candidate for the throne than Henry. Henry is appalled at this thought and now is out to kill Hotspur. He does so at the battle at Shewsbury, while saving his fathers life. Shakespeare doesthis as to set the tone for Henry's character and his ability to reign and be a good leader in Henry V. Shakespeare continues this questing of Henrys ability in Henry IV,Part II. During this play, as well, Henry is still a ... foreign war. Shakespeare uses that to foreshadow what Henry must do to become a good king, in Henry V. At the time when Henry becomes king, Shakespeare gives hints that the people are questing Henry's ability and responsibility to become a king. In Henry IV, Part II, Henry shows his advisors that he can be a good king and mend his drunken ways. When he is crowned king of ...
- 18339: Internal Conflict Within A Far
- ... protagonist. Two external forces pulling in opposite directions which the protagonist must sort out and decide which is more important to follow. This is especially evident in the mind of Frederick Henry, from Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, for he must decide to follow his obligations to the Italian army in World War I, or follow his love for Catherine Barkley. Frederick Henry is an American who serves as ... him to rationalize its cause, however he fights anyway, in order to achieve the discipline which the army forces into his life. This is the source of the first external force which applies to Frederick’s thoughts and decisions. At the start of the novel, Frederick drinks and travels from one house of prostitution to another and yet he is discontent because his life is very unsettled, and lacking any order ... army as total chaos and disorder where he had previously seen discipline and control. He can no longer remain a part of something that is so disorderly and so, he deserts the Italian army. Frederick's desertion from the Italian army is the turning point of his internal struggle. When Frederick puts aside his involvement in the war, he realizes that Catherine is the order and value in his life ...
- 18340: Peter The Great
- ... memories of terror and danger (4:89). When Peter was 10 years old, the palace guards revolted, and brutally murdered the supporters of his mother. Peter witnessed the brutal murders of Artemon Mateev, and Natalia¹s brother on the lawn of the Kremlin. It was then that Peter, his two small sisters, and his mother withdrew to the countryhouse of Czar Alexis in the village of Preobrazhenskoe outside Moscow. They returned ... boys, who were his close friends, playing soldier, and building forts on his home grounds. By the age of 12, he had learned masonry, shooting, hunting, and other games (4:90). Children from neighboring countryside’s heard of these games and soon came from Moscow with their servants to play with the young Czar. One of Peter¹s friends brought out a young fellow named Alexander Menshikov, whom, legend says, he had met selling meat pies in Red Square. By the time Peter was in his teens, he had arranged a group ...
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