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    excitement” (Orwell 13). Using a simple sentence‚ Orwell meant to convey an idea (the singing) in one thought without adding other thoughts/ideas to take the focus away from the topic. In this sentence‚ Orwell refers to the USSR national anthem and Marx’s communistic speech when he mentions the song‚ “Beasts of England”. Furthermore‚ the animals’ excitement to hear the song correlates with the eagerness to believe in the success of the Soviet Union. “Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place” (Orwell 14).

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    Going back to the 1700’s when America was in the process of becoming America‚ smoking has always been present. Now in present day America‚ walking down the streets of any town‚ or road‚ you see and smell the awful and thick smell of tobacco smoke. 9 out of 10 times you are guaranteed to find an old cigarette on the ground. Attempts to better this issue have been made of course. Gruesome commercials tell the terrible consequences of smoking on the body‚ taxes have been raised on them‚ but people

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    Say One Thing and Possibly Mean Another (An analysis of the use of satire in The Canterbury Tales‚ written by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ and how the person that the satire was aimed towards was affected.) There will always be people that are two-faced. That tell the world one thing‚ when really only trying to get his or her own gain out of it. These are the type of people that are going to do everything they can to improve on their own lives‚ while making it seem like they are really helping others and that

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    Orwell and Swift One of the techniques they have common is that both of them are using satire. After comparing Orwell and Swift essay‚ I believe that Swift uses satire more effectively than Orwell does. At first‚ Swift uses his title more effectively than Orwell. Second Swift’s statements which is eating infants for saving Ireland has more impact than Orwell’s statement. Thirdly‚ Swift essay drips with sacrism by using many metophors. First of all‚ the title of Swift’s essay immediately demonstrates

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    superior intelligence. The pigs do this in several ways. The first occurred with the death of Old Major when rebellion approaches. The other animals allowed the pigs to teach them and plan for the rebellion. “...The work of teaching fell onto the pigs…” (Orwell 15). As the pigs teach the ways of “animalism” they discerningly begin to exhibit their power over the others by assuming the positions of teachers. By the time the rebellion arrived it felt natural to the farm animals for pigs to assume the positions

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    The Human Mind Exploring the Evil side of Human Life The human mind is very complex and mysterious. The human mind is a topic that is very common throughout history and also found in poems. In the two poems that show this topic is: "One need not to be a chamber-to be haunted" by Emily Dickinson and "The Haunted Palace" by Edgar Allan Poe. These two poems share similarities and also differences. The similarities are more apparent and more essential than the differences. Similarities within these

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    Shooting An Elephant The well written narrative essay of George Orwell (shooting An Elephant) and Salvation of Langston Hughes‚ dealing with their life story and experience show the set of qualities that make each author distinctive. However‚ the authors used a particular way to narrate their story making them alive. So this particular way used by each of them let make a critical comparison and contrast analysis related to each author personality. Langston Hughes toward Salvation used an

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    1984-George Orwell How does the writer use language to create a sense of place? Orwell uses a solemn tone for the foundations of anguish in the extract from Nineteen Eighty-Four. This tone is used to firstly set the scene with the use of adjectives: ‘vile’ and gritty’ to describe the poor weather. These have negative connotations and therefore allow the reader to understand the melancholy and depressing scene that is being set. The effect of the pathetic fallacy when the wind is described as ‘vile’

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    From the instant one reads the novel “1984”‚ one sees the difference and shocking comparison of Oceania and our world. The protagonist is Winston Smith‚ his character and willingness to find out the history of Oceania is what drives the story. The Party is also one of the main characters in the story in which they oppress Oceania in a totalitarian way. But Oceania isn’t any different then other countries in our world; Big Brother was actually used as a scare tactic to make the people more dedicated

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    “Homage to George Orwell.” Midwest Quarterly 53.1 (2011): 77-94. Academic Search Complete. Web. 7 Oct. 2012. According to the article “Homage to George Orwell” by Peter Firchow‚ George Orwell should be considered a literary genius for accomplishments comparable to those of other writers thought to be geniuses and characteristics unique to his writing style. Firchow argues against Lionel Trilling’s (“one of the most influential critics of the century”) explicit claim that Orwell is not a genius

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