The significance of this passage in 1984 by George Orwell is that it teaches the reader that the Party controls everything. When O’Brien says: “I could float off this floor like a soap bubble if I wish to. I do not wish to‚ because the Party does not wish it” (Orwell)‚ it shows how the Party is in total control of people’s actions. This helps the reader have a better understanding of the power that the Party has and what it is able to do. This is also significant because in the beginning of the story
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Personal Response- ID Passage: Othello Part 1: Theme The prevalent themes in this passage are jealousy and love. In the first couple of lines‚ Othello talks about how he must kill Desdemona before she seduces more men‚ demonstrating the jealousy he feels towards her since he believes she is cheating on him with Cassio. A second theme‚ love‚ begins to emerge as Othello continues to contemplate murdering Desdemona. His love for her causes him
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e author of the reading passage thinks that there are some reasons to explain the decreasing population of the yellow cedar. Meanwhile‚ the professor states that there reasons in the reading passage are not convincing and we still do not know about the decline. To begin with‚ while the passage states that the decline may be caused by insects‚ such as cedar bark beetles. The lecture argues that healthy cedars are not easily attacked by beetles. There are powerful chemicals in their leaves which are
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Rites of Passage is a process that people of Apache in New Mexico provide to thirteen years old girls‚ who are going to enter the womanhood. This ceremony started in ancient traditions and as the young girls became women‚ their family and friends were there to support them mentally and spiritually. It is completed with the young girls’ beloved ones‚ and they all participate and witness the girl’s journey. Rites of Passage lasts four days and participants are tested in strength‚ endurance‚ and character
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Consequently‚ the characteristics used to describe Joan are commonly associated with dominant men‚ further confirming the idea that Joan willingly participates in gender role reversal. Barstow refers to Joan‚ “As a female prophet wearing male clothing who moved into the world of men and beat them at their own game…” (41). Joan is successful in assuming the role of a warrior by aligning herself‚ physically and emotionally‚ with her male counterparts. An example is when she provides council to King
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This passage is a huge turning point both in this story and in Delia’s life. The audience is introduced to the characters and it becomes instantly obvious that Sykes doesn’t treat Delia right. She raises the iron skillet from the stove and holds it in the space between her and Sykes. He is knocked into a state of revelation along with the audience as “It cowed him and he did not strike her as he usually did.” Delia had enough of the matrimonial torture and has been pushed past the point of being
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Joan of Arc A French saint and a heroine in the Hundred Years’ war was Joan of Arc. This farm girl helped save the French from English command and was often called the Maid Orleans and the Maid of France. Her inspiration led the French to many victories. Joan Of Arc (In French Jeanne d’Arc) was born around 1412‚ in the village of Domremy‚ France. She was a peasant girl who‚ like many girls of that time‚ could not read or write. Her father‚ Jacques‚ was a wealthy tenant farmer and her mother
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In the passage‚ "The Dead‚" there is a main character named Gabriel. While the passage is told on a third person point of view looking over Gabriel’s shoulder‚ we still experience and imagine what he is observing and feeling. From the clever word play in the first paragraph‚ we can infer that Gabriel’s wife is in a very ill or weak state. While she is sleeping‚ he cannot help but stare at her for a long period of time while reflecting upon his life and experiences with her. We can come to the
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setting of life and Winston’s general thoughts about that era as a tool to express the true nature of society‚ and to show that it hasn’t always been that way‚ and that it is not the natural order of things. The society that Orwell describes in this passage is portrayed as a dark‚ crowded and gruesome place. He quotes‚ “A low ceilinged‚ crowded room‚ its walls grimy from the contract of innumerable bodies; battered metal tables and chairs‚ placed so close together that you sat with your elbows touching
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Answer two questions 1 Read the passage below in which the writer offers her own strong thoughts and feelings about the American novelist Henry Miller and his writing. (a) Comment on the writer’s style and use of language. [15] (b) In the style of the original passage‚ describe a well-known person or celebrity and their work. [10] I first saw Henry Miller when I was fourteen. It was in Kensington Gardens‚ and he was playing baseball for a United States Army team. Whenever the ball was scooped
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