In the year of 1949‚ George Orwell saw a possible future from his reflection of the totalitarian regimes of World War II and experience in Spain as well as Russia‚ especially with Stalin. This would culminate into the novel known as 1984‚ in which the Party and their leader – Big Brother – have complete control of the nation known as Oceania‚ where everyone is under constant surveillance by the Thought Police. The story is set in London which has decayed just as much as the people’s souls and minds
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Drama‚ War‚ History Franklin J. Schaffner George C. Scott‚ Karl Malden‚ Stephen Young Academy Award for Best Picture The Truth: George S. Patton Jr. was a senior commanding officer of the United States Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European scenes of World War II‚ and is best known for his dedicated leadership of the Third Army in Europe after the Allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy‚ France in June 1944. Before George was a General for the Third Army‚ he gained his
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In the world of dance‚ George Balanchine and William Forsythe have changed the way ballet is structured by sculpting the end of the 19th century classical ballet movements to modern contemporary movements‚ introducing neoclassical ballet. Neoclassical ballet defines the body’s lines and angles. They have both created various original works paired with radical patterns‚ costumes‚ setting‚ movement and music . Forsythe is one of the most significant choreographers of the 21st century. With Balanchine’s
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more prominent than the fictional dystopian society of Oceania from George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984. In the fictitious setting of 1984 the people are controlled by the group known only as the Party. The Party controls every part of their citizens’ lives and the citizens are being constantly monitored by various forms of technology. In America 2017 the NSA has logged all texts‚ phone calls‚ and tweets but we have not seen the effects of logging all that information. As technology evolves‚ it allows the
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Shooting An Elephant – George Orwell Orwell begins his essay by describing the intense hatred of the Burmese for their European masters. In Moulmein‚ in Lower Burma‚ I was hated by large numbers of people‚ the only time in my life that I have been important enough for this to happen to me. Europeans were spit at‚ jeered at‚ and insulted. As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever it seemed safe to do so. I feel his sympathies were on the side of the Burmese‚ and
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Brian Hoeg Civil War Group Projects American Wars 3/14/06 George Brinton McClellan When you hear the name George McClellan‚ courageous‚ brave‚ heroic‚ and decisive are probably not the first words that come to mind. That’s probably because none of those words describe him. George McClellan was an indecisive coward‚ unfit for his position as a general‚ partially because of his sympathy for his troops‚ but also because of his "conspiracy theories" which constantly screwed over the union troops
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confronting‚ imagine what these figures will look like in 50 years when technology that haven’t even been discovered yet is readily available to children. In today’s program we will be exploring the world of technology addiction and the possible effects it can have in the future. In today’s society it seems that children are being born ‘digital’. What do I
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Fear comes in many forms. One of the worst forms of having fear is having a phobia. There once was a very successful man named George Kaufman. He had a horrible in dept‚ phobia of germs. In this essay I will be using Mr. Kaufman to illustrate the seriousness of having phobias that you have to live with every second‚ of every day in your life. Phobias are a very serious disease. When you have a phobia it means that you have an extreme fear of something‚ object or situation
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Jorge Elizondo Period 1 What a Wonderful World. In 1948‚ a man by the name of George Orwell released a book which interpreted his views on what he thought the future would look like. The book was entitled‚ 1984. Orwell describes a chilling depiction of how the power of the state could come to dominate the lives of individuals through cultural conditioning. This anti-utopian world is filled with pervasive government surveillance‚ and incessant public mind control. Was Orwell a prophet‚ or just
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