About the book: The book "Burmese Days" was written by George Orwell and published first in 1934. Orwell took the inspiration for this first novel of his from the experiences he gained during his service as an imperial police officer in Burma in the late 1920s. There he was confronted with extreme forms of imperialism‚ causing racism and also chauvinism. These are also the main topics of the novel and although they are wrapped up in the story of a single man’s fate‚ John Flory’s‚ these topics
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Response to: The Principles of Newspeak In George Orwell’s novel 1984 the main character‚ 39 year old Winston Smith‚ lives in the superstate Oceania‚ a place controlled by Ingsoc which is Newspeak for English Socialism (the English Socialist Party). Winston’s story takes place in what he believes is the year 1984‚ a time when Newspeak is still being changed and integrated into the Party. Newspeak is the official language of Oceania‚ created by the Socialist Party with intentions to reduce range
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“Privacy‚ he said‚ was a very valuable thing. Everyone wanted a place where they could be alone occasionally” (Orwell 114). Indeed‚ privacy shouldn’t be taken for granted‚ but it is almost becoming a thing of the past as seen in George Orwell’s 1984. The protagonist‚ Winston Smith‚ lives in a society where the totalitarian government controls all aspects of life. Telescreens‚ which are ubiquitous in Oceania and sometimes hidden‚ are used to monitor every member’s thoughts and actions in order to
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“Animal Farm”‚ by George Orwell‚ is an allegorical novella based on the Russian Revolution. It is a story where animals on the farm begin a revolution in order to be treated equally. They exile the farmer to be free of his control so that the working class animals could benefit from their labour. However‚ the pigs took over the farm and‚ before too long‚ the farm returned to its original form‚ controlled by a “human-like” dictator. “Animal Farm” foregrounds many different themes associated with the
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In the article ‘Shooting an Elephant’ by George Orwell‚ the word ‘hollowness’ is an abstract noun because it is intangible and encompasses human states of mind. In my opinion‚ the word ‘hollowness’ has two meanings. Firstly‚ it refers to absence of certain components of an object‚ making the object vacant or empty. Secondly‚ it can mean one’s emotion: the feeling one has after he or she worked vainly. The writer worked as a police officer under the British Empire in Burma‚ where he was hated by
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In the novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell in 1949‚ the reader explores the dystopian state of Oceania through the eyes of Winston Smith. Smith is an Outer Party member and is thus part of the bureaucracy that controls every aspect of life in his country‚ Oceania. The Party monitors every citizen of Oceania to ensure its power remains absolute‚ and employs psychological control to do so. The three primary aspects of this control are the utilization of fear‚ hatred‚ and propaganda. This type of control
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Winston Smith is the protagonist of the dystopian science fiction novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell. In the book‚ Winston is an employee of the Ministry of Truth‚ an organization in charge to rewrite the entire history of the world‚ to better adapt it to the " truths " disseminated by Big Brother and the Poitical Party. Winston’s task is therefore to rewrite historical documents‚ censoring any information that does not reflect the line imposed by the regime ‚ which varies on a daily basis. Ongoing
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In this essay‚ I will be discussing my personal opinion on Animal Farm by George Orwell. In this novel a community of farm animals revolt against their farmer‚ Mr. Jones. They take ownership of the property where they attempt to farm themselves and embark on a huge project to build a windmill in order to cut down labour. The farm animals led by Napoleon take on a slogan: “four legs good‚ two legs bad‚” but as their rebellion becomes corrupted and the pigs power overcomes them this motto is no longer
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A Hanging The short story‚ ?A Hanging? by George Orwell‚ poses many problematic and significant questions. Of these questions the one that intrigued me the most was‚ how does the narrator?s emotions and feelings change throughout the story‚ and how does this change affect the theme of the story? These questions are significant in general because they are very important to the theme and major conflict of the story. These questions are also important to the story specifically‚ because it shows how
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In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell uses allegory to show a communist society shifting to dictatorship and showing how it upsets people along they way. The author uses allegory to support his story by using farm animals going through a rough time finding out how their " government works" and settling the situation. The story starts off with the animals upset with the farm owner due to them being treated unfairly. The animals have these seven commandments they go by " whatever
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