In 1984‚ George Orwell uses symbolism to illustrate how a totalitarian government that controls the past will rob its citizens of their humanity in both the present and the future‚ through the coral paperweight. Winston’s purchase of the coral paperweight represents the beginning of his and Julia’s special relationship which he describes as “a beautiful thing… not like any glass he had ever seen” (80-81). The description of the glass paperweight as “ a beautiful thing” yet “not like any glass he
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The Loss of Individuality in Nineteen Eighty-Four In the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ individuality is an offence punishable by death‚ and the people live under constant supervision. The main character‚ Winston‚ lives in the totalitarian state of Oceania‚ where a figurehead known only as Big Brother is revered by the majority of the populace. In this state‚ those in positions of power are members of the Inner Party‚ while the rest of the people are either members of the Outer Party or part
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The Four Noble Truths Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world. Buddhism explains a purpose to life‚ it explains obvious injustice and inequality around the world‚ and it provides a code of practice or way of life that leads to true happiness. When you study Buddhism you’re studying yourself; the nature of your body‚ speech and mind. The main emphasis being on the nature of your mind and how it works in everyday life. The Buddha taught many things‚ but the basic concepts
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history of the universe‚ there have been revolutions that shaped the history of the world. However‚ none have had such a great impact as the four great revolutions in thought and religion. Included‚ are the philosophy of China‚ religion in India‚ religion of the Jews‚ and Greek Philosophy. They all have many things in common‚ but each are unique as well. The four great revolutions occurred in or near original river valley systems‚ and they were all born through a crisis. Each of the reformations is
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From the readings presented through the unit content along with the article‚ Four Noble Truths by J.S. Strong‚ I believe‚ “dukkha” can be qualified as suffering rather than stress. Strong gave detailed examples in the article such as‚ “birth is stressful‚ old age is stressful … association with what is disliked is stressful; being dissociated from what is liked is stressful; not obtaining what is searched for is stressful” (Strong‚ 2015‚ 250). The Buddha further clarifies and states that these five
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BUDDHISM AND THE FOUR PRINCIPLE BELIEFS Buddhism‚ with about 365 million followers makes up 6% of the world ’s population and is the fourth largest religion in the world (exceeded by Christianity‚ Islam and Hinduism). Buddhism was founded in Northern India in the sixth century BCE by the first Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama when he attained enlightenment. Buddhism is made up three main forms. They are Theravada Buddhism found mainly in Thailand‚ Burma‚ Cambodia and Laos‚ Mahayana Buddhism which is
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The passage I have selected from Nineteen Eighty-Four is from pages eighty-three to eighty-four‚ and is written as the main character’s thoughts and commentary on the Party. It discusses the absolute control of the party‚ and how powerful their influence is on the citizens of Airstrip One. This passage contains the famous lines “In the end the Party would announce that two plus two is five‚ and you would have to believe it ”‚ and “The Party told you to deny the evidence of your eyes and ears. It
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Four weddings and a funeral‚ directed by Mike Newell‚ is a quite amusing film that takes place mainly in London and the Home Countries. This acclaimed British romantic comedy is focused on the intermittent romance between a charming‚ but bumbling Englishman -Charles- and a beautiful American woman -Carrie-‚ who seem to always run into each other at weddings. The story begins with the wedding of Angus and Laura‚ at which Charles is the best man. At this wedding‚ Charles meets Carrie for the first
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meditation with many teachers. At the age of thirty-five‚ Siddharta Gautama sat down under the shade of a fig or bo tree to meditate; he determined to meditate until he received enlightenment. After seven weeks he received the Great Enlightenment: the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path. Henceforth he became known as the Buddha. This Middle Way is a psychological-philosophical insight into the cause and cure of suffering and evil. In The Heart of the Buddha ’s Teaching‚ Thich Nhat Hanh provides
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Throughout Nineteen Eighty-Four it is very clear that intimacy and women are two things that the Party do not like. Women are seen as producers of future Party members and sexuality is seen as a crime. The reason for this being that the Party sees this as a threat and therefore does everything in its power to control and try to prevent sexual activity as well as suppresses women and brainwashes them to see sexuality as a crime that they must refrain from. Throughout the novel‚ there are several
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