George Orwell‚ largely known for his novels Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia‚ was a British writer whose novels are still much-loved years after they were written. Orwell’s metaphorical writing style was due to his political views‚ which he often incorporated into his books. One of the best examples of this “Orwellian” symbolism can be found in his 1949 novel‚ 1984. The story revolves around a middle-aged man named Winston and the life he leads in what is seemingly a post-apocalyptic‚ “utopian”
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Thematic Essay on George Washington The Electoral College elected Washington unanimously in 1789‚ and again in the 1792 election. John Adams was elected vice president. Washington took the oath of office as the first President under the Constitution for the United States of America on April 30‚ 1789‚ at Federal Hall. At first‚ he had not wanted the position. Washington proved himself to be an able administrator. An excellent delegator and judge of talent and character‚ he held regular
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1984 The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell contains multiple themes. George Orwell wrote the book to show the dangers of totalitarianism. Through that main idea‚ many other ideas stemmed. The themes often relate directly back to settings and occurrences in 1984. The themes that stand out the most are as follows; the idea that history only truly exists in our minds‚ human consciousness is not something that can be immediately controlled‚ and that people are not always what they say they are.
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Imagine watching this happen violently everyday of your life to people who have done something wrong . This is what men in a prison in Burma experience every day one after the other watching their fellow men die because of capital punishment. George Orwell’s text “A Hanging” uses a variety of rhetorical devices including similes‚ characterization and juxtaposition to convince people of the wrongness of capital punishment. WS1: The use of similes in “A Hanging” are almost always a description
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The Monuments Men‚ directed by George Clooney‚ is a 2014 film based on World War II. This movie reveals another crime the Nazis were committing which was the theft of many famous art masterpieces and hiding them inside different mines all around Germany so no one could find them. To stop the Nazi thieves from taking priceless masterpieces away from anyone else‚ the United States created a unit containing seven men to retrieve the masterpieces and return them to where they belonged; they were known
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“Easter Wings” George Herbert (1593-1633) George Herbert’s poem is a clear example of Visual Poetry. The poem consists of two ten-line stanzas of varying line lengths. It draws much of its power from the appearance of the poem as a shape‚ in this case‚ a pair of wings viewed sideways‚ and sandglasses viewed straight on. These images emphasize the speaker’s desire to rise to heaven to be with the Christian Saviour. The sandglass has a direct connection with the title of the poem. To Christians
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George McClellan was remembered as the great General of the Union Army. His military command style put him at odds with President Abraham Lincoln‚ and would upset his military and political luck. McClellan began his military career after entering the United States Military Academy in 1842. He graduated second in a class of 59 in 1846‚ along with 20 others who would become full rank generals during the Civil War. He was appointed as a brevet second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers and served
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George David has been CEO of United Technologies Corporation (UTC) for more than a decade. During that time he has received numerous accolades and awards for his performance as a CEO. Under his leadership UTC‚ a $343 billion conglomerate whose operating units include manufacturers of elevators (Otis Elevator)‚ aerospace products (including Pratt & Whitney jet engines and Sikorsky helicopters)‚ air conditioning systems‚ and fire and security systems‚ has seen earnings grow at 10–14 percent annually—impressive
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one”(Franklin). In 1984 by George Orwell‚ security is chosen over freedom taking rights away from people. Security being more important than freedom obliterates different aspects of human characteristics‚ makes people feel imprisoned‚ and takes the rights of freedom of security away from the people. Security is given an ultimate power‚ in a world where Winston in the book 1984‚ is in constant surveillance and is living in a world where is his being recorded by cameras everywhere. George Orwell predicted
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In the essay “A Hanging‚” George Orwell objectively describes his experience as a witness to a state ordered killing. In doing so Orwell does not give readers a bias decision. I believe Orwell purposefully admits what crime the prisoner committed to get the reader to question whether we have the right to kill other human beings. Therefore‚ the morality of the situation is called in play rather than the author just describing the events as they happen. One does have to wonder how people could eat
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