I read your response about George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”. It’s very interesting how you tried to figure out what the author was imagining. I agree your response in that the story is “too close to recent historical events without being close enough”. I agree because he was only 14 when the Russian Revolution happened since he was born in 1903. Also‚ I don’t think he had much information about the Revolution to write a book about it. I wouldn’t if he was at Russia when he was 14 but it’s most likely
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the social conflict that Orwell struggled with was the way the people treated him‚ he describes himself as "young and ill-educated" which basically saying that he could of gotten a better education then having a job he didn’t like. He also struggled with the Burmese people‚ they disrespected him where at the beginning of his story mention us that he "was hated by large number of people" just because he is a police officer. This conflict does make the reader more interested because the reader wants
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Orwell addresses political writing as a form of the writer giving a viewpoint of an event to an audience by using direct language to give an image to an audience. In his collected essay‚ “Why I Write‚” Orwell mentions the fact that all background information that he writes is because he believes that it is not possible for you to “assess a writer’s motives without knowing something of his early development‚” emphasizing the idea that writers use an emotional attachment to their writings. Political
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These children possess vicious traits‚ and it is illustrated because there mother lives in terror‚ from the way the book portrays it. For example‚ on page 24 it states “ with those children‚ he thought the wretched woman must lead a life of terror”(Orwell 24). She is scared to to say and do things around them because of the way the act. She knows if she doesn’t not withhold her thoughts‚ opinions‚ etc. they will reveal her to the Thoughtpolice‚
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Rhetorical Analysis * A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS REFERS TO THE PROCESS OF ANALYZING A TEXT‚ GIVEN SOURCE OR ARTIFACT. * No judgment- only analysis * Explores content‚ purpose‚ background (of author)‚ structure‚ and the topic of a text * RHETORIC IS THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE AN INTENDED MESSAGE * via argumentation‚ persuasion‚ or another form of communication. * Critical Reading- ask questions while you read (SOAPStoned) * What is the subject
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However‚ Oceania is depicted as a country where the people are deprived of freedoms such as freedom of thought‚ freedom of speech‚ and the freedom of expression. Orwell describes Oceania as a cold‚ bleak‚ war torn country where the inhabitants are kept under surveillance 24/7‚ and left without the many freedoms that we take for granted. Winston‚ the protagonist of the story is always trying to suppress his inner thoughts that may conflict the the ideology of the party. At the beginning of the
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The novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell takes place in a totalitarian nation that has full control of media and media production. Even the pornorgraphic films are produced by the state. The situation in 1984 represents the ultimate manifestation of what was close to becoming a reality in Soviet Russia‚ waging war on citizens. The Party controls all aspects of society in 1984 and everyone owes their allegiance to Big Brother. Under Stalin’s rule‚ people worshiped him as a god. The 40 million citizens who
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The Resistance of Winston and Julia In his novel ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’‚ George Orwell created a new world which is divided into three intercontinental super-states after a global war. The novel occurs in Oceania‚ which is one of these super-states. There are three parts of the social system; the upper-class Inner Party‚ the middle-class Outer Party and the lower class Proles‚ who make up 85 percent of the population and represent the working class‚ in other words; Big Brother; the party leader
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or else they may lose it. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ Napoleon is a powerful leader cementing his hold on power by using propaganda‚ physical punishment‚ and effective resource management. First‚ propaganda plays a very important role in Napoleon’s regime because it controls what the animals think‚ which helps him maintain his power. Napoleon and the pigs use propaganda to justify their special privileges. Although “...[sleeping] in the beds of the farmhouse” (Orwell 42) is against the rules of
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the good things it brings‚ there are some negatives as well. The internet‚ once a new place of discovery‚ is now a place of caution with danger lurking around every corner. Lori Andrews writes about the privacy issues of the web in her essay‚ “George Orwell…Meet Mark Zuckerburg.” Already‚ in her title she emphasizes Orwell’s rational fear of “Big Brother” is happening now on Zuckerburg’s social media site‚ Facebook. It is not just Facebook that has fallen to data aggregators invading the privacy of
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