A Big Family

How big of a role can media play in a society? In the novel “1984”, George Orwell builds a strong media system as a tool for the party to suppress and prevent class conflicts: it gives the public and outer party members an illusion of truth, while maintain their attention distracted from what is truly happening. The most noticeable contribution of media towards the totalitarian state of 1984 is trapping people and outer party members’ attention on what the party wants them to see, and…

who also went by the name Uncle Joe (“Joseph Stalin-Psychopathology Of A Dictator”). Stalin used tactics that are similar to the ones used by Oceania’s Party in the novel 1984, by George Orwell. In this novel a totalitarian society is controlled by Big Brother, a symbolic figure for the ruling Party, who wields all power over the population. Strategies that are indistinguishable from the Soviet Unions’ are embedded in the text, mirroring what was happening in Russia during the time 1984 was…

Having religion is very common throughout the ages, and it still diffuse these days. but do we ask our self why is the majority of human beings have their own religion? Nowadays, each one of us practicing the religion as the way we like, and this would probably generate great issue or distortion in religious descriptions. There is no doubt that the variation of religions is strongly wide, and sometimes these differences cause problems or war as it happened before in world war two. However, I…

The movie This is England talks about England in the 1980s, and about dealing with outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falklands War. It talks a lot about the skinhead culture that was popular during this time and how it was to be a skinhead. This essay is going to talk about these things and also about what the similarities that can be found between 1980s England and Sweden today. It's also going to be talking about the main…

novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main character Winston Smith is just a regular citizen of Oceania who lives with basically nothing and is controlled by Big Brother every single day. Winston ends up being brainwashed and a perfect citizen of Oceania. In the book 1984, it shows the life style of being controlled by the government. Kim Jong Un and Big Brother are extremely alike. They are both terrible leaders who do terrible things to their citizens. “After the Korean War, Kim II Sung used his…

the clocks go past 12. It seems like futuristic dystopian time period. Winston Smith’s name is ironic because he is not from a friendly country and is also the one who can be viewed as uncommon because he was one of the only people to rebel against Big Brother. Winston Smith is 39 years old. He works for the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth. He and Winston Churchill are both very intelligent brave and persistent. The Party’s mottos are unusual because they contradict themselves.…

book The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler Philip Marlowe is given a task by General Sternwood, to take care of the person who is black mailing the Sternwood family. Marlowe takes the task and as the story unfolds he finds out whom the individual is that is blackmailing the family, but it leads to more questions. Philip unable to put the job down even though he is told too leave everything as it is decides on pursuing for answers and seeking the truth. The film adaptation however gives The Big Sleep…

President John F. Kennedy once said “conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.” The concept of conformity and individuality is clearly illustrated in the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. Like most dystopian societies, Fahrenheit 451 contains a damaged society in which the people watch excessive amounts of television on wall size sets, listen to music on seashell radio sets, and drive extremely fast, not afraid to hit animals or people. The masses never think…

In today’s society, reality TV shows have become the most popular and viewed genre on television. Reality shows are based on people’s real life situations that people shows to the audience. People in the world are more interested in watching reality shows versus scripted shows, unless the script show is very eye catching. Cynthia M. Frisby, is an associate professor of advertising at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, and coeditor of Journalism across Cultures. Frisby…

Valuable, colorful, and enriched with a unique history are three phrases that describe many things. However, all three combined only seem to describe Birthstones. Birthstones are amazing objects that affect our economy in many ways. More importantly, birthstones have a deep connection to chemistry and science. Due to their chemical properties, birthstones can also be used for medicinal purposes and healing techniques that have helped humans throughout time. Overall, birthstones contain many…