Big Bang

The name O’Brien is problematic because it is actually a surname that is translated into two different names, Bran which means “Raven” symbolizes death, loss, and mystery. However, the name could also be translated into Brion, which means “high place”. O’Brien being a problematic name fits very well with the antagonist of the story, O’Brien. This is because the character, O’Brien, is extremely problematic. In the novel, O’Brien is the obstacle blocking the path to Winston’s success. Furthermore,…

When Orwell introduces the reader to Big Brother, he is described as the face of Oceania, his eyes watching you no matter where you are. “It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran”(Orwell 1). In many ways, Big Brother is the embodiment of everything the Party stands for, their ideals, values, and above all else, their…

Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye is much more than the average detective fiction of it’s time. Chandler uses the novel for a social commentary on the depravity that surrounds money using the protagonist Philip Marlowe, a callous, but still likeable, private investigator who’s moral compass is unwavering, to emphasize his points by contrasting him with the variety of other characters including the wealthy and the police. Throughout the novel we see Marlowe constantly and consistently making…

V for Vendetta helps the viewer understand the connection of power is used to control others. The director shows this connection by explaining how the power is used to take control over other people that are helpless. This is portrayed in the film by showing a concentration camp that has imprisoned; Immigrants, Political Opponents, Homosexual people along with Muslims and other people known as the undesirables. The United Kingdom is run by the Chancellor. The Chancellor, has innocent people…

In Oceania, peer pressure is a vital element of society. Big Brother determines who everyone's peers are by splitting citizens up into the Inner Party, Outer Party, and the Proles. Big Brother also forbids any interactions between members of different peer groups. We see this peer pressure throughout the novel. There is peer pressure related to Two Minutes Hate because technically, citizens are not required to partake in Two Minutes Hate. However, everyone is forced to partake in it due to an…

Willie, in the short story, What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything? Undergoes a metamorphosis as he matures from the beginning to the end of the story. Willie changes due to his interactions with other characters in the plot as well as major events that sculpt him into a more mature, broad-minded person than he was at the start of the story. Firstly, when Willie sees the begging man, Willie’s mother is quick to make sure that he avoids looking at the man. Once they get home, Willie asks the…

I looked up at the night sky and thought of the stories he used to tell about the stars, the constellations, and it seemed sad that I couldn’t remember a single one of them. There’s a string of stars called Orion’s Belt, and I think Orion is known as a hunter, but I’m not sure of what. It’s funny to think that, because in a way I’m a hunter, too, only I hunt pokemon. I don’t hunt them in a harmful way, I hunt them to capture them in a device called a pokeball. A pokeball is a like a little…

On November 20th, my sister and I attended an astonishing play called The Pillowman at the Newnan Theatre Company in Coweta. The Pillowman was originally written in 2003 by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. The play takes place in an interrogation room in an unnamed totalitarian state. A middle aged writer named Katurian (played by Arden Avery) is being questioned by two detectives Tulposki (played by P. David miller) and Ariel (played by Robert Stowe) while his older brother Michal (played by…

leader of the party is Big Brother. Big Brother plays a large role, even though he never makes an appearance in the novel. Another key character in the novel is O’Brien, who works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth. In the novel Winston obsesses over both Big brother and O’Brien in fundamentally the same way. It is not clear whether Big Brother truly exists or is a persona that the Party created. Doubt on whether Big Brother truly exists is shown when O’Brien says, “Of course Big Brother…

As the largest part of the population, the Proles pose no danger to Big Brother. Winston’s feeling towards the Proles are shown, as he has mixed feeling since whatever the Proles want the Proles will get. The Proles also have the intellectual freedom, but lack the intellect. The character Winston experiences a love-hate relationship with the Proles. Firstly, as the largest part of the population, the Proles pose no danger to Big Brother. Since the Proles pose no danger Winston has a love- hate…