Big Bang

Kill Those Giants! Malcolm Gladwell, in his novel David and Goliath, introduces to his readers the idea of how peoples’ perspectives on events are so drastically different according to how they are affected. He brings to the table three types of groups one could be a part of according to the Canadian psychiatrist J.T. MacCurdy; “direct hits,” “near misses,” and “remote misses.” You can place anyone included in a catastrophic crisis in one of these groups. What comes to mind when I think of…

persisting to maintain individuality. A prime example of this is Winston and Julia’s interactions. Conroy and Mills have been effective in their gestures, facial expressions and body language remaining true to realism as their super-objective of defying big brother to savour their love and prolong their liberty symbolises hope, relating to the true-to-life nature of their characters, since affection and freedom are a part of life and normality. The Convention of Realism, of believable characters…

Introduction The novel 1984, written by George Orwell 1949, depicts the perfect totalitarian society. The society is the most extreme imaginable realisation of a modern world where the government have absolute power. The inhabitants live under constant surveillance and even the smallest mistake can lead to a certain death. The United States have since their controversial ‘war against terrorism’ and the leak of information from the National Security Agency been highly questioned all around the…

rub it into you for years. I dare say it works in a lot of cases. But of course you can never tell; people are such hypocrites” (132). The Party’s willingness to make gender a non-issue demonstrates how the Oceanian rule solely encourages love for Big Brother and Ingsoc. Insert transition As opposed to the Oceanian rule, the government in the Polish People’s Republic did not attempt to treat all genders identically. Instead, gender stereotypes would be embraced within Polish society. Whilst men…

One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live.” (109) Elie Wiesel's Night shows the mental and physical horror bestowed upon them. Night demonstrates the importance of fighting dehumanization by recognizing the oppression early, informing the people, and enlisting bystanders to resist. The Nazis’ slowly worsening oppression of the Jews, demonstrates the importance of recognizing oppressors in a society quickly and not allowing them to gain traction. For instance…

Winston is constantly reminded that Big Brother is always watching him, knowing if and when a thought crime is committed against him. In this way, Set design by Chloe Lamford is envisioned to resemble a television screen using black barriers looking into the stage, this is made to appear as if the audience themselves were the all-seeing Big Brother. Tim Reid’s use of a live off-stage camera furthers the surveillance theme. Winston and Julia…

The Right Mistake “… You want kill yourself abi? You be young, strong gentleman with enough energy to work. Why you for make the same mistake wey I want make?” Baba Adewole, the sixty-two-year-old millionaire, tries to convince Abeka not to commit suicide whilst justifying why he should be the one to throw himself down the newly constructed 87 metres high bridge, Third Mainland Bridge. Abeka had graduated from University of Ghana, Legon, with a first class honour in Business Administration.…

concerns was that even though a communist society is an idealistic one, it is impractical as shown through the book. Orwell tries to educate people and show them at it just isn’t likely that the soviets would not use their power to further their own. One big motif is the idea of doublethink, which is where people think of two contradicting things at the same time, but don’t question it. Orwell uses this where a speaker for the Party needs to change his speech midway from Eurasia to EastAsia…

continue to become more diverse, and more often than not, they depict minorities inaccurately which leads to dangerous stereotyping. Many shows provide insight into different cultures and ways of life which draws in lots of viewers. “Little People, Big World,” for example, follows a family with dwarfism, and “All American Muslim” shows life as a Muslim in the United States. Shows similar to these contain the potential to break certain stereotypes and end discrimination; however, the over…

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…