Big Chicken

In the movie, V For Vendetta (2005), the different uses of lighting, camera angles and shots have affected my interpretation of the theme of fear and control in the movie and how the government uses fear to control the citizens of London. First, camera angles and shots were used to enhance my understanding of this theme in the movie by use of low and high angles which convey one figure as more intimidating than the other. An example of this is in the scene of the chancellor, Adam Sutler’s first…

explaining how the entire universe began. Every human encompasses a natural desire to discover the truth, but it persists as one of the most controversial subjects. Some philosophical minds, Evolutionists or Darwinists, believe all substance started with a “Big Bang” and then began to evolve into the world and life forms we identify today. Others, Creationists, believe a higher power intelligently designed life and matter. As I investigate this topic, I discover more archeological, scientific,…

he told me for a half an hour how great it was to have a unique name. However, my dad didn’t always want my name to be Tia, and my mom definitely did not. Polka music, and swing, and brass bands were always playing in my mom’s childhood home. The Big Bopper was my Nana’s favorite musical group; one of their songs was titled, Chantilly Lace. It was played for countless hours and my mom knows every word to the song. This made my mom want to name me Chantel Lacey. However, my dad had other ideas…

Winston smith purchases this diary, which in this place is forbidden, and he writes the words, “Down with Big Brother”, which is a crime in this Oceania, and hides it from the telescreen, which is Oceania security system at this time. A telescreen is what the guards of Oceania use to make sure everyone is being a good citizen. Winston begins a relationship with Julia, another main character of the story, and do very illegal things with each other. After some time, they fall in love. Winston and…

population in addition to the theme. Big Brother, the reputed ruler of the superstate Oceania, does not physically exist in the novel and there is no evidence for his mere existence. Nevertheless, the mention of his name will send the members of the Party into a state of euphoria. There are people who are exceptions to his influence, such as Winston and Julia, who aids not Big Brother but the Brotherhood, which is also an intangible figure that does not surface. Big Brother, in a sense, gave…

Power is something everyone has power over themselves or others. The way they chose to use it. We see the way the government hides lots of information and the hunger they have for power. They do as they wish to get what they want they wish to get what they want shown in Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince and Thomas More’ Utopia. In the way authors of this novels show how they see the government like if they controlled everything and anything and who has more power Gods or the government like in…

Airstrip One in England was a country that was at war with other continents like Eurasia. The setting is in the city of York, where Winston lived. Big Brother was in control of all the people in the city and he used totalitarianism in order to keep the “peace.” Big Brother was an image that created the illusion of totalitarianism. Its ruling was achieved by controlling the ideas of the people by creating the Newspeak, the Two Minute Hate videos, and the…

like in the year nineteen eighty four and on. Though the similarities may not match up to America’s current situation, North Korea’s dictatorship does. North Korea is currently lead by Kim Jong-un whose face is plastered on buildings much like that of Big Brother, the leader of Oceania. The totalitarian style government in 1984 has many similarities to North Korea’s present form of government. Citizens of North Korea and Oceania are both very similar in the way that they live, unaware…

Theory on Lithium in Stars May Be Confirmed The light chemical element lithium is one of the few elements that is predicted to have been created by the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago. But understanding the amounts of lithium observed in stars around us today in the Universe has given astronomers headaches. Most heavy elements are produced during supernovae, as massive stars explode in their death throes. However, these events were believed to be too rare to produce the vast amount of…

Our enemies : The beauty and righteousness of the planet we call home is being poisoned. They think they can hide behind their powerful titles, but if they seek to profit off of destroying what we call home; they are only bound get what they deserve. Now, certain group of selfish individuals managed to gain power in the United States who clearly are only looking to increase their wealth at the expense of the American people. This betrayal of American voters gave power to those who seek to…