Big Day Out

believing that ‘Big Brother’ is in their best interest. In the text, “Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” (Orwell, 1984) The party is assuming that the ignorance…

political satire. On Election Day, Molly, who is playing the part of her father's child, wife, and mother simultaneously, begs her father to fulfill his „civic duty“ and vote. He, on the other hand, is opposed to voting in general, on the conviction that his vote would not make any difference anyways. In the end he agrees to do his daughter, who is way more politically informed than he himself is, a favor, though that intention ends up in him spending the evening passed out in his car after…

shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten..” Icke and Macmillan put an emphasis on the appendix of the book, which is a directory of the language of newspeak. The directors say “The appendix is the most important bit. Structurally, the appendix is the thing that defines the…

seemingly manipulative when repeated so frequently. Throughout the dystopian novel 1984, by George Orwell, many paradoxes are utilized when describing politics as well as the overall being of characters. Many may argue that the most central paradox is Big Brother himself, however, it is actually The Ministry of Truth, as evidenced by the fact that the citizens of Oceania are living in a lie…

get the upper hand over the patients. With her position in the novel Nurse Ratched can be seen as a symbol for society as a whole. Society exists to have those in the top tier always in control, and keep the people separated, because they have found out what…

Big Fish which is a fictional novel written by Daniel Wallace, comprises many different language techniques. Hyperbole and imagery are often used throughout the book which enhances Edward´s character to allow him to look courageous and determined. The story is primarily between the dying protagonist Edward Bloom and his son William Bloom. Edward wants his son to remember him and tells him about his adventurous and heroic life and the challenges and obstacles he faced when he was young. The…

There are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe. The first galaxies formed around 13.5 billion years ago after the big bang and the dark ages. NASA states that, “After the Big Bang, the Universe was composed of radiation and subatomic particles.” There are two theories about what happened next. The first theory is that small particles slowly team up and gradually form stars, star clusters, and eventually galaxies. The second theory states that the universe first…

In the novel The Big Sleep the narrator shows the corruption that surfaces in Los Angeles and the modern world in general. Reveals issues that include wealth and class, exploitation and corruption play out in The Big Sleep. “Sean McCann has argued that hard-boiled fiction is fundamentally a parable about the economic crisis of the day (i.e the Depression and the New Deal). Specifically he argues: The Big Sleep is an allegory of economic predation in which the vernacular energy of the white preys…

Yo-Yo Knots In the novel The Things They Carried, written by Tim O’Brien there are many different rituals of war and symbols of rituals that are portrayed throughout the story. While many rituals and superstitions are apparent throughout the novel, the ones that will be discussed in this paper will be focused on Mitchell Sanders and his yo-yo. Mitchell Sanders is a steady character throughout the novel and while his yo-yo is only mentioned in one chapter, it can relate to many different stories…

At this day care we have bible lesson every day and teach the children the word of God. My job was to become comfortable with the bible so that I could teach lesson. For me this was a struggle since I was never taught about the bible growing up. As I began to read the bible I had…