Big & Rich

The book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert T. Kiyosaki begins with the author stating his good fortune to have a chance to learn valuable lessons from two fathers, one rich and one poor. The author states how his dad was very educated but struggled financially. Whilst, his rich dad had a very little education but knew a lot about business. The author states about the different lessons ho got to learn about financial education from both his fathers. This book focuses on developing financial…

Adrienne Rich, born in 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland, died in 2012, was an influential poet and essayist, as well as feminist and political activist. Rich was the eldest of two daughters, and was largely influenced by her parents. Her father, Arnold Rice Rich was the Chairman of Pathology at Johns Hopkins, and always encouraged Adrienne to read and write her own poetry as much as possible. Her early influences include Arnold, Blake, Keats, and Tennyson. Her mother was a concert pianist and…

The rule of big brother is one characterized by oppression while at the same time hiding the fact that they are doing so. It is reliant on information control through methods such as brain washing and the removal of free thought and those who possess it. This is vital as Big Brother’s rule was reliant on the proles, who make up eighty percent of the population, to remain uneducated and clueless as to what is occurring so they do not revolt. However the notion that the truth can be hidden forever…

You have different Party members, Inner and Outer. Inner party members are the Donald Trumps of society; Outer Party members are the Ted Cruz of society. As you know, Trump is powerful, demanding, rich. Cruz dropped out of the race, essentially making him poor, and a wimp. Then you have the Proles, the large, strong humans that beat themselves up from working so hard, or as I like to call them, BERNIE SANDERS. Sanders works his butt off to help get…

self-worth and self-respect. George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 explores the ideas of oligarchical political and control through fear and manipulation by the inner party. The inner party manipulates the minds of party members through the symbolism of ‘Big Brother’ who represents Stalin and by how his placement in every building he is always ‘watching you’. In one instance the power…

The party uses the concept of Big Brother to maintain power. There is absolute control over daily life, constant rationing, vaporizing of individuals who don't conform…

The film Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang, is a science fiction film, consisting of a futuristic city dystopia, follows the journey of Joh Fredersen, his son Freder, and a poor worker named Maria through their efforts to overcome the vast differences separating the working class and the elites of the city. Whilst the novel 1984 by George Orwell is also about a dystopian society that is controlled by ‘The Party’ follows the character, Winston Smith who decides to rebel against the Party and fall…

Dead Sexist Fish Crap: A Film Review of Tim Burton’s Big Fish Big Fish shows Will (Billy Crudup) trying to discern whether his father’s fantastic stories are true, or if he was having an affair on his mother. Throughout Will’s life, his father, Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney) has told him absurd stories from his life. While Will was enchanted with these stories as a small child, he now holds an extreme amount of resentment towards his father and suspects him of having an affair…

One film I watched is called The Big Lebowski. In the beginning a guy is opening a milk carton at the supermarket. I felt the leading character is a rebel because he does what he wants. If it were me I wouldn’t have imagine myself doing that. When the male character comes home and he ends up getting his head stuffed through the toilet. He happens to owe money to some guy and the “guy” end up peeing on his rug out of nowhere. I felt surprised of how the scene went from relax to serious tone.…

“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 4) This is one of George Orwell’s famous quotes from the book, 1984. Orwell wrote this book to give awareness about totalitarianism and communism. Hitler was able to captured millions of people to follow his lead by his false hopes for them.This gives an example of the ways the people in the book were living at Airstrip One, Oceania Mainland, with fear and imitation. Hitler came from nothing, but was able to persuade millions to Germans to follow his Nazi…