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Deceit in Trump’s and Big Brother’s Rule New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik effectively connects Donald Trump’s deceitful tendencies to the misleading tendencies of the totalitarian regime in George Orwell’s “1984”. Consequently, the motives of a government’s machinations can potentially become controversial. Gopnik suggests the intentions of Trump and Big Brother are both motivated to advance their own power by twisting reality to what they believe would benefit themselves. In 1984, “The party…

Anthem and the Concept of Free Will Anthem by Ayn Rand’s “hymn to man’s ego,” The story is about a man’s rebellion in regards to an authoritarian, communist society. A young man by the name Equality 7-2521 craves to comprehend “the Science of Things.’’ The problem is that he exists in a desolate, dystopian future in which sovereign thought is an offense and whereby science and technology have reverted to primeval levels. All terminologies of individualism have been stifled in the world of…

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is the story of a nameless communist spy who is disturbed by his own political beliefs. He is a half French and half Vietnamese communist agent, who is conflicted about his own views on events. In the beginning of the novel, the narrator explains that he is being held as a prisoner and is being forced to write a letter of confession for the edict. A clash of thoughts, a sequence of dualities. Born and raised in Vietnam, he is a Vietnamese spy in South Vietnam…

Was the earth made thousands of years ago or millions of years ago? The earth is something that humans have theorized about for many years, but we don’t know which ones are right or wrong. One of the most controversial ideas that humans have is how old the earth is. People have come up with two options, the first is the New Earth idea which believes that the earth was made thousands of years ago, the other idea is the Old Earth perspective where people believe the earth was made millions of…

Geography Question 1: The big bounce theory. The big bounce theory is a theory that scientists have created that shows that the universe was formed The big bounce theory is a scientific theory about the origins of the universe. Scientists say that our universe is the result of the previous universes collapse. The big bounce theory states that the universe expands and contracts. The universe expanded so greatly that it exploded and created the universe we’re living in today, The Milky Way.…

Hiʻiaka 2 Page Essay English Tysen Oyama and Kalehua Kalili The thought process behind the Instagram page that Kalehua and I made was to make Panaʻewaʻs page look like he is a stuck up and selfish moʻo that shouldnʻt be considered a leader of the moʻo because his actions donʻt reflect what an actual leader is supposed to. He talks as if he can do anything. But, risks the lives of his own people to defeat an opposition that he states he could defeat himself. This proves to my point that Panaʻewa…

In chapter ten Huxley states, “His intellectual eminence carries with it corresponding moral responsibilities. The greater a man’s talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better that one should suffer than that many should be corrupted.” (147-148) His…

They are constantly reminded that Big Brother is always watching them, knowing if and when they will commit a crime. Set design by __ was envisioned to resemble a Television screen using black barriers looking into the stage, this was as if the audience themselves were the all-seeing Big Brother. Tim Reid’s video design.. Winston and Julia leave the stage believing they are alone, however, a live video displays…

fill you with ourselves (256)." The existence of the totalitarian society itself has caused the change in views of human subjects. Things like sex, love, and gender should be a human right not taken away or altered by the crown, or in Oceanias world, Big Brother. In the end of 1984 by George Orwell the totalitarian society, with Winston and Julia as evidence, has squeezed and depicted the life and normality of sex, the many aspects of love, and gender. Works Cited Becnel, Kim E. “How…

8th of June 1949, it is one of Orwell’s most renowned books. The story takes place in London which is part of the country Oceania. The citizens of Oceania are governed by a very dominant group of people, The Party, who are further commanded by the Big Brother. The Party implements conformity…