Big Ten Conference

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…

The novel Neuromancer was published on 1st July 1984. The book was written by William Gibson and possessed by the aura of Orwell. 1984 was the year of Aura of Orwell thereby indicating that every piece of technology resembling the one depicted by the author in his noble novel was perceived as an indicator sign or a disturbing awakening. The book helped dooms day connoisseur and dystopian fanatic immerse further into their apocalypse believe. 1984 is the year in which the entire western world…

ideologies of his government, “the party.” In a pivotal moment where winston is forced to believe that 2+2=5, he loses all sense of personal freedom and is at the will of Big Brother, and thus comes into his place as a good party member. In part 1 and 2 of 1984, Winston posses abject hatred for the principles of the party, or INGSOC, and Big Brother. Refusing to completely fall victim the “doublethink” mindset that allows the party to manipulate its citizens, winston constantly checks what he…

Capitol in Control In George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel 1984, one of the primary political beliefs is: “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past”. This is stated many times by the totalitarian government Oceania, who believes that if they have control of the past, they will have control of the future, and if they can control the present, they can control what their subjects believe happened in the past. And if they do this, they will have…

The Big Bang Theory is the on-going explanation about how the universe began. The theory talks about the universe as we know it starting with a small originality, then expanding over the next 13.8 billion years to the universe we know of today. The phrase "Big Bang Theory" has been popular among astrophysicists for decades. The idea is that the universe began with an explosion more than 14 billion years ago, and many scientists also believe our universe and others, come from a “singularity”.…

In George Orwell’s novel “1984,” one important slogan of the government in charge is,“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” As evident in this quote, the government of Oceania is totalitarian, seeking control over every aspect of its citizens’ lives. Four ministries, the Ministry of Love, the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, and the Ministry of Plenty, micromanage the lives of the citizens in the Party. The Ministry of Truth replaces and…

named Winston Smith is coping with the many problems that are occurring in the city he resides in. This city is known as Oceania and is a place where a government’s Party is led by a power that oversees the entire city. A group of people known as Big Brother belittles the citizens by watching their every move and giving them little to no freedom. Therefore this is defying a ban on individuality but with all of the secrets that Winston knows that lie in Oceania, he is truly alone in his society…

the world is Mexican, right?” the bullies said, “Yeah. He probably either stole it from people, or made it on selling illegal drugs.” These are stereotypes. Most everything that Americans know about Indians is through either “Slumdog Millionaire” or “Big Bang Theory.” What Influence do stereotypes have on people? What is a stereotype, what stereotypes have Indians faced, what were the reactions to the Indian stereotypes, and what patterns can be seen in stereotypes? Graph showing that most…

to make him pour forth a confession of real and imaginary crimes” (240). Winston’s submission and capitulation before he faces punishment, and the confession of “imaginary crimes” goes to show how internally weak he is by surrendering to the will of Big Brother without any harm coming to him. His submission also shows how his resilience is easily reduced to nothing. Winston’s confessing…

On Friday, July 10th, the local instrumental jazz group Yuma Jazz Company played at Lutes Casino for a couple of hours. The instrumentation was fairly standard for a jazz group, with trumpet, saxophone, guitar, double bass, and drums (I believe those were electric). The guitar and bass, along with the drums, served as a sort of basso continuo, generally backing the horns, but occasionally taking up the melody for themselves, resulting in a texture that was thinly polyphonic. Also noticeable was…