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Disney has become the enduring part of the American society and viewed worldwide (Nufine 2012). Mostly, all the children are watching Disney and growing up through Disney shows and movies provide by the Walt Disney. However, I am not one of them who grew up with the Disney. I totally grew up with the different culture because I am from India and the way Children’s grew up in India culture is wholly different from the children’s who grew up in American culture. I grew up by watching cartoons in…

Modern Day Technology is Creating a 1984-Type Society George Orwell’s novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith, a man living in the dystopian society of Oceania in the year 1984. Oceania is ruled over by Big Brother and the Inner Party, a political group that believes in Ingsoc, English Socialism, and creating a world free of unorthodoxy and individuality. This is done by inventing Newspeak, Oceania’s official language designed to limit individual thought, and organizations like the Thought…

relationship between Winston and his wife Katherine, and between Winston and Julia. The government of Big Brother tries to destroy the idea of love and marriage forcing people to focus on Big Brother. This society also uses a spy network to keep the people in check and to make sure that no one is going behind their backs and…

A Cultural Comparison: “2 + 2 = 5” by Radiohead For many centuries, art has been a medium through which writers and musicians have chosen to express their political views and opinions on the world around them. One of the world’s most celebrated political writers, George Orwell, strongly influenced culture, including music, with his dystopian novel 1984. The 80s English alternative rock band, Radiohead, was inspired by the book’s commentary on what the world will look like in the future and wrote…

Standing in the face of what you fear most, you’re overcome with so many thoughts and whirling emotions that stir you around until you’re sick on the floor. The little envelope of your instincts tells you to run, but imaginary chains tie you to your spot. In The Company of Wolves by Angela Carter, Little Red Riding Hood is transformed from this scared, tied-to-the-spot girl into an empowered, unafraid young woman. Her encounter with a handsome young man who promises a kiss seduces her into an…

The Shadow Lines discusses the effects of fear on memory, the connection between the past and the present in narrator’s own identity, the life story of an Indian boy there and in London. The crucial and historical events like communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka, World War II, Partition of India, and Swadeshi Movement that occurred in 1980s are recalled by the narrator and these memories traumatize the narrator. The aspect of cosmopolitanism is found in the character of Ila. The protagonist is…

there is some situational irony at the end that completely changes everything. Another quote from Rumpelstiltskin says, “ ‘What will you give me’, said the little man, ‘the little child you may have when you are queen’, ‘That may never be,’”(Grimm brothers). To sum it up, she let him get to her while she could have gave him something completely different to satisfy his vapid life. Psyche and Cupid has another quote that says, “The inhabitants of this valley say that your husband is a terrible…

Today, the tale of Snow White is better known as a classic Disney story for children. This was not the case with the Grimm brothers “original” version and Neil Gaiman’s spin-off version of the story. It is clear to understand that the mood and themes of these two stories are highly influenced by the symbolism and plot. Neil Gaiman changed the perspective of Snow-White and gave a different meaning to some of the symbols within the story. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s symbolism in “Little…

The story of Sleeping Beauty is an enthralling fairytale about a girl who was cursed by a malicious villain named Maleficent. This fairytale has provided the basic definition of good and evil -- that is, until the live action film, directed by Robert Stromberg, appeared in 2014. Maleficent begins with a flashback to her childhood years, and progresses through her teenage years straight to adulthood. Through this progression, Maleficent meets Stefan, whom she believes to be her true love, but is…

a,)labeling theory is the theory that the labels people give us define how we will act and either lead us down a path of deviance or fitting in(Henslin,2013) for a example Flik is seen as a deviant when his machine causes the food that was gathered for the grasshoppers to fall into the water After making a mistake and causing the grasshoppers to threaten their entire lifestyle, Flick has a fear of being the a disappointment to his colony.. He is even put on trial for his (deviance) or mistake.…