Edward Smith

“Greed is not a financial issue. It is a heart issue” –Andy Stanley. In today’s advanced, economy-based world, the true meaning of greed is often lost. The definition of “greed” is not strictly limited to financial lust. True greed is the desire for power over others and the world as a whole. Michael Bay’s The Island very accurately captures this true definition. The film portrays a dystopian society in which humans pay large sums of money to have an exact clone made of themselves. These clones…

Uprisings that abolish corrupt a government system and improve society drive typical dystopian plots. However, George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 distinguishes itself because the novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, ultimately fails to free himself from the Party’s authoritarian rule. Winston’s aversion to his lifestyle leads him to defy the government by engaging in a sexual affair and committing Thought Crimes. After the Party catches him rebelling, Winston endures abuse that transforms him…

In George Orwell’s famous dystopian novel 1984, rebellious Winston views the totalitarian government of Oceania as constantly removing society’s freedom and mentally enslaving them to maintain control. Throughout his difficult conflict between himself and the government, he seeks out many other rebels and experiences an illegal love affair, yet he becomes paranoid of the cruel government arresting him for his crimes. Initially, Orwell portrays Winston as a secretly rebellious ministry worker. At…

Each week, Social Underground will go over the newest episode of the hit show Mr. Robot. There will be a recap of what happened, and then some commentary on what happened and where the show might go next. Trying to figure out where this show goes is pretty difficult since there are many plots that interweave. The good thing about that is having a show that’s unpredictable. No one like knowing the end of a season at the beginning. LAST WEEK’S RECAP: MR. ROBOT — RECAP AND ANALYSIS —…

According to Ivring Kristol, “A neoconservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.” Neoliberalism is an ideology based on the classical economic liberalism of Adam Smith and the classical political liberalism of J.S Mill, including the influence of key thinkers such as Frederich Hayek and Milton Friedman (B. Arneil, personal communication, September 27, 2015). Adam Smith’s economic theory advocates liberation of the market and a state role limited to establishing security (Garner,…

Kwon 1 Tony Kwon Mr. Rasmussen Language art 12 Octobor 2015 Life About John Smith John smith was a explorer born in January 1580, Willoughby, United Kingdom and died at June 21, 1631, London, United Kingdom. When he was young he attended school like other boys in that time but when he turned 13 he decided to become sailer. But father wanted that John smith become apprentice. In 1596 when his father passed out , he stasted to sail for france, Two years later, he sailed on Mediterranean Sea as…

Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher and an innovator of political economy and contemporary capitalist economic system, who lived during the early 18th century. Many of Smith’s ideas and theories are still used in modern economics, several including the effect of self-interest, self-love and selfishness affected. Because Smith’s theories and ideas were the most methodical and comprehensive study of economics up until that time, his economic thinking became the foundation for classical…

Sennua Hunter Ms. Tussey English 12 Block G 20 November 2014 Winston and his Comrades 1984 , a novel by George Orwell is about Winston Smith , a member of the Outer Party in London , Oceania. The Outer Party is the people who work in the party’s government , in the four ministries. This novel explains how everyone in the party is always being watched through telescreens by the Thought Police. Throughout this novel , Winston shares a lot of his emotions and thoughts through writing in…

a. Jeffrey Eugenides and Sylvia Plath both carefully create characters that exist to exhibit the lives of teenage girls, and their inherit suffering during adolescent. The lives of these teenage girls in The Virgin Suicides and The Bell Jar are shaped by mental illness and isolation, stemming from a withdrawal from society and any kind of community thereafter. The Lisbon Sisters and Esther Greenwood are more often than not, forced to interact with communities and families that prove to be…

A very prominent theme throughout the book, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath was that thoughts haunt people which creates a bell jar around people, trapping them in the vortex of madness which is their mind. In the beginning of the book Esther contemplates what it would be like to be “burned alive” through electrocution (1). This thought essentially comes back to haunt Esther when she talks to Hilda who is “glad [the Rosenbergs are] going to die (99),” which contributes to the accumulation of…