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    Interpretive Oral Presentation Transcript on “Nineteen Eighty Four” What were Winston Smith’s philosophical concerns toward his observance of human nature in society and the way people lived their life, in the context of the novel? In the text “Nineteen Eighty Four”, the way the human nature in society and the way people lived their lives was noticeably a concern for Winston. He saw that life was becoming too mechanical and that the loss of humanity was becoming a reality. A mechanical…

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    Eightfold Path

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    When practiced, it is used to focus on Buddha’s teachings, specifically the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path. The Four Noble Truths embody the core values of Buddha’s teachings. This path begins with the notion that suffering is inevitable in life. The second truth states that the reason of suffering is due to attachment and desires. The third…

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    Why People Use Drones

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    Innovation on this century is going so fast that apparatus just succeed ones after others, and it is in this order that I can bring one of them which the drone or UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). Drones are an association of robotics, aeronautics and electronics. Drones make life insecure and dangerous in the case that his first functions are not really clear and laws applicable on it are not specify. For instance, his function know by many people are: intelligence and tactical support,…

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    Animal Farm The lack of an education is what drives the more accomplished to control them. People with no education are not equal to anyone except the rest with no education. Education is important to everyone because it what makes us keep moving forward. People with education have goals that they will want to achieve in their live. Through understanding in life , you are able to succeed more and maintain a stable independent control-free life. Animal Farm,…

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    1984 is not an exact prediction of today’s society in my opinion because the people depicted in the novel live far stricter and much more oppressive lives than we do today. Winston even tells us so, “‘Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as…

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    1984: Prophetic In Nature

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    By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: • identify ways in which 1984 is “prophetic” in nature. • list/describe ways in which the Party maintains its power over the general population. • define, on an individual basis, what they deem to be the most important aspect of 1984, and • answer the question, “What makes this book important for modern readers?” (Why do we read it today? What benefit to we receive from doing so? How are we different after reading it?) Procedures: • Define…

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    George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 talks about Oceania, a place that has their citizens under government surveillance regarding their actions, talk, emotions, and also manipulating the events of the past. The novel tells the story of Winston Smith, who works for the Ministry of Truth, his job entails with rewriting past historical recollections (i.e. newspapers) so the contents of it are in support of the Party. Winston is good as his job but he secretly hates the Party and hopes to rebel…

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    Dagchen Sonam Rinchen, the Sakya Head, was then a boy of only 16 years old. Well, Who would have thought in his or her wildest dream that, some 300 hundred years later, a local spirit of Dol region would one day occupy the highest and undisputed Dharma protector throne of Gelukpa School? Shugden followers assert that he is a Dharma protector who appeared for the sole purpose of protecting Gelug doctrine. He has the blessing and the recommendation of Tsongkapa. If that is true, why was he not…

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    Hope; something that people believe in. Throughout the short story by Shirley Jackson "The Lottery" and in the movie "The Hunger Games" these people have one thing; hope. They live with a government that controls everything; dictatorship. In the short story "The Lottery" is about two higher class people are the leaders of the village and need to limit the population by killing off their villagers. The Lottery, Jackson shows how positions of power are important to the characters that possess them…

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    Harrison Bergeron is a story in which the government has handicapped everyone and has overtaken them. Throughout this story, Harrison Bergeron is seen as a hero because he fought against something that knew everyone was afraid of, the United States Handicapper General, and because he is changing the way society work. Harrison is a true hero to his society because he went against the something everyone was scared of doing which is, the United States Handicapper General. After the woman who…

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