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victim the “doublethink” mindset that allows the party to manipulate its citizens, winston constantly checks what he knows to be true and what is government propaganda. He writes in his diary that “freedom is [being able to say] that two plus two makes four.” He thinks this because the party can easily make those who are susceptible to brainwashing let go of logical thought and truly believe whatever they are told by…

Sam Mendes’ 1999 film American Beauty offers a narrative that subverts the idea that suburban neighborhoods are the perfect setting in which to raise a family. Instead, the film portrays the suburbs as “spaces of conformity, dysfunction, and repression” (Smicek 2014, p.43). Through the use of its almost caricature-like characters that at times lose themselves in ridiculous and morally corrupt behaviors, American Beauty exposes a darker side of the very familiar domestic ideal of suburban life.…

One of the commandments states that no animal can sleep in a bed. However, now in chapter six that commandment has been modified to justify the pigs “need” to sleep in a bed. Clover seems to always notice when a commandment has been changed, yet she becomes guilt tripped because the pigs know that the other animals aren’t that intelligent and can therefore talk their way in and out of “trouble”. Playing the servant role is a…

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…

In 1994, the definitive Harley Quinn episode in the Batman: The Animated Series was aired, “Mad Love.” This episode is based on the comic of the same title, created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, which shows Harleen Quinzel’s metamorphosis into supervillain Harley Quinn. Dini has stated the title “Mad Love,” “Mad love is when you fall so passionately for a person (particularly the wrong person) that nothing else in the world matters” (Roddy 2). A relatable concept to many people, not just females.…

Imagine a story where the children actually side with the animals, but not understand it is an allegory about political and social intentions. George Orwell's purpose in writing the novel Animal Farm is to put communism and the Russian Revolutionary War into a better perspective. The themes that are developed in this novel are, gullibility, lies, and deceit. The animals that are supposed to represent people in this time era along with the events taking place in the novel, are various elements…

Squealer the Pig In the book Animal Farm, Squealer is a brilliant talker, persuasive, and manipulative to the animals and is the one to go to when needed by Napoleon. Squealer is a brilliant talker on the farm. He has a way of speaking to the animals that get them to believe the truth, from this passage from the book “When he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive” (Orwell 16). What this…

Others There are other similarities and differences between the two theorists during their discussion, which are not closely linked to classification. Here I shortly summarize and share my thoughts on three of them: totem and image, language, and the contradictions. Except for the first one subtopic, other two are the features of Foucault, and I only can find a little of thoughts by Durkheim on these two subtopics. a. Totem and Image Totem and image are both a kind of graphs that represent…

Buddhism can be broken down into main schools all have their own teachings and purposes. The school are Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism and Zen Buddhism I will discuss the similarities and differences. Theravada Buddhism,it is considered the most conservative branch of Buddhism. It is known to be a monastic branch and is very strict, Thereavada is known for sticking to the original teachings of Buddha. According to Theravada Buddhism, one must live ethically, meditate,…

Animal Farm: A Satire on The Soviet Union Animal Farm is a classic novel written by George Orwell in 1944. Orwell Served with the Indian Imperial Police Force for six years in Burma, but resigned in 1927 when he discovered he felt like an oppressor. He came up with a theory that states “the oppressed are always right and the oppressors are always wrong.” He seems to demonstrate this theory throughout Animal Farm as the oppressors always do wrong by the oppressed. In many of Orwell's writings,…