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Ignorance is never bliss Malala Yousafzai once said, “We realize the importance of our voice once we are silenced”. In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, their Congress was taken down and the army declared a state of emergency. The entire government was completely gone, the constitution was suspended, newspapers were censored, but no one rioted or questioned anything. The more things changed surrounding the protagonist Offred, the more she chose to dismiss the clear warning signs…

her unborn infant with a world that is incorrupt. Sita is obsessed with her loveless marriage with Raman. Here marital relations as well as abnormal man-woman relationship have been portrayed with a remarkable poignancy. Sita is married woman and has four children, but in the very picture of misery and dejection. She feels herself to be a prisoner in a house which offers her nothing but a crust of dull tedium, of hopeless disappointment. Her unhappiness in married life finds expression in…

Katherine Mansfield’s “The Fly” (1922) revolves around three individuals who are connected in one way or another. This short story starts with old Mr Woodifield described as retired and feeble. However the Boss, 5 years older than Mr Woodifield, seems far more energetic and stable at the beginning. The Boss boasts his office complacently by presenting his new decorated furniture. He and Mr Woodifield have memories of their lost sons in World War 1. The story continues with the Boss left alone in…

As a tyrannical government is allowed to rule freely over the illiterate masses, technology became so advance in a way wherein work that should be done by people are being replaced by robots, virtual centers are being safe havens for the people who choose to refuse to live but rather exist in something that isn’t real and tangible. Raissa Claire U. Rivera’s “Virtual Center” is a unique but horrifying example of a society built in Class Division which showcased the poor versus the rich, and the…

Little Brother, Big Issue Big Brother. Defined by Merriam Webster as “An all-powerful government or organization monitoring and directing people's actions,” Big Brother exerts its dominance in George Orwell’s 1984 and completely shapes the dynamic of the society. Unfortunately, this is not just some fairytale power. Big Brother still exists in the modern world today, though it may not be as apparent or extreme as it is depicted in the novel. Around the world totalitarian governments still…

ages. The plot moves along smoothly and doesn't jump around. It is a book that can be enjoyed by all ages. This is not the case with The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas is the scribe of The Count of Monte Cristo. Dumas' father died when he was four years old, leaving his family with very little money. The Count of Monte Cristo is harder to follow and covers the lives of many different characters making it very confusing. It is definitely a book meant for adults who love financial…

Novel Animal Farm contains the theme of totalitarian society and shows how it is possible to replace idealism by dictatorial rules. From 1936 Orwell wrote just works which were against totalitarian and for democratic socialism. In the novel Animal Farm he criticized Stalin´s rules in Russia. Due to political reasons it was not a good time to criticize Russia and therefore in 1943 – 1944 many publishers in Britain and the USA refused to publish his works. Despite this fact the novel became very…

Just as humans, dictators are not born evil but are influenced enough to gain power and abuse it. If one has the power to control all, then they could use it to their own advantage. Stories such as Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Animal Farm by George Orwell illustrate how such characters like Macbeth and Napoleon rise to power to use it for themselves as similarity to dictators like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini. By doing this, dictators blind the eyes of the people by…

Jekyll and Hyde 2: Tokyo Drift In this essay, we’ll be analyzing how cultural shifts can affect the plot and characters of a story across adaptations. The differing depictions of characters born in Stevenson’s original novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, across adaptations and spinoffs have perfectly highlighted just how thoroughly cultural changes can alter a character. For the sake of organization, each key character will be analyzed separately at first and then analyzed as…

In the novel The Stranger, the author Albert Camus emphasizes the absurdities of life and he does this by striking the audience with Meursault’s blunt nature and his embodiment of existentialism. The novel explores existentialist ideology which represent the philosophy of life essentially being “pointless” .Since the message of existentialism can have a powerful negative connotation it can be surprising to understand how Meursault can be considered anything close to free especially , considering…