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    The Language Police is a formal pervasive system of censorship that warps the content of schoolbooks, state-sponsored tests, and other educational products until they have little connection to the real world. In the novel 1984 The primary function of the Ministry of Truth is to construct lies that fit with the government 's current interpretation of reality. Winston 's job is to rewrite historical news so that anyone who chooses to check will see that…

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    Buddhism is a religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama as a reform movement within Hinduism .The teaching of Buddha is that life is filled with suffering caused by desire, that suffering vanishes when desire vanishes. That enlightenment obtained through right actions, wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth. All living beings are caught in samsara; the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth, characterized by suffering. Tahna is thirst or craving which causes…

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    The Government is in Control George Orwell was a political writer prominent in the post World War II era, who opposed the rise of totalitarian states. In the novel 1984, he created an imaginary society where the people are stripped of their humanity. The story takes place in a fictional country called Oceania, where the ruling Party and its leader, Big Brother, seek absolute power over its people. To achieve this, they apply physical and mental restrictions, surveillance, propaganda, and shame…

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    Origin Of Buddhism Essay

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    and that true happiness can be attained. • The Fourth Noble Truth is simply that the Noble 8-fold path is the path to end this suffering. The Noble 8-fold path It is the path to being moral around how we live our lives. It is also understood the Four Noble Truths and living by them. 5 Precepts Buddhism also has five precepts, which is their moral code which include: ‘’not to take the life of anything living, not to take anything not freely given, to abstain from sexual misconduct and sensual…

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    On the ninetieth page of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith writes in his diary: "If there is hope, it lies in the proles." Throughout the novel, Winston attempts to discover just how to overthrow the tyrannical Party, a mission that proves fatal to both his body and spirit. His diary entry expresses a certainty that the proletariat – the uneducated and economically deprived demographic which constitutes eighty-five percent of Oceania's population – could easily overpower the Party, if they…

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    Therefore, being that the world is not concrete and objective, one cannot use a universal expression to describe the world. In contrast, human society uses reference structures known as “frames,” or “frames of reference,” to give meaning to and describe words and expressions. Frames make our sense of reality meaningful and…

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    The author uses the rhetorical device, pathos, frequently in order to incite an action or belief through the reader by affecting their feelings. For example, in paragraph four, the author impacts emotionally through the references to human contact and toys, with relation to pigs. “Studies on pigs’ social behavior … have found that they crave affection and are easily depressed if isolated or denied playtime with each other…

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    1984 By George Orwell

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    Eye See You You are being watched even when you don't know. You don't realize that everywhere you go there is some form of technology stuck on the wall keeping a lookout for you. As in 1984 by George Orwell the citizens from oceania are lucky to even be able to breathe because their freedom is being violated in so many levels. In today's society some of oceania rules are being resembled in the government. There is always a way where the government can find where you have been or where you are…

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    The Danger of Doublespeak In William Lutz “The World of Doublespeak” he explains what doublespeak is and how it effects us. It abridges the first chapter of his book Doublespeak: From Revenue Enhancement to Terminal Living (1898). Lutz states that “It is language that conceals or prevents thought; rather than extending thought, doublespeak limits it” (310). In other words Lutz says that it misleads or deceives and doesn’t tell the whole story, but doublespeak is not always bad. Many people use…

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    especially the old testament, God’s people endured suffering and the faith of God’s people was always being tested. On the other hand, Buddhist traditions view suffering a little differently. Buddhism’s suffering can be defined in its four noble truths. These four truths are the truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering. The Old Testament and Buddhist scriptures are similar in the fact…

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