George Bonanno

Benedict Arnold “The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.” Betrayal happens a lot through history. It happened in the American Revolution by a man named Benedict Arnold. Benedict Arnold betrayed America to help the British. Although Benedict Arnold switched loyalty and is known as a traitor in the American Revolution, his betrayal of the Patriots did not matter in the end. Benedict Arnold a hard life when he was young. Arnold was born in Norwich,…

The day the figurehead of the Beatles and lead singer John Lennon died, it seems as if a simple killing united the world as one on one devastating day. John was killed on December 8th 1980 by Mark David Chapman outside of his New York Apartment, forever moving the image of the music industry. I believe that John Lennon’s assassination was an unjust act of obsession that ultimately ended the life of one of the most influential people in all of music; however is success lacked due to his chronic…

Freedoms like individuality and to have control over one’s life are taken for granted. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Ayn Rand’s Anthem the societies are corrupt because there is no individuality and one cannot think for one’s self; which leads John and Equality 7-251 to create new societies. The society in both Brave New World and Anthem are corrupt because the people are unable to be individuals. In Anthem instead of being one individual, everyone makes up the whole society, “We are…

of the 20th century, a visual art style , was created called Cubism. It was unlikely than others because they brought different views of subjects together in the same painting using angles, lines, and shapes. It was created by the French painter Georges Braque and the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. Cubism comes from the word "cubes" that was given by Vauxcelles after he had seen the landscapes of Braque. Cubism was really popular after Fauvism and before Bauhaus(see timeline) One of the…

Modern Day Technology is Creating a 1984-Type Society George Orwell’s novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith, a man living in the dystopian society of Oceania in the year 1984. Oceania is ruled over by Big Brother and the Inner Party, a political group that believes in Ingsoc, English Socialism, and creating a world free of unorthodoxy and individuality. This is done by inventing Newspeak, Oceania’s official language designed to limit individual thought, and organizations like the Thought…

The ‘800 years’ of English rule began when a group of British soldiers invaded Ireland in 1169. Ever since then, the Irish have been fighting for their independence, finally gaining it in 1922. However, now it’s technically under home rule, British rule, and Irish rule, due to the “Good Friday” agreement in 1998. Bloody Sunday, a violent clash between British and Northern Irish soldiers in 1972, was a flashpoint in the conflicts of the two governments. Troops opened fire upon the crowd of…

As Greil Marcus once said, “It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths.” For a story to be considered part of a nation’s mythology it has certain criteria it has to meet. “Rip Van Winkle” is a short story written by Washington Irving right before the American Revolution. This story does not just meet all of the requirements to be considered part of our nation’s mythology it surpasses them all. The short story “Rip Van Winkle” meets all…

Animal Farm is a book of political satire that takes place on a typical English farm in when England was still in the Agricultural Age. It was written by George Orwell in 1954, August 17. The particular farm is called Manor Farm. The story also uses a third-person narrator to comment on events indirectly and how animals perceive certain events. Our tale begins in in the big barn where Old Major, ( a prize winning pig) has gathered all the animals to relate to them one last message before he…

the paradoxical “truths” everyone believes. Author George Orwell illustrates how the exploitation of language can lead to the full control of people—and their minds. This control seems to be a hauntingly plausible scenario, but fortunately, the world we live in today is far from the society of 1984. Language is constantly changing in our modern day society. Words are twisted from repeated use and often taken for granted. However, the change in George Orwell’s 1984 is entirely different from the…

Relationships In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the author portrays the relationships between people as one’s that are essentially close, sexual, and forbidden by the Party. Two main relationships that make an impact in this book would be Winston’s connection with both Julia and O’Brien. This book illustrates that power and authority can be used to destroy individuality and break the bonds of love as shown through the relationship between Winston and his wife Katherine, and between Winston and…