George Catlin

would win nine times out of ten; it was rare to see Ali had lost. Thereafter his career Ali was named by Sports Illustrated “Most Recognized athlete of the Century” (Burgan 59). Without a doubt the best award Ali has received was in 2005. President George W. Bush awarded Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest Medal of Freedom (59). Obviously, Ali had to be very motivated to go so far in his career. This all started when a student named Clark would bully him in high school (Burgan…

regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul", resonates with Orwell’s 1984 in describing the atrocities of a totalitarian nation present in Orwell’s imagined utopia, Oceania. In his critically esteemed novel, 1984, George Orwell creates a perverse utopia in which totalitarianism thrives and the ruling power vanquishes the social rights of civilians. The dystopian novel follows Winston, the thirty-six-year old protagonist of the story, and his journey to…

"Four legs good, two legs bad" The conflict between four legs good and two legs bad is certainly present in Animal Farm, a novel written by George Orwell a British political novelist born in 1903 who lived in India during the time it was colonized by the British. The novel was first published on August 17 1945 and is an allegory for the Russian Revolution in 1917 and, then on into the Stalin era of Soviet Union. Orwell described Animal Farm as a satirical tale against Stalin. Animal Farm begins…

The Totalitarian Manifesto For my ascent to totalitarian leader of Greenhill, the basic steps taken would be as follows: 1) create a popularize revolutionary ideology, 2) create the circumstance for the revolution to be incited, 3) promote myself to a position of power after the removal of the teachers and administration, 4) use propaganda and a secret police force to secure and retain my power, and 5) gradually reduce the overall rights and freedoms of the people until a totalitarian system has…

not, now we see mothers spending more time at paid jobs than at home. Utopias are over exaggerated predictions of what will happen in the future. It is shown in George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World that their predictions of American families losing family values are coming true by the increase in single parents…

I will be comparing Animal Farm by George Orwell and Lord Of The Flies by William Golding. In a Lord Of The Flies, young boys get stranded on a island after their plane crashes. After the plane crashed the boys try to make life livable on the island, but two boys Ralph and Jack fight over who gets to be the leader of the island. Eventually Ralph and Jack go head to head about who gets to be leader, and Jack wins because all of the younger boys go to his side. In Animal Farm, Mr. Jones the owner…

The French Revolution turned into the Reign of Terror. Under the leadership of Maximillian Robespierre, a new way of life for citizens living in France was being created. However, the only way to control the citizens to adapt to the new way to act and behave in society was through violence. Any individual who started to speak or act bad against the current government, was considered a rebel and would need to be punished. The guillotine was put and used to kill innocent people and set an…

freedoms, as shown in the novels Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, and 1984. George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, shows that the key to a successful society is representation. Orwell uses farm animals as an extensive allegory to the Russian Revolution,…

Norcross compares the killing farm animals to the abuse and killing of puppies. In his argument he shares a story about a man named Fred, who was in a car accident and requires the puppies for gustatory pleasure. Fred’s gadivia gland was injured in the accident. This gland produces a hormone called cocamone that allows Fred to taste and enjoy chocolate. He discovered that only puppies that have experienced stress and suffering are able to produce this hormone. Fred thinks that puppies are just…

The week’s reading is The Origins of Totalitarian by Hannah Arendt. In this reading, she talks about the origins of a totalitarian state and how they, the power holder, strive for control. Some of the ways the power holders hold power is through the gullibility of the people being ruled and that the fear of their “freedom” being taken. From this reading, there were some questions that I had about it ranging from the rationale to her thinking to the freedoms that each citizen's had under a…