George Fox

Through deliberate selection of the medium of production, composers are able to offer and emphasise their own perspectives on politics. This is evident in Aldous Huxley’s dystopian prose-fiction novel, Brave New World (1932), and Bruce Dawe’s poem, ‘Enter Without So Much as Knocking’ (1959). Both texts capture the composers’ own political ideologies and caution readers of governments that abuse technology to manufacture a consumeristic, groupthink culture. Composer’s criticise government bodies…

Society exists as a force to oppress people, and punish anyone who does not follow what it wants. The renowned author, Ken Kesey, in his novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest addresses the unethical workings of the Combine. Kesey’s purpose was to illustrate how the Combine affected certain individuals in the society that could not fit their standards. He adopts a sympathetic tone in order to portray the inhumanity that the patients must suffer under the Combine, as well as a rebellious tone to…

Today, television and cell phones are becoming more of a distraction and a waste of energy and time, rather than the use of entertainment. According to Aldous Huxley’s novel, Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited he analyzes the modern society compared to the past proving that technology is becoming a distraction. In Neil Postman’s article “Amusing Ourselves to Death” he expresses the similarities and differences between life in America in the 1980s and Huxley’s novel. Author Neil…

Identity and Independence in 1984 When a person's identity and independence is completely taken away, it shows that the person is now under complete control. In the book 1984, written by George Orwell this idea is represented by a totalitarian government that controls the everyday life of the people of Oceania. This totalitarian government uses propaganda and decisive tactics to overhold the population. Also an anti-heroic character uses his qualities to rebel and use his given rights; that…

Acting, a form of performance used to describe a character. It allows individuals to change their identity by performing a certain way. If an individual were to act as a hero, they would present the characteristics of one – courageous, selfless, and caring. In the film, Raging Bull, Robert De Niro must exhibit the characteristics and emotions of a famous Italian boxer living in the Bronx going through his rise and fall. De Niro does not only portray this character in the movie, he also…

Animal Farm/Communism Propaganda Propaganda is information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. It comes in several different forms. Such as ad hominem, repetition, appeal to authority, appeal to fear, appeal to prejudice, bandwagon, and the common man. There are several different types used in Animal Farm. Here are some examples. The first sign of propaganda was Old Major’s. He was making a speech about the…

Stalin: Dat Boi In the 1945 classic, Animal Farm, George Orwell uses a simple fable-style tale to exhibit how the shadow of tyranny that progressively engulfs an English farm relates to the timeline of the Russian Revolution and the Stalin Era. With the collective effort of the animals to successfully rebel against their oppressive farmer, they soon adopt the maxim: “All animals are equal” and aim to live in a classless society from that point on (Orwell 4). Although this is the animals’ initial…

colonized country and the colonizer. In order to a certain the economic, social and historical effects that it has on the nations involved in imperialism. I ultimately hope to find the seeds of imperialism under the mask of anti-imperialism through George Orwell writing “Shooting an elephant”. Imperialism is a policy, which was developed by the superiority and arrogance that could be embraced by any country regardless of its land area in the world. Proof of the existence of empires goes back…

In many revolutions, there is brought forth an ideal that many people will want or agree with. A few people or leaders start the revolution and show their followers what their world can be like if they were to follow them. In “Animal Farm by George Orwell” an ideal of a life without humans is brought forth by the pigs. In the beginning the pigs seem like perfect candidates to lead the revolution and execute the ideals, with their main statement being “Four legs good, Two legs bad”(pg 21).…

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are considered to be two of the greatest authors of the last century. Ralph C. Wood in his article “Conflict and Convergence on Fundamental Matters in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien” analyzes the stylistic and philosophical differences between these two authors. His article focuses on the correlation between an author’s philosophy and writings. Although Wood makes valid arguments he is clearly biased towards Tolkien, therefore affecting his credibility. Wood…