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    In recent discussions of George Orwell 1984 a controversial issue has been whether our world is headed to a world of technology. George Orwell predicted that by the year 1984 we will be living with technology and will be a way of life. It starts small with propaganda selling you things like phones or computers not for you to believe it’s a luxury, but to make you believe you need it. “We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness (Orwell 124).” This means that there is a place for…

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    Written during the time of two of the most totalitarian regimes of all time, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell and Aldous Huxley fascinated the world by writing about their fears of oppression through exaggerated dystopian societies. In each author 's most famous novel, Fahrenheit 451, 1984 and Brave New World, these explore what it means to have your humanity taken and replaced by a false sense of place in the world. All three dystopian societies use cruel tools to take individual rights in order to…

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    Paul McCartney co-wrote 180 out of the roughly 245 Beatles songs while the remaining songs were written with or by other band mates. The Lennon McCartney songwriting duo is as historical in the field of music as any. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were only together as a band for seven years, but they impacted the world like no other. Equally gifted musicians, John Lennon and Paul McCartney are regarded as the best musical…

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    Growing up, all my teachers told me to read books. They told me that reading books is good for your and, it would make you smarter. When I was younger, I really didn’t understand how reading fiction books made me smarter. I always thought non-fiction were the books to increase your knowledge because they were real events. Real is better than fake so, I really didn’t understand how you could learn from fictional books until now. Because I thought that you couldn’t learn from reading, I stopped…

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    1. During Washington’s presidency the population was overwhelmingly more rural than later years, nearly 90% of citizens located in small settlements rather than some of the few established cities. Additionally, only 5% of them lived to the west of the Appalachians, which was largely Indian territory; most still lived within the original colonial borders on the eastern seaboard. Washington was drafted for presidency unanimously despite not directly pursuing the office, a feat that has never been…

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    The true meaning of being a leader is to serve others before themselves. An efficient leader must never be self-centered and must always be concerned with their follower’s best interests before their own. In the Animal Farm, the animals were led to believe that the humans were the reason beside all of their misery from being on the Manor Farm. Napoleon, the main tyrant, started using his newly gained power to only benefit himself and stray away from Old Major’s original ideas. As a leader,…

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    Throughout The Catcher in the Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, holden's fear of change is that change is not only everywhere, but can not be stopped . No matter how hard holden tries he will have to change his ways and become an adult. Little do we know it's already happening. Holden doesn't like change. He likes everything around him to stay the same for as long as it can. Holden often say in the novel there are many times his life changes around him. Change happens in everyone's life no…

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    Thesis: In George Orwell’s 1984, Winston resists the Party’s degradation of basic human rights through his intimate relationship with Julia in an effort to maintain his individuality. His example inspires people today to find ways to preserve their civil liberties when faced with oppression. Party’s degradation of basic human rights Winston’s resistance to the Party’s dehumanization through his intimate relationship with Julia Conclusion: Orwell’s call for all people to fight for the…

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    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…

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    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…

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