George Gershwin

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,”(118). In this case, George Orwell is using the phrase “more equal” to show how leaders twist words to manipulate the population. Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a farm that overthrows their dictator leader, Mr. Jones, but reverts back into a dictatorship over the course of the book. Satire is a way to use humor, irony, or over exaggeration to expose or criticize people’s ideas, especially in politics. Animal Farm…

“The people should not be afraid of the government, the government should be afraid of the people.” These are the words said by V in the movie V for Vendetta. But how can a citizen live in an authoritarian state? How can a dictator achieve absolute control of power? By definition, authoritarianism is a government that governs without the consent of those being governed. In authoritarian states, there is only one ruler whether it may be a king, a military leader, dictator or even a president…

a fertile agricultural valley, not far from the Pacific Coast, which served as setting for a lot of his best written work. Of Mice And Men is based on two migrant workers in California, George Milton and Lennie Small. The two companions depend and stick together in a world where most working men are lonely. George and Lennie have to move jobs because of Lennie's disability or love of touching soft things. This time around, they have moved because Lennie had caused a bit of trouble.…

It had to be the perfect speech. Patrick Henry, the 29 year-old, stood up in front of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and delivered one of the most impactful speeches of his time. He had to convince the House that they needed to go to war with Britain because of the taxes and treatment they receive from them. He also wanted to inspire the colonists not to be afraid to stand up and fight for what they believe in. His tone switches throughout the speech, going from a very academic and scholarly…

In the 17th century, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were philosophers who developed beliefs about the nature of man, which influenced their political philosophies and ideas about the social contract between the people and their government. Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans were naturally wicked and selfish. He stated that without a government there would be war with every man against each other and life would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Meanwhile, John Locke believed that…

In the novel Fahrenheit 451, there is a serious issue being handled. The world surrounding Montag and his life continuously rejects the idea of someone being different. The books being burned in the book represent the whole idea of someone thinking differently. No matter what, society keeps on wanting for things to be the same and not change at all. Each individual person prefers to be comfortable with being a copy of what others want you to be at the expense of your own happiness. Once, in the…

speech impediment for the rest of his life. A major difference between the handicaps in 2081 and the MAS (Modern American Society). In the book 2081, handicaps are used against some people taking them down to become equal to the others around them. “George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn’t be handicapped. But he didn’t get very far with it before another noise in his ear radio scattered his thoughts (Vonnegut 1).” This quote works because it shows right when someone…

The author of A Passage to India is Edward Morgan Forster who was a British writer in 20th century. Forster’s works include six novels, two collections of short stories, several biographies and some commentaries. He had twice traveled to India, and accorded to his own experiences and feelings, wrote A Passage to India this novel. The novel tells of the early twentieth century, the British Mrs. Moore and Miss Adela traveled to India. The former visited the son of a colonial official there, while…

ABSTRACT This paper explores the allegorical aspect of Golding's novel 'Lord of the Flies', which is achieved in terms of character portrayal, narrative method, events and themes. Novel is a parable of life in the latter half of twentieth century, the nuclear age, when society seems to have reached technological maturity while human morality is still prepubescent. It is a sharp criticism on celebrated enlightenment rationality. Even in the late 21 century the lessons given by Golding is…

George Orwell, pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, a son of a British civil servant, was born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bengal, India and died on January 1, 1950 at the age of 47. He spent his first day in India where his father was stationed. A year after his birth, his mother brought him and his older sister, Marjorie, to England and settled in Henley-on-Thames. George Orwell was known as an English novelist, essayist, and critic in Great Britain. His work is marked by ordinary language,…