George Massenburg

James Madison was born in 1751 and in the state of virginia in the town of Montpelier where he would live his entire life. He was born into a wealthy family but grew up skinny and sickly. But even with all this happening he studied even when it endangered his own life studying. When he was 29 he served in the continental congress. When he was 36 in 1787 he kept a written record of the constitutional convention. In 1787-1788 James Madison helped write the federalist papers. In 1801-1809 He…

The Significance of Nature There many meaning implied to the term nature. In many cultures nature to is referred to as freedom, a place where one can escape from the world and step into a new world filled of natural beauty. In Orwell’s novel 1984 you would think of the society of Oceania as anything but beautiful, with a dictator government, surveillance all around, and yet the term nature is still very much implied. In 1984, there are many significances to the word nature including- the…

Why the Setting is Vital to the Plot in “The Most Dangerous Game” In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there are two reasons of how setting is vital to the plot. For instance, the island earns the name it is given by suspicious sailors, “Ship Trap Island” because of the fake channel luring ships right onto the sharp rocks. General Zaroff makes a bogus passageway guiding ships to “safety”, when really it is a trap so that he can have new “prey” to hunt. The general explains all…

George Orwell explores the privileges and normalities in our society that we take for granted in 1984. He tries to send us this message through the book in several different ways. One way he tries showing this is by showing us the loss of privacy all of the party members have in the book. The thought police monitors all of the party members 24/7 through telescreens, which are always watching and listening to everything they say or do, and even the smallest crime, such as even thinking the wrong…

I remember the very first book I ever read, it was a paper book made by my teacher. The illustrations looked as though a child had drawn them with a pack of crayons, the sentences were very short and very boring. I remember reading “Pat sat down” over and over, “Pat drinks juice.” The simplest sentences ever, and I had to read that same ridiculous book everyday. It was that small, elementary book that made me hate reading. I read as little as I possibly could, just barely enough to get through…

For Native Americans, Governors Island was a place to hunt, fish and gather nuts. They referred to the island as Pagganck which translate as Nut Island, after the island’s abundant oak and chestnut trees. It was the perfect location for local tribes to establish fishing camps. Around 1637 Wouter Van Twiller, a representative of the Dutch government purchased Governors Island from the Native Americans for two ax heads, a string of beds and a handful of nails. Twiller used the island for his…

The setting of the dystopian novel 1984 seems nightmarish and far-fetched. However, in some places the totalitarian rule of Big Brother is reality. In my opinion, the country that most resembles 1984 is North Korea. The society that main character Winston Smith lives in is characterized by overbearing government surveillance and mind-control of the population. Independent thought is completely outlawed, and people are regularly detained and severely punished if there is even the slightest…

meeting in Philadelphia where his rough draft of the “ Virginia Plan “ became the Constitution. James Madison is better known as the Father of the Constitution. Soon later in 1789, Madison was elected to the House of Representatives and worked with George Washington. Madison was a major influence on why the Bill Of Rights was released. Later in years, Madison left Washington and partnered with Thomas Jefferson once again. Being the secretary of state he supported the Louisiana Purchase. Madison…

class hierarchy. Throughout the book there are many examples of class hierarchy. One example of class hierarchy is expressed on chapter 8. .In chapter 8 the most protruding expression of class hierarchy is exemplified through the text. In the text George Orwell states, “Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others. He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner service which had been in the glass cupboard in the drawing-room. It was…

We chose Frank Sinatra for this project because he was arguably the twentieth century’s greatest singer of popular song. He also acted in some of the popular movies of the 50s and 60s. He was a one of a kind man, simultaneously a ladies’ man and a man’s man. Women wanted to be with him and men wanted to be him. After all, he had a total of four wives in his lifetime, and if he did not die in 1998 he probably would have remarried again. Sinatra became famous singing in a band called the Rat Pack.…