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    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…

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    Reyner Banham, an architectural analyzer as well as a critic, tried to codify the then-upcoming structural campaign of Brutalism through his seminal December 1955 essay. He claimed that if an observer is introduced into an area of interest, then it would automatically be damaged for good. He also claims that Das Kapital had taken in the capitalist line so that the Marxists could have a rough time identifying it when they came across, and the widespread of concepts Freud that any client could…

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    Where is the Change? An essay inspired by Shooting an Elephant I would like to thank George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant for providing inspiration for the essay you are about to read, and for teaching students around the world an important aspect of the human condition. I sat on the edge of the river bank, watching the ripples float past. As I looked out into the water it was then that I saw it, floating past with the grace of a swan. The only evidence of its path being the trail of…

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    The elephant in the village of the blind The elephant in the village of the blind is a traditional Indian story about a village where everyone was blind. A traveler came to the village with an elephant. The villagers did not know what an elephant was and the traveler asked them to see for themselves. Since none of the villagers could see, they had to touch the animal and draw their conclusion on what the elephant could be. Several villagers went and touched the animal. They all formed their…

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    “A lot of modern life is exactly like slaughtering zombies.” This statement is true in the eyes of Chuck Klosterman, where he expresses opinions in his article “My Zombie, Myself: Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead”. In correlation, to the movie Warm Bodies directed by Jonathan Levine one can see that there are many things that we can relate to in modern life that can also be seen in a zombie apocalypse world. For example, in both worlds you can see that once we adapt to our daily lives of work…

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    Symbolism In Cannery Row

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    Cannery Row criticizes the ideal American society and its elements of Christianity through the caricature of a typical American industrial town and its most distinctive citizens. In the process of describing Mack and the Boys’ attempt to throw a party for Doc, the novel introduces us to characters that seem like outcasts in Monterey but play a significant role in expressing the overall anti-establishment commentary of the novel. Doc plays a fatherly role in the Monterey community. He seems like…

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    The two texts 1984 by George Orwell and “Fake News” by Michael Lynch both discuss fake news and falsified information both including and excluding government affairs and what implications it could have on the people of a society or country. However 1984 is a science fiction text whereas “Fake News” is a non-fiction text that focuses on real world issues similar to those discussed in 1984. However, both texts raises the same question of why do we put so much trust into the government and fake…

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    The Maze Runner Analysis

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    In this paper, the texts “1984” by George Orwell and “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner will be compared and analysed, in specific the language and stylistic features used to portray the different perspectives on the ideas of oppression and helplessness. The point of view of “Big Brother” and the theme of higher power are vastly used in both of these texts, along with both the conforming and rebelling point of views, all of which will be examined in this paper. In both novels, “1984” and “The…

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    Dick Gregory was born in 1932 and was a stand-up comedian, writer, and social activist. The story "Shame" is an excerpt from Gregory's autobiography. He writes the following: "Everybody's got a Helene Tucker, a symbol of everything you want." Of course, one's symbol does not have to be a who, but also, a what. My symbol is the worldwide organization of Jehovah's Witnesses (I will also refer to it as God’s Kingdom). To me, the organization represents family, love, and The worldwide organization…

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    James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small, is portrayal of the author's life as a country veterinarian in Yorkshire, England. Throughout his descriptive telling of his tedious choice of career a common thread evolves involving human relationships. Analysis and comparison of Herriot’s depictions with today's social climate, will allow us to contrast the importance of or lack of importance of human relationships. The three aspects of human relationships we will explore are how choice in life…

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