George Saunders

Leiningen And The Ants Leiningen And The Ants is basically a man versus nature war. Leiningen realizes that the ant population is very large, but he never gets the full picture that the ants population exceeds his expectations until. He comes across a field filled with ants covering twenty square miles headed to his territory. Leiningen then understands that all of not only his people but his home will be put to waste if he does not make a move. Leiningen is warned by the…

Throughout George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, the revolution of 1917 is being presented, in the form of animals. There is an obvious evolution of society from a democracy to a dictatorship. Old major had a dream where all the animals are living together, without humans suppressing them; now Snowball and Napoleon are dedicated to achieving Majors’ dream. Snowball is betrayed by Napoleon thus for ore power and control. Old Majors had a dream, where all the animals lived together and were free. In…

William Henry Harrison was the oldest president of his time and served the shortest time in office, thirty-two days. Harrison was sixty-eight when he went into office and died a month later, becoming the first president to die in office..William Henry Harrison was the ninth president, and although he was not president for long he had accomplished many things throughout his life. Before his presidency, Harrison became well known as an Indian fighter and military hero. He also served in the Senate…

The tale of a war is told by the victor, but what happens when there is no winner, and the story is told by two different nations. When the war of 1812 was fought, no country had a definite winner. Both America and Britain/Canada were able to tell the tale, but what were the differences between the two? The tale of the War of 1812 told by America focuses around America view, and often doesn’t mention other nations strifes and wars at the time, as well as skips mostly over the battles they lost.…

The Formation of a Collective Society “Totalitarianism begins with using the word “we” without every I’s permission” (Wiśhiewski). In Anthem, Ayn Rand gives a glimpse of what it is like to live in a collective society. Equality 7-2521 is unlike his brothers and is “cursed” because of those differences. Throughout the story, Equality goes on various adventures such as finding light and leaving his society along with its collective nature. The process behind creating a collective society in…

From a lot of historiography of the revolution, I choose two amazing interpretation of the revolution. One is revolutionaries or the Whigs interpretation and the second one is loyalist or Tories. The revolutionaries named during the American Revolution. Colonist called revolutions or loyalists according to which side they decided to support. Colonist those didn’t want from England are revolutionaries and loyalist were to stay with British government and think breaking away from them is not the…

What if you lived in a world without data? It might be difficult to complete certain tasks such as writing report cards. In the futuristic novel, "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card, uses information and data as something very valuable for two characters- Peter and Valentine. In the novel, words and information serve as ammuntion, influence, and deception for the characters. Peter uses words and information as ammunition in his conspirary to control the world. With Val's help they can "say the…

Our first president, George Washington’s, birth took place on February 22, 1732. Washington’s original birth place was in Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Washington's birthday is strenuous to figure out because he was born twenty years before the introduction to the calendar. Americans honor Washington's day of birth the Monday before his actual birthday. When Washington was eleven his father, Augustine Washington, died leaving most of the property to George’s older brothers.…

1984 is a book about a man named Winston who lives in a society where you are constantly watched, much of the news is lies and you are constantly at war. Winston knows that anything the government tells him is a lie and that the war Oceania, the country Winston lives in, is constantly fighting is pointless. Winston later on meets a girl named Julia who he at first hates, but as she shows that she also sees the lies Winston comes to love her and they join a secret group called The Brotherhood…

Benjamin Franklin was not only an inventor and entrepreneur, he was also a hero of the Revolutionary War. Benjamin was a very intelligent man who was not scared to state his opinion. He was born for greatness and France could not have had anyone better than Benjamin himself to lead everyone to victory. Think about it, the war would have been nothing if he did not pull the strings he did for the U.S. Ben Franklin contributed to the Revolutionary War by becoming popular in France, a member of the…