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Avrial Turner Professor Jeremy Proctor Twentieth Century Fiction 1 October 2015 Essay One: Heroes Carl Jung was the first to recognize that there are universal patterns in the whole of literature regardless of culture or period of time. Since his first hypothesis, many have come along and refined it such as Joseph Campbell who applied the theory to mythological stories identifying many archetypes of plot and character development. One of these archetypes is the hero archetype and the…

Both Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and George Orwell’s 1984 are influenced by their contexts to a great extent. Lang and Orwell use their context to reinforce values and attitudes represented in their texts as to express a dystopian concern for the threat of a primary power within an accelerated industrial world. These concerns are explored through a direct threat individualism. Metropolis provides an optimistic view that not all hope is lost and change can be made, 1984 provides a pessimistic view…

Power is strength and authority, when too much is given to one particular group they tend to run wild with it and a dictatorship is most likely the product. Animal farm expresses the idea that power leads to corruption through ways like mr. Jones being the leader of the farm, old major giving a speech and stirring a revolution, and the pig gaining the power to change the commandments. In the beginning of the story mr. Jones is the leader of the manor farm. He is the caretaker of all the animals…

In the society and government portrayed in Animal Farm by George Orwell, everyone should have the opportunity to vote. When there are people, or animals in this case, who have no choice but to step away and let a “superior” type of person vote, is incredibly unfair and takes a large jump away from equality. When a person is forced to not vote on something they cannot help, rebellion and protests are going to be extremely common. This is shown in Animal Farm, not by the pigs per say, but the…

varied influences to create a unique experience for listeners. Number Ten: George Michael Originally known as half of the pop duo Wham!, George Michael has had a long and successful career in the music industry. With hits such as “Careless Whisper” and “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” he was able to translate his previous success into solo success. In 1987, he released “Faith,” his first of many solo number one singles. George Michael…

The society in The Giver novel is a dystopian society. This is true because in the novel and all the people in it have to follow the rules given from the community. This proves my point because in a utopian society everyone has freedom which in this society nobody does. Even it the novel The Giver says that the people suffer from sameness sameness is a thing when the people in the society all do the same thing... and that is not freedom. Example: During the novel Jonas tries to tell The Giver…

War Horse is an excellent Steven Spielberg classic that reaches true perfection. It’s a powerful movie that captures the touching bond between a young man and his beloved horse, Joey who might be the bravest horse ever portrayed on film. It’s based on Michael Morpugo's 1982 best-seller. There's plenty of good action and the story is brilliant. It features the grand theme of war and drama, but it also is an intimate story. The horror of war is seen through the eyes of the horse. The story…

amazing paintings, of which some even had symbolic meanings, which is very clever. He also created political art, that he provided for newspapers. Maximilien Luce was surely one of the best and most influential neo-impressionist of his time. As Georges Seurat once said: “Painting is the art of hollowing a…

Going into this movie, most of what I heard was that I wouldn’t like it. This prepared me to focus on following what was going on, leading me to enjoy the movie more than I otherwise would have. Because Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is so complicated, it pushes many viewers away. But the complicated paths of the plot and the characters in this movie simulate trying to find and follow a real spy, which takes a kind of focus many viewers aren’t prepared for while watching a movie. However, being a…

Did you ever think about the phrase “hard work pays off”? Did you ever think it was true? In the story “the three little pigs”, we could see the two little pigs were eaten by the fox because they were careless and irresponsible while building their houses. However, the third pig worked hard and took its time in building its house which made it impossible for the fox to hunt it down. Firstly, the third pig is the most admirable because it is clever, we could see that when the author say, “the…