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Title: 1984 Author: George Orwell Main Characters (Protagonist/Antagonist), Title, & Traits: Winston Smith (Protagonist): 39 years old, goes against the Party but is consistently paranoid about being caught. Rebellious, intellectual, and sick (varicose veins), he resists the Party’s attempts to extract and destroy his uniqueness. He concerns himself with the “big picture” of society. He despises the party and speculates about what is, what has been, and what will be. Julia: Considerably…

The Bell Jar is a classic story of feminism in the mid 1900s. Esther Greenwood goes through periods of severe depression, happiness, and boredom. The reader watches her develop as she learns what’s really important in life. The book starts off with Esther working for a New York magazine, where she excels. The problem is that she doesn't fit in with the eleven other girls, causing her to distance herself. Spending a month on the job, she learned a lot about friendship, but she also realized that…

self-interested economic realism directly contrasts Karl Marx’s concept of species being. The theory of self–interested economic realism was explained by Adam smith in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Smith’s idea of economic realism is that every man is self-interested in procuring the best possible relation to society for himself. Smith states “Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he…

president of the Reorganized Church in 1860, Smith asked the church during his ordination, to bear with him as he tried to direct its matters with reason and faith. In May of 1865, he brought forth this discussion on one of the weightiest issues facing the reorganization and society. The Civil War had sown deep roots of division through the social, religious, and political cultures of America. It is recorded, in The Memoirs of President Joseph Smith, “The settling of the New World and the…

results of the nominations, pointing to the fact that all acting nominees were, for the second consecutive year, white. This enraged Lee which caused him to boycott the award ceremony, joining many other famous actors including Will and Jada Pinkett Smith as those who would not attend the ceremonies. This is why Spike Lee stays relevant and influential, even almost 30years after his arguably best film was released. He continually fights injustices at all levels, whether it be from the…

What effects do connotation, bias, and rhetoric have on the author’s argument, and how does it affect the audience? In the editorial “‘Boobies,’ the courts and free speech” by the Times Editorial Board the author uses connotation, bias, and rhetoric to help sway the audience toward believing in their side of the argument. To start off, the author uses connotation a lot in his editorial. These are some examples of those words, “Constitutional rights, wrongly, disrespect, defiance, and…

Glover’s DC crew for three years and in high school started working with Debbie Allen and has continued to partner with her ever since. She has been greatly influenced by the styles of the Nicholas Brothers, Jimmy Slyde, Gregory Hines and Jason Samuels Smith and in contrast with Prince’s style, which keeps a fairly constant speed with different fast rhythm patterns, Arnold has more pauses and plays more with the music of…

as soon as I heard the captain, a bolt of excitement had ecstatically rushed through my spine. I rested my head back as my brother tugged my shirt indicating that the plane was leaving the runway. The plane had starting leaving the Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport. I looked through the small window and saw the once what seemed humongous buildings, slowly minimising. I thought of all the amazing things Los Angeles had to offer. All the places that only seemed to exist through my TV and laptop…

Mormons where do they fall on the Church-Sect continuum? I’m going to say and stand with my answer that the Mormon church is nothing but a fancy cult. There are many examples of why they are a cult. One of the very first ones is they have a reward base structure way into getting into heaven. Their structure of leadership is funky yet it works. They have been known for their problems with society. They never seem evolve to the times in all truth honesty unless it’s for the better of the church.…

Day Saints. It is the fourth largest Christian religion in America. This religion was founded on September 21st, 1823 by Joseph Smith. Smith was said to be visited by the angel “Moroni” meaning son of Mormon. The angel appeared to him three different times and Joseph Smith was chosen to translate the Book of Mormons also known as “golden plates”. On September 22nd, 1827 Smith received the golden plates and began translating them. The Book of Mormons was officially published in 1830. Mormons…