Jada Pinkett Smith

“When the majority of their brothers voted against them, they abandoned their ideas as all men must.” These are the words of a totalitarian society in which technology is slow. This is the world of Anthem a place where thinking can kill you and doing things independently can make you dangerous. The world of anthem views technology as an unnecessary and unlawful transgression. The world of Anthem is technologically slow. Their latest invention has been the candle which in this world was around 3…

In John Collier’s “The Chaser,” differing view of Alan Austen and the old man about "true love" are conveyed through motivate, perspective, and foreshadowing. Alan Austen is a young and naive man with his biased views on life while the unnamed old man has experience through his age and occupation. In the short story "true love" has contrasting meaning dependent on the point of view. Mr. Austen's motive can be seen as soon as he enters the old man's domain. He enters with his intention in hand,…

Two Totalitarian Society In the book 1984, Orwell portrays a perfect totalitarian government. The Party forces the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all the words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is deemed to be illegal. This is called thoughtcrime, and it is the worst of all. These regulations are controlled by Big Brother, a figure that no one has ever seen. In fact, there is no proof that…

George Orwell has created a dystopian story set in London, Oceania 1984, called Nineteen Eighty Four. Inside 1984, it depicts a society, with an oppressive control dominating society, refining and manipulating the past and putting them under constant surveillance. They are driven to fully submit under the authority of Big Brother. The party put the population under constant surveillance and brainwash them by sending messages and propaganda blaring through Telescreens. These telescreens cause…

A Bell Jar with a tight lid As easy as it is for some individuals to go their lives knowing exactly who they are, some people go their whole life trying to find themselves. The journey to self-discovery is present in The Bell Jar, for the novel focuses on the narrator, Esther Greenwood as she struggles to find herself. Through the skillful use of various literary devices, the author, Sylvia Plath, presents the theme of identity in the novel. The first introduction of Esther’s lack of…

is that new settlers destroyed the forests and wanted their own version of civilization in the new land, whether or not it was approved by the Natives or not. When the settlers decided to fight the Indians, their tribe retaliated by capturing John Smith and then prepared to kill him. Only Pocahontas, who so desperately wanted both sides to get along, can save the day by saving john and almost killing herself in the process. Pocahontas serves here as a heroic symbol of the story, an Indian who…

Trances and Dreams Complicating Desire & Blackness in Jean Toomer’s “Esther” Jean Toomer’s “Esther” is a bildungsroman text that follows the light skinned protagonist, Esther, through four distinct ages in three chapters. “Esther” is full of magical realism coupled with female desire which is often expressed through dreams, visions, and color. From the beginning, the reader can contrast Esther with Karintha, Louisa and other female characters in Cane. Esther is not desired by white or black…

The Invisible Hand can be used to describe benefits that were not intended, because of their actions. It basically means that, what you do pursuing your interest can benefit others more than what you meant it to. Invisible Hand can also be described as self-regulation on the market, so people can profit without anybody interfering. It is most often used to work on the free market, consumers going for lower prices and entrepreneurs going for the highest profit. I do agree with this, because even…

When a disaster happens different people have different experiences and perceptions on how it happened in “A Night to Remember” we are introduced into different perceptions of the titanic hitting an iceberg. This a story about the sinking of the titanic. The author use different perceptions of the incident to give more depth to the feeling the passengers had when they hit something The author did this to make a broader explanation of how it felt when the titanic struck the iceberg. One of…

Mental illness was a seldom talked about topic in the 1960s when Sylvia Plath penned The Bell Jar. In the essence of her book Plath shows the already present gap between someone's mind and their body and how depression, or any mental illness, can widen the space even further. Symbolism pertaining to the gap is described when main character Esther Greenwood uses objects and metaphors as representations of her depression. The story follows Esther from the onset of her illness all the way to her…