Little Brother

dystopian futuristic society, or normal modern day life, you could see the theme present in each book. In the beginning of 1984 by George Orwell, Winston has a gut instinct not to trust Big Brother, but Big Brother controls him. His every move is being watched through Telescreens and any act against Big Brother is punishable by death. He wants to escape this control but he would get caught so he’s trapped, he has to remain loyal and do as he is told. In It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned…

herself. Torvald eventually got promoted which earned them more money. While, Mrs Linde’s financial conditions were extremely bad because her husband died and she had to take care of her two young brothers and her sick mother who also later died. Mrs Linde had to take up a job and take care of her two brothers until they were able to settle down on their…

Chapter Four Having Arlene as a friend made school a little more tolerable for Hunter. She would meet him at their table every lunch hour and they’d say goodbye at the end of the day. That didn’t mean the mornings were any better, by any means; some of Frankie’s friends would say shit about him in Geography. It didn’t hurt him or anything (so what if he was drawing the whole class? More entertaining than the actual lesson), but what did bother him was that Frankie would sit there and do…

1984 by George Orwell, the main character Winston Smith is just a regular citizen of Oceania who lives with basically nothing and is controlled by Big Brother every single day. Winston ends up being brainwashed and a perfect citizen of Oceania. In the book 1984, it shows the life style of being controlled by the government. Kim Jong Un and Big Brother are extremely alike. They are both terrible leaders who do terrible things to their citizens. “After the Korean War, Kim II Sung used his…

The Relationship between the Three Interconnected Texts. The two tales; Perrault’s tale of The Beauty of the Sleeping Wood and the Grimm Brothers’ Little Briar-Rose are two versions of the same tale of the sleeping beauty. The Russians National Ballet Theatre’s The Sleeping Beauty was composed based on the version of the Charles Perrault's tales. The versions listed above in respect to the sleeping beauty keep the literal meaning of the text while maintaining oral tradition while…

Kickoff at 1:00 I was dressed and packed up as it was time to leave and everybody was ready to leave except for 1 person. It was Saturday, October 17, and we were leaving for Pittsburgh for the weekend and until Monday. It was my parents, brother and grandpa who were going to Pittsburgh. We were going to arrive on the same Saturday at about 5:30 pm and were going to some old friend’s house first and that was the worst part of the trip for me. When we were 20 minutes away my father said “We are…

The Wright brothers had one heck of a life. They are two guys that will forever be remembered for their ideas and old techniques. They had a dream that they stuck with through all the failures and soon came to be the most used advance technology used today. Both of the brothers were drop outs who choose ideas over school. They made a huge impact on the world today and will always be the "fathers of aviation." If it was not for the brothers, the U.S. would be different. We might 've lost some…

In the novel 1984, it talks about a society in the future that controls every aspect of life and every little move anyone makes is recorded and documented for the government to see. The saying “Big Brother is watching you” is referred to many times in this book since Big Brother is the leader of The Party and also the one that can be referred to as a god. With the advancement of technology at a steady rate, we may think to ourselves that this world may become what orwell described in his novel…

In 1812, the Brothers Grimm published their first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen, Children 's and Household Tales. This collection of fairy tales was well-known for its violent and premarital sex content. However, why did the stories of the Brothers Grimm become less violent and more children friendly throughout the years? The editions of the Brothers Grimm Tales were greatly influenced by their culture and surroundings leading their first edition of Kinder- und Hausmärchen to be greatly…

fluffing up its stories with enchantment, taking away the story line from the original tale. Leading children to believe that life is a fairytale that always ends with a happily ever after. Some deceiving fairytales are Snow White, Cinderella, and the Little Mermaid. In Disney's version of Snow White, the poison of the…