Maggie Smith

AquaReanne Lancaster Mrs. Dibbs AP Lit and Comp 24 December 2016 Relationships can be a difficult subject to write about, as love is interpreted in various ways. That is why George Orwell, in his novel 1984, chooses instead to focus on the effects of Winston and Julia’s love. Although Winston is capable of advancing his person rebellion, it is Julia who ultimately enables him to commit more heinous acts that eventually incur the disapproval of the Party. It is because of their strong bond that…

Winston Smith silently struggles to free himself from the ever present power of authoritative Big Brother in George Orwell’s 1984. Winston longs to participate in the impending revolution with the mysterious group he idolizes, the Brotherhood. Believing the Party should be overthrown, Winston frequently commits thoughtcrime through various means, such as owning a journal or committing adultery with Julia, though he is far more dedicated to the cause than her. His hatred of the Party draws him to…

have various backgrounds and characteristics that make them very diverse; however, everyone shares a commonality: teeth. As hinted by the title, teeth play a significant role in Smith’s novel and make appearances throughout the novel. I argue that Smith uses teeth to represent one’s identity and their history. Through this identity, teeth show the conflict the characters have with having control over their identity and the fate their pasts have already dictated. When Clara loses her teeth, it…

Within the historical novel, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, Camila Townsend engenders/recounts the complexity that is the story of Pocahontas and Native Americans within the Americas’, during their horrid enslavement and colonization from the Europeans (specifically the Spanish). Though Townsend’s text is not a primary source, the credibility and importance of the novel is nonetheless very crucial regarding, exclaiming the ‘true’ story of the powerful Pocahontas and the Powhatan. Townsend…

Character Analysis; Winston Smith • Winston Smith is a calm, cool and collected member of the Party. In his spare time he strives to overthrow the party and establish the world as far back as his memory allows him. His plan of attack to overthrow the party is very subtle. But in the end his carefulness does him in. He then gets taken to have his ideals reconformed to The Party’s “true” thoughts. “Two and Two make five...He Accepted everything. Orwell 290” Julia • Winston’s girlfriend. A…

Sister Wives, should polygamy be legalized? Polygamy has been around for many years and with the TV show Sister Wives it can now be viewed in our homes weekly with each new season it brings. The show reminds us of the controversy that surrounds plural marriage. Should plural marriage be legalized? There are many opinions on this touchy topic. Should we, as a society, just leave it be, mind our own business as it were? Should we turn a blind eye to the accusations of abuse and underage…

dangerous jobs. It is quite atrocious to think that with the knowledge that we have today, we allowed the food industry to move backwards. Some may state, like Adam Smith, that introducing division of labour, is a positive take, not only does it increase the outcome of production, it also increases the economy. In “Wealth of Nations” Smith states that “he greatest improvement*17 in the productive powers of labour, and…

one being its proponent Adam Smith and the other being its most significant critic, Karl Marx. Both thinkers are profoundly important in locating and investigating the roots of neoliberalism as well as exploring alternatives ways to challenge neoliberal economics in the face of its post-cold war expansion as the inevitable and only alternative to redistribution and economic justice. This essay traces the emerging ideas of classical liberalism as articulated by Smith and their subsequent…

Causes and Impact of Depression in The Bell Jar “The longer I lay there in the clear hot water the purer I felt, and when I stepped out at last and wrapped myself in one of the big, soft white hotel bath towels I felt pure and sweet as a new baby” (Plath 49). The aforementioned “purity” is attributed to transformation, the washing away of the dirt as she descends into a cleaner self. Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar morphs this idea of sanity and purity twisting it to make us all question if a glass…

The Wealth of Nations (WN) was a pioneering book exploring economic ideas which contradicted those that were in place at the time it was written. Many of the theories outlined are still relevant today. Adam Smith published the WN in 1776, by this time he already had gained a reputation as a notable writer following the publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759. The plan of the work is logically structured and provides good summaries of the main themes which follow. The first four…