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    In George Orwell’s novel 1984, he shows their society ruled by Big Brother. Big brother is a totalitarian state which uses a surveillance to maintain power. Similar to 1984’s government Big Brother, the American government uses various technology to spy and monitor its citizens to prevent rebellion and terrorist attack. Surveillance is a big key to their success, they use many methods to spy on its citizens. A major Surveillance tool they use is the Telescreen. The Telescreen is both a…

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    of Oceania at all times, he hates the fact that he has no contact with the world outside of Oceania except the vision of war captives being brought into Oceania, and more than anything he has an pure disdain for Big Brother. As he repeatedly writes in his journal: “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” [3]. D-503 distastes the concept of “freedom” and describes it as: “an unorganized primitive state”[4]. One the other hand, Winston Smith pleads for freedom. Throughout the novel most of Winston’s time is…

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    "The figures in fairy tales are not ambivalent-not good and bad at the same time, as we all are in reality. But since polarization dominates the child's mind, it also dominates fairy tales" (Bettelheim 9). The purpose of a fairytale is to teach morals in a memorable way. One way to ensure that it is memorable is to include dark, scary characters. The appearance of the characters is essential. Beauty is an important characteristic in fairytales and the bad characters are indicated by being ugly…

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    “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell 4) This is one of George Orwell’s famous quotes from the book, 1984. Orwell wrote this book to give awareness about totalitarianism and communism. Hitler was able to captured millions of people to follow his lead by his false hopes for them.This gives an example of the ways the people in the book were living at Airstrip One, Oceania Mainland, with fear and imitation. Hitler came from nothing, but was able to persuade millions to Germans to follow his Nazi…

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    Story-2 How the Tooth Fairy Got Her Job Long time ago in the fairy world there were six magical fairies. But the fairies living in the fairy land did not know what their jobs were, as they were talented in their own ways. So unanimously they decided to have a contest to decide the jobs accordingly. The six fairies were- Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Gold, Silver, and White. The first competition was for the Water Kingdom. The fairy that could dive to the deepest part of the ocean and come back with…

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    Catharsis, and the overall narrative of the art of Greek Tragedy, has always played an immense part in the storytelling of the horrific within the Disney filmography, ever since their first feature-length film venture in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). As a form of dramatic release, catharsis is best described as a form of tragedy that “…brings recognition of who and what we are.” (Rorty, 1992), and “…provides us with the appropriate objects towards which to feel pity or fear." (Lear,…

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    The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids By the Grimm Brothers There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she called all seven to her and said, "Dear children, I have to go into the forest, be on your guard against the wolf, if he comes in, he will devour you all - skin, hair, and everything. The wretch often disguises himself, but you will know him…

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    Kerilyn Musnuff Once Upon A Time The character I chose is Snow White, in Once Upon A Time, Snow White is much like she is in other versions except some things she does and says are different than the other versions we have read so far. There was a curse put on Snow White and Prince Charming and the only way they could get rid of the curse is by giving up their daughter, Emma. They were to meet again when she turns 28. In Once Upon A Time, Snow White never gets much rest. She is very worried…

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    creations came the first flight in which they created the legacy. The phenomenal creation of the control system in aircrafts from the Wright Brother’s skills, mechanics, curiosity, understanding, and teamwork changed the world of aviation. The Wright Brothers made a significant impact to history by achieving the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight. Their improvement on the airplane with rudders, propellers, and an engine made flight for longer periods of time possible. The control…

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    Who Should be Santa Claus Did you know that women are playing the role of Santa In the Macy's department store in the N Y city? Women are fighting to get a job at Macy's and the only position open is Saint Nick for this holiday season. This season Macy's does not have a lot of men applying for the job for Saint Nick.5 women applied for the job for Santa but the kids are crying because it is a woman and the moms are saying that they will never come back.My opinion on all of this is that Santa…

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