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    aptured by this cherry colored robot. Currently, now he was carrying me in this a purple lidded jarish…..jar? (Now I know how butterflies feel) God, I was too young to die from aliens! Maybe when if I was 16 or something it would've been OK... But now? Hell naw, I still had a lot of things to do. Example, I still didn't go skydiving. (Purposely) Right now he (I think he is a he) was taking me to through the mazes of corridors in this space ship. I had no clue where the hell I was as the ketchup took me in this green swirly portal thingy (that made me sick a little). My heart was beating in fear and in excitement as I wondered what they were going to do to me. Why in fear? DUDE! I was captured by freaken ALIENS!! (Or maybe an advanced group of humans that the world doesn't even know made them but.... Aliens sounds way more exciting) they can do weird experiments on me! Like, make me sprout green eggs from my beautiful face or torture me or....... Even worse... Make me allergic to........ Chocolate..... I shivered at that thought. They can't be that mean. Could they? Damn it! And why in excitement? DUDE, I JUST GOT CAPTURED BY ALIENS! How cool is that and maybe if I escape I can tell my brothers my story of how I got captured by aliens. I giggled mentally. I could already see the envious look on their faces. I looked around at the walls of the spaceship. It was all smooth and some places spiky. The corridors were badly lit. (Maybe they are trying to evolve into bats??). We…

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    Inspector Muggins leant back in his chair and took a long drag on his cigar, with the contented air of a man who is paid to do nothing but sit in an office and drink whisky and puff on cigars. Which is exactly what Muggins did. The town Muggins lived in was a quiet one, so there was rarely any need for him to get off his considerable bottom and lumber off to some crime scene. So it came as something of a surprise when the phone rang. So much of a surprise, in fact, that Muggins fell off his…

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    never know what you 're gonna get.” was changed from “Being an idiot is no box of chocolates.” These two quotes, though one is slightly change, changes the meaning of the quote. After saying the quote in the novel, he goes on to talk about being people knowing of his condition in being rude and offensive to him. The novel doesn’t give a heartfelt quote like the movie does. Elvis Presley was even put into the movie though it he wasn’t in the novel at all. There are a lot of things that could 've…

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    Brittney Perrodin S. Martinez English IV, 1st Hour 4-24-16 Key Individuals in World War II World War II had many influential leaders. Some more influential than others, but two of the most influential leaders were Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Both men showed exquisite leadership skills and strategic foresight for war. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were important leaders during WWII, whose leadership allowed for the defeat of Hitler. Franklin Delanore…

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    It was a meeting of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After seeing that the war against Germany was coming to a close these three Allied powers came together to discuss the next steps in ending the war. They decided that they would demand Germany’s unconditional surrender. This was just the first step to the plans for a post-war world. A big discussion was what to do with the conquered country after the war and the…

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    possibility of rebelliousness by narrowing the minds of the people by removing words that signify opposition or disagreement. For example, the way to communicate the word ‘bad’ or something that is exceedingly bad is through the words ‘ungood’ and ‘doublepllusungood’ respectively. Without a word of freedom, the idea and concept of freedom is vanished from the minds of the people Oceania. “It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course we use these forms already, but in the final…

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    The film Metropolis directed by Fritz Lang, is a science fiction film, consisting of a futuristic city dystopia, follows the journey of Joh Fredersen, his son Freder, and a poor worker named Maria through their efforts to overcome the vast differences separating the working class and the elites of the city. Whilst the novel 1984 by George Orwell is also about a dystopian society that is controlled by ‘The Party’ follows the character, Winston Smith who decides to rebel against the Party and fall…

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    Can the human spirit easily endure pain and suffering, or is it easily corruptible? In 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith is broken when he undergoes extreme psychological torture. His pain, however matures him in the sense that he lets go of his idealistic past self and accepts the ideologies of his government, “the party.” In a pivotal moment where winston is forced to believe that 2+2=5, he loses all sense of personal freedom and is at the will of Big Brother, and thus comes into his place…

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    are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.” This is shown as a truth when, in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, O’Brien strives to assert power over Winston by securing his trust to break down Winston’s resistance against the Party. To being with, O’Brien drops subtle hints to Winston that he opposes the Party. During the Two Minutes-Hate, for example, the author mentions that “momentarily he had caught O’Brien’s eye” (Orwell 17). At this point, Winston believes an unspoken…

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    Both the “Never Give In” speech by Winston Churchill and the “Good Will Hunting” monologue delivered by Robin Williams, are similar speeches in their themes and stylistic features. On October 29, 1941, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill visited Harrow School to give an inspirational speech to the students. The world was an extremely dark place, World War II had just begun and the United Kingdom was struggling. The speech was optimistic, concerning the outcome of the war and referred…

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