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    and learns all there is to learn about racing will be the one to succeed. Denny’s diet is very strict because to be a good racer one has to be disciplined in all they do. Denny devotes his life to racing, but he still makes time so that him and his family can live a happy life. In Garth Stein’s, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Denny learns life lessons from racing that apply to one’s life. Accidents are things that one cannot control, and one must learn to accept these and learn from one's…

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    “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength” The three slogans of Big Brother and the Party in George Orwell’s well renowned book, 1984. Utopia by definition in the dictionary means an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The book was written by Orwell because he dreamed that he saw a future where the world was a negative utopia. This novel is set in the year 1984, or that is what the main character, Winston, believes because so many facts about life…

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    different, these two people both work for the government. These governments are controlling, and basically brainwash people. Winston and Montag rebel against their oppressive governments in with the help of a few friends. Winston, in 1984, works for “Big Brother”, which is another name for the government. Winston has a deep hatred for the government and seems to be the only person to know what the government is doing. Winston meets a young woman name Julia, she works for the government just…

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    Cherry Hill, New Jersey – It was quite an outstanding gravel rally debut for Bucky Lasek, one of the Subaru Rally Team drivers. In addition to finished seventh overall, Lasek also reached the podium in his own class. He was behind the wheel of the new Subaru Parts Online rally car, the 2016 Subaru WRX STI. Lasek drove a careful and measured rally, slowly getting comfortable with his car's handling. He was helped by Rhianon Gelsomino, an experienced co-pilot, and her notes about the course. The…

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    In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, one man by the name of Winston is caught in what seems to be a human drive to escape the power of Big Bother as he wonders why the government works behind closed doors and separates in different ministries such as the ministry of love, peace, plenty, and truth. His mentality is that people need to know what is going on outside of Oceania, and that history is not controlled by superiors in the government, but through its original author. In this regard, Winston…

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    Prole's Downfall

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    The rule of big brother is one characterized by oppression while at the same time hiding the fact that they are doing so. It is reliant on information control through methods such as brain washing and the removal of free thought and those who possess it. This is vital as Big Brother’s rule was reliant on the proles, who make up eighty percent of the population, to remain uneducated and clueless as to what is occurring so they do not revolt. However the notion that the truth can be hidden forever…

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    1984 Book Report Essay

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    1984 George Orwell Stephenie Burston 6th Period March 8, 2017 The author of the novel is George Orwell, and the title of the novel is 1984. The setting of the novel is London, England known as “Airstrip One”, the temporal setting or time period was 1984. The author uses foreshadowing to tell his story. The setting is important to the story the physical and temporal settings. The physical setting is important because they predict what is going to happen specifically in London. But the temporal…

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    John Kowac Interview

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    drinking a bottle of water and laying out a couple of awards he has won. What is your career? Well, I do work and do studies on the big bang but mainly I am a professor the Astronomy and Physics Department at Harvard University. What type of work have you done on astronomy? Well, me and my team of radio astronomers had found the imprint of gravitational waves from the Big Bang.…

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    1984 Persuasive Essay

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    government? Are they scared to speak up against the government? People are so afraid now and days to speak up for themselves and it does no good to let someone continue to do something wrong that they know is unlawful. For instance, in the book 1984 big brother has complete control over the population and he claims it's to “make the world a better place” when…

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    committing “thought crimes,” it is clear that institutionalized fear works to empower Big Brother by using party members own subconsciouses’ against themselves; a tactic which shows how the psychological impact of a surveillance state is just as, or even more effective than any physical enforcement effort to suppress the free-will of party members. With this in mind, Winston’s resistance experiment against Big Brother is one that not only seeks to test the limits of party supervision of his body…

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