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After reading the book it became clear that the telescreens were used to monitor the citizens of the society by the Party. Telescreens were everywhere including bathrooms and even behind pictures. Monitoring went just beyond the telescreens; the Party also encouraged children to turn in their parents. This is eerily similar to what occurred in Nazi Germany when propaganda posters tell children to report on their parents anti-Nazi activities. The Party’s desire to control people was all…

John Sinclair Dr. Philip Carlson General Physics I 11/28/2015 Physics Worldview Paper 6.67408 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2. This number is the universal gravitational constant. It is an empirical physical constant denoted by the capitol letter G. The gravitational constant was first used in Newton’s law of universal gravitation [1] which states that any two bodies attract one another with a force which is directly proportional to the product of the two masses, and inversely proportional to the square…

We all know that cats and mice are enemies, but why? Have they always been enemies? The stories Cat and Rat and Cat and mouse explain why they are enemies. Though they both give a good explanation they have a bit of a differencet. Although they are both legends you can decide if they are true. Both these stories are legends. Legends are stories that have been passed down from generation to generation. In the story Cat and Rat they start out as friends. They are in a race. Rat decides to…

Surveillance, restricted thought, and propaganda symbolize a few of the many dystopian traits portrayed throughout the nation of Eurasia. These traits are specifically depict to demonstrate the dystopian society. Within each and every home of the citizens one way telescreens are provided. The telescreens are high tech surveillance, in which they are observed at all times of the day, sustaining no acts of privacy. Surveillance is not the only trait, the citizens do not have the freedom to express…

In the beginning of this article from Sciencenews it is talking about the two cosmic magnifying glasses that are letting astronomers see a peek of a few faint galaxies that could have occurred as far back as 600 million years before the Big Bang. These tiny galaxies could have possibly played a large part in cosmic reionization. Rachel Livermore an astronomer at the University of Texas at Austin says “That when they detected galaxies as faint they did it supports the idea that a lot of little…

baby cosmos” by Lisa Grossman suggests that there may be a new theory to how the universe began, that seems to be more accurate than the current theory. This new theory created by Neil Turok and Steffen Gielen is the new Big Bounce model; not to be confused with the older big bounce-big crunch model. This model, unlike all other past contenders, has been able to begin the first steps in an accurate description to how the universe originated without adding assumptions or as Turok likes to say,…

The Hubble Telescope is a telescope that was created in 1990. It was launched into space and is still standing. When it launched, it was the biggest telescope launched into space. With its 2.4 meter glass it uses 4 main instruments. These instruments look for ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra, it is able to make objects from long distances bigger and with the 2.4 meter glass, I don’t see why not. The Hubble Telescope was indeed launched into space in 1990. However, the origin of…

II. On February 3, 1959 in Mason City, Iowa at 12:55 AM, a small V-tailed Beachhead 35 Bonanza left runway 17 for Fargo, North Dakota. III. On that tragic day; musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson lost their lives. IV. I’m sure many of you can recognize the song American Pie, written by singer-song writer, Don McLean; but how many of you know what it’s actually about? I’m going to enlighten you to the story behind the son, the tragic crash, the aftermath and the effect it…

Sennua Hunter Ms. Tussey English 12 Block G 20 November 2014 Winston and his Comrades 1984 , a novel by George Orwell is about Winston Smith , a member of the Outer Party in London , Oceania. The Outer Party is the people who work in the party’s government , in the four ministries. This novel explains how everyone in the party is always being watched through telescreens by the Thought Police. Throughout this novel , Winston shares a lot of his emotions and thoughts through writing in…

Stories have been told since the beginning of time, they are meant to provide information or to teach morals. In the renowned film, “Big Fish” (T. Burton, 2003), the protagonist, Edward Bloom, constantly told inflated stories to keep his audience attentive, but he rarely kept accurate facts in his stories. Due to the exaggerated stories, William Bloom, Edward’s son, did not trust Edward anymore, and Edward did not gain back his trust till the day he died. Facts seemed to satisfy William, the…