The Big Store

1984 is not an exact prediction of today’s society in my opinion because the people depicted in the novel live far stricter and much more oppressive lives than we do today. Winston even tells us so, “‘Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as…

rebellion are no longer confined in his own thoughts. During the time that Winston met Julia, it’s clear that in their relationship they took some risks. After having a vision of a glass paperweight, Winston decided to rent a room above a secondhand store. When spending some time in the room, he began to daydream a scenario in which he could walk alongside Julia, free from the tyrannical rules of the Party. The meeting between Winston and O’Brien secretly became an important event in his life.…

In this paper I will analyze the argument of the “Fine-Tuned Universe”, describe what it means, show how an opponent would argue that intelligent design isn’t the best explanation, and also provide my own view on this argument from my theist view. Have you ever wondered how the universe got here? How everything perfectly fell into place, and how you’re here today? The Fine Tuned Universe argument may help you better understand. This argument is a version of the teleological argument, which is…

concerning government control are becoming quite evident in today’s society. In the novel 1984, the main setting is Oceana, a futuristic England. Orwell’s Oceana “portrays a future totalitarian world, ruled by a seemingly, omnipotent tyrant called Big Brother” (Perloff 27). The Party is a controlled government using fear and terror in every aspect in the lives of party members. Oceana closely resembles today’s North Korean society. The North Korean government denies basic freedoms to their…

language of Oceania” readers can infer that Newspeak, the language that every citizen spoke in Oceania, vanished. What caused Newspeak to be discontinued? How did Big Brother fall? Orwell writes this in the tense in which Big Brother was in the past, where people now know how twisted their government use to be. O’Brien tells Winston that “Big Brother is infallible and all-powerful.”(171)…

Every human is born with rights that they will have until they perish. Some of the rights do not stay with them, the rights depend on the choices he or she makes throughout their life. In 1984, the author does not give humans many of those same rights that we take for granted, such as the freedom of privacy. Even the NSA watches over us in some aspects, we can do many things without other people noticing us. Orwell uses the Party taking away the citizens’ rights and freedoms to dehumanize them.…

Imagine growing up in a world where all you feel is fear and hate, where you have no choice but to live in isolated community and be forced to believe in things you would not normally believe in. Imagine living in a community where they start teaching at an early age to hate something by force. For example, in the book 1984 they are forced to grow up believing in what the party wants them to believe in an obeying the rules the isolated community has for the people, just like it has/is occurring…

In the movie, V For Vendetta (2005), the different uses of lighting, camera angles and shots have affected my interpretation of the theme of fear and control in the movie and how the government uses fear to control the citizens of London. First, camera angles and shots were used to enhance my understanding of this theme in the movie by use of low and high angles which convey one figure as more intimidating than the other. An example of this is in the scene of the chancellor, Adam Sutler’s first…

explaining how the entire universe began. Every human encompasses a natural desire to discover the truth, but it persists as one of the most controversial subjects. Some philosophical minds, Evolutionists or Darwinists, believe all substance started with a “Big Bang” and then began to evolve into the world and life forms we identify today. Others, Creationists, believe a higher power intelligently designed life and matter. As I investigate this topic, I discover more archeological, scientific,…

he told me for a half an hour how great it was to have a unique name. However, my dad didn’t always want my name to be Tia, and my mom definitely did not. Polka music, and swing, and brass bands were always playing in my mom’s childhood home. The Big Bopper was my Nana’s favorite musical group; one of their songs was titled, Chantilly Lace. It was played for countless hours and my mom knows every word to the song. This made my mom want to name me Chantel Lacey. However, my dad had other ideas…