The Big Store

population in addition to the theme. Big Brother, the reputed ruler of the superstate Oceania, does not physically exist in the novel and there is no evidence for his mere existence. Nevertheless, the mention of his name will send the members of the Party into a state of euphoria. There are people who are exceptions to his influence, such as Winston and Julia, who aids not Big Brother but the Brotherhood, which is also an intangible figure that does not surface. Big Brother, in a sense, gave…

Power is something everyone has power over themselves or others. The way they chose to use it. We see the way the government hides lots of information and the hunger they have for power. They do as they wish to get what they want they wish to get what they want shown in Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince and Thomas More’ Utopia. In the way authors of this novels show how they see the government like if they controlled everything and anything and who has more power Gods or the government like in…

Airstrip One in England was a country that was at war with other continents like Eurasia. The setting is in the city of York, where Winston lived. Big Brother was in control of all the people in the city and he used totalitarianism in order to keep the “peace.” Big Brother was an image that created the illusion of totalitarianism. Its ruling was achieved by controlling the ideas of the people by creating the Newspeak, the Two Minute Hate videos, and the…

like in the year nineteen eighty four and on. Though the similarities may not match up to America’s current situation, North Korea’s dictatorship does. North Korea is currently lead by Kim Jong-un whose face is plastered on buildings much like that of Big Brother, the leader of Oceania. The totalitarian style government in 1984 has many similarities to North Korea’s present form of government. Citizens of North Korea and Oceania are both very similar in the way that they live, unaware…

Theory on Lithium in Stars May Be Confirmed The light chemical element lithium is one of the few elements that is predicted to have been created by the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago. But understanding the amounts of lithium observed in stars around us today in the Universe has given astronomers headaches. Most heavy elements are produced during supernovae, as massive stars explode in their death throes. However, these events were believed to be too rare to produce the vast amount of…

Our enemies : The beauty and righteousness of the planet we call home is being poisoned. They think they can hide behind their powerful titles, but if they seek to profit off of destroying what we call home; they are only bound get what they deserve. Now, certain group of selfish individuals managed to gain power in the United States who clearly are only looking to increase their wealth at the expense of the American people. This betrayal of American voters gave power to those who seek to…

late 70s. Some of the most popular artists were associated with hip-hop. Also, some of the most disliked artist were associated with hip-hop. This music has grown to get more popular over the years and is very famous to this generation. Being such a big thing for teenagers and adults, many debatable topics come up about hip-hop. Many people ask the question of who does hip-hop belong to. I believe that hip-hop belongs to everyone since it’s the people who support the artists, just about every…

the right to attack others if they didn’t do anything. Next, fans go too far because they go crazy whenever the other team scores once. Then, fans should just look at the game as if it’s just a simple game. People take sports too seriously and make a big deal over their loss. People make riots just for one loss of a game. First, riots are wrong and mean nothing. Riots should only be broken out if the British Parliament conquered US and made us pay high taxes. That’s when we have the right to…

The definition of the word nous means “mind or intellect” (Long). However, Anaxagoras perceived nous as something much more that that. He professed that nous “is the controlling principle of the world,” (Long) and that it is its own class of higher power. Anaxagoras claimed that nous is what caused the start of things. He believed that nous is what triggered the kosmos and everything that it holds inside. The kosmos, being the origins of the universe, from the stars to the planets, and…

The quote “you can’t judge a book by its cover” can easily apply to the character of Winston Smith. The author might of chose to construct Winston the way he did was to keep the story interesting and the reader interested in the character. George Orwell also might of constructed Winston as an unjudgeable character to get the points he wanted to get across to the reader. Finally, George Orwell made the character of Winston someone the reader can relate to. Keeping the story interesting and the…