The Big War

VIETNAM WAR 3 Vietnam War: Fighting Big Red The Vietnam War was an ongoing fight for multiple countries. The spread of communism was a widespread fear much of the world was unable to bear. Americans were among the majority of people that feared the expansion of communism, often referred to as the “Spread of Red”. There were many standpoints during the Vietnam War era, including how the United States’ involvement in the war should have been. Despite all the controversy of the Vietnam War, it was a war worth fighting for America to stop the spread of communism in a country that the indigenous people were not able to stop…

O’Brien there are many different rituals of war and symbols of rituals that are portrayed throughout the story. While many rituals and superstitions are apparent throughout the novel, the ones that will be discussed in this paper will be focused on Mitchell Sanders and his yo-yo. Mitchell Sanders is a steady character throughout the novel and while his yo-yo is only mentioned in one chapter, it can relate to many different stories and parts of the books. The yo-yo that Sanders keeps with him can…

In Orwell's story 1984, Big Brother is a symbolic character who uses abusive tactics of extreme communism and fascism. Big Brother is a dominant figure in this story that controls the people of Oceania in Air Strip One. Techniques used on inner and outer party members and proles by Big Brother are slogans which also show doublethink. He also uses propaganda and mind techniques to persuade people of Oceania to believe that everything Big Brother does is right, making it easier for his government…

inhumane rules and regulations placed by Big Brother, the dictator of Oceania. Big Brother plays a major role in the novel, although he is never seen; he uses fear and technology to be able control society and maintain in power. The novel was written not too long after Hitler came into power which left people wondering if what happened during World War II and Hitler was used as inspiration for the novel. Hitler was a German dictator who initiated World War II and Big Brother has been connected…

by the oppressed”. Throughout George Orwell’s classic dystopian literary work entitled 1984, Big Brother is synonymous with lack of freedom. In the beginning, O’Brien represents a hope for freedom for Oceania’s society. Winston strongly longs for a rebellion to reform Oceania’s society in result of Big Brother’s oppressiveness. Both of the aforementioned (Big Brother and O’Brien) further strip Winston of his freedom and humanity by initiating fear. Winston is robbed of particular freedoms…

George Lemaitre was a Belgian cosmologist and a Catholic priest that was born in the 1800's he studied both science and theology then ended up becoming the "Father Of The Big Bang." By writing a paper in 1931 he came up with the theory to the Big Bang that eventually expanded out to further research. (Soter and Tyson, 2000) Lemaitre served as an artillery officer in his younger ages during World War I which put a halt onto his studies but soon picked back up on after the war. He chose learn…

“He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 298), is the ultimate culmination of this story but also a clear depiction of what society is capable of doing to an individual when it has enough time and influence. When said society is able to cause an effect on not just the course of history, but the very thoughts that enter the minds of the masses, true humanity is at risk in a spiritual form if not the physical. In a world controlled by money and where power is in the hands of the wicked, the fall of man…

In the dystopian novel, 1984 by George Orwell the main character, a man named Winston Smith is coping with the many problems that are occurring in the city he resides in. This city is known as Oceania and is a place where a government’s Party is led by a power that oversees the entire city. A group of people known as Big Brother belittles the citizens by watching their every move and giving them little to no freedom. Therefore this is defying a ban on individuality but with all of the secrets…

The party's slogan: “War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength” (Orwell, 4) is inherently ironic. “It’s an example of "doublethink", the act of believing contradicting ideas simultaneously” (1984: Important Quotes). Since war is supposed to be the opposite of peace, you would not expect the two to be grouped together. The same goes for freedom and slavery. Yet this completely contradictory slogan is accepted by everyone in the Party. As with the main character, the reader sees the…

Elad Jeselsohn Peace Without War? Over the course of the history of the world, there have been times of peace and as well as times of war. There have been places of war and places of peace. That is true on the national level. Yet, on the personal level, to achieve one hundred percent peace in all aspects of one’s life is almost impossible. Throughout the majority of the book 1984, whenever Winston…