The Big War

ragtime, and it was a huge hit! The american people loved him and had them play in the Palomar Ballroom in LA. In 1936 the Benny Goodman Trio Got 15 top 10 hits, a few being “Goody Goody” and “You turned tables on me.” Benny appeared as himself in The Big Broadcast of 1937 and released a trademark song in 1938: “Sing Sing Sing (with a swing)”. The Benny Goodman Trio was the first jazz band ever to appear in the Carnegie hall, and sadly, around this time Gene Krupa left the band to follow his…

simultaneously brainwashes him. We also see how it then negatively affects Winston afterwards. There are examples of how brainwashing is relevant not only in Orwell’s book, but also in today’s societies. Some examples are small and don’t have a very big impact, such as brainwashing through advertisement. Another example is the totalitarian government of North Korea that has brainwashed an entire country into believing lies. George Orwell's novel isn’t just a dramatised story of a terrible…

to the war, but the primary issue is how the modern secular views man as the supreme being of the universe rather than making God as supreme. The modern…

The notion of the government being omnipotent alarms people of all ages, recalling Communist years, and various other occurrences of absolutism. George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, encompasses a futuristic totalitarian state under the control of “Big Brother.” Warnings to the Western world delineating possible despotism, remain prominent throughout characters. The protagonist, Winston Smith, works at a propaganda department for the state, labeled the “Ministry of Truth,” where inopportune…

Goldstein’s nose and bounced of…” ( pg 18 chapter 3 part 1). We all know that North Korea is a major dystopia. And the hate of Goldstein is almost the same of America. Lastly, like North Korea, Oceania has one leader and a party close to the leader to rule. Big Brother would be the Korean leader. Today, North Korea has a huge problem of poverty and famine, thanks to the leader not helping his people. And it seems Orwell predicted correctly of his dystopia, as one like it appeared. Oceania and…

Cansu Aydoğdu Aydoğdu 1 Res.Assist.Vahit Yaşayan AKE 108(02) May 23, 2016 ‘‘It is Only After We Have Lost Everything That We Are Free Free to Do Anything.’’ Tylor Durden and The Narrator in Fight Club. Fight Club is a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk and it’s film version available too which is directed by David Fincher. In the film, protagonist is the narrator and his imaginary…

Tim Burton, on the other hand, utilized his main character, Edward Bloom, in the movie Big Fish during the 1950s to show how getting passed the one-way thinking and making decisions without fear and rules can open new doors leading to fresh adventures, trials, and relationships, delving into a more significant understanding of oneself and…

Originally coined in 1972 by psychologist Irving Janis, the term “groupthink” has its roots in 1984. The Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology defines the phenomenon as “a condition in which highly cohesive groups in ‘hot’ decision situations display excessive levels of concurrence seeking that suppress critical inquiry and result in faulty decision making” (Aldag). Janis chose the name groupthink due to Orwell’s “doublethink” in 1984, a similar condition marked by the simultaneous acceptance of…

The W. P. Swanson Confectionery Era In 1921, Willie, Clara, and Anton discontinued renting the farm on Hardwood Island and moved into a spacious two-story house in Harris, recently purchased by Anton and situated north of and directly across Brook Street from the First Lutheran Church.1 Along with the house, the property included a full sized barn for their dairy herd, which Willie and Anton pastured on limited acreage along Goose Creek north and west of the farmstead, a coup for their flock…

there are more than just one category of reality TV, with some testing the abilities of the human body through shows like American Ninja Warrior as well as reality shows that enforce people to live together and cause drama on camera, an example being Big Brother. Reality television is a huge genre that contains hundreds of different ideas and focuses that cannot really be described by a definition. These categories of reality all have different premises yet essentially scrutinize participants as…