The Big War

While there is a belief that humans have evolved from apes, religion has an explanation. Evolution is the theory that modern life has descended from a common ancestor, through the process of natural selection. Faith on the other hand, claims that life was created in the form it is today with some alterations from God. Since evolution was found it has been debated by all faiths. Evolution generates an explanation for the origin of life which is not necessary when there is religion, logic, and…

separates them. However, even though they share similar aspects in regards to spelling when analyzing their definitions it becomes apparent that they share no commonalities. Likewise, iconic protagonists, Winston Smith and Randle McMurphy, and antagonists, Big Brother and Nurse Ratched, have qualities that are both obviously comparable and, upon analysis contrastable. While the protagonists both rebel against the rules that they are expected to follow, receive harsh punishments for their actions…

“secret” meetings. Winston becomes infatuated with the past items seen in Mr. Charrington's shop. At the end, Winston and Julia are caught by Mr. Charrington and the other Thought Police members and they are taken to Room 101 where they are fixed to love Big Brother, the leader of the Party. Evolving symbols in 1984 contribute to…

seemingly manipulative when repeated so frequently. Throughout the dystopian novel 1984, by George Orwell, many paradoxes are utilized when describing politics as well as the overall being of characters. Many may argue that the most central paradox is Big Brother himself, however, it is actually The Ministry of Truth, as evidenced by the fact that the citizens of Oceania are living in a lie…

Everyone fears something. Our fears control our every decision, whether we know it or not. Fear is a common trait that authors use for inspiration when writing their books, and it is just one of the many good qualities that connects many dystopian novels together. Authors George Orwell and Lois Lowry took full advantage of this knowledge when writing 1984 and The Giver.By using fear to control the societies in both 1984 and The Giver, Orwell and Lowry are getting at the idea that society has to…

John Reid was a very interesting character in Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi.It took place in Trenton, New Jersey 1775 John Reid one of many main characters in this book was a spy.John Reid was secretive,brave, and clever he helps General George Washington and the continental army get information on the british. The character John Reid is a very secretive character.To begin,John Reid was a spy for the continental army and not many people in the continental army even knew.Hiding it…

people that the governments ruling them are corrupt and its citizens are at risk of having basic privacy. ‘ Big Brother is watching you,’ a slogan of the party, is shown and displayed nearly everywhere in Oceania to alert people that their being watched all the time. At the same time, the slogan emphasizes Big Brothers power and makes belief in people making them think they are safe because of Big Brother, but they are in fact in danger, all the time. Although fictional, Orwell’s novel mirrors…

Many of the powers of rulers of the countries and the Government today are very similar to the influence enforced on the society by Big Brother and the Government in the novel 1984. For example, in the novel, Big Brother uses similar Political Outrage techniques that our newly elected President of the United States, Donald Trump has taken. In this past week, Trump has made a large accusation that our former president, Obama, has ordered a wiretap on him at the White House. Trump responded by…

Dead Sexist Fish Crap: A Film Review of Tim Burton’s Big Fish Big Fish shows Will (Billy Crudup) trying to discern whether his father’s fantastic stories are true, or if he was having an affair on his mother. Throughout Will’s life, his father, Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney) has told him absurd stories from his life. While Will was enchanted with these stories as a small child, he now holds an extreme amount of resentment towards his father and suspects him of having an affair…

In George Orwell’s book, 1984, the world was completely controlled by The Party, who shut out any type of good. When love is completely removed from a person’s life, they basically become empty and void of any good emotions. If a society in the real world was based on hate, it is highly unlikely that it would last. Hate leads to violence, and violence leads to death. I think that if America was based on hate, there would be a possibility that it would be like The Purge. In the movie, The Purge,…