The Isley Brothers

The slogan “Uneducation is Power” captures how the Party remains in control by keeping the masses ignorant. In Goldstein’s book, the Party accomplishes this by being perpetually at war, eliminating contact with foreigners, and fabricating the past. The three superstates are always at war with one another to ensure that the general population does not become more educated. On page 191, Goldstein states, “The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the…

Once there was a girl whose name was Robin, but everyone called her Red Riding Hood because of the red hood and cape she wore when she visited Grandmother. It was a raggedy clothing, but the nicest clothing she had left. Granny, a sorceress, had no real grandkids, as far as anyone knew. She liked to project a kind image, at least to outsiders anyways. Everyone was in debt to Grammy. She took tribute of the best of every harvest, the first pressings of the grapes, the dressmaker's finest fabrics,…

The rule of big brother is one characterized by oppression while at the same time hiding the fact that they are doing so. It is reliant on information control through methods such as brain washing and the removal of free thought and those who possess it. This is vital as Big Brother’s rule was reliant on the proles, who make up eighty percent of the population, to remain uneducated and clueless as to what is occurring so they do not revolt. However the notion that the truth can be hidden forever…

In the book 1984 George Orwell shows how life would be with a government that is physically controlling. One way that the government is physically controlling is have the citizens of Oceania to participate in mandatory exercise. Winston wakes up to a noise and he know right away what time it is. He gets up and gets in front of the T.v. and he hears “Thirty to forty group! Take your places, please. Thirties to forties!’ Winston sprang to attention in front of the telescreen, upon which the image…

dystopian futuristic society, or normal modern day life, you could see the theme present in each book. In the beginning of 1984 by George Orwell, Winston has a gut instinct not to trust Big Brother, but Big Brother controls him. His every move is being watched through Telescreens and any act against Big Brother is punishable by death. He wants to escape this control but he would get caught so he’s trapped, he has to remain loyal and do as he is told. In It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned…

Sleeping Beauty. He composed for The Sleeping Beauty in 1888 when the director of the Imperial Theater in Moscow told Tchaikovsky he was going to write a new ballet plot and asked Tchaikovsky to write the music for it. The story was based on the Grimm Brothers’ version of the 18th-century story of The Sleeping Beauty. Tchaikovsky’s second ballet is filled with a lot of symphonic melodies, the premier of the ballet was in 1890 and unlike his first ballet Swan Lake, The Sleeping beauty was a…

and Wilhelm. The Grimm Brothers wrote the story Children and Household Tales. “ Rapunzel” got published in 1812 for Children and Household Tales. Also, “ Rapunzel” is the most mysterious and enduring of all fairy tales. “ Rapunzel has been inspired by a different story, is more violent than the modern version, has a certain culture, and was meant more for adults. The Grimm Brother’s story of “ Rapunzel” had been influenced by an earlier story before the Grimm Brothers started writing. For…

Message” According to the majority of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, in order to live happily ever after as a female, one has to rely on anyone and everyone but yourself. Female characters most often do not have the ability to determine their own happiness. Although Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm succeed at teaching children valuable moral lessons, I strongly believe the stories often belittle the women while doing so. In the fairytale Cinderella, the Grimm Brothers show children the negative…

and the remarriage of her mother, a calm and reserved woman, she moves to the military camp of his stepfather, an authoritarian and sadistic general who kills everyone who stands in his way without any mercy and the future father of her younger brother. In the forest nearly the camp she finds a labyrinth inhabited by a mysterious faun who hails her as a princess from another world and he reveals to her that his mission is to help her return to her true home. In order to return to her original…

In, “A Solemn Warning to Wingsuit Flyers” the author, Lola Jones, explains how a very intelligent man was able to improve wingsuit flying. The man’s name was Geoffrey Robson. He worked hard his whole life to get where he was. He was a qualified mechanical engineer and mathematician who combined that with wingsuit flying. Robson did end up dying doing what he loved, which was wingsuit flying. “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” I feel this quote goes perfectly…