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    Newspeak In 1984 Language

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    1984 the language that is used is called Newspeak. According to Syme, who works to “create” newspeak, it consists of the deletion of words not the creation of them. This is the exact opposite of what occurs in modern day society. We create new words in order to expand the range of thought. Newspeak is the exact opposite. The goal is to delete words in order to simplify the language. This changes the effect of words on the population. Newspeak has a large effect on the populous. This is because…

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    Roger Chillingworth and Arthur Dimmesdale have on-going obstacles working against their happiness and physical well-being but they handle their issues in entirely different ways. For example, Roger has the issue of his wife being pregnant with another man’s child and Arthur has the problem of not being able to with the woman and child that he loves. Instead of silently and intellectually handling the matter, like Chillingworth did, Dimmesdale punished himself multiple ways and took it harshly…

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    The first argument is that things come from their opposites. In this argument small things come from larger, weaker from the stronger and faster from the slower. “Then if something smaller comes to be, it will come from something larger before, which became smaller? That is so, he said. And the weaker comes to be from the stronger, and the swifter from the slower?” (71a) He goes on to compare this to death. He says that death and live are opposites and thus come one from the other. The concept…

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    “ War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength ” - 1984 George Orwell. The most symbolic and persuasive quote written in the “1984” book, What does it really mean? Why does Orwell uses this kind of repetition all over the book in every chapter? The slogan is divided in three,when reading at first sight you would probably say they all contradict each other, After critical thinking and reading the novel I can certainly say there is truth behind them. War is peace, what the book…

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    1) The 14th Amendment was significant to American Civil rights because of due process of law. Due process guarantees every person born or naturalized in the United States the same rights, regardless of race. It also notes that the every state must not abridge the “privileges and immunities" of citizens. Another section of the amendment states that no person can be denied “equal protection of the laws”. This was crucial to African Americans at the time, since it granted citizenship and equal…

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    The process of oxygen and carbon dioxide moving in opposite directions across respiratory membranes is referred to as gas exchange. To extract energy from the sugars and acids in our body, oxygen is needed. During the process of extracting energy carbon dioxide is produced and the body must rid its self of this toxin. Movement of the cellular molecules in the human body in a manner that is not directional is called diffusion. Net diffusion occurs when there is a directed movement and…

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    Compare and contrast Communism and socialism are economic and political structures. They both have opposite classes and minimum limits such as socialism: less government interference. Communist: higher government control. The differences start between the division of labor or factors of production and the mechanism that determine prices. Market economy has a common associated titled named capitalism. Owners of their resources have the rights to produce and trade. There is limited government…

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    After watching the movie and reading the book , The Iliad , Hector is more admirable than Achilles for multiple reasons. Hector has a numerous amount of qualities that distinguish him from Achilles. Hector and Achilles fight on opposite sides of the Trojan war. Hector is more admirable because he fights for peace between Troy and Greece rather than Achilles , who fights to kill. To put it differently , Hector seems to fight for his country while Achilles seemed to fight only for himself.…

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    1. What is the GPS Standard tied to this project? The GPS Standard tied to this project is - S8P3. Students will investigate relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects. 2. How does your rubber band car show Newton’s 1st Law of Motion? The first law states an object will stay at rest until acted upon unbalanced force. The car is at rest until the rubber band is twirl all on the stick. This mean a force has to be added for the rubber-band car to move. 3. How does your rubber…

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    Anne Vs Peter

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    also was sassy, none of the adults got along with her besides Mr. Frank. She bonded with her father more than her mother. She complained about never getting along with her mother, that she never understood her. Anne had many friends in school, quite opposite of Peter, she was never lonesome. Because of her old soul yet young spirit she talked ahead of her time. Anne always got on people’s nerves, she never said the right things. She desperately needed someone to talk to, but she couldn’t talk to…

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