Vagueness

Orwell’s Lifelong Interest in Language George Orwell’s extensive interest in language is reflected in the novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. The profound interest in language is thoroughly depicted in the novel through “Newspeak”, the media’s psychological control and euphemistic phrases. Orwell also demonstrates his deeply rooted passion of language in his essay “Why I Write” by casting light on the novel. The basis of Orwell’s language in his novel is established upon his experiences of falsities…

Natasha Trethewey’s “Incident” and Claude McKay’s “The Lynching” are both written about hate crimes. “Incident” is the generational retelling of the author’s family that witnessed a cross burning on their lawn, as a warning, with unsettling images of the aftermath as well as hints of fear permanently embedded in the family’s memory. Each time it is retold, the experience becomes more dauntingly descriptive. “The Lynching” illustrates the picture of a grim and saddening sight of a malicious…

Mass media holds a unique influence on daily views. From how one perceives a restaurant to how another determines a better sale, mass media connections are responsible for the way an audience decides. Through the media, recent social issues have used this platform to persuade and awaken audiences toward a particular issue needed to be addressed. A video, titled “‘Slap Her’: Children’s Reactions,” made by video journalist, Luca Lavarone, used “a number of boys aged between six and eleven” to…

both a “clever man” and a “clever thief” (334a, page 10.) He must know how to protect the city, but also when to attack on its behalf, based on the virtue of justice (334a, page 10.) Socrates main argument with this definition of justice is the vagueness of what makes one “good” or “bad”. In line 334c, on page 11 on Bloom’s translation, Socrates asks just this. “But don’t human beings make mistakes about this, so that many seem to them to be good although they are not, and vice versa?” (334c,…

attention to keep it running smoothly” (Scholastic). The framers of the Constitution could not have predicted that the United States would someday become so large and hold so much influence over the world so they would have never thought that their vagueness in describing the powers of the President would have such an effect on the rest of the world. This new effect the United States has on the rest of the world requires more centralized leadership than the framers could have ever thought…

our lives. Inside the novel Shelley introduces the readers to Victor Frankenstein, a scientist that creates a new race and has to deal with the consequences of his actions when what he creates isn’t what he expects. The readers get a sense of the vagueness of the story throughout the novel as Shelley does not include specific details of morality or the creature itself, allowing for open-endedness in how readers interpret the…

Character vs Society: “Girl” and “Theme for English B” How can two completely different texts convey the same message while covering different issues? In this paper I will argue that “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes are both addressing the same issue but in different ways. I will look at the similarities of characters, symbolism, and structure in the stories. Even though the texts are different, they both reveal social issues found in society. “Girl” by…

Censorship was in its full regulatory glory in the 1940s, with the Production Code Administration (or the PCA) carefully reviewing whether or not films met certain guidelines which were listed in the Production Code. One example of censorship under the Production Code is the film Black Narcissus, made in 1947, which follows an order of Anglican nuns’ acclimation to helping a remote village in the Himalayas. The Production Code, created by the Roman Catholic Church and enforced by the PCA, found…

Although a large amount of historical information about Mesoamerica can be found online, many facts researched by archaeologists are found in museum databases. The Chicago Field Museum emphasize more reliable, detailed online information about Mesoamerican art than the Peabody Museum at Harvard University. The Peabody Museum fails to present and explain straight forward information on the cultural and religious aspects of Mesoamerica online. Both the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology…

present. And in this global system states are the highest sovereign bodies and under international law they do not have to accept international agreements or join institutions they don’t want to partake in such as the UNEP, Greenpeace, etc. Thus the vagueness and complexity of the concept of terms like “global” and “environment” hinder the effectiveness of global…