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The movie commences with upside down images and faces imprinted on its memory. We observe yellow fog and trees which precede a napalm air strike. We find a soldier face which is pained and disillusioned. This depicts war everywhere. The soldiers merge with another soldier and disappear into the forest. The soldier is tormented and possessed; he looks at his image in the mirror and grins to destroy it. He wraps himself in his blood, and this reminds us of his face painted with mad. In this scene,…

Brave New World Essay In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the government uses many methods of brainwashing to control the people of their society and force them to submit to the will of the higher-ups. Huxley was trying to make a connection between his writing and the world he lived in through his use of details, tone, and diction. In his time period, people were easily swayed and deluded by their culture, government, and drug dependency. To begin, one way that the government…

They are constantly reminded that Big Brother is always watching them, knowing if and when they will commit a crime. Set design by __ was envisioned to resemble a Television screen using black barriers looking into the stage, this was as if the audience themselves were the all-seeing Big Brother. Tim Reid’s video design.. Winston and Julia leave the stage believing they are alone, however, a live video displays their…

Swiper no swiping, Swiper no swiping! This common phrase was used by the popular trickster character, Swiper, from the television show Dora. Trickster characters are a universal type of character and appear in many stories from all over the world. All of the trickster stories in the world have similar elements, including helpfulness of a trickster, the use of brain over brawn, and the cleverness of the character. Helpfulness of the trickster is an element found in all trickster tales. For…

with ourselves (256)." The existence of the totalitarian society itself has caused the change in views of human subjects. Things like sex, love, and gender should be a human right not taken away or altered by the crown, or in Oceanias world, Big Brother. In the end of 1984 by George Orwell the totalitarian society, with Winston and Julia as evidence, has squeezed and depicted the life and normality of sex, the many aspects of love, and gender. Works Cited Becnel, Kim E. “How to Write…

Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (2009) and Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat (1871) are works of literature that both use “nonsense” to convey a story. In what follows I will argue that nonsense is significant, especially in children’s literature, as it is a useful tool for education, and promotes individuality of thoughts. The use of nonsense in literature challenges rules and it allows for the brain to think outside of the restricted boundaries of teaching, which…

Anna Anderson: The Eerily Similar Imposter of Anastasia On a chilly fall day in 1997, people crowded the ticket booths in order to purchase their seat for the new animated film, Anastasia. The award-winning Warner Bros. film Anastasia was released November 21, 1997, featuring actress, Meg Ryan as the voice of the famous Grand Duchess Anastasia. The movie told the fascinating story of the Russian siege of 1918 and how a former friend of the Romanov family, Grigori Rasputin cursed the whole line…

In 1896, Otto Lilienthal of German origin was the Glider King after attempting over 2000 flights but sadly died after fracturing his neck from 50 feet downfall. At that same period in America, the Wright brother (Otto and Wilbur), successful business owner noticeably with their understanding of bicycles, began to look into Lilienthal work. On December 17th, 1903, they showed the world the very first motorized airplane with a 12s flight. Over the years, the mechanics of airplanes improved as well…

of June 1949, it is one of Orwell’s most renowned books. The story takes place in London which is part of the country Oceania. The citizens of Oceania are governed by a very dominant group of people, The Party, who are further commanded by the Big Brother. The Party implements conformity…

different way (2006: 9). As most fairy tales, Sleeping Beauty is a straightforward example of reinterpreting a story in order for it to never die. This classic tale has been the source of inspiration for several adaptations, the compilation of the Grimm brothers, or film director Robert Stromberg’s Maleficent, to name a couple. The original tale barely mentions the evil fairy in the moment in which she casts a cruel spell on the princess, whereas the…