Zadie Smith

Relationships In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the author portrays the relationships between people as one’s that are essentially close, sexual, and forbidden by the Party. Two main relationships that make an impact in this book would be Winston’s connection with both Julia and O’Brien. This book illustrates that power and authority can be used to destroy individuality and break the bonds of love as shown through the relationship between Winston and his wife Katherine, and between Winston and…

The Shadow Lines discusses the effects of fear on memory, the connection between the past and the present in narrator’s own identity, the life story of an Indian boy there and in London. The crucial and historical events like communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka, World War II, Partition of India, and Swadeshi Movement that occurred in 1980s are recalled by the narrator and these memories traumatize the narrator. The aspect of cosmopolitanism is found in the character of Ila. The protagonist is…

In Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman analyzes the relationship between the economy, society, and the individual. Friedman views economic freedom both as an ideal that is crucial in the effort needed in order to instill and uphold freedom of the political sense. His argument against government control of the economy centers on the understanding that if production is under the control of the government it is likely, if not certainly, impossible for any dissent, conflict, or discussion around…

Smith and Marx created the industrial revolution and they have some similar ideas and have different ideas of our economy. Smith and Marx only in common was the creation of the industrial revolution. These two economies guys do not have much common, in fact that they have the opposite ideas from another. Smith ideas is the Laisser-faire where the economy is not to have the government be involved with it and he think the economy will fix itself that is the visible hand. Marx idea is different…

Orwell’s primary goal in 1984 is to demonstrate the terrifying possibilities of totalitarianism. The reader experiences the nightmarish world that Orwell envisions through the eyes of the protagonist, Winston. His personal tendency to resist the stifling of his individuality, and his intellectual ability to reason about his resistance, enables the reader to observe and understand the harsh oppression that the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute. Whereas Julia is untroubled and…

Tommie Smith was the Olympics gold medalist in the 1968 Olympic games which was held in Mexico City that year. Smith smashed the world record with a time of 19.8 seconds. His teammate John Carlos won the bronze that same year and competition. Both Carlos and Smith were part of an organization called the Olympic Project for Human Right or otherwise known as the OPHR. The founder of the organizations was a sociologist and college professor, Harry Edwards. Tommie Smith was one of the original…

Get up Trey! , said my dad. Five more minutes please, I said. No get up know! ,he said back Fine ,I said angrily. I got up and put my camo hunting clothes on.You got two minutes to get in the truck!,my dad said frustrating. Still putting my clothes on I ran to the truck and got in.You ready to kill your first deer of the year,my dad said. Yes, I said sleepily. While we were driving to our hunting spot we saw a couple of doe ran across the road towards our hunting stand. Dad said, we'll probably…

Technology plays a large role in every society, utopia, or dystopia, however, technology can ruin a society's structure. In Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, the society is ruled by a totalitarian government, also known as “The Party”, who directs everything that the people do. The use of the technology by George Orwell, in a way, shows the reader how the world could eventually turn to: with no privacy from anyone, especially the government. Through the use of the Thought Police,…

One can interpret faith as a subjective experience. Many of us approach religion in our own personal way. Whether that means rejecting the entire idea of religion or following in our family’s religious footsteps, it is a personal choice that we all come to make at some point in our lives. I’ve always been very open to the idea of religion. The air of mystery that surrounded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the reason I chose it as my listening post. The Church of…

about Big Brother is “Big Brother is watching you”, because the party that was Big Brother was watching everyone at all times. And they would say they watched you, track you, and not promit certain things for your own sake. I would relate with Winston Smith because I don’t like the idea of always being watched, only a certain group of people have any power, and everyone else is pretty much under their thumb; and I would try to do something about it like he did. There aren’t really any parallel…