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Ministry Of Truth Thought Police
714 wordsWinston Smith works in London at the Ministry of Truth. London is a city in Airstrip One, a Province of Oceania. The Party with Big Brother as its leader rules Oceania, a totalitarian state and one of the great powers of the world. Winston is secretly dissatisfied with his life under the inflexible and paternalistic government and decides to keep a diary of his thoughts. This is considered a crime in Oceania and Winston knows that he will be eventually discovered by the Thought Police. To bind t...
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Ministry Of Love Big Brother
1,899 words... r, imagining himself floating inside the glass walls of the paperweight with his mother. The phrase "the place where there is no darkness" works as a symbol of hope throughout the novel, as Winston recalls the dream in which O'Brien tells him about the place and says they will meet there one day. The phrase therefore orients Winston toward the end of the novel, when the phrase becomes bitterly ironic: the place where there is no darkness is the Ministry of Love, where the lights remain on in...
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Order To Make Vietnam War
1,336 wordsThe terms fear and courage played a major role in the life experience of Tim O'Brien. Like most other young males who just graduated college, in 1968 after graduating from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, he sought different opportunities in hopes of becoming independent and gaining a career. Before these hopes of opportunity are realized, however, he receives notice that he has been drafted to the Vietnam War. He acknowledges the tragedies that may occur in war, and fears for his life...
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Things They Carried Playing Basketball
1,178 wordsWilliam Timothy O'Brien was born on October 1 st, 1946 in Austin, Minnesota. He planned on having a good career, and to follow in the foot- steps of his parents. His father, William, was an insurance agent, and his mother, Tim graduated from high school, and then went on to college to continue his education. At the age of twenty-two, he was drafted into the United States Armed Forces to fight during the conflict in Vietnam. Tim was less than thrilled. Being a soldier in the Army was not somethin...
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Things They Carried Water Buffalo
1,177 words... about the field that night. Something about the way Kiowa disappeared into the crud. You were there... You can tell it. " (The Things They Carried). Two years after O'Brien received that letter, Norman Bowker took his own life. He hung himself with a jump rope inside the locker room at the YMCA after playing an eight hour long game of basketball. He left no suicide note, but Tim O'Brien knew why he did it. In "Notes", O'Brien talks about why he decided to write about Bowker. "Now, a decade a...
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World War Ii Larger Than Life
1,329 words1. ) List the title and author of the work you read? 1984 written by George Orwell which is a pen name for Eric Blair, his real name. 2. ) Briefly describe the plot (action) of the work. What happens? 1984 a story of dictators who are in complete control of a large part of the world after the allies lost in World War II. The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are afraid of having corrupt thoughts about the governments of Oceania, a crime pu...
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Lonely Hearts Upper Lip
2,216 words... he Came in Through the Bathroom Window" that William Campbell was once a police officer. The vinyl copy of "Sgt. Pepper's... " has lyrics printed on the back cover, layered over a picture of the Beatles. Paul is facing backwards, to signify he is an imposter, and he appears to be taller than everyone else, even though he, John, and George are the same height. The lyrics "Within You Without You" from the song of the same title are coming out of Paul's head. George's thumb is pointing to the l...
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Humans Have Three Eyes Humans Have Three Winston
804 words"Wake up!" a stern voice called from above. Her weary eyes slowly began to open. It was absolutely bright, however no windows were visible. Only electric lights running endlessly in parallel lines covered the ceiling of the hall. She was sitting in the very centre; her head crouched between her knees. She was afraid to speak or question where she might be. She could hear footsteps in the distant but could not make out where they were coming from. The burning lights had gradually blinded her eyes...
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Winston And Julia Ministry Of Love
1,682 wordsThere is a reoccurring theme in the novel 1984, by George Orwell. The main character, Winston Smith is often fantasizing about his utopia, and dreaming about past events. In a world where everyone is controlled and everything is decided for you, Winston relies on his subconscious mind to maintain his sanity. Winston works rewriting the past in a department for the Party. His memories of the past are usually the opposite of the Party's version of the past. Winston is very confused about whether o...
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Div Class Sub Title Makes Him Feel
3,077 wordsdiv class = "sub-title">Summary
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... d the Party's guilt. To my mind Winston is a
sort of hero, because he is aware of the danger
that he has encountered. So for example he knew it
from the very beginning that his diary would be
found. And as one can see the things that are
written in this book (that freedom is to say that
two and two makes four) are used against him
later. He also knew that his illegal love affair
was an act of revolution, would be disclosed by
the Thought Police. But nevertheless he is some
kind of naive. He ... Free research essays on topics related to: forced labour, big brother, tele screens, nineteen eighty four, winston and julia
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One of the most interesting aspects of ancient
Egypt is its religion. The depth of Egyptian
thinking and rich imagination displayed in the
creation of ideas and images of the gods and
goddesses is beyond compare. On elaborating their
beliefs, the Egyptians were working on the cosmic
plane searching for an understanding of the most
basic laws of the universe (Religion). The ancient
Egyptians instilled their religion into every
aspect of life including their art and
architecture. The Egyptians wer... Free research essays on topics related to: art and architecture, mortuary temple, gods and goddesses, ancient egyptians, egyptians believed
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"On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the
poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall.
It was one of those pictures which are so
contrived that the eyes follow you about when you
move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption
beneath it ran. " (Orwell 4 "Nineteen"). George
Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four presents a negative
utopian picture, a society ruled by rigid
totalitarianism. The government which Orwell
creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known
as Big Brother and consists o... Free research essays on topics related to: winston smith, character winston, big brother, ministry of truth, nineteen eighty four
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... f reality. He needs to show them just how
extraordinary their ordinary world is. The
collection's first story, "Tln, Urban, Orbis
Tertius, " accomplishes this expertly. Borges
spends most of the story establishing an elaborate
fantasy world whose commonly held philosophical
truths are incongruent with our own. "The nations
of that planet [Tln] are congenitally idealist.
Their language, with its derivatives -- religion,
literature, and metaphysics -- presupposes
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Probably the most important thing to remember
while reading 1984 is that Orwell never intended
the book to be a prediction of the future. It was
more or less a satire of political fiction,
however, I believe Orwell was on the right track
concerning future possibilities of a New World
Order, or total government control. An interesting
quotation from the book is from the "thought
police" when they say "If you want a picture of
the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human
face forever. " I believ... Free research essays on topics related to: state of war, winston smith, war is peace, end of the book, ministry of truth
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... if they wake up one day and realize that they
are not living the kind of life they could be. But
will they wake up? Tormented by memories and
searching for answers, Winston walks aimlessly
through a prole area. He tries to talk to an old
man about the past, but can't seem to get
anywhere. Eventually, he finds himself in front of
the antique shop where he had bought the diary. He
enters, starts to chat with Mr. Charrington (the
proprietor), and wanders through the quaint
antiques. He buys a b... Free research essays on topics related to: tele screen, winston and julia, dark hair, emmanuel goldstein, big brother
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In his story The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
describes a group of soldiers marching through
Vietnam. He does this by describing the items that
each of them carries with him during the march.
The things that the soldiers carry with them are
both tangible and intangible items and what these
things are depends upon the individual soldier.
They carry the basic necessities for survival (if
one can consider such things as chocolate a
necessity) and the bare minimum to make life as
livable as poss... Free research essays on topics related to: carried, jimmy, items, things they carried, jimmy cross
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The Things They Carried In his story The Things
They Carried, Tim O'Brien describes a group of
soldiers marching through Vietnam. He does this by
describing the items that each of them carries
with him during the march. The things that the
soldiers carry with them are both tangible and
intangible items and what these things are depends
upon the individual soldier. They carry the basic
necessities for survival (if one can consider such
things as chocolate a necessity) and the bare
minimum to make... Free research essays on topics related to: things they carried, jimmy, jimmy cross, fantasy world, ted lavender