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Animal Farm
<view this essay>.... the corruption of communist Russia.
Throughout the story, Orwell uses Squealer to illustrate how propaganda persuaded and victimized Russian citizens. Squealer is a sly, crafty pig who is not only intelligent, but a manipulative speaker as well. His cunning is key to the deception of the other animals. In chapter three, Squealer deceives the animals of the farm for the first time. The animals find out that the milk and apples are given solely to the pigs, and Squealer is sent to explain the uneven distribution of farm resources. “‘Comrades’ he cried. ‘You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfis .....
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1984 3
<view this essay>.... 1984. I also came to the understanding the "ignornace is bliss" can be a statement held as dogma to many modern day governments. If the people of a society are uneducated, then they are easy to rule because without knowledge, their is no motivation for one to better his or herself.They are content and happy in their own words much like an animal.This belief is what permeates the story of 1984.The Big Brother an druling classes of the "inner and outer" pary are vastly outnumbered by the common person or proletariats, "proles" are uneducated and overly trusting in the government.THey have no desire to improve themseves, thus they stay firmly under the first of .....
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Brave New World: The Perfect World?
<view this essay>.... "one cubic centimetre of soma
cures ten gloomy." This slogan is taught to everyone, from the youngest to the
oldest. Unhappiness, intellectual curiosity, disagreement, suffering - none of
these feelings is allowed in the world which Huxley creates. At the first sign
of unhappiness, Soma is prescribed. Emotions of all types are strictly
controlled to provide stability and predictability within the population.
Another of the panaceas for social ills is the belief that everyone
would enjoy his or her work because he or she was "made" or trained for it when
young. Consequently, from birth, everyone in Brave New World is slotted to
belong to a specific socia .....
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"A Rose For Emily": A Review
<view this essay>.... is to
always expect the unexpected, like when Miss Emily killed Homer.
Faulkner chooses to use third person narration in this particular
story for a couple of reasons. He tries to show Emily's world to us as
seen through the eyes of a respectable resident, so we can understand the
town life as if we lived there. This way we were able to understand how
the people of Jefferson thought of her. If the story would have been told
in first person we would not have been able to relate to Miss Emily. The
reason for that would be, if she would have been the narrator we would have
understood the story in a hole different manner. Faulkner used third person
narration an .....
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Wife Of Bath
<view this essay>.... five times.
Only one of her husbands she married was because of true love. The reason why
she has gone through so many husbands is because her ideal husband is one who
permits her to do whatever she wants. Of course, in the 1990's and even back in
the 1500's, that kind of spouse is hard to find.
The Wife is a pragmatist, or one who is concerned with actual practice.
She is a very sexually active person, although is said to be "gap-toothed",
overweight, and foul smelling. In her prayer, she asks for meek, youthful,
sexually vigorous husband to fulfill her needs.
Due to the Wife's feministic views, she can fulfill her needs and
desire's b .....
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Macbeth
<view this essay>.... King Duncan hears of 's brave and noble qualities and crowns him the new Thane of Cawdor. The king states that the old Thane should not device, "... Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death, And with his former title greet ." (1.2.63-65) is hostile to except the rank because earlier three witches prophesied that would become Thane of Cawdor even though there was one at that time. Since was crowned Thane of Cawdor, Banquo and think that the three withches adre able to correctly tell them their fate.
now having higher-ranking authority begins to have his ambition act up on him and crave more power. Lady organizes King Duncans murder, which increas .....
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Gulliver's Travels And The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen: Similarities
<view this essay>.... were very outrageous. The stories described by both are hard for
the reader to believe. Although very entertaining, they are so farfetched
that one would find it difficult to consider as true.
Baron started off by telling his tales as he remembered them. He
took off in his hot air balloon in search of his magical friends. He first
went to the moon to look for Berthold. This was much like Gulliver's
travels to Lilliput, however, Gulliver did not go there intentionally.
Once on the moon, Munchausen set out to look for Berthold. He discovered
many things in his search. While being locked up for trying to romance the
queen, Munchausen accidentally s .....
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Native Sun: Themes Of Racism, Violence, And Social Injustice
<view this essay>.... the eighth grade. Without the help of the Relief Agency, Bigger and
his family may not have been able to keep up much longer financially.
Bigger had no money, except for the spare change his mother gives him, so
he would usually just hang out at the pool hall, which was in the black
district, or southside.
Bigger used to pull little jobs with his friends, but all of them
including Bigger wanted to pull off a big job, by robbing Blum's store.
They were afraid though, of getting caught for robbing a white man. They
know the police don't care about blacks, and would probably accuse them of
many more crimes. Luckily for Bigger, though, the Relief Agency did f .....
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