Winston’s experience through “the hallway [that] smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats” creates the disgusting feel of one’s life in this dystopian society. In addition, Orwell uses images of the wind to represent the chaotic feel of this society, as “in the street, little eddies
A recent report states: ‘Homelessness in the UK is a crisis that is destroying the lives of people, especially young people.’ Write an article for your school or college newspaper persuading young people to support charities which help the homeless. There are over 2,300 people who sleep rough on England’s streets on any given night. There are charities which help the homeless, such as Crisis, St Mungo’s and Sleep Link. These charities are funded people and organisations nationwide, such as Help The Homeless. They help some of the UK's most disadvantaged people.
Ventilation in the slums is inadequate owing to the hopelessly unplanned nature of these areas.” (Doc. 5) Many poor city dwellers were forced to live in dark, filthy, overcrowded slums. There were many problems such as overuse of natural resources and pollution to not only the air but also the water. As of air, air, smoke had blackened the air. And water was being contaminated.
The settings in chapter two contrast enormously with those of chapter one; The ‘Valley of Ashes’ that Tom and Nick travel through at the beginning of chapter two are bleak and miserable: ‘...and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.’ This illuminates the repercussions of the American dream that seem to go unnoticed. It wildly differs from the picturesque ‘East Egg’ in chapter one, home to Tom and Daisy, bringing attention to the divide between rich and poor in 1920’s America. The setting of which most of chapter two is set in, the cramped apartment, symbolises the disorder of the situation and the seedy affair of which Tom and Myrtle are involved in. All of the furniture is too large for the small apartment, and the items lying around the apartment are clearly Myrtle’s: ‘Several old copies of Town Tattle lay on the table together with a copy of Simon Called Peter, and some of the small scandal magazines of Broadway.’ Fitzgerald is using the settings to give the reader some insight into what sort of a woman Myrtle is; lower-class and uncultured. The language techniques used by Fitzgerald in the novel successfully tell the story.
Then the setting describes an evening sky that had turned red, yellow and black, as he saw burning books turning into sparkling whirls and blew away causing the wind to turn black. This story takes place in a futuristic time, they lived in a controlled environment where they lacked freedom and they weren’t allowed to have books, TV’s and etc… and they also lacked choices. (page.1) 2. The setting creates a strong sorrow feeling, just knowing a whole society is being controlled due to town laws. The mood sort of feels very sad and empty to where they have
Q and A written by Vikas Swarup represents a modern Indian society where social inequality and corruption is the result of the caste system that still exists in the India. Q and A is a riveting tale that follows Ram Mohammud’s life as he struggles to escape his caste in society and survive the oppression of a corrupt government system. This essay will explore how Swarup effectively display the themes of social hierarchy and inequality as well as corruption through the use of a wide range of language techniques. By using these techniques, Swarup is able to inform the reader about the struggles of the less fortunate people of India and the consequences of crossing the social dividing line. Firstly, Swarup conveys that the social Caste System still has a great influence on the Indian society today because it has created a dividing line which still separates the rich from the poor.
Jeremy Jackson History of Tennessee 12/4/2014 Suttree Suttree is a book that takes a long, hard, detailed look at the basic concepts of society and what we call civilization. McCarthy takes us as readers through the moods, dreams, and dark inner life of his character, Bud Suttree, as well as the inner life and underbelly of Knoxville, Tennessee. The misery of a small community of broken people living randomly without hope for the future is stated by the incredible filth, corruption, and pollution of a river town that takes no pity on poverty, but preserves it with constant reminders of shortage and the appeal of alcohol; good ole Tennessee Whiskey most likely. It was kind of like current day Knoxville during tailgating before a Volunteer football game. Bud Suttree, despite his intelligence, education, and middle-class background, decides to live on a houseboat on the Tennessee River on the outskirts of Knoxville.
The narrator claims that the hallway of the building in which Winston lives “smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats”. This initial image exposes the dilapidating condition of this society, for it is a world that smells and is offensive to its citizens. Not only does this society offend the sense of sight. The imagery of the “rotting nineteenth – century homes,” suggest that the society of Oceania is not moving forward because it is still trapped in the past. The citizens of Oceania are made to feel the decay of the society in their own body.
Much of his work was critical of the Egyptian government and condemned social oppression. The truly analytical and symbolic film of his style and fixations is Cairo Station (Bab el Hadid, 1958). In this film, Cairo’s main train station is the setting of the Egyptian society; a small community that encompasses of luggage carriers and soft drink sellers. The film displays the story of a crippled and sexually obsessed newspaper seller in Cairo station who is in love with a pretty soft drink seller; the story ends with a tragic death. Through this story, the film explores and represents the lives of deprived and underprivileged people who must put in much effort to manage a living for themselves to survive, no matter what the likelihood is.
According surveys, I think high unemployment rate and low employment rate, mental illness and domestic violence can cause people becoming homeless in America. Poverty is closely linked to homeless. Poverty due to high employment rate and low employment rate can trap individuals and can lead to homelessness. Although the United States is recovering from the worst financial crisis in 2008 since the Great Depression, there are still many homeless people suffering from the crisis. Many homeless people who have jobs and can't avoid homelessness, escaping homelessness is virtually impossible for those without a job.