Orwell shows that language is of high importance to human thoughts as it structures ideas that one is capable of thinking. The novel 1984 is classified as a dystopic novel in which visions of a frightening society are replicated. In Orwell's book, repetition is constantly used. Towards the start of the book we come across the phrase "Big Brother is watching you" a number of times. This phrase frightens the readers to think that Big Brother may also be watching them and the fact that how the eyes of Big Brother seem to never leave Winston following him at whichever angle he stands at.
Kristapher Guillen Mrs. Trammell Ap Language & Composition January 30 2013 The Juxtaposition of the King's men Within the famed novel, All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren uses juxtaposition in order to convey one of the novel's most prominent themes. Throughout All The King’s Men, there is a constant struggle between innocence and awareness. For a reader to fully understand the novel one must acknowledge this struggle, for it is integral to the transformations of several major characters and the development of the novel itself. In the book, there are many cases where ignorance does prove to be bliss. However, there are also quite a few instances where awareness helps to empower a character.
He uses satire to address the terrible living conditions at the time in an indirect way. Through this paper Swift was able to intensify the problem and make it clear to everyone it was an imminent danger and had to be dealt with one way or another. Swift begins the essay by addressing the problem in a serious fashion, drawing people in with his passion and dedication to his native country. As the third paragraph begins, he has drawn the reader in and professes himself to only be thinking of others. He uses facts and statistics to make his point, and emotion and logic to grab every member of his audience until he shocks everyone with his actual plan: to use infants as food and even make their skin into clothing.
For example, Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson are one of the attractive pair in the 1939 series. At the end of the twenty-first century, the BBC created the episodes of Sherlock with Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson. This show draws original contents from the novel and also adds modern element into it to pique the interests of the audience in present British society. Whether in the novel or in the episode, the dispositions of the characters share many similar traits. For instance, the people around Sherlock Holmes all give him worthy necessities that he does not cherish.
Book Review: Claude-Anne Lopez My Life with Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin lived an extraordinary life filling the roles of various occupations - writer, inventor, businessman, musician, scientist, and diplomat, but most importantly, he was one of the original founding fathers of this new nation. Claude-Anne Lopez transcribed over thirty thousand documents pertaining to Benjamin Franklin at Yale University, and published three literary works regarding Franklin’s personal life, family life, and in her final composition, My Life with Benjamin Franklin, revealing personal dimensions of Benjamin Franklin other scholars might have missed. Initially, Claude-Anne Lopez had no interest in Benjamin Franklin’s life. Lopez accepted the transcribing job mainly because it provided her a form of a “part-time job that could be done at home to keep an eye on [her kids] .” It was not until she began transcribing, understanding, and relating to the Franklin papers, when she began to speak favorably and admirably when she states that she was finally viewing Franklin as a fellow being instead of just an icon and was lucky to be surrounded by thousands of documents pertaining to Franklin. Claude-Anne Lopez divides her book into four different parts – Some Facets of Franklin’s Personality, Enigmas and Tricks, His Country’s Envoy, and Back at Home – to help reveal the little-known aspects of Benjamin Franklin’s life and personality.
Isaac Asimov once stated, “Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that once completely programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest,” (Asimov Quotes 1). Isaac Asimov is considered one of the Big Three of the Science Fiction genre. He has over 500 published works and half of which are classified as Science Fiction. He exercised the belief that technology is a good thing as long as society is ready to handle it. A critic claims that “Asimov’s stories have a bold and important role in the history and future of science fiction,” (Isaac Asimov 35-38).
Mr. Alessandri had us read Silence of the Lambs, Dune, and numerous short stories. I had always just read all the standard books for high school, but this was a whole new twist to reading for me. For once I truly enjoyed what I was reading. Science Fiction & Horror was no easy class, but I found myself paying full attention at all times out of sheer enjoyment of what I was hearing from my teacher. Mr. Alessandri had been teaching the class for almost thirty years so he knew the material like the back of his hand.
The fireman realizes he has developed a passion for books, and begins to take a few before they are set on fire. Unfortunately, the fireman's actions don't go unnoticed and he finds himself in serious trouble. Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction book that still reflects to our current world. Bradbury does a nice job predicting what the world would be like in the future; the future for his time period and for ours as well. The society Bradbury describes is, in many ways, like the one we are living in now.
My English teacher from High School once conveyed that Shakespeare played a hand in shaping our English Language. He has given us tragic stories, complicated stories, and stories we can relate to. Actually I’m sure that almost all of his works are relatable to real life. I think I have come up with three reasons why Shakespeare’s works have stood the test of time. They can be that his stories are amazing, dark and deep.
He wrote on the page to add in details about his kids. Jane Austen begins to describe Sir Walter’s character and explains that he has been extremely vain since he was a young handsome boy. Currently at fifty-four he is still a very attractive man. She even says that “few women could think more of their personal appearance than he did.” The only blessing he considered to be better to that of beauty was the blessing of a baronetcy. Since he possessed both of these, he considered himself to be the best.