Maximiliano Nino Mrs. Davis English Expository 3 March 2015 The Downfall of Big Brother The novel 1984, written by George Orwell, leaves the reader with an important question in mind. How did the government of Big Brother come to an end? Many will have theories of how such thing happened, but all theories can easily be narrowed down to four possibilities. In the novel, Emmanuel Goldstein explains with his book that the downfall of a government can be due to either: the takeover by a more powerful force, the inefficiency of the government to rule which causes the masses to revolt, the rising of the middle class which overthrows the higher classes and takes over, or the government losing interest in ruling and leaving power. However, the most ideal theory for how Big Brother came to an end is that the middle class, also known as the Outer Party, overthrew the government themselves and took over the power.
More on Moore On the 20th of April 1999 a massacre occurred at Columbine High School in Colorado. Two senior high school students, named Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, had planned and mapped out an entire massacre to occur that day. On that catastrophic Tuesday 14 school students and 1 teacher was killed. Shortly afterwards the two students turned the gun onto themselves and committed suicide. The award winning documentary investigates Michael Moore’s suggestion for the reason behind the Columbine Massacre and other violent events in the US due to the gun policy.
Things are only made harder for her when Josh moves back to Oxbrook and they become romantically entangled. The themes that are present in this play are the decisions that the youth of today face when they have finished school, the pressures involved in living in a small town. The characters in this play also have to challenge the negative mindset that the ‘townies’ have towards those who are leaving Oxbrook. The filmed version of the play Snagged was performed at the Queensland Academy Creative Industries Theatre in Kelvin Grove in April of 2009. The director Robert Kronk was successful in his manipulation of the elements of drama and dramatic conventions associated with realism such as tension, roles and relationships, space, place and mood to create a strong sense of dramatic meaning with the audience.
From my own knowledge I know that these acts, passed by the Imperial Legislative Council in London on the 10th march 1919, gave authorization to imprison people for up to two years without trial, anybody living within the Raj suspected of terrorism. This act was passed as a result of the Amritsar Massacre, when what started out to be a peaceful protest called by Gandhi soon escalated into violence after the arrests of Kitchlew and Pal. This showed clearly that British intentions were to repress rather than reform, and after all of the efforts Indians had made to support the British in the war and there economic suffering, they felt betrayed and provoked widespread fury in India. Source 15 also agrees with this statement, it states that the reforms were a response to the nationalist demand for greater involvement, so it shows us that they did respond, however the source further states that ‘these reforms eased the tension’ implying that they were more symbolic and in actual fact the reforms did nothing to help India gain any more power and control with in the British rule. In source 13 it sates that ‘many Indians were satisfied with the concessions’, this shows us that tension was eased from the reforms as many Indians were satisfied but there was still unrest within India.
Review : How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, a 1991 fiction novel written by Julia Alvarez, is about four Spanish sisters; Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia, desperately trying to accommodate themselves into 1960's New York City. After their father's involvement in a conspiracy against a ruthless dictator becomes a threat to the family, they are constrained to fleeing to the United States from their familiar home in the Dominican Republic. The book is made up of a series of short stories revolving each of the sister's personal experience as well as their family as a whole. Written in reverse chronological order over a span of 30 years, the story begins with them already having experienced the stresses of adulthood, and then steadily regresses into their childhood. The book is made up of three parts; the first part starts around 1989 (and ends in 1972), when the Garcia girls had lived in the United States for many years and were then fully Americanized.
Rae’Van Carlisle English 101-037 Critique Essay 1 1 October 2012 “Innocence of Muslims” a video posted on Youtube, has over 4 millions views. The video sparked protest in Benghazi, which eventually lead to the death of U.S Ambassador J. Stevens and three other embassy workers. The acts that came of this video could be said to be high risk activism and somewhat of a revolution and a social network was behind it all. In Malcolm Gladwell‘s article “Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted” he argues that social networking is no way to spark a revolution solely because they are built around “weak ties” between people. He lingers on Civil Rights movement and how it was centered around “strong ties”, he proves his point that there must be
The concept of revenge is as old as time itself, in a famous line that has been borrowed from an 18th century novel, “revenge is a dish best served cold,” is magnanimously demonstrated in the short story “Saboteur.” Written by Ha Jin, a University professor disgruntled by the suppression of the Chinese people by the Communist government, the story tells the account of an unfortunate police encounter. The encounter leads to an epidemic where 800 people contract a horrible disease, 6 die, among the victims were 2 children (Jin 185). Unbeknownst to the police and the population of Muji, they themselves brought this horrible epidemic on themselves, by violating, torturing, and falsely incriminating a one Mr. Chiu. Their actions not only broke an educated mans resolve, but fueled a desire of revenge, colder than most winters. Throughout the story the gradual abuses break down Mr. Chiu and he eventually falls from grace.
The Three (3) Most Important Lessons America Learned From the Watergate Scandal “What is morally wrong can never be politically right” (Zeifman 210). This was said by President Abraham Lincoln and can be applied to many aspects of our American culture, most notably the controversial Watergate Affair. On June 17, 1972, five men attempting to break into and wiretap the Democratic National Committee offices located in the Watergate complex were apprehended by the police. These five gentlemen along with two other accomplices were tried and convicted in January 1973. These seven men were either directly or indirectly employees of President Nixon’s re-election committee and many persons, including the trial judge, John J. Sirica, suspected a conspiracy involving higher-level government officials.
Osama bin Laden, the terrorist leader wanted for murder of U.S. citizens overseas and suspected of running the September 11, 2001, airliner attacks that killed 3000 people, issued a new video addressed to Americans, just days before Congress returns to again consider the course of the Iraq occupation90x91. In the video he knocked Democrats for continuing to fund the occupation, and taunted President Bush for failing in Iraq. He also knocked Bush for leading a corporatist crony system, and for rejecting the Kyoto treaty and worsening global warming. And he praised socialist thinker Noam Chomsky as one who advised against invading Iraq. Bush commented on the video: “I found it interest[ing] that on the tape Iraq was mentioned, which is a reminder that Iraq is part of the war against
And putting a bullet through his head” (Collins 62). Unintentionally, Katniss has reinforced the rebellion causing the entire district to go into madness. This is just one example of the rebellion being one of the main themes in this book. Another instance that shows how revolt is a primary theme is when Katniss meets two travelers from District 8, Twill and Bonnie. These two travelers are making their way to District 13, which is believed to have been destroyed seventy-five years ago.