Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell were written by men who witnessed war first hand on a global scale. Disturbed and frightened by what they saw, Huxley and Orwell both went on to write powerful pieces that illustrated their visions and fears of our future. By using carefully selected diction and imagery to illustrate their ideas, these men agreed that there would be a day when power would fall into the wrong hands, and future rulers would enslave the world to abide by
Brian Yao Ms. Smith AP English III (9/10) 20 December 2012 “1984 Essay” In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, O’Brien substantiates his arguments against Winston by using rhetoric devices such as logos, ethos, and pathos. O’Brien supports his claim by first stating an observation that he has concluded about Winston. He tells him, “If you are a man, Winston, you are the last man. Your kind is extinct; we are the inheritors. Do you understand that you are alone? You are outside history
Visions of a Dystopia Big Brother is the leader of a dystopia and of the subtle hysteria in Oceania. In George Orwell’s 1984, Big Brother is in control and those under his rule are unaware of the false reality that they live in, or what it was like before Big Brother’s ruling. Winston Smith is conscious of his memories before Big Brother’s time, and this is considered a threat. Winston joins the Brotherhood in an attempt to physically go against the party. O’Brien inducts Winston asking him questions
thinks it does. This phrase shows that even though people can have physical control over you they can’t control your mind, because it’s only for you. It holds your identity and as long as you have your identity you hold some sort of freedom. The diction, imagery, and repetitiveness of the verses in the poem helped to send the songwriter’s point across. When it’s mentioned, “spies come out of the water” it gives the image that spies are literally everywhere and the speaker has no privacy. The speaker
antagonists down fall in Greek plays • Through use of metaphor of rise, peak and fall of ozy, Shelley condenses all of civilization history • Shows that all works of human kind, including social structures, will eventually become history Much like 1984, Shelley is alluring to the fact that the past doesn’t change the future or even the present, and although ozy’s short sighted pride seems funny, we must realize that all of the lessons are applicable today • Ozy refers to Ramses the Great, pharaoh
her needing to go to college. She went to Onondaga Community College and graduated after 2 years. While studying at OCC, she was working on a dairy farm where she milked cows, and in 1981 she transferred into GeorgeTown University and graduated in 1984 with a B.S.L.L in Language and Linguistics. She also loved basketball, which is again reflected in Melinda, but her B.S.L.L and her love for basketball did not help her get a real job. She turned her small time hobby of writing into a job when she
power. Composed during the Industrial Revolution and the enlightenment period, Shelley symbolises the Romantic Movement as she forebodes her enlightened society of playing God. Her warning is shown through the character of Victor, whose pompous diction “many excellent natures would owe their being to me” represents a society focused on reanimation. Shelley questions the morality of this society through the pursuit of god like reanimation and through religiously and morally condemned methods of using
“poetry might be defined as a kind of language that says more intensely than does ordinary language”. According to the Oxford dictionary, “poem is a literary composition that is given intensity by particular attention to diction that sometimes involving rhyme rhythm, and imagery”. Poem is usually used by the poet to give information to the readers about what the author thinks and feels. The author uses poem as a form of expression to say about the condition, situation, and events that happen in the
made an immediate impression, not least because it constituted such a profound shift away from the restrained language and ironies of the Movement generation of poets that preceded Hughes. With its harsh rhythms and diction, influenced by Anglo-Saxon, and its vivid, grandiose imagery, The Hawk in the Rain showed Hughes was prepared to risk greater claims for poetry and to celebrate what the Movement poets thought should be repressed; primitive energy and the power of the unconscious. After a period
or passages that demonstrate style (interesting use of syntax, loaded diction, parallelisms, etc.). We will revisit this novel as a class later in the school year. * Type each passage exactly and put the page number in parentheses after the quote. * Identify what effect the passage has and how has the author achieved the effect? * Your answers should be in paragraph form and could discuss diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language, tone, attitude, etc. **Submit under “Heart of