Jeremy Soto HIST 7602-U50 Book Overview: Over Here by David M. Kennedy This book by Kennedy dives deep into the events that led to World War I and shows the culture of the American people during very tumultuous times. Secrets of legal organized militias are exposed along with desperate attempts by the Government to control and manipulate the minds of Americans through the Sedition act and the introduction of citizen spies. Kennedy is very descriptive about this war in general and sets the tone for this entire scene in the prologue. The references made to Orwell, which can also be made today, tell how deeply involved the federal government was in the lives of everyday people. Many have questioned President Wilson’s motives and reasoning
The use of lies to create false beliefs and paranoia amongst his siblings. Big brother is a more and more relevant and present force in everyday modern life of everyone from the basic American mailman to even a high ranking North Korean official. Big brother is an idea that was first brought to life in the post World war two world of the British author George Orwell. Orwell
ENGLISH SPEECH – TERM 3 - 2013 You’ve just been named your school captain, you decide to shake things up a little, do you do something for the benefit of everyone, or just the benefit of you? This is the choice of the path of power or authority that William Golding presents in his novel Lord of the Flies. Golding uses his novel to draw attention to the chaos and atrocity experienced in society in the midst of world war two. Throughout the novel the reader experiences a deeper understanding of power and authority through extensive use of symbolism. The conch, Jack’s knife and Piggy’s glasses are such symbols representing Golding’s perception of the Second World War through metaphoric figures.
The similar fear of the state's abuse of power and technology at the expense of human individuality present within these novels speaks to the relevance of these novels within their historical context and their usefulness for awakening people to the horrendous consequences of their ignorance. Eventually all the alienated characters come before some prophesising hand of the government who is ready to rationalize the right and duty of the government to possess such control over its people. In 1984 this is during the torture of Winston for his crime of not loving Big Brother. Orwell then reveals the horrors of an advanced dystopia through O’Brien such as the death of the individual, "Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else. Not in the individual mind.
Claudia Munoz Professor Lisa Smith English 115 March 13, 2012 “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” Tadeusz Borowski’s essay “This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen” is an emotional story that shows how a man breaks under adversity, and how this man deals with the horrors and chaos during the holocaust. The story is openly filled with sarcasm and confusion, the author’s intention is to keep the reader off-balance and agitated about the events that the characters must endure in order to survive. The way the author presents himself and manifests his feelings is important in achieving that sense of unsteadiness and tension that ultimately will aid the reader understand and react to the story. Borowski presents himself in two main ways throughout his essay: The first, as a sarcastic but detached narrator; and the second, as the prisoner attempting to survive. The author narrates the story from a first-person point of view, keeping a distant attitude although slightly touched by the horrors he describes.
These characters show the alleged perfect world through the eyes of the authors. In 1984, Winston is continuously pointing out the impossibilities of the world as society sees it. At his job at the Ministry of Truth he creates lies in history in order to hide the governments lies, "Comrade Ogilvy, unimagined an hour ago, was now a fact. He would exist just as authentically as Charlemagne and Julius Caesar." (1984, 54) Eventually as the book progresses he is unable to hide the fact that he is aware of the governments lies.
It is shown through the characters names, for the names are often related to important political figures of the early twentieth century. Each character is symbolic of something all his or her own. Helmholtz Watson is sought to be one of the most rebellious characters in the brave new society. He has a conflict within himself but is much interested in others. Much like John B. Watson, the man known for the Little Albert Experiment, Helmholtz is curious, but much too bored with his lifestyle.
Letting you know, re-ensuring you through the storms of striking conflicts and rest you on the outcome of the storyline. The sensory language that Steinbeck brought into existence had succeeded when it grew into a visualization as if the reader also rides the journey with Lennie and George and the emotional connections are established. Talking more about the strategy and the technique angles of such gifted writer, in the novel of Of Mice and Men, Lennie was created to manipulate the excitement of fear into the book and further more to the readers. Bouncing to another angle, the repetition method was applied where George always gets angry and had enough with Lennie's troubles but the circle went on when George again feels sorry for Lennie, who doesn't understand the complicated life that he has. Foreshadowing was another ingredient added in the story to introduce the readers to ideas of incidents that become main parts of the story as it proceeded.
Sylvia Guérin-Marion Stéfanie Arnold EAE2D1-02 Monday, 26 November 2012 The Ugliness of Evil Stories can have much effect on how people see the world. Stories tell people’s memories and their experiences in a unique point of view. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, many important values are shown and enriched, racism is very flagrant and substantiates all its cruelty and injustice, and all of that, told in an innocent child’s perspective. The worldwide bestseller by Harper Lee is a great example of a story that has profound effect on people. Values are a way of thinking, a way of doing, and more importantly, a way of life.
The classic novel 1984 by the George Orwell explored the brutality of totalitarian regime. He wrote this book as a warning because he predicted that if the government continued to grow rapidly unimpeded, it would lead to a dystropic future. His warning were suppose do have come true in 1984 but didn’t. His warnings are still valid as the world we know today is racing its way towards the immensely bleak future that Orwell predicted for us. There are many reasons as to why I believe that his warnings are still apparent today.