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Term Papers on Book Reports
Winston Smith's Downfall
Number of words: 509 - Number of pages: 2.... Party,
who's language, Newspeak was beginning to become used more frequently. The
object of Newspeak was to reduce the number of words in one's vocabulary,
therefore reducing one's opportunity to have free thought. At the Ministry of
Truth, Newspeak words were being used to transform all literary works of the
past into an acceptable state for the present. It was factors such as these
that prompted the intellectual rebellion and desire for knowledge which
ultimately caused the downfall of Winston Smith.
As time passed, Winston Smith had a growing awareness .....
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1984: The Party Has Many Slogans
Number of words: 1818 - Number of pages: 7.... person so he did not have a “face”. The face, however, gives Big
Brother a human quality. By doing so, the government puts itself on the same
level of humanity as the citizens that it governs. The people are supposed to
feel more comfortable with a ruling party that is just like them. The billboard
is also found on every landing and every streetcorner. The overbearing number
of posters is a way for the Party to continuously remind its citizens of its
presence and ingrain the message into the people's conscience and subconscience
minds.
"Big Brother" is .....
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A Review Of Lord Of The Flies
Number of words: 3443 - Number of pages: 13.... On the island there were war, peace, etc. just like in the real
world. It`s not hard figuring out why there's war in the world, when
abandoned kids on an deserted island can't make peace. The happenings on
the island are something that the author uses as an image of the world war
2, were Jack symbols Adolf Hitler, a dictator. Ralph and Piggy symbols the
judes - the hunted ones.
The Plot
A group of boys has been dropped on a tropical island somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean, their plane having been shot down. A nuclear war has taken
place; civilisation has b .....
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Comparison: Treatment Of War In "The Rank Stench Of Those Bodies Haunts Me Still" And "The Soldier"
Number of words: 1583 - Number of pages: 6.... the ridge; / The spouting shells dig pits in fields of death," seem to recreate the sounds of the weapons. The shells dig pits in the fields as though ready for the wounded men to fill. The poet expresses the hope that anyone he cares for could be spared this experience, and that they get back home wounded, but alive.
The lines "It's sundown in the camp; some youngster laughs, / Lifting his mug and drinking health to all / Who came unscathed from that unpitying waste:- / (Terror and ruin lurk behind his gaze.)" are deeply touching, a man tries to hide his fear b .....
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Winter In The Blood An Analysi
Number of words: 1500 - Number of pages: 6.... burnt grass to the shady side of the long-and-mud
cabin . . . . The roof had fallen in and the mud between the logs had fallen out in
chunks, leaving a bare gray skeleton, home only to mice and insects.
Tumbleweeds, stark as bone, rocked in a hot wind against the west wall (1).”
Welch opens the story with this line to show a relationship between the narrator’s feelings of worthlessness and the worthlessness of his environment. In addition, the author melodically begins the novel in a somber manner – so the reader may immediately adjus .....
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Comparison Of 1984 And Animal Farm
Number of words: 394 - Number of pages: 2.... by his torturing
of Winston. He tells Winston that if the Party tells the people that 2+2=5,
then it does. He also instructs Winston that if the Party informs its members
that 2+2=3 or 4 or all at the same time, then it is so. Although this true
reality is available to Inner Party members, they too do not have the freedom of
thought or individuality... they are only just aware of its existence. Only the
outside reader is able to think and understand the true nature of the reality
established by the Party.
In Animal Farm, Orwell unveiled that re .....
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Martin Heidegger’s Being And Time
Number of words: 1191 - Number of pages: 5.... essence to precede existence. For example, God created humans for some sort of end. In other words God had an underlying purpose in the creation of human existence. It is from Heidegger’s belief that existence precedes essence, which he finds the question of Being such an important question to come to terms with. He believes that if we have the ability to formulate and pose the question of Being, then we must also possess the answer to it. Heidegger’s term “Dasein” can be understood as meaning “being there.” “Being there” implies that there are a “be .....
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