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moved out of reach. His journeys across the surface of England are overwhelmed by the difficultly of achieving pastoral consolatio...

through a symbolic manner, as it involves language. He notes, "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a g...

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

Blair family was not very wealthy - Orwell later described them ironically as lower-upper-middle class" and "They owned no propert...

does so in a most subtle way. It is as if O. Henry plays on the expectation of a terrible demise, then, at the last moment, as a s...

everyone gets the aggressive tendencies out of their system in a controlled fashion) the Ministry of Truth is really full of decei...

so now that it seems to be coming true. With newspapers disappearing and media companies merging into fewer and fewer giant corpor...

People, in theory at least, travel about at their leisure and enjoy what seems to be certain freedoms. On closer inspection, howe...

This essay contrasts the use of psychological manipulation in "The Truman Show," directed by Peter Weir, and George Orwell's 1984....

Acquiescing to pressure from his father to also become a member of the Imperial Service, Orwell joined Burmas Imperial Police in 1...

55). The appeal of this dream attracts the interest of both Crooks and Candy, who would also like to be part of the dream, as it...

of Spiritus Mundi" (Yeats, 1920). "Spiritus Mundi" can be translated as the "Spirit of the Universe" which Yeats saw as holding i...

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

Committee is responsible for developing, monitoring, and adjusting the curriculum to meet the veterinary medical educational needs...

- Toby and his mother are escaping an abusive situation (one that, ironically enough, Tobys mother was used to, having dealt with ...

In ten pages the symbolism, characters, and setting featured in Orwell's futuristic novel are examined in support of the argument ...

in a language that, though poetic, little resembles modern English: "By very force he raft hir maidenheed, / For which oppressioun...

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...

comparing Hardings book, Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography with Finks work, it becomes clear as to how Finks scholarship provides...

rather is a decision that is based on some principle such as self defense or an initial defensive action to prevent an attack. War...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

novel awakens in the future, the year 2000, and at this time Bellamy pictures a utopian state that was achieved by the abandonment...

of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...

ironically producing a version of 1984 that runs afoul of government censors. Orwells 1984 has served as a frightening reminder...

he would not be getting any scholarships for furthering his education, he "joined the Indian Imperial Police Burma" (George Orwell...

them on their journey to death are, more often than not, lacking in any sympathy or emotion, just as the characters in the end of ...

he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...

instead, have served to almost break mens spirits. He seems to have been illustrating the immense danger a political system could ...

Orwell dao.htm). In "Road to Wigan Pier" we are presented with a much more specific culture it would seem, the culture of miner...

in Burma. It is a poignant and ironic allegory of British imperialism, for in Orwells view, the authority which enabled the gover...