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Comparing the Social Similarities in Shooting an Elephant, an Essay by George Orwell (1844 words, 6 pages)

The Social Similarities in George Orwells Shooting an ElephantIn George Orwells To Shoot an Elephant, the protagonist struggles with the decision of letting an elephant live or shooting and eventually killing it. Through the power of gossip, Orwell discovers that an elephant has clearly gone haywire, and he must make ... Read More

The Use and Abuse of Power in 1984, a Dystopian Novel by George Orwell (1004 words, 3 pages)

Power, Used and AbusedControl can easily be depicted as a thirst for power. Once that power is abused, chaos ensues, corrupting people all around or belittling them. In the novel 1984, George Orwell shows the power of a dystopian society by creating a totalitarian government that removes the three qualities ... Read More

History Does Repeat Itself in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (592 words, 1 pages)

The 21st century reader is typically given information that only covers one side of the story and is easily fooled by propaganda used by leaders. This makes them more susceptible to false statements and shapes that generation to repeat the mistakes made by important figures. There are corrupt leaders in ... Read More

The Effects of Propaganda on Society in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (628 words, 3 pages)

In the Russian Revolution propaganda was rampant. The media was state controlled. Towards the beginning most of the population was illiterate. This led to easy ability for the state to control the information and its context people received. The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell demonstrates the effects it can ... Read More

The Only Outcome of a Revolution is a Change in Tyrants: Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (873 words, 3 pages)

Animal Farm EssayDespite laborious efforts to change the political system for the better, and get rid of the totalitarian power in the hands of an oppressor, the animals ultimately looked from pig to man, and man to pig, and pig to man again but already it was impossible to say ... Read More

The Transformation of a Utopian Society in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (332 words, 2 pages)

Animal Farm Essay Response Chapter VIII IX George Orwell uses Animal Farm to show how a dystopia arises from what initially seems a noble idea for creating an ideal utopia. Before the animals rebellion, a utopia was born out of Old Majors dream and vision of the golden future. A ... Read More

Building a Utopian Society That Changes to a Dystopian Society in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (398 words, 2 pages)

Utopia and Dystopia in Animal FarmWhen writing stories, authors tend to base their stories in a utopia or dystopia scenario. Sometimes, authors may like to use both of these scenarios to give their stories a more interesting feel. A utopia scenario is when the scenario is based off a perfect ... Read More

The Concept of Totalitarianism in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (352 words, 2 pages)

Totalitarianism in Animal Farm Totalitarianism is when the country you are residing in has control over everything. Everything including your personal life and your public life. A good example for a country that practices totalitarianism is North Korea. In North Korea, the leaders control everything, leaving the people to have ... Read More

The Portrayal of Existentialism on the Characters in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (377 words, 2 pages)

Animal Farm Essay ResponseExistentialism is the defining your own meaning of life as an individual human being. In literature, existentialism is emphasizing an individuals existence, freedom, and choices. Upon reading the first two chapters of Animal Farm, existentialism is already being portrayed into some of the characters. While there are ... Read More

The Lack of Trust on Leadership in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (474 words, 2 pages)

Animal Farm Essay ResponseIn Animal Farm, the animals in the farm rebelled and chased the owner of the actual farm out of his own farm. Since that rebellion, the animals have decided to do things their own way. For this weeks essay response, we are supposed to argue if we ... Read More

The Darkness of Human Nature in Animal Farm by George Orwell and The Elephant Man by Frederick Treves (566 words, 2 pages)

An unknown source once said that, Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good. , this statement portrays that most writings display people as they truly are as well as their true thoughts and not as they ... Read More

British Imperialism in India in Shooting an Elephant, an Essay by George Orwell (888 words, 3 pages)

A critique of Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant"George Orwell is well known for his honest perspective on political issues and other aspects of life throughout his writings, especially the essay Shooting an elephant, which is based on his own experience of the British imperialism in India. The essay is about the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Symbolisms Used in Shooting an Elephant, a Short Story by George Orwell (542 words, 2 pages)

George Orwells short story Shooting an Elephant is a short story of the disasters of impearlism. In this short story the narrator demonstrates the collision of the British Empire invading Burma and conquering the country. Orwell does this through his many rhetorical devices such as his use of a paradox ... Read More

The Effects of Imperialism on the British and Burmese in Shooting an Elephant, an Essay by George Orwell (389 words, 2 pages)

Shooting an Elephant SOAPSTone AnalysisIn the autobiographical essay, Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell, a British officer in tells of his experience British-occupied Burma during the 1920s. As the speaker of the essay, Orwell both implicitly and explicitly his own anti-imperialistic point of view and focuses specifically on the adverse affects ... Read More

The Idea of Capital Punishment in A Hanging, an Essay by George Orwell (927 words, 3 pages)

I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man. In his essay A Hanging, George Orwell reveals his experience watching a hanging, as an imperial police in Burma. With these experiences, Orwell writes his essay with the purpose to censure capital punishment. Towards the end of ... Read More

The Concept of Invasion of Privacy in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (1314 words, 5 pages)

Although many of the technologies and social aspects of George Orwells 1984 are outdated, concepts and ideas put forward in it surrounding the need for our privacy to be protected remain as relevant as ever to our current political and social landscape. Privacy is considered, for the most part, to ... Read More

The Use of Propaganda in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (735 words, 3 pages)

Many different themes are portrayed in the satire titled Animal Farm by George Orwell. It is an allegory corresponding to events which took place during the Russian Revolution. The animals represent certain people based on their rank, pigs and dogs being of a higher status than the others. The Rebellion ... Read More

The Pig’s Impact in Utopia in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (1620 words, 2 pages)

Focusing On Chapter Seven, Show How Far You Agree, The Pigs Have Destroyed All Hopes Of Old Majors Utopian SocietyAnimal Farm is a well-known allegory, contrasted to the Russian Revolution (March 1917 November 1917) and it was written by George Orwell in 1945. I will be closely focusing on how ... Read More

Character Analysis of Squealer in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (952 words, 2 pages)

Orwell Animal Farm Question BAnimal Farm is a well-known allegory, contrasted to the Russian Revolution (March 1917 November 1917) and it was written by George Orwell in 1945. I will be closely examining how Orwell presents Squealer as a persuasive character and also how Squealer represents the Pravda (propaganda). Squealer ... Read More

Freedom in 1984 by George Orwell, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1174 words, 5 pages)

Freedom in the Eyes of DystopiansFreedom is always something the people want for themselves. A selfish desire for a selfless virtue, people seek freedom from tribulations and conflict, or for rights and protection. However, freedom is a fickle thing, and often changes in the eyes of the beholder. It is ... Read More

The Concept That Power Can Corrupt a Whole Society in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (1562 words, 5 pages)

Power in the Trotters of a PigPower the one thing people always try to cling to the object that from even the beginning of time people never stop to seek, gain and finally lose to another. Power is the element in ones leadership that can raise up a nation or ... Read More

The High Cost of Sacrificing One’s Freedom in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (1271 words, 4 pages)

Losing Humanity, Gaining GovernmentThe truth about the world today is that, even in the midst of endless violence, starvation, and inevitable death, people believe that wars will end and all people will be fed someday. However, the reality of the world today is that not only is war and starvation ... Read More

Effective Fear in a Futuristic Society in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (2397 words, 6 pages)

Effective Fear through PlausibilityThe dystopian scene is a writing style with the express purpose to terrify the reader with a fictitiously horrible world of extreme and radical social stigmas and often times an opinionated look at some sort of political perspective. Perhaps it is a world gone awry due to ... Read More

Betrayal, Death, and Murder in Animal Farm, a Novel by George Orwell (552 words, 2 pages)

Animal FarmAnimal Farm, by George Orwell, is a novel that deals with betrayal, death, and murder. All are hard subjects to deal with, and take a mature mind to grasp. The novel also has a main scapegoat, Snowball, he is blamed for anything and everything that goes wrong on the ... Read More

Vulnerability in the Face of Social Collapse in 1984 by George Orwell and Metropolis by Fritz Lang (970 words, 3 pages)

By utilising foundational fixtures of their worlds, George Orwell's mid-Twentieth Century novel 1984 and Fritz Lang's early-Twentieth Century film Metropolis warp what is known to impart uncomfortable truths. In light of the Cold War's utilitarianism and the Weimar Republic's economic downfall, both Orwell and Lang position the reader in a ... Read More

The Themes of the Dangers of Totalitarianism, Psychological Manipulation, and Physical Control in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (422 words, 2 pages)

1984 Essay The novel 1984 has many different themes, motifs, and symbols. Ithink that the dangers of totalitarianism, psychological manipulation, andphysical control are the three most important themes in the novel. Totalitarianism is a term used by political scientists to describemodern governments in which the state regulates nearly every aspect ... Read More

How Accurate is the Future of 1984 by George Orwell (890 words, 4 pages)

When George Orwells novel 1984 was published, everyone took it for what it was a futuristic story about a dystopia. Nobody expected it to come true. But today, we see parts of Orwells predictions are appearing as reality. People are communicating less and less, and in a much less sophisticated ... Read More

The Opposite of an Utopia in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (883 words, 4 pages)

The future. Many believe that the future will be a time of enlightenment, of enhanced technology, and of peace. George Orwell believed differently. The question that he would have you ask is this- What would the future be like if it was quite the opposite of an utopia? 1984 is ... Read More

The Use of Fear, Hunger, and the Removal of Privacy in Oceania in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (966 words, 3 pages)

As humans, we can distinguish good from bad, bad from good, and also feel pity for the ones that have fallen. Humans have the ability to think and have emotional feelings and that is what makes a human being human. This though, is sadly taken away by the dystopian governing ... Read More

The Lack of Constitutional Rights in 1984, a Novel by George Orwell (999 words, 3 pages)

The novel 1984 by George Orwell delineates a totalitarian government. The world, Oceania, in which the citizens live in has no freedom. There is also not much privacy. Big Brother is the leader in the society even though no one has seen him. The novel is written as a prediction ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013