Have you ever wondered about what went on at valley forge on the winter of 1777, December 19? Well then you’re in luck. On December 19,1777 General George Washington moved his troops to west of Philadelphia for many reasons one was because it was close to were the british were camping.This meant that he could keep a close eye on them and could protect the people of pennsylvania if the british decided to attach. The conditions at Valley Forge were horrible they had to deal with cold,wet, and snowy
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Is our technology taking us closer to the world of Big Brother? People may answer yes or no but it all depends on how the way you think of it. In the book 1984 written by George Orwell, he talks about the government is presented as a totalitarian state and how it is set up in this book also how George Orwell describes the life in Oceania. Some allusions that Orwell uses are deliberately used to describe Oceania of what it is and what it should not be “Though Winston is technically a member of the
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On October 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali delivered an eighth round knockout to heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). The fight, known as the Rumble in the Jungle, is a monument in sports history and a moment of equally potent social and political significance. Leon Gast’s colossal collection of archival footage leading up to the fight in Zaire was assembled and released twenty years later in the form of a documentary entitled
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Big Brother is an image that is regarded as the face of the Party. Because it is not certain who is in the higher ranks of the Party, the face of Big Brother represents them and the ideals that they instill on society. This image is quite a controversial because of the ideals held in place by this image. One is the idea of an actual big brother who is kind and considerate to his younger siblings. The other is the idea of this open eyed threat watching you’re every move. These two contradictory ideas
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1984 is a dystopian novel, written by English author, George Orwell, set in a place called Oceania. This place is a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, public manipulation, and persecution for individualism and independent thinking. All of this happens under the political system put in place by the privileged elite of the Inner Party. The protagonist of the novel, Winston Smith, is a member of the Outer Party. He works for the ministry of truth and he is responsible for propaganda
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ethnic, racial and religious. These identities will affect how we see ourselves since we might have different responsibilities, job duties and backgrounds. Like inside two literature stories Shooting an Elephant and Everyday Use, Alice Walker and George Orwell both show how identity is connected to how we see ourselves in the present. In the story Shooting an Elephant, the main character is a policeman in British Burma. He received a report about a local man was death who killed by an elephant
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Orwell’s Cruelty George Orwell is an Indian police officer worked East of Burma where he served 20 years as a dependent officer around the town. While, being in there unarmed he was hated by a large number of people in his neighbor’s yard the only time in his life that he felt so important around town. Orwell had been tripped up once or twice by a nimble Burman on a steep field where the elephant is about to be killed. However, his main focus to keep a story of lies that came from a young
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Honest Abe and Backwoods Boy Did you know that our 16th president Abraham Lincoln grew up with a ax. "Honest Abe" and "Backwoods boy" make different points about Abraham Lincoln's childhood: "Honest Abe" shows that Abraham Lincoln was a kind and honest person, but "Backwoods Boy" shows how tough his childhood was.For paragraph 1 I will be explaining how there different,2nd paragraph will be how they are similar, and the final 3 paragraph will be how different they are.
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"Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, the author recalls an experience from his past when he was twenty years old in which he had to choose one of two lesser evils. Several years later, the memory still haunts him. The short story takes place at some point during the five depressing years Orwell spent as a police officer in Burma. He dislikes where he is in life, and when he is confronted with a moral dilemma, a vital work animal must die to preserve his pride. George is a displeased young
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Death of Michael Jackson: The Investigation. Michael Joseph Jackson (MJ) was mysteriously found dead in his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States on the 25th of June 2009. Michael Jackson was an extremely famous and popular American singer, songwriter and dancer who was nicknamed 'The King of Pop'. Jackson's career began in 1964 as he made his professional debut in the 'Jackson 5' band which consisted of him and 4 of his elder brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon. His
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