“The Oven Bird” by Robert Frost and “Encounter” by Czeslaw Milosz
In literature, birds often stand as symbols for countless things, such as freedom or oppression – flying free versus being constantly caged – love and peace – pigeons who will go to great length...
1984 – In the face of pain there are no heroes
George Orwell’s 1984 is a brilliant commentary on the dangers of totalitarianism, mind control, technology and both physical and psychological manipulation. The novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith,...
To do that, they start with the children. The Party makes children devoted members of the Party by telling them to betray anyone for showing any signs of betrayal to the government, including their pa...
Marxism In the Novel 1984 Throughout time, rulers and controlling governments have used the ideas of Marxism to take and maintain control over the working class. Even today ideas such as classism and ...
Many of the predictions made by George Orwell in his book 1984 in relation to “Big Brother” surveillance, corruption of language and control of history have already come about to a great extent in...
A Comparison of Lord of the Flies to Sympathy for the Devil
The story The Lord of the Flies is a timeless piece of literature written by William Golding. Many who have read this story have been inspired in different ways, one of these groups being The Rolling ...
My reaction for this case was between shock and some anger. I was shocked due to the fact that the human resource director would even think that a college graduate would want to do such a demeaning jo...
After high school, he got a job writing for The Kansas City Star, but left after only six months to join the Red Cross Ambulance Corps during World War I, where he was injured and awarded the Silver M...
A Farewell to Arms Summary and Critical Analysis
Ernest Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in suburban Oak Park, IL, to Dr. Clarence and Grace Hemingway. Ernest was the second of six children to be raised in the quiet suburban town. His father wa...
“A Hanging” by George Orwell is a powerful short story on capital punishment. A Hindu man from Burma was taken out of his cell and walked down to be hung. The story never explains why the man was ...