everything is controlled by the Party and a leader called Big Brother. The party only has one goal, which is to obtain power. They do this by controlling the citizens of Oceania through the use of technology. This technology runs rampant 1984. It functions as a way for the government to gain power over the people and affects the society in a way that is detrimental. Throughout the course of the book, the only function of technology is to enforce support of the Party and its beliefs. Telescreens, for
shapeshifter, and the villain. The main character, Winston Smith, is used as the hero archetype. The hero archetype is described as someone who "must go on a journey, learn a lesson, change in some way, and return home" ("Archetypes for Literary Analysis"). O'Brien can fit for many of the archetypes. The one most supported for O'Brien is the shadow archetype, the shadow archetype is described as "a negative figure, representing things we don't like and would like to eliminate". However " the shadow
lower middle class, repeat Party slogans without being fully aware of its meaning. This parallels the majority of the Soviet Union who did not question Stalin’s means. The largest societal group in 1984 is the proles; Orwell writes “[i]f there is hope, it lies in the proles” (Orwell 69). The proles have the largest numbers even more than the Brotherhood a group opposing Big Brother); therefore they have the largest manpower. Only they are capable of overpowering Big Brother. In 1984 the proles represent
relatively dark, however one is somewhat realistic while the other is more optimistic. In 1984, Winston, the protagonist and tragic hero, defies Big Brother, the so-called leader of the ruling Party, when he buys a journal to write down his personal thoughts and feelings. He ends up losing all sense of humanity left in him when he is taken in by the Party and tortured for days on end. Similarly, in Lord of the Flies, Ralph, one of the victims of the plane crash, who, along with two other boys (Piggy
The free dictionary defines resistance as “an act or an instance of resisting or the capacity to resist. A force that tends to oppose or retard motion. Often resistance an underground organization engaged in a struggle for national liberation in a country under military or totalitarian occupation. Psychology a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.” Resistance literature was about liberalism, freedom of thought and democracy. Writers such as Jack London
Searching for the Elusive Tragic Hero: a Historical Analysis of Antigone by Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was first performed in a theatre in Paris, 1944. During this time, Europe was still in the midst of fighting World War II and Hitler’s Nazi-regime had already defeated and occupied France. This shift in governmental power caused dissension among the citizens of France; the population was split between those who supported France’s collaboration with Germany and those who opposed it (“1944”)
Knowledge is considered power in today’s society but what happens when facts are used to in set fear? Through Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” the country reformed in motion towards equality and freedom. In “Fast Food Nation,” Eric Schlosser sheds light on the issues of fast food chains and the American food production system. From George Orwell a new perspective is written in “1984”; a negative utopia is created when the tyrant government distorts history and truth to keep it’s
is the study of crime and criminal behavior, mainly concentrates on the forms of criminal behavior, the causation and definition of criminality, and the type of reaction society has in relation to such criminal activity. It is concerned with the “analysis of the phenomena of crime and criminality, performing scientifically accurate studies, and developing sound theoretical explanations of crime and criminal behavior (1)” a. Crime is defined as the act or omission of an act which is in violation of
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PAY FOR PLAY: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF THE PAYOLA SYSTEM ON THE MUSIC AND BROADCAST INDUSTRY IN JAMAICA A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Cultural Studies of The University of The West Indies Shavane Jamaine Daley 2015 Institute of Caribbean Studies Faculty of Humanities and Education Mona Campus ABSTRACT Pay For Play: An Investigation into The Impact of The Payola System on The Music