Dianne Lam 1328 words
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(314) 493-6100 lamd710@ritenourschools.org Hostage: Part 1 by Dianne Lam It’s 11:15 P.M. on a humid, Thursday night. My group of friends are sitting in my basement, brainstorming on what to do to pass time. As everyone is rambling on, I glance over at Don, who’s isolated himself outside the circle to scroll along his phone. We begin yelling at each other and getting furious with the emptiness coming to our minds; then Don looks up and whispers, “What about Hostage?” We all glance around at each other, seeing if someone could explain what just happened.
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Stone cold. Don knows what he’s gotten everyone into, and so do I. He tries to make it more enjoyable; so, he slaps on a smile and continues on with the rules. “Once you have dropped off your hostage, someone from each team, who is not the driver, will call each other and give them a vague hint as to where the other team member is. Such as saying, ‘Bow and Arrow’ if you drop them off at Target. After that, it’s completely up to the other team to find them within 3 hours.” A moment of silence occurred until Clark exclaimed, “I’m down! Let’s get this game going!” Everyone was super excited and pumped to play, until the dreadful question came along, ”Who wants to be the hostage?” asked Don. Crickets. No one said a word. “Okay then, I guess I will be for my team” uttered Don. Janet squeals at Clark, “Come on, big shot! Be a man and sacrifice yourself!” Shaking at the thought of it, Clark agrees. As the teams begin for the adventure they’re about to embark on, Don says one final thing, “Oh yeah! As a hostage, you must follow the three simple rules. You must stay in the location that you were dropped off at. You must stay outside so that your team can easily spot you. And most importantly, no phones.” Pissed as ever, Clark yells, “What if something goes wrong? You want me to die? Nothing’s going to happen.” Don chuckles, “Why do you think we don’t let the girls be the hostages?” Clark shrugs in agreement and they both toss their phones on the basement
Following World War Two, Europe was thrown into chaos and despair. The major world countries, such as the Soviet Union and America, were still suffering from the wide spread fear caused by Hitler and fascism. From this fear, George Orwell’s 1984 was born. It served as a warning to where he feared the world’s leading countries were headed, and the dystopian that he fretted would become a reality. While the party may have held total dominance, it would not be able to control human nature forever. In George Orwell’s 1984, he posits through Winston’s observations of the proletariat that while one individual would not be able to overpower the party, the collective group would.
very entertaining towards people who have interest in politics and it will also help writers who are beginners by providing them with better knowledge in writing skills. I also think that Orwell provided good, clear, and simple examples to have better understanding to his argument. I also believe that he explained how language could affect thought in a moral way.
The victims are the burmese people and not orwell because while orwell was indeed “hated...jeered at…” and also “targeted.. as a police officer” (page1), the burmese people faced even harsher treatment than just being hated. The burmese people faced physical punishment and were even treated badly. They were “huddled in stinking cages” and even “flogged with bamboos” (page 1) which obviously shows them to be treated worse than how they treated orwell since the most they could do to him was trip him.
The world that Orwell presents in Nineteen Eighty-four has often been called a nightmare vision of the future. Writing sixteen years into that future, we can see that not all of Orwell’s predictions have been fulfilled in their entirety! Yet,
Over seventy years after he lived and wrote, the works of English journalist and democratic socialist George Orwell, continue to fascinate, stimulate and enrage his readers concerning the structure of society and the organization of government. The controversial writer openly spoke out against the absolute power of any government, warning that a fascist government would deprive its people of their basic freedoms and liberties. Orwell’s novel, 1984, serves as a reminder of the danger of totalitarianism by depicting a future in which all citizens live under the constant surveillance of the “Big Brother.” Through the main character, Winston Smith, Orwell demonstrates the dangers of totalitarianism; writing of the consequences of absolute government in several essays and proposing socialism as an alternative. To Orwell, the role of government is to represent the common people rather than the old and the privileged.
“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”
Subject GONZALEZ, Sandra was also released from the cell at which time she requested to speak with a supervisor (me). I spoke with subject GONZALEZ, Sandra, and she was visibly upset about the incident stating she was a US Citizen and the officers had no right to place her in restraints. She further stated the officers did not have to attack her to which I asked her why she did not remain in her vehicle after she was advised several times. Subject GONZALEZ, Sandra stated she wanted to ask what was going. I further asked her why she did not comply with the officer’s demands to which she became more upset and was refusing to answer my questions. Subject GONZALEZ, Benjamin approached her and stated for them to leave. Subject GONZALEZ, Benjamin and GONZALEZ, Sandra proceeded to walk to their vehicle; however, subject GONZALEZ, Sandra came back to the head house and opened the door to which I advised her she needed to wait outside. I proceeded to walk out to speak to subject GONZALEZ, Sandra a second time. Subject GONZALEZ, Sandra stated she was going to see her doctor about her wrist, and she was going to advise the media about her incident. Subject GONZALEZ, Sandra asked for officers’ names to which she stated, “Give me names, I want names. Anderson, Reyes, Galazar.” Subject GONZALEZ, Benjamin came back again to get subject GONZALEZ, Sandra back into
“Officer Cavil, please meet Federal Agents Sanchez, Ford, and Ross.” Lt. Marshall introduce as they ascend off from their seats.
“Officer Cavil, please meet Federal Agents Sanchez, Ford, and Ross.” Lt. Marshall introduced as they rise off from their seats.
Now I track the car Romanov and Sitwell were in. My backs up agents are in place. It's time to go to work. I jump and land on top of the car. I punch through the window and pull Sitwell out, throwing him into the path of an oncoming truck. My agents start attacking the car. A man pulls Agent Romanov and another man
George Orwell’s key objective throughout his novel, 1984, was to convey to his readers the imminent threat of the severe danger that totalitarianism could mean for the world. Orwell takes great measures to display the horrifying effects that come along with complete and dominant control that actually comes along with totalitarian government. In Orwell’s novel, personal liberties and individual freedoms that are protected and granted to many Americans today, are taken away and ripped from the citizen’s lives. The government takes away freedom and rights from the people so that the ruling class (which makes up the government), while reign with complete supremacy and possess all power.
The boys that untied themselves decide to tackle Brendan. They both work together to hold Brendan down. More than twelve people that were hostages
This book starts in London on April fourth, 1984. The book is written in partly third person, and partly in first person. The book is divided into three distinct parts. The first part is showing you the main character, Winston Smith and his differences and frustration with the world he works and lives in. The country or the “Super state” he lives in called Oceania is run under a government called INGSOC (English Socialism). The leaders of the nation are called "The Party." The Party is divided into two sections, The Inner Party, and The Outer Party. The "Rich" and the "middle-class." There is a third group of people called "The Proles," or "The Proletariat" who are the lower class or the poorer class. The main leader of this government is called “Big Brother” and there also a very famous conspiracy theory about a traitor of the state by a person called “Emmanuel Goldstein” who was part of the inner party and then betrayed the state. The book is about the life of Smith with his frustration towards the government and the society he lives and the journey he embarks on from hating the party to finding comfort in another party worker and to eventually falling in love with big brother. The book is divided into three parts with the first part explaining the dynamics and structure of the new world. The second part focuses on how Smith finds solace by committing “though crime” as his act against the party and finally,
Many authors bring in the theme of politics into their work in order to make their creations more appealing and as a form of expressing their personal views. George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-four” is a novel that contains many political messages to the world. Orwell felt that part of his role as a writer is to serve as a voice of conscience to our society by trying to express the truth as he saw it. The novel was written in a crucial time period in modern history after the Second World War and at the beginning of the Cold War. One can see that the book was influenced by current events of its time mixed with Orwell’s standpoint. He focuses on three major political issues that effect society, which are the dangers of war, class differences
Hopelessness, deep and gaping ever lasting hopelessness. If the course of humanity fails to change, to this everyone will succumb. That is the message that George Orwell has left for the future, and it would be in humanity's best interest to heed. Winston Smith of 1984 lived in a world that had been consumed by the everlasting abyss of injustice. Eventually this world became too much for our hopeful protagonist and thus, like the future that is bound to a horrific fate, he succumbed. “It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it” (Orwell 248). No one in this world is any different than Winston, they will follow his path like all of those before them, following the five stages of Kübler-Ross. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance make up the cycle that every feeble life will follow and that Winston grew to know all too well.