Power Of The High Castle By Philip K. Dick

“I believe that the root of all evil is power,” (Patricia Cornwell). I think this quote says a lot about the power of power. Let’s think about some people who were incredibly evil. Hitler killed 11 million people (Schwartz), 49 million deaths were linked to Joseph Stalin (Ghosh), and Kim Jong-Un has executed 70 officials since coming into office in 2011 (Omara). That doesn’t even include all of the other people who have died because of him or who will die because of him in the future. What do all of these people have in common? Power. If none of these people had power, millions of lives could have been saved. But with all power comes evil, as proven by these three horrible people. Now, power may not be taken to this extent all the time. As

Often heralded as the world’s greatest nation, the United States is also considered home to the world’s greatest authors. Reputable authors such as Fitzgerald, Twain, and Steinbeck remain relevant even through the washing waves of time. One such timeless author, Ray Bradbury, ventured the hazardous path of taboo to write of change. Through his novels of innocent youths evolving into children enlightened beyond their years, Bradbury utilizes the motif of time, innocence, and the philosophical movements of existentialism, transcendentalism, and romanticism to describe catastrophic events the American culture could face if existing destitute judgments continue to prevail. Ray Bradbury dared to reveal his voice.

“"I’m hungry" "Last night" he began. "Didn’t sleep well. Feel terrible" she said. "God I’m hungry I can’t figure it" "Last night" he said again. She watched his lips casually. "What about last night" "Don’t you remember"”. Mildred doesn’t really listens to Montag He always tries to tell her something but she seems careless about it. He feels like he’s not getting the attention he wants from her. ““When did we meet? Where?”… “It doesn’t matter.” She was up, in the bathroom now, and he heard the water running, and the swallowing sound she made. “No, I guess not,” he said. This demonstrates that all this years of marriage meant nothing to Mildred. By her not remembering how they meet tells that Mildred doesn’t really care about their marriage.

In Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the author uses allegory (often misinterpreted by readers) to show the dangers of mass media consumption and the decline of reading traditional media. Many readers draw incorrect conclusions (lessons learned) from the book due to how generally the book applies its theme. Government censorship, though an important topic, is not the intended focus of the novel Fahrenheit 451. Finally, Bradbury’s original message of the book shows the beauty of traditional media and the dangers of consuming primarily packaged mass media (such as television and radio). In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury used events that were pertinent to the time to try and convey the message he originally intended. While this message has been lost to many, that does not lessen the work’s value as a piece of literature. Going forward this paper will explore the conclusions normally reached by readers, as well as exploring the authors own original intentions for the work. The primary theme taken from the book is from the author’s chosen setting, being of an authoritarian regime in which books are illegal. While this theme is very easy to grasp (as the reader is figuratively bludgeoned over the head with it), it isn’t the only one people have taken away from the book, nor was it the authors intended focus. Another theme that many readers (normally graduate readers from my research) have identified with are the Christian symbols in the book. While these are used, in some cases

The purpose of this research paper is to highlight the unnoticed and indebted concern of class critique in Harry potter series especially part II; “Harry Potter and the Chambers of secrets” and part VII; “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. Marxism is a social and economic system in the society based on the political hypothesis of Karl Marx and Friedrich and, it theorizes that a social revolution must occur in order to remove the proletariat, and to demolish the unconcerned ruling classes from government.

World War II is considered by many to be the single most significant event of the 20’th century. The outcome of that war defines the modern world. World War II led to the tragic death of a huge population of people across the globe. What led to the loss of so many lives? What led the nations of the world to tread down the path of war? This analysis tries to answer those questions in terms of autonomy and responsibility, and focuses on Japan. Japan was a major player in the war. As an aggressor of the war Japan had entered into military action before the European war had started and was not defeated by the Allied powers until VE Day. Several factors came together to Create war

Though some aspects of the fiction novel, The Plot Against America, are factual, author Philip Roth bends history once Franklin Delano Roosevelt loses to Charles Lindbergh in the 1940 United States election. With himself as the protagonist, Philip solidifies his lifelong friendship with Seldon Wishnow in the very last lines of the novel. To Philip, Seldon was always the tag along or “irritating little brother”, as he never seemed to fully grasp his surroundings. Readers are surprised upon seeing a breakthrough between these two characters, for even in times of crisis they never genuinely appreciated each other. The author compares Seldon to a stump, for the last person Philip seriously bonded with was his cousin Alvin, particularly over

The Japanese were also led by an ultra-nationalist government. They were very militaristic and had one of the most powerful armies at hand in Asia. Japan led all the countries participating in the world with a staggering 28.2% of the country's national income on defence and military. As Japan racism ruled throughout the military and they thought of themselves so highly that anyone who was not Japanese was considered inferior. Even before WWII Japan had a history of fighting and war with other countries. They had many disputes with China and also had some conflict with the Soviet Union, then later with the U.S in the war. Whenever conflict would arise, the japanese result would always be militarism as that is what the motive of the country was. Both Germany and Japan’s strong sense of nationalism was a great motivation for them to start WWII. With the Germans wanting to blame all struggles against the Jews and becoming a very anti semitic country, all this hate led them to finally pull the trigger and start their execution of the Jews during the

Throughout The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood utilizes various elements of fiction to develop and question the concept of power and control in the patriarchal society of Gilead. Offred, the main Handmaid, is the instrument of which Atwood delivers her message about corruption and power. Offred’s vague diction, unreliable characterization, and erratic tone illustrate the distress of this transitional society (Abcarian 1403-1404). In the beginning of Chapter 23, the role of memory in the novel expands, and the readers test the narrator’s creditability. Offred concludes that all of her memories are “reconstructions”, and that she will continue this practice even if she escapes Gilead. She continues to relate fluid memories to forgiveness and forgiveness to an unnaturally complacent and obedient population (Atwood 134-135). Identifying a powerful relationship between memories, forgiveness, and power, Offred suggests that the main source of Gilead’s totalitarian power is the regime’s ability to manipulate its citizens’ will to forgive past transgressions.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to experience a murder? In Dead Man’s Folly this is the question that Ariadne Oliver has brought to Nasse House in Devon. Mrs. Oliver calls Hercule Poirot, a well-known detective and says he needs to get on the next train to Devon due to an urgent matter. Out of curiosity, he decides to go. When M. Poirot gets to Nasse House, he is greeted by Mrs. Oliver, and she informs him that she is hosting a murder hunt. All of the people that live on the grounds have decided they need to bring in more tourists to help their community survive and they thought if they had Mrs. Oliver arrange it, there would be many people interested. Mrs. Oliver tells M. Poirot that she has a bad feeling about

     The second world was is the ugliest brutally violent emotionally damaging war ever. Through out this term paper I will use various references to inform you about how the United States wanted to stay out of the dangers of war with powerful ruthless countries. How Americans battled through many conflicts and various attacks, and finally builds up to the mighty United States of America becoming a huge world power.

The period immediately after the Second World War saw numerous political and social changes within the world. Characterised by a growing sense of power and authority held by the American government, many began to see this as a threat or greatly detrimental. Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (0000) reflects upon how this growing power, and an intense questioning of it, results in disillusionment and Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World (0000) is characterised by an intense questioning of the authority of a narrator and the older generation. Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood

Introduction: The Second World War was arguably the most significant period of the 20th century; occurring from 1939 - 1945. The most destructive war in all of history, its exact cost in human lives is unknown, but casualties in World War II may have totalled 50 million service personnel and civilians killed. The primary combatants were the Axis nations and the Allied nations. The Allies were the victors. Two superpowers, the USA and USSR, emerged from World War II to begin a Cold War with each other that would define much of the rest of the century. Adolf Hitler; a fanatic nationalist, militarist, racist, and anti-Semite, became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and quickly transformed Germany into a totalitarian fascist state. His efforts to

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George Orwell wrote one of the most influential, persuasive analytical fiction books of modern time. We must regard Orwell’s 1984 as a cautionary tale, even here and now foremost important is the consolidation of control of the media in the hands of our government. The book analyzes the rule of totalitarian governments using applicable and not so applicable satire. The book reveals the dangers of a government gaining too much power over its citizens. The government abuses its multitude of power by controlling all the media available to the citizens. In 1984, Orwell fears government control of media because it helped brainwash and control the citizens in Nazi Germany and Russia. Today it continues to forbid free will and thought in areas such as China and Russia. Jared Diamond is an American ecologist, geographer, biologist, anthropologist and author best known for his popular science books. Jared Diamond wrote an article in the Los Angeles Times about Chile in 1973, after decades of democratic elections, Chile’s armed forces overthrew then- President Salvador Allende. The resulting Chilean military government, under General Augusto Pinochet, set modern world records for inventing sadistic sexual tortures too revolting to describe in print. It aimed to exterminate its opponents,