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The greatest band of all time, The Beatles, brought a new beat to the world and changed music forever. The Beatles were a rock/pop group that dominated the music charts in the 1960s with their interesting history, innovation, and media access. Over the years The Beatles have kept on growing and growing and grew a cult of personality with generations of people and started a revolution. Despite music evolving The Beatles are still being talked about today, even though The Beatles have been broken

Effects of Imperialism (An analysis of the messages from Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell) “For at least two generations, empire and imperialism have been dirty words” (Pagden). At one point in time the British Empire covered over 40% of the world. With this being said, Britain was greedy for more control and land. As a result, Britain sent in their troops and colonized in various countries. Imperialism took its toll on both the oppressor and the oppressed. Britain would eventually lose most

Shooting an Elephant George Orwell, 1936 An Essay Audience Peers and professionals of Orwell’s time with similar ideology and a keen interest of modern history and colonialism. Purpose To educate the reader on the westerner’s place in a colonialist society. Brief Description Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant is a narrative essay that captures his time as a police officer for the British Raj in colonial Burma. When an Elephant escapes its inclosure to kill and skin a ‘coolie’ Orwell is expected to

In a society where technology controls people’s minds, empathy is lost. Stuck to radios and television programs, one may forget who their loved ones are. In his novel “Fahrenheit 451,” author Ray Bradbury uses the thoughts and actions of his characters to develop the idea that a healthy society cannot exist without empathy. This becomes clear to readers when a marriage is questioned, and when random acts of violence are carried out on a regular basis.In the novel, the protagonist, Guy Montag a fireman

allowed to levy taxes, muster troops, and pass laws (Kelly). In do time, many colonists viewed smuggling, domestic manufacturing, and local self governance as a right rather than a privilege. The actions and mentality of the colonists triggered King George III and the Parliament to assert greater control over the colonies, and while doing so, the British government seen this as a way to make the American colonies pay a large share of the debt from the French and Indian

Did you know that Jimi Hendrix was 15 when he picked up a guitar and by the time he was 18 he was already one of the best in the music business? First off, Jimi Hendrix was the most passionate musician of the 1960’s generation. Additionally, Jimi Hendrix top ten songs made it into the Rock and Roll hall of Fame, later on in his career. Thus, Hendrix had become a musician that symbolized the year of the 1960’s. Finally, he had the most emotional connection to his written music that one of his most

George Orwell, the author of the classic novel 1984, presents scheming and manipulation as the norm in the State of Oceania. Modern day dystopia can be represented in religion as some worship things such as money over their God. Also, smartphones have become an obsession in modern day society. According to Tim Elmore, author of the article Nomophobia: A Rising Trend in Students, approximately 66% of people sleep with their phone in their bed which shows how attached individuals are to their electronics

The American Revolution began on April 19, 1775. It was the war between Great Britain and its colonies located in the New World. The colonists, as many historians put it, were like children rebelling against the motherland; however, they had many valid reasons for this revolt, including their desire for freedom and independence. My World History textbook says freedom was falsely promised when the colonists had settled (Krull 868). The more direct causes of this widely known rebellion include taxes

George Orwell utilizes his novel 1984 to pass on that individuals, as a species, are greatly vulnerable to dehumanization and abuse in the public arena. Orwell shows how an administration's control of innovation, dialect, media, and history can persecute and debase its subjects. In 1984 the political control of innovation persecutes the general population of Oceania and prompts the defeat of independence and of the qualities that characterize mankind. Telescreens and the Internet are utilized not

Alba DelaCruz SOC 221 Sec 4: Classical Sociological Theory Professor Andrew Korall Assignment #2 Classical sociological theorists such as Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Georg Simmel are all considered pioneers in their field because of the innovative ideas and theories that they put forth about the societies and social worlds that they lived in. Weber warned about the increasing bureaucratization of our day to day lives and the isolation that could ensue if we let it run rampant. Durkheim made the