George Germain

"No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth." These are the words of George Orwell explaining the imprisonment of communism in his allegory Animal Farm. He tells the story of differences between presentation and actuality in his book. Orwell shows the importance of how people will not rebel if there is an illusion of freedom. In the book, the pigs, who were the leaders of the farm, gives an illusion of freedom by gradually changing the

Rammstein is a German industrial/hard rock band that has been around since the 1990s. Their current tour is called "Made in Germany 1995-2011," which I found out later referred to the fact they are releasing a "best of" compilation album rather than an album of new songs. Although I was relatively unfamiliar with the band, a friend invited me to the concert on February 24, 2012 at the O2 Arena in London. I have heard that Rammstein puts on an entertaining concert, based not just on the professional

Skylar Kellogg Mrs. Taylor Honors 9th English 30 August 2017 Leading the Masses to the Sty or Slaughterhouse Animal Farm is a beast fable written by George Orwell as an allegory to the Russian Revolution and the rise of communism in Russia, in which, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”(Orwell 134). The communist government established through the Russian Revolution began as a government where all were equal, but quickly mutated into tyranny commensurate and possibly

According to Oxford’s dictionary, a utopia is an imaginary place or state in which everything is perfect. But in today’s world everything does not work out, so there is a lasting feeling to conjure that everyone lives perfectly to block out the current state of affairs. Throughout Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends and Abbigole’s Our Corrupt Society, there is a direct link to the theme of the illusion and reality of something that relates to the ultimate impact of societies today using poetic

In 1775, Patrick Henry gave America one of the most inspiring speeches that will bring soon bring them together with war on the rise. “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” has become the battle-cry to the people in the colonies to take a stand against Britain’s rule and make America their own country. Even after the attempted peace between the two countries, it has been exhausted to the breaking point, and it has come to the time where fighting for their own freedom is the only viable option. Henry’s

Eric Blair wrote “The Animal Farm” during 1945, which he writes about a dystopian society with animals. He makes connections to real world problems throughout the story. He refers to animals being human by making connections by forming a government, because it's in human nature to form any type of government. In this case, the animals form a democracy from the commandments they put in their constitution; with all the corruption it mimics a communist government. The corruption deals with the leaders

1984 by George Orwell is set in a dystopian future ruled by a terrifying totalitarian government that’s known to make people disappear overnight. This government uses the kids to spy on their parents, has overarching figures that closely resemble real life people and uses large amounts of surveillance to keep the people in check. Many parallels van be drawn to real life people and situations. The fact that parallels can be drawn doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re living in the same world the people

1A. Mr. Jones is a significant character because his actions and bad deeds provoked the animal rebellion, similarly to how Tsar Nicholas II ignorance led his abdication, ending the Romanov rule and replacing it with the new Bolshevik government (Krieger 185). Moreover, in the story, the animals replaced what used to be “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm”, and Orwell does this to resemble the transformation of Russia’s government. There are other events in the story that parallel the true events that resemble

Big Brother, in George Orwell’s 1984, can regulate the thoughts of his subjects by manipulating the content of any literature, even after it's published. Moreover, despite knowing the past accounts, people still forget what they know and accept what they are told. Even Winston Smith, who despises the way others blatantly accept Big Brother’s manipulation, cannot remember all of the facts that the regime has distorted. In a similar manner, literature is used in In Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor to

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury uses many allusions to show the oppression in their society. Bradbury uses alludes to the book of Ecclesiastes to show how there is no individual thought in the Fahrenheit 451 society. He also alludes to Thomas Paine’s book Common Sense because it inspires individual thought and uprise against the government. Last, Bradbury alludes to Henry David Thoreau’s book, Walden to show how the Fahrenheit 451 society should be open to positive change. The use of the book of