1. Animal Farm
In George Orwell's book, "Nineteen Eighty-Four," he brings to life a world in which everyone is constantly being watched by higher authorities. ... The world George Orwell gave warning about might not be real, yet it's not far from being possible. ...
"The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in exchange for safety and security." - Louis Freeh In the novel "1984," by George Orwell, the author depicts a dystopian society where the citizens have no free will. They are neither safe nor free in a totalitarian gov...
Written in 1986 by Margaret Atwood, the novel The Handmaid's Tale tells the story of a near-future dystopia in which the United States no longer exists. A religious faction forces all fertile women to become handmaids. These once independent women must now live by Old Testament values and live a lif...
What the Army Does Not Tell Them Many of the United States armed forces recruitment advertisements emphasize world travel, adventure, education, patriotism, and service to one's country. Although these advertisements show all the benefits of being enlisted, they show none of the real dangers tha...
The supporters of the "effectiveness" of the death penalty such as; George E. ... In George Orwell's story, "Animal Farm" he shows the society like this when the pigs end up "Surprising the other animals, the pigs "revealed that during the past three months they had taught themselves to read and write" (9, "Animal Farm"). ...
Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. The belief that freedom and the American way of life and capitalism would cease to exist and die under a communist takeover. There were specific and deliberate decisions that the U.S. made d...
Fidel Castro and Cuba When Columbus came to Cuba in 1492, he and his predecessors would probably never have imagined of this island's outcome within the centuries ahead. From conquering the country, to its independence, to the rise of the current totalitarian regime, all these major events have ma...