George Orwell has two very conflicting feelings towards the Burmese people throughout his essay. ... George Orwell then goes on to say that feelings like this were not unusual side effects of imperialism. George Orwell was torn between two sides of himself. ... George Orwell was suffering from an internal identity conflict, which was resolved by him shooting the elephant and leaving Burma to take a new job. ... (pg.680) George Orwell's ambivalence came from many mixed feelings and emotions that he was unable to share and communicate with others. ...

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After reading George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," one realizes just how ineffective an imperialistic government really is. ... George Orwell reveals the great space between the ideals and realities of imperialism through his usage of the word hate. ... Orwell realizes just how futile Imperialism really is. ... From George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant," it's easy to see just how flawed and what a failure Imperialism really is. ... While the idea of governing a country through imperialism might seem like an effective means for the tyrant, George ...

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George Orwell, Author of" Shooting an Elephant". ... But in the second paragraph Orwell says" He was all for the Burmese because he hated British "Orwell 134. ... The article says George Orwell had done a mistake by killing the Elephant. Orwell said(" He did not want to shoot the Elephant")Orwell 136. ... Orwell, So justice can be served for the Animals sake....

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The commentary, " Down And Out In Paris And London" by George Orwell is quite interesting. ... Orwell explores what goes on behind the scenes. ... This theme reoccurs quite often throughout Orwell's writings. ... Orwell may have rearranged things to some extent.! ... Even though Orwell's purpose is to give insight, the reader may feel at times that Orwell loses his nerve. ...

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The short story of "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, begins with the author describing his position as a police officer in Lower Burma. The young officer was "an obvious target and baited whenever possible" (Orwell 1). ... Even though he was young, he had made up his mind that "Imperialism was an evil thing" (Orwell 1). ... After reading George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," it has become apparent that this short story has more meaning that the title states. ... The officer is bothered by the "dirty works of Empire at close quarters&q...

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George Orwell employs a variety of allegorical devices in his novel 'Animal Farm' including personification, naive narrative and irony to produce an allegory that voices his concerns over the outcome of the Russian revolution, and more broadly the dangers of unchecked power. ... Orwell uses personification as an efficient way to express the nature of the targets of his critique in the time Animal Farm was written. ... Orwell has chosen as characters animals that exhibit similar traits to the people or organisations they are meant to represent. ... Orwell demonstrates his belief that...

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Contrary to modern day America, in the novel "1984," by George Orwell, the government seems to have mastered keeping all of the citizens of Oceania fooled almost constantly. ... Orwell wrote 1984 to warn us of the possibility of a totalitarian state like The Party coming to rule and there is a chance that we could end up under a government or figure such as Big Brother. ... George Orwell's cautionary novel, "1984," tells of a totalitarian state where the government controls every single aspect of its inhabitants lives through unorthodox methods such as torture and brainwashing. ...

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In George Orwell's American Classic called "1984" explains how the perfect utopian society would come out to be. It also explores how government corruptions and power comes to play a huge role in George Orwell's dystopia society. ... George Orwell's dystonic novel 1984, made me feel like the United States is not as free as you think it is. ... In terms of privacy in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith does not have much privacy unless he is out of the telescreen's sight. ... George Orwell's novel even allows you to see that nothing is safe kept on ...

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The Success of George Orwell Political and social events during the early twentieth century changed Great Britain's position as a world power and dramatically changed its society. ... Among these authors was George Orwell, an acclaimed writer whose life, style and works, and reputation and influence define his lasting success. Orwell was born in Motihari, India on June 25, 1903. ... By making the characters animals instead of humans, he could avoid all of the psychological complications that may accompany this (George Orwell). ... His ability to perceive social effects of polit...

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George Orwell is an experienced essayist and he is best known for his political satires. ... Orwell's writings often deal with the political condition he has gone through. ... " Orwell tends to write about some hidden lies behind politics that he wants to expose and facts that he wants to tell (Orwell). ... Orwell works for the Empire which he goes against. ... Orwell understands "the hollowness, the futility of the white man's dominion in the East....

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Critical Review of 1984 By George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell is a story of a man's strugle against a totalitarianstic government that controlls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. ... In his novel Orwell used the image of a man who stood in a shadow that covered his face. ... Orwell also uses description of technology to show how the government controlled it's citizens. ... I feel that George Orwell accomplished his goal of telling how he viewed the world of the future. ... Even today we are making things that Orwell described like the telescreens. ...

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These questions haunt readers of George Orwell's "1984- from the beginning to the end of the novel. ... Orwell's stated purpose dictates the major theme. ... The Party in Orwell's novel is all-powerful because it's run by a group whose major purpose is to gain and keep power. ... Doomsday seems to be lurking in every sentence Orwell chose. ... And in Orwell's world, the skies are never cleared. ...

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George Orwell has dared to do exactly this in his essay "Politics and the English Language". ... If a reader can't grasp Orwell's ideas themselves, he or she will still ascertain that Orwell is serious. ... Orwell also chastises the trends of his society. ... Orwell's proposed remedy is simpler. ... This is an important essay (not mine, Orwell's). ...

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1 George Orwell's views on the future were astonishing but yet very creepy. ... It could only be written with the conviction of George Orwell who believed it could actually happen. In 1903 George Orwell is born in Bengal, India on June 25. ... Through 1911-1916 Orwell attends St. ... George Orwell said, " Thoughtcrime was not a thin that could be concealed 5 Forever. ...

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George Orwell's Animal Farm depicts the uprising of animals on Manor Farm. ... While reading this book I asked myself many times why George Orwell has a dislike for communism, or better yet the communist interpretation of socialist ideas, he does favour ideas of equality and compassion. ... I share the same point of view as George Orwell. ... I believe that George ...

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George Orwell was a famous author who wrote many novels and essays. ... A few years after Orwell's birth his family moved to England, where he received conventional upbringing.3 In July 1936 George Orwell and his wife, Eileen Nee O'Shaugnessy joined in fighting for political beliefs in the Spanish Civil War. ... In the spring of 1937, George Orwell was returning from the front line in Alcubierre with the BBC when he was wounded in the neck by a sniper bullet5. ... The first characteristic that is evident in George Orwell's writing is the simplification in his writing8. ... Man...

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George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was born on June 25, 1903 in Motahari, Bengal to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limouzin. ... In 1911, Orwell entered St. ... Refusing support from friends and family, and almost completely penniless, Orwell set out on a 2 ½ year descent into destitution which resulted in a somewhat autobiographical "Down and Out in Paris and London" which was published in 1933 under the pen name George Orwell, which he took as a way of escaping his social class position he was born into. ... George Orwell lived during the first...

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ORWELL WHAT IS SCIENCE The definition of science has been pondered since ancient times. ... by George Orwell; Orwell debates the two sides or definition of science. Orwell's essay in my opinion is not out of date. ...

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Political science influenced George Orwell to construct many of his well-known novels. ... It was at this time that he used the name George Orwell instead of Eric Blair. ... Meeting and marring the love of his life Eileen O"Shaughnessy was Orwell's next step in life. ... There is a parallel between the book and Orwell's health conditions. ... Overcoming obstacles and set backs, George Orwell became a well-known British author in the English classroom. ...

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1984 is a classic dystopian novel published in 1949 by George Orwell that has influenced generations of writers and thinkers. ... Throughout this essay I will be dwelling into the various ways that Orwell depicts these concepts within his book 1984. 1984 is one of Orwell's best made novels, and it remains one of the most powerful warnings ever issued against the dangers of a totalitarian society. In Spain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, Orwell had witnessed the danger of absolute political authority in an age of advanced technology. ... In George Orwell's 1984 there exists a very int...

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More and more, our society is becoming much like that pictured in George Orwell's novel, 1984. ... George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political satire speaking out against totalitarianism, not as a prediction to the future of humanity. ...

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The fiction of Newspeak introduced in the novel 1984, by George Orwell orchestrates a variety of tones to indicate that when the general atmosphere suffers, the language must suffer equally. ... Orwell softens the tones of words in the novel, and adds hints of irony throughout the names of the four ministries. ... Orwell's invention of Newspeak contains no word for freedom because in Oceania freedom cannot exist. ... Orwell uses the language to point out the thinning of thought, but overall at the end of his appendix (no, not the organ) he digresses to prove Newspeak cannot topple the in...

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In George Orwell's timeless classic 1984, the Ministry of Love catches Winston and O'Brian administers many forms of torture which are routine and painful torture and something similar to electroconvulsive shock therapy. ... George Orwell understood the true meaning of torture and the way Stalin used it. ... Orwell here clearly criticizes Stalin's methods. Orwell's here critiques Stalin' methods. ... " (Orwell 244-245). ...

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The essay "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, is set in time during the 1800's when the country of Burma had been conquer and put under British imperialistic rule. ... George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was best known as an English author, journalist, and political satirist. ... Orwell even states "as for the job [he] was doing, [he] hated it more bitterly than [he] can perhaps make clear" (Orwell). ... Orwell's greatest tool is his use of imagery to strengthen and further his argument. ... " George Orwell then proceeds to illustrate the true hars...

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Leon Trotsky and George Orwell Leon Trotsky's real name was Davidovich Bronstein. ... George Orwell's characters come into similarities with Leon Trotsky's life events. ... Orwell's influence on Trotsky probably made him compare him to his character in 1984. George Orwell's 1984 character Winston comes into similarity with Leon Trotsky with his fatherly like love for O"Brien. ... Leon Trotsky was an obvious influence on George Orwell from the similarities of the characters in 1984....

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