and your eyes stinging from the smoak, only to go outside and find you feet in pain from the unbearable cold you can feel in between the broken soles of your destroyed shoes. What if this was your life for 9 more months? In the winter of 1777-1778 George Washington led his men into the camp of Valley Forge to keep watch on the British in Philadelphia. The American soldiers were starved,diseased, and smok'd out from the terrible conditions they were in. Would you have re-enlisted at Valley Forge? I
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Does anyonerecognizewhy George Washington is sosignificant? For starters hisappearanceis on every U.S.dollarbill! George Washington is one of the mostimportantAmericanhistoricalfigures, not only for hispartyin founding andcontrollingtheunderdevelopednation, but for hiscommandershipstyle,wiseideas, and Revolutionaryvisionfor the United States of America. George Washington wasinnateon February 22, 1732, anddiedDecember 14, 1799, at theageof 67. Was born into arichfamilyin Colonial Virginia. Washingtonoriginatedout
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1984 in 2014 In 1984, George Orwell describes life in a world with an ideal government that has society’s support and citizens that obey all laws. Otherwise known as a “negative utopia,” Oceania is ruled by The Party, composed of different Ministries to maintain their compliant citizens. Thought Police work for The Party to identify those who oppose The Party by monitoring every action taken and word spoken. “Telescreens" and hidden microphones allow for effective monitoring, but the only thing
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A name that has definitely transcended the world is, Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali is known to the world as an Olympian, activist and professional boxer. It is very apparent that he was one of the most well-known and respected sports figures of the 20th century. He was born in raised in a town called Louisville, Kentucky. He became fascinated with the sport of boxing and decided to pursue at the age of 12. His amateur began in the year of 1954. He fought another town local by the name of Ronnie O’Keefe
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It was very challenging at Valley Forge, especially with the enemy 18 miles away. The soldiers don’t always get even basic supplies. In Valley Forge during my winter of 1777 and 1778, the Continental Army prepared for the cold and lack of food. I wouldn’t re-enlist because of death and illness, harsh conditions, and lack of support and supplies. I would not re-enlist because of death and illness. A lot of people at camp had died or were sick. Around 4000 soldiers were sick and 2500 soldiers have
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the common working class and most everyone else to keep power. The story makes it noticeable that all the common animals could rebel like the first time but were too brainwashed to understand the bad that was going on. This novel Animal Farm , by George Orwell, is written to symbolize the working class, Stalin, and propaganda in the soviet union to show if too much power is granted then the outcome might not be so great. In the story, the character Napoleon symbolizes great power and how too much
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it from yourself.” -George Orwell. The renouncement of personal privacy displayed in George Orwell’s 1984 is exponentially exploited. No one is ever granted the simple right we ought to have, which is privacy. Telescreens and police patrol see all while going unnoticed. George Orwell’s assumption of the future was not far from expected or at least has yet to come. The similarities between 1984 and present day is a lack of privacy, abuse of technology and Newspeak. In George Orwell’s 1984, he talks
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1984 is not that strange to believe it could happen in 2018. In 1984 George Orwell creates a story where in Oceania, citizen’s absence of privacy, have very little control over their lives, and only get the information that the Party chooses to inform them. In Oceania they have these telescreens that cannot be turn off which is designed to capture every conversation between its people so the cannot break any rules. Today, is where the government is like the Big brother (or our national security)
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In the book 1984 by George Orwell, society doesn't realize the harmful and controlling factors of Big Brother in which they are encompassed. The Big Brother factor has been enforced throughout history by those seeking power and control. After the Holocaust under the rule of the infamous Hitler, George Orwell, in writing 1984, responded to his thoughts toward this tragic event and what Nazi society had been. George Orwell then continues to dig deeper and warns future generations of what could in fact
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V Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World creates an illusion of a society in which civilians believe they are truly happy. The government uses different methods to alter the mindset of the people in the novel. By removing specific attributes from people’s lives, such as individuality, artistic representation and self-awareness; Huxley demonstrates the psychological hold the government has on civilization. By offering comfort whilst removing individuality it was a perfect tool that the government took advantage
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