How does Orwells writing here make this extract so horrifying? This passage is from Part 3, Chapter 3 during Winstons interrogation at the hands of OBrien.
Essay Question: How does Orwell's writing here make this extract so horrifying? This passage is from Part 3, Chapter 3 during Winston's interrogation at the hands of O'Brien. In this passage Orwell describes how Winston's imprisonment within the Ministry of Love has lead to the horrendous emaciation of his body, which is now terribly hideous. Orwell makes this passage horrifying through his description of Winston's emaciated body, the portrayal of how Winston and his rebellion are completely meaningless and the fact that Winston isn't able to argue with O'Brien. In this passage Orwell further emphasizes the dangers of totalitarian regimes, the immense control the Party has over its subjects and the importance and fragility of freedom. Firstly, Orwell makes this passage horrifying through the description of Winston's emaciated body. Orwell portrays Winston as having become a "skeleton-like thing" suggesting that he no longer considers himself to be a person. This implies that Winston has lost all his humanity at the hands of the Party as the "skull-faced man" had earlier in the novel. The fact that the Party had done this to Winston, brutalizing him into the "creature" in the mirror is what is truly horrible about his condition, clearly showing the dangers of totalitarian regimes. As Winston's body could be manipulated so severely by the Party that he now views his own
Descriptive Story.
Jenny Harris English Language - Course Work Descriptive Story Due 11-10-03 It was an extremely hot summer's day. Not a single cloud was to be found defiling a perfect blue sky. The birds chirped blissfully, their songs penetrating the still silence of the park; they danced through the sky their bright colours entwining with one another to create a most spectacular display. Green grass stretched out for miles, effortlessly swaying in the light breeze. Majestic trees loomed above, with their long branches stretching through the sky; their dominance was unmistakable. Multicoloured flowers decorated the landscape, their heavenly sent floated on the breeze completing the flawless scene. All of a sudden the tranquillity vanished. The bird's sweet singing changed into awkward squawking and quickly they dispersed. The trees looked on with repulsion as the large hairy creature bounded gleefully through the fields. A large black nose was plunged into the grass repeatedly, sniffing and snorting; he spewed snot everywhere and even the flowers curled up in disgust. His enormous paws crushed everything unfortunate enough to have been beneath him. The animal paused for a second, then with sudden burst of energy began to recklessly scoop up the grass, he stuffed in mouthfuls without any further hesitation. After a short time the animal seemed to lose his enthusiasm, he lowered his head
The Genesis and Presentation of the Political Message in Orwell’s Novel Nineteen Eighty-four
THE GENESIS AND PRESENTATION OF THE POLITICAL MESSAGE IN ORWELL'S NOVEL NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four stands as the most influential political novel written during the course of the twentieth centaury. It is a work of prose that has had a massive impact on the society on which it commented AND on the literature that has followed its example. It is my aim in this essay to examine first briefly where his political and literary ideas came from, and then in some depth, how he has presented them in his novel. To see where his ideas came from we must first understand what they are and what Orwell hoped to achieve by writing his novel, Orwell had hoped that his book would serve as a warning against the evils of a totalitarian state. He wished to warn English society against the growing complacency that proliferated at the time, he saw that this could lead to the rise of such a government as the Bolshevik party, or as the Nazi government of World War 2 Germany. However it would be a very superficial view were his book considered merely as a prophesy of things that were to come, rather he wrote it as a satirical comment on the political and social environment of the day, he was intending to satirize and demonise the rising popularity of the centralised government1. One must be careful when reading the book, as it would be an easy misinterpretation of the novel
Animal Farm - Give a detailed account of the two attempts to build the windmill and explain why each attempt ends in disaster.
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The Rain Horse-Diary Extract.
The Rain Horse-Diary Extract Dear Diary 20th September 1983 Last week was the most evil week in my entire life. I returned home to my countryside village after 12 years of fighting as a boxer in south London. I'm proud of my self after I achieved the heavyweight title. It was just an amazing thing to happen. As I arrived, I went out for a walk around the farm and I noticed a different atmosphere. It was very boring, uninspiring and lifeless. There wasn't a current of air. It was an alien land and like I left it twelve hundred years ago not just twelve years ago. I wanted to see the sunshine and feel the hot weather that reminded me of my childhood but the land was dull, wet and cold. I wanted to leave as quickly as possible. So I kept walking and suddenly something moved in the corner of my eye. There was a strange looking horse on top of the hill. I was very annoyed and irritated because of the rain and mud splashing on my trousers. I felt sick and disgusted at that moment. I looked over my right side and I saw a thin black horse running across the ploughed field towards the hill, its head down, neck stretched out. It didn't look to me like a normal horse, and it seemed to be staring at me. It wasn't like the pony we had when I was young. This horse seemed to have gone astray, and to be behaving strangely. I walked a few
Animal Farm character assessment - Boxer.
Orwell first introduces Boxer in Chapter 1, when the animals are all coming in to hear Old Major's speech. Orwell describes Boxer with a strong appearance "Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high", Boxer is also known for the amount of strength he has as he is "as strong as any two ordinary horses put together". But, even if his physical appearance might be extremely good, we cannot say the same about his mental capabilities because he was "not of first-rate intelligence". Even if it is the first time we have been introduced to Boxer, we can already see his kindness, "walking very slowly and setting down their vast hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw." Later on in Old Major's speech he tells Boxer "the very day those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will send you to the knackers", this is ironic because later on in the novel, when he does lose that power the pigs do exactly what Jones would have done - send him to the knackers. In the second chapter Orwell starts to show Boxer's natural loyalty to his leader, "Their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover". "Once having accepted the pigs as their teachers they absorbed everything that they were told." In just two pages ahead again it shows his loyalty to the pigs, "When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat
The Truth behind Animal Rights and Wrongs- Derived from balanced and biased texts.
The Truth behind Animal Rights and Wrongs- Derived from balanced and biased texts. One of the most controversial cruelty issues concerns the future of research and healthcare centred on animal testing. Debates concentrate on whether we should stop animal testing or not. On one hand, coversationists argue that animal research and testing is crucial for our futures healthcare and that what they do can only be through animals. On the other hand, it is argued that like humans; animals have feelings and they don't deserve to be testes on. The two extracts 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' published by the Guardian, and 'Animal Experiments are Bad Science' published by Animal Aid, are both giving us some light on animal testing. Similar topics they may be, one Animal Rights and wrongs' is balanced and gives two perspectives, why testing is good and bad. The Animal Aid leaflet is biased, its only there to persuade us to stop testing, by looking at its every negative points. Rarely does it mention the benefits, when it does it is followed by criticism. By looking at the sub-headings you can clarify the above. 'Animal Rights and Wrongs' is what we call a formal piece of text. The writer is like an encyclopaedia, no feelings, no opinions, only the facts. The opinions that are included, are those made by us, the people, what the public has to say. The Animal Aid leaflet, if you read it you
Should Scientific Experiments On Animals Be Allowed?
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Interview with George Orwell and Jonathan Swift
Interview with George Orwell and Jonathan Swift P/ Hello and welcome to 'Interviewest', the interviews we are having today are probably two of the most eagerly anticipated interviews ever. Satires are books that poke fun at events that have happened or are happening, and are usually cleverly put under disguise by changing the characters or giving the book an unusual title and so on. They are often thoroughly enjoyable containing complex literature and layer upon layer of thought and disguise. The most successful books tend to go a little further and have a powerful, hidden meaning in the storyline, telling the true feelings and opinions of the writer. Some of the best known satires are written about famous events. Satires are often humorous and sarcastic, the majority of them are written about politics. George Orwell 1903 - 1950 was a socialist and has written many political books. The one we are considering today, 'Animal Farm' was a satire written about the Russian revolution and has proved a great success. Other books include 'Burmese days' through the times when he worked in Burma and 'Down and out in London and Paris' through the times when he lived in Paris. Jonathan Swift - 1600's wrote a powerful satire in the times of poverty in Ireland while he was Bishop of Dublin concerning the potato famine and cruel ruling of England, called 'A Modest Proposal', written in the
1984, and Animal Farm.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. " -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) In the 1st 50 years of the 20th Century, it came to pass that revolutionary upheavals in the name of social progress and the utopian ideal brought humanity to the gates of destruction. Out of the flames of war arose several colossuses that bestrode the globe. One of these, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was founded on the ideals of social equality and sharing. Instead the people of the USSR had a nightmare unleashed on them unrivaled in the annals of human history. Only once in the passing of human fictional literature has the acute horror of this regime been displayed once, much less twice. Only one man has the insight and the genius to portray this regime for what it was, a failed experiment of fatally flawed ideology. Only he understood that in the end, humans cannot defeat human nature, because it is inherit in themselves. To truly understand the role that these two books, 1984, and Animal Farm played in our society, we must first understand the man that penned them. Eric Arthur Blair was born in 1903 in the Indian Village of Motihari, which lies near the border of Nepal in north-eastern India. During this period the Indian sub-continent was part of the British
