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George Orwell's '1984' / Warnings NOT Predictions
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A 10 page paper on this classic novel. The writer argues that Orwell wasn't making predictions for the future, but giving a warning as to what could happen. Setting, characters and symbolism in the novel are explored to illustrate this point. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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George Orwell's 'Shooting An Elephant'
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A 2 page essay in which the writer argues that Orwell's 'Shooting An Elephant' had a two-part message; one social and the other political. The unwanted role of the British in India is made relevant to this insightful discussion. No Bibliography.
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Ignorance and Strength in Orwell’s “1984”
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A five page paper looking at this classic dystopia in terms of its motto: “Ignorance is Strength.” The paper examines how believing this plays into the hands of a totalitarian state. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Social Revolution in Orwell's 'Animal Farm' vs. Attenborough's 'Gandhi'
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A five page paper looking at George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' and Richard Attenborough's film version of Gandhi's life in terms of their approaches to social revolution. The paper observes that Orwell's revolution fails because it is unsuited to the needs of the people it claims to support; Gandhi's succeeds because it is precisely suited to the character of the Indian people. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: KBanimal.wps
William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies' / A Study In Power
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A 5 page paper that examines the similarities between Jack Merridew, a character in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, and Adolf Hitler, the Austrian-born Nazi dictator. The writer pays particular attention to role of power in the lives of both Jack and Hitler, and how power determines the character, actions, and ultimate fate of each. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'
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A 10 page analysis of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. First published in 1955, it didn't gain popularity until the early and mid 1960's. Set on an idyllic unnamed island, undisciplined boys are stranded there after there plane crashes on the island. The major theme of the work is that mankind is inherently evil, and when confronted with a lack of societal norms, will revert to savagery. Correlations are drawn between the boys' behavior and the course of some of Hitler's more heinous acts. A secondary theme is of the destruction of the environment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Lordfly.wps
Plot in Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and Glaspell’s “Trifles”
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A five page paper analyzing the way the plots of these two works support a feminist argument, with and without explicit rhetoric. The paper asserts that the conclusions reached in each play are inevitable, given the way the plot was structured to produce them. No additional sources.
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Susan Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers'
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A short 2 page comparison of the play 'Trifles' to the very similar short story 'A Jury of Her Peers'- -both by Glaspell. It is argued that Glaspell wrote a second version to provide readers with a more empathetic view of characters and the thematic message of the story. No additional sources cited.
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Susan Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers' / Concealment # 2
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This 2 page argumentative essay sympathetically explores the actions of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters to conceal incriminating evidence certain to convict Minnie Wright of strangling her husband John in Susan Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers.' No additional sources cited.
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Susan Glaspell's 'A Jury of Her Peers' / Women's Rights
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A 5 page paper analyzing this very feminist story by Susan Glaspell. The paper also discusses the status of women's civil and legal rights at the time Glaspell published it, and concludes that one can definitely see the seeds of change in the story. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: Jurypeer.wps
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