#Orwell

@lucas · 3 years ago

Orwell's 1984 and the Psychological Horror of Totalitarianism

"There was... no way of knowing whether you were being watched ... You [lived] in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized ." Geo...

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@Emekadavid · 3 years ago

1984 By George Orwell

Have you ever been afraid of the government? Did you know that when the government first started, it started with noble objectives? Men wanted to take their destinies into their hands. They wanted org...

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@Sajib20 · 4 years ago

Shooting an Elephant - George Orwell

The line "I had no intention of shooting the elephant" is taken from George Orwell's famous story - "Shooting an Elephant". And the line depicts the empathy of the police officer i.e. the divisionr...

5 likes · 2 comments · English Literature (a21c)

@crafter · 4 years ago

Simple introduction to understanding SQL queries

If you wanted to get started learning SQL queries, but always feared it might be too complex, start by following my quick guide to getting started. SQL queries can get complex, really complex. But at...

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@Librarian · 3 years ago

1984 is Now

(The Library: Book Review) The dangers posed by an oppressive society of thought control, speech control and permanent war are all too familiar today. What is frightening is that we are getting clos...

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@Pearlkel · 3 years ago

Bishop's Curse On Halloween Eve

San George, from where the sun rises every morning to light up the eastern sector of the earth had been plagued with silence for the last twenty years. The closest city to it, Flourish-Orwell is the d...

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@NKvM · 1 year ago

My Journey as an Author - 25

Back on Track with My NaNoWriMo Novel: The Ghost, the Skeleton, and the Sad Girl It's been a rocky start to November for me and my National Novel Writing Month project. I was churning along, working...

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@wrabbiter · 3 years ago

Reviews About 2 Amazing Books That I Read Recently

Even though digital content is very widespread these days, real paper books are stuff that I still engage with from time to time. They can offer a kind of thrill and excitement that ebooks and multim...

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@chloe7 · 4 years ago

'Snowpiercer' review: Murder on the Polar Express

MANILA, Philippines – The 92nd Academy Awards might have cemented Bong Joon-ho’s Hollywood legacy , but it was back in 2013 when the Korean auteur first rocked the western world with a little film ca...

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@Naturalist · 2 years ago

12 Best novels written in English literature...

12 Essential English Novels Everyone Should Read The classic novels on this list are my (non-exhaustive) selection of ‘must-read’ books for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of English...

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@ARA1802 · 3 years ago

Animal Farm Book Review

I read books a lot, with my favorite genres being - Paranormal, Thriller, and Mystery. On a fateful day, I decided to check out Animal Farm, a book whose genre was unusual for me. And that was the rea...

6 likes · 7 comments · For Genius Minds (3ae9)

@Sheeraz99 · 3 years ago

*Thought of the Day* " We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness", says George Orwell in his book "1984". These lines by George Orwell depicts hope. Literature pursuades man to stay hopef...

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@SecularHermit · 2 years ago

As a divertimento, I started to be writing a fictional novel...

It´s not that I became an amateur novelist, since my whole life (20?) I´ve been an advocate bloggist, but now I think It´ll be much more than the way I used to communicate with future generations, the...

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@Librarian · 3 years ago

Seeking Truth

(The Archive: Article) When you dream, can you tell you are dreaming? How do you tell what is true and what is not? Do you honestly listen to the opposite view and suspend your disbelief in order to...

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@cryptoking1514 · 4 years ago

EXODE just released its new launch screen and it looks gorgeous!

Things are still moving very fast for eXode. Yesterday we saw the release of the new launch screen and with it we are another step closer to playing with our own cards. I'll take you for a tour throug...

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@MarielB22 · 3 years ago

Everything is Fake!

Online shopping - it's what many of us do during lockdowns. The other day my neighbors were not home. The delivery driver had a package from Shopee for them. Since we know the driver from regular deli...

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@Pluto.725 · 4 years ago

Dystopia

A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopia or simply anti-utopia) is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is an antonym of utopia, a...

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@josearmandowriter · 1 year ago

Desafiando la Censura con Lecturas Subversivas, Los Clubes de Libros Prohibidos

Introducción: En un mundo donde la censura y la limitación de la libertad de expresión están en aumento, la juventud está respondiendo con valentía y determinación. Los clubes de lectura de libros...

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@mhy09 · 3 years ago

Acceptance

Acceptance is when you accept the truth without any reasons or without questioning someone or anyone. Acceptance is a person's assent to the reality of a situation, recognizing a process or condition...

9 likes · 7 comments · Random Articles (a45d)

@Loucy · 2 years ago

Dystopias and cinema (I): Do you want SOMA or reality?

This morning random thought: Your smartwatch wants to sync with your phone - sync now? My watch and my cell phone talk about me and I don't know it! Dystopia A Dystopia, a term attributed to John...

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@smiletobefree · 4 years ago

UK Parliamentary Anti COVID-19 Vaccination Petition Passes 119,000 Signatures

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson; 3rd President of the United States. Posted on 4th August 2020, an anti COVID-19 vaccination...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 45

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 44 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 44:1 In navigation,...

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@cryptotexty · 2 years ago

1983 - alternative history dystopian film

1983 - is a Polish dystopian thriller streaming that I recently noticed on Netflix. No wonder it might remind you of 1984 book by Orwell. By the way in this film when police raid the revolutionaries...

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@kakamama · 4 years ago

I want to live alone - I'm fine!

There is nothing wrong with wanting to live alone. This is not a stupid whim, dictated by selfishness, this is a conscious choice of one's own life path. If you have dreamed of noisy days with your re...

1 likes · 0 comments · Health tips (97af)

@JonicaBradley · 3 years ago

Could You Do It?

Could you survive the end of the world as we know it? Could you raise your meat with love, then kill, then process, then eat it? Could you? In the United States, there's a movement called Survivali...

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@furqankhalid · 4 years ago

Buterin and Winklevosses Address Twitter Censorship Battle

Buterin and Winklevosses Address Twitter Censorship Battle Twitter's ongoing reality checking endeavors have created a ruckus in the crypto space. Ethereum maker, Vitalik Buterin, and Gemini tra...

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@NaomiBrockwell · 1 year ago

Is your home filled with SURVEILLANCE equipment!?

? #fyp #facts #lifestyle #lifehack #orwell #surveillance #GeorgeOrwell #data #tracking #privacy #privacymatters #freesociety #freedom #watching #bigbrother #tech #technology #equipment #essential #nor...

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@Rikta · 4 years ago

Main Difference – Satire vs Comedy

Comedy is a dramatic work that is humorous and light. Comedy can be classified as high comedy and low comedy; low comedy has no other purpose other than creating laughter whereas high comedy has the...

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@sobujr619 · 4 years ago

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the...

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@joeyarnoldvn · 1 year ago

2023-03-30

Trump will become the 47th President of the United States of America in January of 2025. Yummy Banana Republic, that is what we are living in. The indictment is not on Donald but on we the people. Fir...

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