Essays on Orwell

The two short stories "The Cask of the Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell depict psychological portraits of the protagonists’ criminal behavior. However, while both characters commit a crime, their motives, as well as the patterns of thinking and behavior are absolutely different. Montresor, the protagonist of “The Cask of the Amontillado”, commits a murder as a revenge that is a result of his pride and jealousy to his victim Fortunato. Montresor is portrayed as a criminal, who is so absorbed with the revenge that he does not mention why exactly he retaliates. ...

Steevens, Warrington. With Kitchener to Khartoum: After the Conquest. London and Edinburg: William Blackwood and Sons, 317-325. Print. Steevens article “With Kitchener to Khartoum: After the Conquest” offers a critical analysis on the conquest of Khartoum from the Egyptians who administered it during the period prior the conquest. The article’s thesis is that the conquest of Khartoum from the Egyptian administration was beneficial as it was equally detrimental. Precisely, the article centers on the premise that conquest of Khartoum was costly, but it served for the benefit of Egypt. In supporting the above-mentioned thesis, the author offers a ...

Top news! Bruce Jenner is reassigning his gender! To whom you may ask? And I may ask : “Who is Bruce Jenner?”. I just know s(he) is all over the papers and TV, but have no idea who (s)he is, or what his/her achievements are. The only thing important is that he is doing a sex change operation to become a she. This is what the public is mostly served to blind their eyesight to the important things and hidden truths about many wrongdoings. Fertile ground for doublespeak (doubletalk). George Orwell said it best in his book 1984: “Doublethink ...

Literature is one of the most useful sources of knowledge for human nature. The history of literature contains several seminal works that aid in the transformation of the human psyche and worldview. Readings like Machiavelli’s The Prince, George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. are very famous works that have got immortalized in the minds of the avid readers all across the world. I value the readings because it gives me a sense of how others in the world analyze things and helps me to be more open-minded to new ...

Political language is designed to make lies look more charming, believable, and more appealing to us as an audience. Politicians may not admit that they’re modern English is affecting the language as a whole. What defines language? Modern Language is a language adapted by politicians to lure audiences to sound more sophisticated in the eyes of George Orwell, a famous author who wrote the essay politics and the English language, which criticizes the bad usage of the English language. Language is a reflection of the "Identity" of the nation, and an instrument of multicultural dialogue In the US. In the US, many ...

Surveillance- the act of monitoring an individual, group or the general population to either protect them or know more about their activities has been in practice for centuries. The nature of surveillance however has changed with the advance in technology and the changing threat levels that people face today. With terrorism having become a real threat to countries and with it becoming a mushrooming problem that almost every country has to deal with, surveillance techniques have become all the more in demand. Surveillance of not only suspects but also private citizens has become normal in many countries. Although the government agencies ...