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77Top 10 Novels I've Read
The following is a list of the top 10 novels I've ever read; it is in order from 10 to 1, lowest to highest. I highly recommend you read each and every book on the list if you haven't already. 10. American...
70Banned Books: Moral superiority, or fear of ideas?
We are nearing the end of Banned Books Week (September 26 – October 3). In honor of our censored brethren, let’s take a moment to reflect. When I was ten years old, my mother went on a quest. She...
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84Death Penalty (warning Graphic photo may disturb some readers)
body after the electric chair.The Death Penalty is Murder by Appointment, according to a Timetable. One of the factors that makes life bearable for all of us is the uncertainty of the hour of our deaths....
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87The Satire of Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Look into the Satire of Animal Farm Every time a satire is written, the author has a purpose in mind that he or she is trying to convey to the reader. “Since the aim of...
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75Big Brother Rearing His Ugly Head
It seems Americans are bound and determined to solve the problem of the 21st Century by giving up the hard-earned rights won for us by our forefathers of the past three centuries. If it were put to a vote, would we really cast away our right to privacy?
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69Central Ideas of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Central Ideas of "Nineteen Eighty- Four": DOUBLETHINK ("reality control"): The ability to hold two contradictory points of view and believe both of them. This allows an "unending series of victories" over an...
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64Got Milkijuana ?
“This is your brain on Raw Milk,” will be on the Tube.... “It’s a gateway drink,” will be preached from a pulpit at a church near you.... "Raw Milk Madness’," will be sold at...
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60All Animals Are Equal. Not.
Why are dogs better than donkeys? Whales better than prairie dogs? Cats better than rats? Why are eagles better than cormorants? Why is it ok to eat pigs in America but not dogs? To eat ducks but not...
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77politically correct language: "The destruction of words is a beautiful thing"
The above quote from ‘1984’ originally referred to the diminishing vocabulary of ‘Newspeak’, the politically correct language in Orwell’s famous dystopia. Applied to ‘Santa Speak’, it means...
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76The Doublespeak Campaign, The Doublespeak Award, The Orwell Award and the NCTE
I came across an interesting section in a big coffee table-sized book I have had for a while, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of The English Language. It's a cool book, crammed with all kinds of things about the...
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