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…set many fires, kept a diary and even nicknamed himself the 'Phantom Fireman'. Alaska's Robert Hansen, murderer of at least 17 women, was convicted of arson as a youth. An important fact is the 'McDonald Triad' is not believed to be a cause of violence…

…of a quick arrest more games are played. A thought-crime is to think in a non-complacent way. Winston committed numerous thought-crimes. For example writing in his diary, trying to remember the past and his hatred for Big Brother. The thought-police will arrest…

…. The final reason why I consider Winston Smith to be my favourite character is his rebelliousness toward society. Right near the beginning of the book Winston buys a diary, even though they are strictly prohibited, and not only that but he writes down with big…

…to a Dorian King, but evidence proves that it was an enormous statue. Memoirs, journals, and diaries tell wonderful stories about the Colossus, and are pretty much all the same. Some exaggerations on its thick layers of gold were not true, but the Colossus…

…everything between them. Helen starts to distance herself from not only Chris, but from school, her family and friends. She starts to write ”Dear Nobody” letters and she starts to write in a diary. Her notes and letters are the main content in the book. Helen’s…

…Faber works since 1956 as an engineer for the UNESCO in New York. In the main action Walter Faber comments as an first person narrator on the odd concatenation of happenings in the past five months. Here he describes in a diary how his life goes on after…

…against tyranny or oppression.” CAIR even asserts that Islam knows no such concept as “holy war." In abrupt contrast, the Muslim Students Association recently distributed an item with a Kashmir dateline, “Diary of a Mujahid.” Muslims for at least a millennium…

…was Karana, reading my own diary. Ramo later died in the novel, which left Karana alone on the island for about eleven years. Her courage and ability to survive really drew me into the story. Karana lived a fulfilling life even with no one around her, which…

…." Posters of Big Brothr were everywhere. The telescreen could see and hear asmost everything that Winston did. However, Winston could hide from it long enough to write in his diary even though he knew he would get caught eventually. Winston was alienated before…

…part 1, Winston wrote in his diary "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted all the rest follows." Now, after his time in the Ministry of Love, Winston's mind and will have been broken; he idly traces "2+2=5" in the dust…