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…southern Africa for the better, and the worse. Cecil Rhodes came to Africa from England by chance, partly because of health demands and also because his brother needed help in his own African enterprise. Rhodes was born in 1853, the third of six sons in Bishop's…

…and spurious lives, records that Francis was sent to school to the priests of Saint George's, also in Assisi. But he seems to have learned little from them except enough Latin to read with difficulty and write great labour. In later life, the clerky Brother Leo…

…other Orwell readers too. There is no real attempt to deal with what or who Big Brother is; in this film, Big Brother seems to not be an embodiment of a neatly packaged and simplistic political philosophy but rather just a face on a screen. The whole point…

…inheritance was exceedingly common, yet the same places usually followed the rules of primogeniture not homogeniture). Inheritance usually involved the equal division of the family estate among brothers, which ideally occurred at the death of the household head…

…, showing how 'higher powers', such as Big Brother in 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', could attempt to control its citizens. However, as with all suppressive states both novels touch heavily on the subject of the natural instinct of mankind to express free will and some…

…brown hair. Since his parents were killed in a car accident, he lives with his two older brothers, Sodapop and Darrel. All three of them belong to a gang known as the Greasers, which is comprised of teenagers from the poor east side of town. The name…

…The one cruel action that changed my life forever...... My mother is dead, my father is an alcoholic on anti-depressives, my brother is a terrorist and I'm a lonely, sorrowful pre school teacher who is trying to find my way back to life…

…are. In 1984, the world is ruled by super powers who control everything that the individual thinks, feels and says. Winston Smith lives in London, Oceania, a province of one of these superpowers subject to Big Brother, and his government, the Party. Winston…

…from more than two years of study in London, schooled in the art of portraiture and in command of the artistic versatility that was to characterize his career. He introduced his children and his brother to the art of painting, and they, in turn…

…Willy’s personality and character by looking at Ben’s actions and beliefs. Ben’s personal morals become Willy’s rules of life. Throughout the story, Willy strives to be like his brother. Ben’s character allows us understand the importance of living one…