Written in 1949, the story is set in 1984, 35 years into the future. ... PLOT (Synopsis) The novel 1984 is a story about Winston Smith, a member of the Party that is ruling over the state of Oceania. ... CHARACTERS (ANALYSIS) Winston Smith The protagonist of the novel has been given a very interesting name by the author. ...
Ratio Analysis Ratio Analysis is the process of determining and presenting the relationship of items and group of items in the statements. ... Objectives of Ratio Analysis 1. ... Ratio analysis facilitates inter firm comparison. Advantages/Importance of Ratio Analysis 1. ... To overcome the above difficulties, the "working group " for development of national power grid recommended formation of a separate "central corporation"" during 1984. ...
An English professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, the publishing of a collection of poetry, Homecoming, brought the first taste of success in 1984 to Alvarez (Contemporary 1). ... A charming story follows, explaining that the first section of the book was useful in overcoming writer's block. ... In a review, Jason Zappe explains the unusual structure of the book, "The novel unfolds backward, the way a dying person might remember her life (Zappe 4)." ... Since Alvarez brought the metaphor of language forth so boldly with her novel, it is necessary and appropriate to carefully analys...
Lewis' central theme in this book is obsessive love. ... Lewis draws a parallel of this type of love and explains it more in his book The Four Loves. In this book he outlines what possessive love is and how it is laden with selfish ambitions and can easily turn from love to hatred. ... She still cannot see this even towards the end of the book; she is adamant that the gods stole Psych's love from her. ...
LMU Munchen - Institut fur englische Philologie - Sommersemester 2002 OS/HS: Australian Cinema Seminarleiter: Prof. Dr. Graham Huggan Autor: M. Endres, Connollystr.3, D 80809 Munchen Abgabetermin: 31.08.2002 Seminararbeit Australian national cinema 1970-2000: A window to the chancing face of Australian national identity and self image Contents 1. National cinema - an introduction S. 04 - 06 1.1 "The Hollywoodisation- phenomenon S. 03 - 04 1.2 Australian national cinema S. 04 1.3 S. 05 - 06 2. ...
What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...
This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike, receiving nominations for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. ... Adam Meyer, in his book, Raymond Carver, argues that "Carver is at the height of his powers here, having arrived at his full maturity, and Cathedral as a whole is certainly the most impressive of his collections." ... The book marked a shift in Carver's fiction away from the bare minimalist prose of his earlier work toward a fuller, more detailed style. Critics hailed the book as a transition in Carver's work, singling out s...
