1984 is a classic dystopian novel published in 1949 by George Orwell that has influenced generations of writers and thinkers. Within 1984 there are various recurring themes involving "homelessness", an "encounter with nothingness" and the "nostalgia for the absolute". Throughout this essay I will be dwelling into the various ways that Orwell depicts these concepts within his book 1984. 1984 is one of Orwell's best made novels, and it remains one of the most powerful warnings ever issued against the dangers of a totalitarian society. ... The "truths" given to the people in 1984 are not def...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will establish a link between alcoholic beverage advertising and excessive alcoholic consumption which is a recognised factor in the onset of alcohol related disease. ... (p. 691) A later study by Atkin & Block (1984) extended the original findings by conducting more rigorous statistical analysis. When this was done Atkin & Block (1984) still found a relationship between advertising exposure and consumption (p.332). ... According to both Lesch et al. (1991) and Atkin & Block (1981 & 1984) the main objective of alcohol advertising is to portray misleading and dishonest affi...

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This essay will do this by first, investigating the 1877 Education Act and examining the ways the New Zealand curriculum has been changed by several of processes over this time period. Second this essay will, explain how The Education Act made the curriculum to begin with, which showed what educators believed was most important in New Zealand education. Third this essay will explain how education for Maori students differed to Pakeha students. Next, this essay will discuss the role women played in the New Zealand education and curriculum. Last, this essay will investigate the Thomas Report pr...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will address the aforementioned issues relating to the relationship between social movements and political party representation by defining the terms and presenting different perspectives regarding their roles in the political system. ... Although, the women's movement was the most closely aligned with the NDP, it was the governing Liberals between 1963 and 1984 that played a significant role in shaping the movement. ... However, with the fall of the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives in 1984, it became evident that social movements and their issues are not always at...

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Since 1984, the legal age to consume alcohol has been set at 21 years of age. ... To completely understand both sides of the drinking age debate, it is helpful to examine the evolution of the country's minimum drinking age law and historical liquor laws, which include prohibition in the 1920s, and the National Drinking Age Act of 1984. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Meech Lake Accord was a set of constitutional reforms designed to induce Quebec to accept the Canada Act (Monahan 1991). This particular Act made Canada a fully sovereign state. The Accord's five basic points, proposed by Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, included a guarantee of Quebec's special s...

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This essay will examine some of the different kinds of linguistic sexism in the English language, some of the reasons why these forms of language are harmful and finally some ideas of how these forms of language can be changed for the better. ... Earlier in the essay it was pointed out that the use of "he" as a neutral pronoun was problematic because of its inaccuracy. ... Fasold (1984 in Pauwels 1988) claimed that the relationship between language and reality is that language merely reflects the reality. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Does McDonald's offer a model which other businesses should follow? At first, most people must have laughed at the idea of a chain of restaurants selling identical products all over the country, but little did they know that the genius idea that they had mocked would go on to revolutionise the busi...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the role of healthcare professionals in relation to decision-making process from different ethical and legal perspectives, and discuss virtue ethics theory and principles that applies in the situation of a clinical dilemma to be presented. ...

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As Ader and cohen [1984] have put it "As a result of research in psychosomatic and behavioral medicine, it has become clear that there is probably no major organ system or [physical] homeostatic defense mechanism that is not subject to the influence of interaction between psychological and physiological events-. ... This essay shall outline the psychosocial influence on biological health and disease in general, specifying, where possible, mechanisms involved. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the following essay I will draw upon the reasons behind these acts of mass state-prescribed violence, particularly to what drives law abiding citizens to commit such atrocities, mostly referring to the Rwandan genocide, but also taking into consideration the Holocaust. ...

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American capitalism was ever as powerful as the 20th century. It's a memorable stage of time that companies were infamous for involved into foreign scandal that was written in history. More specifically, United Fruit Company, an American company, created relationships with Central America's dictator...

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First, in 1984 almost 46% of those arrested for violent crimes were Black, while Blacks constitute only about 12% of the national population on the whole. 5 Overall, Blacks are twice as likely to be arrested when compared to whites.6 This data could be construed to mean simply that Blacks commit more crimes than whites. ...

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There has been a great deal of debate on the issue of how population affects economic variables, beginning in 1798 with Robert Malthus' famous theory put forth in, "An essay on the principle of population." ...

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An essay on the WWE can be approached in so many different perspectives. ... The outline for this essay will include how the landscape in pro wrestling was before Vince McMahon; Vince McMahon as a person, businessman, and visionary as well as his relationship to the emerging cable industry; and the rise of the WWE with its effect on the "sport" of wrestling. ...

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(Eco, 1984) Eco explains how the historical fiction writer must become immersed in historical evidence: to tell a story, "you must first of all construct a world, furnished as much as possible, down to the slightest detail." ...

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(Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' ... In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. ...

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(Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' ... In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support himself while studying English and philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he received a second bachelor's degree in 1984. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Suppose you are compiling a battery of psychological assessment measures for selection of students at a South African tertiary institution. You decide to include a group test of intelligence (based on the psychometric approach) but given the multicultural context in which you are working, you also a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate