1984 vs Today Essay Song Comparison Essay Art Comparison Social Comparison Essay Cultural Comparison Paper

1. 1984 vs Today Essay
1984, a novel by George Orwell, represents a dystopian society in which the people of Oceania are
surveilled by the government almost all the time and have no freedoms. Today, citizens of the
United States and other countries are watched in a similar way. Though different technological and
personal ways of keeping watch on society than 1984, today's government is also able to monitor
most aspects of the people's life. 1984 might be a dystopian society, but today's condition seems to be
moving towards that controlling state, where the citizens are surveilled by the government at all
times.
The 1984 community provided many ways to surveill its citizens, one being The Thought Police The
Thought Police were undercover operatives who hid...show more content...
Though the consequences of citizen's actions through technology today are not as severe or are
non punishable, they do not take the government's surveillance as seriously as the citizens of
Oceania did in 1984. One NSA system can reach about 75% of all US Internet traffic,
communications by foreigners and Americans (Gorman n. pag.). The US government's defense
to surveillance claims is that the justification is National Security (Calamur n. pag.)., and this
may be true, but the question of the freedom to privacy ratio, as a free nation, is still undecided.
One way surveillance is now even more accessible is due to Google Glass. "With Google Glass,
nobody's pointing a camera... phone. You no longer know if you're being filmed... an unspoken
social rule is being violated" (Brown 42). and gives the government the ability to see from the
point of view of anyone. With most every person you meet having quick access to some sort of
recordable technology, it is easy to have your actions recorded or documented without your
knowledge. The information can be easily spread around the world without your knowing or
permission with just a simple touch. As said before, ".....an unspoken social rule is being violated"
(Brown 42), taking away the sense of privacy and security felt by many Americans. Another form of
surveillance, used by specifically the NYPD, is the use of undercover cops. Since The Occupy Wall
Street
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2. Song Comparison Essay
Matthew ChungChung 1
Ms. Spilberg
ENG2D1
March 5, 2013
Song Comparison Essay The road of life can be a bumpy one. There will always be twists and turns
that can alter a person's life, changing the course of their destination. Even though life can be tough,
you have to draw upon your inner strength in order to persevere. The songs, "Move Along" by The
All–American Rejects and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" by Greenday sing about this
message. The lyrics in their songs have many literary devices such as personification, repetition,
symbolism and juxtaposition. The personification will help you...show more content...
The theme is how when you have a tough, important moment in life, you have to make the best of it
and move along. An image for these lyrics will help you connect to the theme because you can see
what is going on and a picture will help you understand something more. In my next paragraph, I will
be talking about how the singers used repetition to emphasize certain points. In these songs, lyrics
were repeated. Repetition draws the listener's attention to particular words or phrases. In the song,
Time of Your Life, the singer repeats the line, "It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life." This line is repeated throughout the song multiple times. The
singer is emphasizing the fact that anything can happen when you make your choice but in the end,
you have to just relax and be happy. He wants the audience to really understand it. In the other song,
the line, "Move along, move along. Just to make it through" The singer is repeating the term, "Move
along" because that is the main message in this song. It is to move along when things seem bad. The
singer wants the audience to really get the message and to feel good when they relate to this song.
These lines connect to the theme because they are talking about moving on in tough situations and
being satisfied with the outcome. These lyrics were emphasized well. Besides repetition, the singers
also used symbols and juxtaposition to
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3. Art Comparison
Art is an incredible medium when used to its fullest potential. What I mean by that is; it has the
capabilities to surround the viewer with its imagery and play with the emotions. Paintings are
particulary effective in doing this through the use of color tones and 'temperature'. For example; El
Greco used a lot of blue and green throughout his body of work. The outcome is that the subject
matter comes off as ghostly and perhaps a little alien. This is in high contrast to Georgia O'Keeffe's
desert paintings, which utilise reds, yellows, and browns to create a 'warm' and appealing landscape.
Of course, these are not the only artist to make master works of tonality. Here are five artists (which
you may recognize) who have harnesed the power...show more content...
Both Velazquez's 'Old Woman' and Rembrandt's 'Prodigal Son' are bathed in (or painted in) golden
yellow tones. While both are wearing clothes of differing colors, each pigment is mixed with a
little yellow, white, or light brown to give warmth to the figure. This helps them to contrast to the
very dark background. I like how Rembrandt has figures in the background that are almost
indiscernable. By being part of the opposing (darker) tonal group, we as viewers are shown that they
are not the most important part of the portrait; that the son and father are. Velazquez, however,
chooses to have all elements of interest in the lighter tones in his painting, leaving the back as a dark
void of mystery.
Van Gogh is probably one of the most interesting painters concerning tonality. His purposeful usage
of one color in a body of work is a strong reference to emotion (particularly in his portraits). His
expressive brush work swirls the blues, and slight yellow and green, around his face. Even his skin
has a bluish hue. These elements describe a somber or sorrowful state of mind. Its as almost if the
troubles around him are seeping into his skin (like the blue).
That being said, tonality is both the friend of the artist and the art–lover. It is a wonderful story
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4. Social Comparison Essay
Social comparison is a theory proposed by Leon Festinger that states that people tend to compare
themselves to others, typically to peers, family, or others that are of higher stature. Many studies
argue for and/or against upward and downward social comparisons as they believe the comparisons
tend to be negative. This issue is increasingly evident in adolescence, since teenagers' vulnerability
enables them to connect to peers rather than their parents, therefore they tend to attract to social
media–a new basis for social comparison among youth. Although evaluating others may be an
efficient and easy way for teenagers to gain quick popularity within their peers by seeking out social
norms, teenagers are vulnerable to this attraction to social...show more content...
Recent articles describe the effects of social media on one's life, specifically, social comparison.
However, research on social media's effects on adolescence is valid due to adolescents entering a
major developmental stage for identity development, and they undergo rapid body changes at the
same time commonly known as puberty (Nesi & Prinstein, 2015). Since teenagers are still
children, their vulnerability to the social world increases as they compare to peers and learn
many new norms and social scripts. Indeed, since they are transitioning from a child to adulthood,
this can be increasingly difficult, as they must become accustomed to these norms and social
scripts as they try to develop a social identity and undergo school stress. Young teenagers' hasty
decisions to develop their personal and social identity as well as adjusting to rapid body changes
mentally and physically provide a negative influence on adolescence by affecting their life
satisfaction, nutrition, and social life. Social comparison in social media has been an ongoing
issue due to the many experts debating its negative effects finding that there is a positive influence:
increased and easy social connectedness and that social comparison is a solution to end the obesity
epidemic (Shakya et al, 2015). Despite its negative and positive effects, does social media, and
social comparison has a stronger negative correlation than social comparison in an offline
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5. Cultural Comparison Paper
Cultural Comparison Paper There are many cultural differences between the United States and
France. Some of these are simply social and others are cultural. Hofstede's Value Dimensions can be
used to highlight the differences between the cultures. Individualism vs collectivism, uncertainty
avoidance, masculinity/femininity, power distance, and long–term vs short–term orientation are all
characteristics that differ between France and the United States. In Communications Between
Cultures individualism and collectivism are described by researchers as "self–orientation versus
collective orientation as one of the basic pattern variables that determine human action." These
differences can be found in family life, school, and workplace...show more content...
The cultures prefer as few rules as possible. Typically, people in these cultures don't easily express
their emotions. Hofstede uses the words masculinity and femininity to refer to the degree to which
masculine or feminine traits are valued or revealed (Samovar, Porter and McDaniel). The United
States rates as a moderately masculine. Countries that favor masculinity stress equity, competition,
and performance(Yates). They also strive for material success and expected to respect whatever is
big, strong, and fast. France values femininity and stress equality, solidarity, and quality of work life
(Yates). A feminine worldview maintains that men can assume nurturing roles while promoting
sexual equality. One major difference in masculine/feminine cultures is the role of the woman in the
workplace and at home. Feminine societies expect women to work and often provide the necessary
social support systems. Although the United States is more masculine than France both countries
treat females as equals. Power distance describes the distance between power and the members of a
particular culture. France has a higher power distance than the United States. Gudykunst describes
countries with a high power distance as, "Individuals who accept power as part of society. As such
superiors consider their subordinates to be different from themselves and vice
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