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Chapter 19, “The Stability of Technology,” is a short chapter which seeks to finish off Part 2 by dealing with the question of “instabilities that have been discovered in technology” (144). Basically, given his critique, perhaps it would be better if technology were to disappear, or at least lose some influence.
The use of contradictory names in this manner may have been inspired by the British and American governments; during the Second World War, the British Ministry of Food oversaw rationing (the name "Ministry of Food Control" was used in World War I) and the Ministry of Information restricted and controlled information, rather than supplying it; while, in the U.S., the War Department was ...
"Chapter I: Ignorance is Strength", and "Chapter III: War is Peace" of "The Book" are titled with The Party's slogans; O'Brien later refers to chapters featuring a programme for deposing the inner party. Chapter II, presumably titled "Freedom is Slavery" after the remaining inner party's slogan, is not detailed in the novel.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center is a 1984 book about feminist theory by bell hooks.The book confirmed her importance in radical feminist thought. The "margin" in the title refers to hooks' description of black women as existing on the margins and their lives hidden from mainstream American society as well as not being part of mainstream feminist theory. [1]
Chewy was off 2.9% after its top stakeholder announced a stock offering to reduce its stake in the pet products retailer. Centene gained 1.9% after the health insurer forecast a better-than ...
The Orwell Archive at University College London contains undated notes about ideas that evolved into Nineteen Eighty-Four.The notebooks have been deemed "unlikely to have been completed later than January 1944", and "there is a strong suspicion that some of the material in them dates back to the early part of the war".
Burger King's 31 Days of Deals is bringing customers a free original chicken sandwich and bacon cheeseburger with a $1 purchase on Friday, Dec. 27 and Monday, Dec. 30, respectively.
Penn State (1 win, 0 losses) Oregon (1 win, 1 loss), TCU (1 win, 1 loss), Notre Dame (1 win, 2 losses), Washington (1 win, 2 losses) Most college football national championships ever. Note: Yale ...