by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
Released in 1984, 1984 is a movie based on George Orwell’s novel of the same name. It is directed by Michael Radford and with John Hurt playing Winston Smith and Suzanna Hamilton playing Julia. It is filled with accurate details and really well-timed as the movie...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, tells the story of a group of boys stranded on an island. The novel begins when a plane carrying a group of school-aged boys crashes into a remote island. The boys must figure out, on their own, how to run the island to stay...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 20, 2024 | Literature
Winston is the main character of 1984, with Julia coming in later in the story. Winston and Julia are interesting characters, because – unlike the protagonist you usually see in books in movies – they don’t agree with the government but they never...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 19, 2024 | Literature
The novel The Great Gatsby written by author F. Scott Fitzgerald, explores the idea of the American Dream that may be interpreted from a Marxist critical theory lens. The American Dream is the idea that anyone regardless of where they were born or what class they were...
by Alexis Jennings | Jan 19, 2024 | Literature
Everything you have can be ripped away at any moment. These kids were a bunch of prep school kids, seen to be very polite, moderate, and had great well-being. As soon as any adults and rules were taken away their entire demeanor changed. Golding’s message was that...
