Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meiji Restoration of Japan.

Commodore Matthew Perry bullied the Japanese into a trade treaty by showing them themilitary might of the West. Large naval fleets and ships would dock at would-be ports. By methods of intimidation they convinced the Japanese to alter their isolationist ideology.


Whatever one may suppopse to be the truth, it can always be invariably redrafted and redesigned into fiction. For, the tablesand ands of time are contantly spinning in chaotic directions with all peoples seeing purpose in their own individual stories. As all stories must start somewhere; let us begin in the Methulean Sands at the edge of Istra. In this region there are small villages where crime is commonplace and the only rule of law is the hand of the creature known as Boss. Honest; hardworking families rarely congregated, because they were all slaves. Almost any unit with considerable wealth traded some form of illegal whether it be Opium or Cocaina leaves.
Every 7th Camin of Methulean weeks children practiced the art of battle. With sticks, stones and frankest brutality the boys attacked each other. This behavior was actually encouraged and all took place within an enormous pit within the Town Square during the heat of noontime. A boy; the mere age of 14 and another stood nearly naked, save rags covering their loins oppositely to one another. One was named Rurin and he was of burly stature. His skin was fair, eyes as blue as the Methulean Moons, and his hair was an untamable mess flaxen locks. The other young warrior
"""""""""""""""""""was about as tall as an adult with blackened skin. His hair held the dexterity of wool and was as black as night. His pupils seemed to dilate as luminous black coals enshrouded with the flames of the sun. He was peircing

Monday, November 26, 2007

Part II Chapter V

The vaporization of Syme had to be the most chilling opening of any chapter of this book. Not, because of graphic violence or even an intricate emotional thrillride, but simply, because his fate was so callously mused over; obviously a deliberate literary technique of Orwell's design. It was done simply to exemplify one of the crucial points of this novel which is; the lack of romanticism or value placed in human life as generally seen in most stories. It's missing a key component; being the constant grandiosity of the struggle of Good Vs. Evil. To openly acknowledge that Syme once WAS would be considered ThoughtCrime and would obviously be punishable by a very similar fate. Thus, the cycle of fear continues.
Characters such as the shop owner Charrington lay in the world betwixt and between the reality that Winston and Julia must face after their brief bouts of passion. He is not vindictive, he is not of the Party nor is he a Prole. Charrington is a shadow of a time long past and has the wispy personality of a child dreamer and collector of things.
Despite the inevitability of

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution


Karl Marx disliked the Industrial Revolution, because it did not promote the ideals of the average worker. Marx beleived that the people that worked within factories should be given power and that all wealth was to be equally shared amongst individuals. With the Industrial Revolution there was also the rise of capitalism. Individuals competed for wealth and most of was alloted to those who owned the factories and controlled the methods of production. My great Uncle Stanley Gluck is an avid socialist marxist supporter who believes that people should be supported by the government depending upon how many children they have and what their needs are rather than how much they work.

Marxist ideals often conflict with conservative and capitalist ideology. They beleive that people are to take responsibility for themselves and do not work with community ethics. Comfortability is all based upon self-worth and earnings.


The differences between marxist ideals and traditional communism is that Marx thought power should beequally distributed amongst people. Communist nations usually give all their power to a single dictator and the people are without freedom.


Marx did not believe in God and referred to religion as the "opiate" or drug of the people. In Orwell's 1984 all forms of religious practice was prohibited. And they were a communist state.