Essays about: "winston"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word winston.

  1. 1. Facing the Friction of a Totalitarian Government : A critical reading of Orwell's 1984 applying the Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Houda Axelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control;

    Abstract : This study explores the potential application of George Orwell's novel 1984 in ESL instruction and its influence on promoting discussion among students on divisive political issues. The objective is to examine how the novel's underlying concepts of oppression, dictatorship, and propaganda could encourage critical thinking and social interaction among ESL students. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Dystopian View of Women: How a Freudian reading of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four can be used in Swedish EFL classrooms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Daniel Pettersson; [2021]
    Keywords : psychoanalytic literary criticism; Sigmund Freud; EFL; Nineteen Eighty-Four; George Orwell; literary criticism; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This essay shows how Freudian psychoanalytic literary criticism can be used to analyze representations of what could be called literary characters’ unconscious, i.e. their thoughts and dreams, to attempt to determine and explain their view of women. The analysis serves as an example of what EFL teachers can focus on regarding Freudian criticism. READ MORE

  4. 3. The story that I was never told

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lluc Areny Naves; [2020]
    Keywords : Developing world; Democracy; Dictatorship; Economic growth; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Winston Churchill once said “democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time”. Can this sentence be related to economic growth and development? This thesis analyzes the economic outcomes of the two main political regimes (Democracy and Dictatorship) in the developing world and discovers that Churchill’s words cannot be applied for long-run growth. READ MORE

  5. 4. Black Masculinity and White-Cast Sitcoms : Unraveling stereotypes in New Girl

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Marie Zafimehy; [2019]
    Keywords : Black feminism; Feminist media studies; Men and masculinities; Representation; New Girl; Sitcoms;

    Abstract : For decades, situational comedies — commonly named “sitcoms” — have been racially segregated on TV between Black-cast sitcoms and White-cast sitcoms. Extensive research has been led about representation of Black and White masculinities in this segregated context. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Followers perspective on the connetions between perceived servant leadership, affect and cognition-based trust and prosocial motivation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Beth Bisaillon; [2019]
    Keywords : Perceived Servant leadership; followers affect-based trust; followers cognitionbased trust; prosocial motivation; OCB; dyadic analysis first-line leader to follower relationship ;

    Abstract : This study was initiated for the purpose to further understand the theoretical relationship between followers trust of the closest bound perceived servant leader and the predictability of the  followers organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Specifically, this study looked at the modifying effect of the followers prosocial motivation—the desire to benefit other people (Grant, 2008) on multilevel dimensions of trust (i. READ MORE