With a 1000 word essay with 3-4 body paragraphs (along with an introductory and concluding paragraph), respond to the prompt: In 1984, the protagonist, Winston, attempts to “stay human” in the face of a dehumanizing, totalitarian regime. What, according to Orwell, does it mean to be human? How does the governing body in 1984 exploit […]
(Brief) How do what we have learned of the for-profit sector influence your reading of Winston? In particular, does it surprise you that there are so few for-profits among four-year colleges?
5 pages long, with 1.5 spacing and one-inch margins Referee report: Winston, Gordon. “Subsidies, Hierarchy and Peers: The Awkward Economics of Higher Education.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 1. The importance/motivation/background of the issue: the economic realities of higher education. How knowing the economics behind higher education will help us in framing proper policies, and in […]
How is Winston from 1984 similar to Antigone or the prisoner in Plato’s cave?
Use 1984 as your vantage point to look back into the past (Plato, Augustine, etc.) AND to analyze the present. How is Winston from 1984 similar to Antigone or the prisoner in Plato’s cave? How is he different? How is Winston’s world similar to the one in which we find ourselves living today? How is […]