“They say it all began on January 20, 2099, when President Miscavige of the Hubbard Party came into office. That was also the day the government outlawed psychiatry and psychology, along with the Internal Revenue Service. With that in mind, the first sentence Miscavige uttered during his inaugural address was, ‘Operation Sleeping Beauty is a success.’ Then came the monstrous applause from the audience.”
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Andy Lee was standing in line at McDonald’s watching the inauguration through his iGlass 9 (in a gold finish, of course) the latest in augmented reality technology. Suddenly, his personal assistant, FEESH (Free-Existing Electronic Signaling Halibut) appeared and dragged Andy out onto the street and into his house. A very startled Andy exclaimed, “What in the meaning of Xenu was that? Is that even in your programming?” Feesh calmly replied, “Listen to me. That new president has just announced that the government has been completely taken over by the Church of Scientology. That could mean the end of the world as we know it.” Andy gave Feesh a quizzical look and questioned, “Well, isn’t that a good thing for a scientologist to be president? The only way to free the Thetans is if the entire world follows the doctrine of the Supreme Messenger. We need the entire world to contribute money to the
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In the 1980s, the CoS infiltrated the government in the so-called Operation Snow White, which I used for inspiration for “Operation Sleeping Beauty,” in an attempt to subvert governmental authority. The operation was largely successful. That, and recent (successful) hacking attempts against our government, motivated me to focus the story on the incompetence of the government and the apathy of the people. Through the parable of Andy, I hoped to show the world that we need to change our attitudes or we could end up enslaved to a
On the morning of August 12, 1995, Arnie Lerma’s house was raided by lawyers of the Church of Scientology two armed Federal Marshals. A...
Even more troubling than Huxley's prescient description of technological advances employed to manipulate and control mind and body is the manner in which government seizes on a military threat as the vehicle to not only control the population, but also to convince the people, even as their freedom is being stolen from them, that it is necessary to do so, and that taking freedom will make them free. (Barr 850)
The Big Sleep Movie and Novel & nbsp; On first inspection of Raymond Chandler's novel, The Big Sleep, the reader discovers that the story unravels quickly through the narrative voice of Philip Marlowe, the detective hired by the Sternwood family of Los Angeles to solve a mystery for them. The mystery concerns the General Sternwood's young daughter, and one Mr. A. G. Geiger. Upon digging for the answer to this puzzle placed before Marlowe for a mere $25 dollars a day plus expenses, Marlowe soon finds layers upon layers of mystifying events tangled in the already mysterious web of lies and deception concerning the Sternwood family, especially the two young daughters. & nbsp; When reading the novel, it is hard to imagine the story without a narrator at all. It certainly seems essential for the story's make-up to have this witty, sarcastic voice present to describe the sequence of events. Yet, there is a version of Chandler's novel that does not have an audible storyteller, and that version is the 1946 movie directed by Howard Hawks. & nbsp; Hawks' version of The Big Sleep is known to be one of the best examples of the film genre-film noir. "
...fore you leave… I did the right thing, didn’t I?” Assuredly, what he believes in was derived from his ignorance that turned into this “extraterrestrial threat” project.
Now at the gates of this wretched new domain I observed two prim and spritely characters dressed in a suit and tie and a long red dinner dress. None other than Ronald and Nancy Regan, smiling gleefully, “Just say no!” they chirped in unison. A chill was sent down, the cold emanated through me.
With tools capable of tracking our every movement, reading our minds, and meddling with our brains, Big Brother now has the power that Orwell’s “Thought Police” would appreciate. The technology utilised by the Party over the citizens of Oceania draws multiple parallels to the world we live in today. While we should be grateful that we do not live in a world as gloomy as Orwell’s Oceania, it is clear that the technology now exists to make his world possible, if we let it. Our world is rapidly becoming a more connected society every day. Modern versions of the telescreen, Big Brother-like surveillance and the ease of altering history leaves us finding ourselves in a delicate balance of trust and suspicion. The technology of today certainly resembles that of Orwell’s dystopian vision.
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency (N.S.A) subcontractor turned whistle-blower is nothing short of a hero. His controversial decision to release information detailing the highly illegal ‘data mining’ practices of the N.S.A have caused shockwaves throughout the world and have raised important questions concerning how much the government actually monitors its people without their consent or knowledge. Comparable to Mark Felt in the Watergate scandals, Daniel Ellsberg with the Pentagon Papers, Edward Snowden joins the rank of infamous whistleblowers who gave up their jobs, livelihood, and forever will live under scrutiny of the public all in the service to the American people. Edward Snowden released information detailing the extent of the N.S.A breaches of American privacy and in doing so, became ostracized by the media and barred from freely reentering America, his home country.
The biological differences that set apart the male and female gender throughout any culture remain eminent. Men are perceived as the stronger and dominant gender; women play the role of the weaker. In each culture the expectation of the manner in which men and women behave are influenced by the ideals and customs of that culture. In most predominant cultures, the man undertakes the role as a leader, and the woman devotes her life to the husband. Throughout history, traditions and literature provide a template to the identities of various cultures. Sleeping Beauty’s classic tale of a beautiful princess takes a central precept that previous patriarchal archetypes dominated during the 17th Century. The archetypal perceptions of women resulted from conscious and unconscious literature influenced by male-dominated perspectives and social standards.
All four Sleeping Beauty stories have one thing in common, Sleeping Beauty always pricks her finger on a spinning wheel/flax. In Sun, Moon, and Talia, the story takes place in a country house. Talia gets raped by a king who finds her in the country house and she gives birth to two beautiful children named Sun and Moon. Talia is awoken because one of the twins had sucked the splinter out from underneath her finger. There are several major characters of which include, Talia, Sun, Moon, the King and Queen. In the end the Queen tries to throw Talia into the fire, but instead, the Queen gets thrown into the fire and Sun, Moon, Talia, and the King live happily ever after. In the next story, Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, there is a party for the newborn princess and all, except one fairy, were invited. The eldest fairy,
In conclusion I am arguing against the Church of Scientology and against their beliefs and what they stand for. The members who belong to this church signed up thinking they were going to make this earth a better place by achieving your own personal and spiritual goals. In reality, this church will control you mentally
Treatment of Women in The Big Sleep, the Movie Version. & nbsp ; Often, we hear commentary about films that reading the book before watching the movie ruins the experience or that movies are never as good as the book on which it is based. The difference between forms is not as much about already knowing how the story ends as it is about the dumbing down of the work for a broader audience. However, Chandler wrote The Big Sleep as a piece of pulp fiction that was read by a large populace. & nbsp;
The beliefs and methods of Scientologists may be easily laughed at by any sane mind. The “religion” has many cult-like activities and many unconventional needs and beliefs belonging solely to Scientology. An example of this is the very important one billion year contract. Members of Scientology who wish to be part of the “Sea Organization” must sign a contract for one billion years of service. The pe...
Hull, B. (2010). A reluctant prophet: How does professor Willard propose to take over the world? Journal Of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care, 3(2), 283-295.
A love story is a genre of popular fiction in which characters fall in love. Although, the basis of Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent are love stories, there are more important themes to these stories than the romance portrayed in these fairytales, which Disney touches on, but Robert Stromberg brings more emphasis to; evil from different perspectives, the act of rape, and the theory that love conquers all.
As a result of the varying circumstances that helped evolve the story the popularity of the sleeping Beauty soared causing it to become a worldwide phenomenon. As opposed to its relative obscurity of the earlier versions one has to ask if the story didn't change would we even have the story today?