There are quite a few advisements floating around in our culture that people tend to accept without question, like my pet peeve, “Be a self-made man/woman,” as if we gave birth and raised ourselves or personally reinvented the wheel for every aspect large or small that makes up our world. Evidence to the contrary overwhelms us and loudly proclaims that from the moment we walk onto Earth’s stage, we benefit and learn from others. This is particularly so when it comes to receiving (note the verb) a good education.
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Since publication of 1984 over sixty years ago, most educated English speakers are aware of the term “Big Brother.” After all, George Orwell’s classic is required reading in their high schools. “Big Brother” can be defined as a nightmarish totalitarian authority that stifles all individuality and spies on citizens to better control them. The idea of Big Brother continues to frighten people whenever they sense an intrusion in their civil liberties. However, with the aid of new technology, there is an antidote to Big Brother: Little Brother, whose grassroots might trumps his evil older sibling millions of times over. That’s precisely what these three angels represent.
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