English Midterm Essay
Adolf Hitler used fear tactics to control people. Control can be damaging in a society and no society really makes progress with control and oppression being their driving force.
Government oppression is a common theme in both Ayn Rand’s Anthem and George Orwell 's
1984. Anthem is set in a society where only the word “WE,” can be used. “I,” in this society, it is known as the Unspeakable Word. The main character, Equality, while he tries to fit in with his society, he cannot. He breaks down at the end of the book and reclaims who he is by using “I.”
He is not allowed to see/notice the opposite sex, but this is too restrictive for him and he elopes with Liberty at the end. 1984, is set in a dystopian society where sex is …show more content…
He refuses to allow the government to take away the one huge part of his humanity. Government always oppresses individuals’ thoughts and relationships because being an individual destroys the government 's goal of control over their citizens. A big part of being human is being able to think about the opposite sex. In addition, love in sex is a huge part of what makes one an individual. However, in 1984, thoughts about sex are limited. Sex in 1984 is seen only as a way to produce children for the Party, and sex with love is seen as more of a political act. Winston says,”But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act” (127). When the idea of love is taken out of sex and when having sex is boiled down to only a political act, it reduces individualism within the society, and therefore the government has control over their citizens. From the time of birth, children in 1984 get the idea rubbed into them that sex is a disgusting action. In 1984, they even have the JuniorAnti …show more content…
However, when emotion is added into the act of sex, it makes it deeply personal and therefore sex makes one an individual.
In Anthem, their citizens’ thoughts are controlled, so that only the collective “WE” matters. They are forced to think that they are not unique. There are words cut in the marble that emphasize the importance of “WE”. They say, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men, but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever,” (19). This emphasizes the fact that in
Anthem the individual does not matter to the society. The government in Anthem has made it their mission to control one’s individuality by making “I,” the Unspeakable Word. The society in Anthem does not see individual lives as unique because everyone is “WE,” so all is one. In
Anthem, the society, even goes so far that they attach numbers to their “names,” which are really not names at all, therefore they cannot even think to individualize themselves. The population’s thoughts in the society of Anthem are fully controlled by the government, so the people have no true individualism.
In 1984, the relationships between children and parents are controlled due to
Adolf Hitler used fear tactics to control people. Control can be damaging in a society and no society really makes progress with control and oppression being their driving force.
Government oppression is a common theme in both Ayn Rand’s Anthem and George Orwell 's
1984. Anthem is set in a society where only the word “WE,” can be used. “I,” in this society, it is known as the Unspeakable Word. The main character, Equality, while he tries to fit in with his society, he cannot. He breaks down at the end of the book and reclaims who he is by using “I.”
He is not allowed to see/notice the opposite sex, but this is too restrictive for him and he elopes with Liberty at the end. 1984, is set in a dystopian society where sex is …show more content…
He refuses to allow the government to take away the one huge part of his humanity. Government always oppresses individuals’ thoughts and relationships because being an individual destroys the government 's goal of control over their citizens. A big part of being human is being able to think about the opposite sex. In addition, love in sex is a huge part of what makes one an individual. However, in 1984, thoughts about sex are limited. Sex in 1984 is seen only as a way to produce children for the Party, and sex with love is seen as more of a political act. Winston says,”But you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act” (127). When the idea of love is taken out of sex and when having sex is boiled down to only a political act, it reduces individualism within the society, and therefore the government has control over their citizens. From the time of birth, children in 1984 get the idea rubbed into them that sex is a disgusting action. In 1984, they even have the JuniorAnti …show more content…
However, when emotion is added into the act of sex, it makes it deeply personal and therefore sex makes one an individual.
In Anthem, their citizens’ thoughts are controlled, so that only the collective “WE” matters. They are forced to think that they are not unique. There are words cut in the marble that emphasize the importance of “WE”. They say, “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men, but only the great WE, One, indivisible and forever,” (19). This emphasizes the fact that in
Anthem the individual does not matter to the society. The government in Anthem has made it their mission to control one’s individuality by making “I,” the Unspeakable Word. The society in Anthem does not see individual lives as unique because everyone is “WE,” so all is one. In
Anthem, the society, even goes so far that they attach numbers to their “names,” which are really not names at all, therefore they cannot even think to individualize themselves. The population’s thoughts in the society of Anthem are fully controlled by the government, so the people have no true individualism.
In 1984, the relationships between children and parents are controlled due to