It is a nightmare to citizens born and raised in the United States, but it’s a reality to citizens of North Korea. It’s not just any nightmare, it’s an Orwellian nightmare to be more precise. A place where citizens are oppressed under one undefeatable superpower government that has complete control over everything that happens. It’s an ugly truth that not many people know that is a reality in countries like North Korea. The novel, 1984, by George Orwell is about a dystopian world called Oceania. The main character, Winston Smith, does not agree with the overruling government (The Party) and tries to rebel against it. Much like Oceania, North Korea shares many characteristics of the dystopia. North Korea is located in the pacific ocean between
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The citizens are taught at a young age to hate American soldiers. School activities are circled around anti-American views. The article, How North Korean Children are Taught to Hate the 'American B*******' at Kindergarten, reports, “ Yun Song Sil, the school principal, pulls out a dummy of an American soldier with a beaked nose and straw-colored hair and explains that the students beat him with batons or pelt him with stones. It's a favorite schoolyard game, the female principal said” (Daily Mail Reporter). The students violently assault the US dummies and enjoy in doing so. The principal is also completely accepting of the fact that the students assault the dummy and does not hesitate in admitting it. In the same kindergarten classes, there are propaganda posters that have anti- american illustration and writing all over them. The anti-american ideology is taught to all generations in North Korea. Like North Korea, the Party in 1984 uses propaganda to control the emotions of the citizens. During war time, the Party puts out propaganda posters and media everywhere in the public. Even the young children in school are taught to take part in spreading the propaganda. In 1984 Winston describes the poster he …show more content…
Like North Korea, Oceania forces people to participate in personality cults. Young students are taught in schools songs that praise Big Brother much like in North Korea. Orwell states, “The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother” (Orwell 48). Children in 1984 were forced and taught to do all these things in school. It was not only the children that participated, but the parents and older citizens too. An event called Two Minutes Of Hate was a time where citizens were forced to watch propaganda videos and worship Big Brother, the people scream out praises towards the picture of Big Brother. Time is spent mostly on publicly praising Big Brother in 1984. In conclusion, North Korea is almost exactly like Oceania from the novel 1984. North Korea has similar characteristics such as: the restriction of freedom, extreme use of propaganda, and a worshiped figurehead. The novel 1984, by George Orwell, is reflection of the country of North
The citizens are taught at a young age to hate American soldiers. School activities are circled around anti-American views. The article, How North Korean Children are Taught to Hate the 'American B*******' at Kindergarten, reports, “ Yun Song Sil, the school principal, pulls out a dummy of an American soldier with a beaked nose and straw-colored hair and explains that the students beat him with batons or pelt him with stones. It's a favorite schoolyard game, the female principal said” (Daily Mail Reporter). The students violently assault the US dummies and enjoy in doing so. The principal is also completely accepting of the fact that the students assault the dummy and does not hesitate in admitting it. In the same kindergarten classes, there are propaganda posters that have anti- american illustration and writing all over them. The anti-american ideology is taught to all generations in North Korea. Like North Korea, the Party in 1984 uses propaganda to control the emotions of the citizens. During war time, the Party puts out propaganda posters and media everywhere in the public. Even the young children in school are taught to take part in spreading the propaganda. In 1984 Winston describes the poster he …show more content…
Like North Korea, Oceania forces people to participate in personality cults. Young students are taught in schools songs that praise Big Brother much like in North Korea. Orwell states, “The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother” (Orwell 48). Children in 1984 were forced and taught to do all these things in school. It was not only the children that participated, but the parents and older citizens too. An event called Two Minutes Of Hate was a time where citizens were forced to watch propaganda videos and worship Big Brother, the people scream out praises towards the picture of Big Brother. Time is spent mostly on publicly praising Big Brother in 1984. In conclusion, North Korea is almost exactly like Oceania from the novel 1984. North Korea has similar characteristics such as: the restriction of freedom, extreme use of propaganda, and a worshiped figurehead. The novel 1984, by George Orwell, is reflection of the country of North