What Are The Differences Between Islanda And Oceana

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Register to read the introduction… In Oceana, the Inner Party controls the food and amount of food its citizens get. The Inner Party has access to many foods that the rest of the society has been restricted, it controls the amount by changing the rations whenever it feels may be appropriate and giving them only the bare minimum of food. In North Korea, the idea is just the same, but slightly worse. The leaders of North Korea are having difficulty providing food to its people and through its acts have proved to be corrupt in their decisions, “…North Korea though not accepting aid and destroying any of the food that is given to them should be unthinkable. This is dystopian just for that reason. The leaders of the country have at least some power to stop the starvation of millions but refuse it.” INSERT CITATION HERE. The people at the top control everything with the society and would do just anything to keep them in line the way they

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