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    Totalitarianism In 1984

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    People are being observed on what they are doing now . For example there is going to be a car race, people are being watched through those cameras, they can not be really doing what they want because they can actually be in trouble for it, Just like in 1984 they had telescreens people were always being watched and they could not really do as much as they wanted to do. People then came up with hiding places that way they would have themselves out of the trouble. People try now to do the same but…

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    George Orwell 1984 George Orwell, in the novel 1984 present a terrible philosophy about the future. The read becomes one entirely convincing as his narration becomes timely as ever. With a startling vision of the world, it holds a convincing tone from the very first to the last part. Everyone in the novel is incomplete despotism and under control and repress of the ‘Big Brother’ and the party. it represents hierarchical system of both parties. it sparks to the very imaginative mind of modern…

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    1984 Conformity in America America: land of the free, right? Well, maybe not. 1984 portrays a totalitaristic society that seems far from the world we live in today, at first glance. But at a closer look, there are many chilling parallels between these two universes which are typically thought to be opposites. Of course, there are resemblances in surveillance and maybe even propaganda, but we generally do not believe conformance exists in our society. American citizens like to think that…

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    you compare the ideas, values and attitudes reflected in Metropolis and 1984? Humanist concerns usually stretch across time and this is apparent in my comparative study of the attitudes Fritz Lang and George Orwell have towards certain ideas and values. These composers present ideas of individual oppression and values towards personal freedom and love through their specific textual form — the film Metropolis and novel 1984. Influential of Lang’s concerns during Weimar Republic in Germany…

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    Utilitarianism In 1984

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    The novel, 1984 by George Orwell, showcases the community Oceania through a hierarchy of three distinct classes: the Party, Outer Party, and Proles. The system this novel displays is an authoritarian government with the figurehead being Big Brother. The Party has the authority to make decisions on war, food rationing, surveillance, economic distribution, criminal trials, and many other policies through its accumulated power. However, this system has evolved into a dictatorship that requires…

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    Dehumanization In 1984

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    The lack of interest shown by governments towards ensuring quality human necessities such as food and water as seen in our world and in books such as 1984 is a repugnant act of Dehumanization. In George Orwell’s 1984 the society that the people live in is a totalitarian based which is referred to as the Party.Winston, the main character of Orwell’s novel, works in the ministry of truth which is responsible for falsifying information that is given to the citizens and is one of the few who are…

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    The Giver and 1984 Throughout the history of time, we have to fear a dictatorship or authoritarian system, we watch in complicated the possibly of dictatorships. Systems of government where they government control all, most of them set in a post-apocalypse future, after a world war, most of the time the society of the now has been destroyed, if not all of the time, with only pieces of the truth of our history perverted by the government. Dystopian is a popular genre throughout our culture right…

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    Censorship In 1984

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    controls every movement and thought an individual makes. Truth, right? The novel 1984 by George Orwell explicates the life of an unusual, reserved man who has internal battles with himself about what he really wants in his life, to rebel or remain mediocre like the “rest of the world”. 1984 reveals how the government accesses various technologies in order to gain an advantage in controlling its people. George Orwell’s novel, 1984, reveals how the government goes through certain measures to…

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    Thoughtcrime In 1984

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    1984 by George Orwell is novel in which the main character, Smith, uses thoughtcrime in an attempt to rebel against the oppressive dictatorship of The Party in Oceania. Some people believe that Orwell’s 1984 is a novel that does not have much significance in today’s world. Others however, myself included, strongly disagree abd believe that there is great relevance. Telescreens in 1984 can easily be compared to the surveillance cameras used today. We can also find similarities between the way…

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    Ignorance In 1984

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    Ignorance is Strength and Freedom is Slavery.” In the novel 1984, these indicate a totalitarian society, a reality based on information the government forces upon its people. The strength of the language in the book 1984 is a potent and compelling language at that and as a result, the government goes through great lengths to influence and control the language. A closer examination of these slogans will reveal how the government of 1984 uses these slogans to manipulate and repress their citizens…

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