Big Brother Australia

Scripted Big Brother Australia is the Australian version of the international reality game show series, big brother. Where a group of ‘everyday’ Australians placed in a house surrounded by cameras and microphones for two to three months to compete for a cash prize ranging $250,000 to $750,000. The Big Brother house is located in a secluded area of the Queensland theme park Dreamworld. The show first aired on 23rd of April 2001 on the Australian network, network ten. The show was cancelled seven years later due to an alleged sexual assault. The show then returned on the 13th of August 2012 on network nine hosted by Sonia Kruger and narrated by Mike Goldman. In 2013 Big Brother there was a twist at the very beginning of the show. The house was divided in to two areas. On launch night the housemates were told to pick a key that opened one of two doors. One door opened to the safe house which had a diary room , nominations room , rewards room , backyard , lounge area , kitchen , main bedroom , a bathroom and fitness area . While the other door lead to the halfway house which had half of everything except they had a laundry and an outdoor shower. The two…

established itself as the new “normal”, especially by oneself. This brings to light the importance of keeping a watch on society as a whole and standing up to gain the attention of others when something is wrong. It’ll be too late if the institution is already established and people are used to it, because the one man’s difference then becomes nothing and his stand means nothing to anyone, as shown in 1984. As George Orwell reveals what happened to Wilson, the one man who took a stand when it…

of a totalitarian nation present in Orwell’s imagined utopia, Oceania. In his critically esteemed novel, 1984, George Orwell creates a perverse utopia in which totalitarianism thrives and the ruling power vanquishes the social rights of civilians. The dystopian novel follows Winston, the thirty-six-year old protagonist of the story, and his journey to survive under the Party’s rule in London. The nominal leader of Oceania, “Big Brother”, serves as a symbolic figurehead of dominance and control…

The two texts 1984 by George Orwell and “Fake News” by Michael Lynch both discuss fake news and falsified information both including and excluding government affairs and what implications it could have on the people of a society or country. However 1984 is a science fiction text whereas “Fake News” is a non-fiction text that focuses on real world issues similar to those discussed in 1984. However, both texts raises the same question of why do we put so much trust into the government and fake…

(AGG) In the novel Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury explores what happens to a society in which knowledge and memory are regulated by the government. (BS-1) In the novel, the government uses technology to distract their citizens from the hidden truth. (BS-2) By doing this, the government gains power and control over their people. (BS-3) Eventually, the individuals in society are harmed both physically and mentally by their loss of knowledge. (TS) Ray Bradbury’s message in Fahrenheit 451 regarding…

In what way can two plus two equal five? In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, Orwell writes how the government has everyone believing only what they want them too. A way one can see this is through the destruction of language and how it is used to manipulate people. In the novel, we see a man who lives in dystopian future in place called Oceana, which is present day London. Everyone in this society is being run by the party which rewrites history to control the people. So one can ask…

moral, or totalitarian control. A dystopian society is obviously something where no one would like to live or would rather be scared to live as the one’s space is taken away from them and due to which the citizens are scared of the outer world. The dystopian novel, 1984 is set in Britain 40 years in the future. Orwell imagines that in 1984 the world is divided into three great powers: Oceania, East Asia and Eurasia; they are always at war. Society is divided into three classes: members…

Czar Nicholas II. Old Major, portrays Vladimir Lenin; Snowball who represents the pig who wants to act like Old Major and Napoleon the one who drove out Snowball to secure his position symbolizes Joseph Stalin. The story began when Mr. Jones, the owner of the Manor Farm, mistreated the animals. Almost all of them are unhappy the way Mr. Jones operates the whole farm. They gather and organized a rebellion to those who reap the benefits of their combined labor, which is the human. Furthermore, as…

In the book Nineteen-Eighty Four by George Orwell he talks about how the government watches them. How they don’t have privacy to do anything they want. Winston is the main character of the book, then there is big brother he is like the government. Big brother is always watching everyone, they have something that's like a television, which is called a telescreen where they can see you, but you can't see them and you also can't turn it off only turn down the volume. The privacy of American…

issues relevant in 2018. Surveillance, a prevalent issue in society today was highlighted in '1984' before it acquired mass recognition. High-Tech Policing that incorporates sophisticated technological gadgets infringes on civil rights and liberties. Claims of 'wire-tapping' have been repeated by government officials while civilians remain vulnerable to unconscious voice and sound recording. Surveillance in the name of preventing terror and criminal acts vividly infringes privacy rights as…