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government? Are they scared to speak up against the government? People are so afraid now and days to speak up for themselves and it does no good to let someone continue to do something wrong that they know is unlawful. For instance, in the book 1984 big brother has complete control over the population and he claims it's to “make the world a better place” when…

and dictated, the hero of the novel Winston Smith succeeds in crossing the red lines and committing a thought crime. Yet, the ironic reality of a twisted truth leads to his downfall. Big Brother is the leader of the ruling party in Oceania and the symbol of the party’s ultimate power. Winston doesn’t like Big Brother because he’s aware of how corrupted the government system is. He is an employee who rewrites history in a manner that best serves the party. Furthermore, he started to oppose…

George Orwell’s protagonist in 1984, Winston Smith, is just one of many in an era of modern antiheroes. He represents all that is undeniably average in a world wrecked with an oppressive government and a constant state of war. However, this plays to his advantage by making connecting and empathizing with him easier. His rebellious nature ensures an ability to be endowed with the bravery to defy and push the limits of the Party’s authority. Typically, heroes are meant to possess powerful or…

Humanity is what allows a person to be more than just a human; it is what gives you individuality and makes you different from everyone else. Compassion, desire, drive, sympathy, kindness, love and much more are all characteristics which make up humanity. How much or how little of each characteristic you posses is what makes you who you are. In our world, we are lucky enough to be able to have our humanity and to never have known what it feels like to be deprived of such things. Unfortunately,…

In a dystopian society under complete government control, most people blindly follow the crowd, but a few individuals realise the corruption for themselves and make a stand against their governments. Both the movie V For Vendetta based of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and 1984 a novel written by George Orwell take place in these types of dystopian societies, and feature protagonists who retaliate against their governments. The characters Wilson from 1984 and and Eve from V For Vendetta are…

by Bob Dylan, relates strongly with George Orwell’s novel 1984. Winston Smith, the main character, in 1984, tells the novel through third person limited point of view. The story begins with Winston Smith describing his constant surveillance by BIG BROTHER and throughout the novel the reader witnesses Winston’s struggles against the government that controls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. As the reader comes to understand through Winston’s eyes, the dangers of totalitarianism, George…

“Exterminate”: Imperialism and Racial Purity in Doctor Who Remembrance of the Daleks, a four-episode serial in the twenty-fifth season of the classic science fiction show Doctor Who, pits the Doctor against one of his deadliest foes: the Daleks. For the purposes of this response, I will focus on the fourth and final episode, which depicts this alien race, despite having the somewhat comical appearance of oversized pepper shakers, as a hyperbolic analogy for the ideologies of imperialism and…

Big brother is a power that forced fear and protection over all of Oceania. The party which is the inner works behind big brother helps keep everybody in a straight line and not stray away from what the party says is so. Big brother has been made the face of fear and tyranny and has enforced a lot of unfair laws on the people of Oceania. Some people think that in 1984 big brothers surveillance is as advanced as some of our technological appliances today. In today's modern world of technology I…

different, these two people both work for the government. These governments are controlling, and basically brainwash people. Winston and Montag rebel against their oppressive governments in with the help of a few friends. Winston, in 1984, works for “Big Brother”, which is another name for the government. Winston has a deep hatred for the government and seems to be the only person to know what the government is doing. Winston meets a young woman name Julia, she works for the government just…

past.” The quote represents the grasp that the Party has over the people, controlling the past, the present, and the future, taking away and dominating everything the people have to live for. They are free yet they are not in many ways because “Big Brother Is Always Watching…