Brainwashed

I don't think I would have thought to correct Euthyphro, then I thought back to when I attended Catholic school.Even though many of the teachings sounded incorrect or non realistic. I never thought to correct them, because we were all so easily brainwashed to think a certain way, and if that way was questioned, they referred back to the bible. Yet, the bible wasn’t actually written by God it was written by many others. In addition, the stories within the bible are fictional and just have a…

They can be enticed or mistreated in some way to become a soldier without a choice, even if they have to leave their families. Once the boys are there they are treated poorly and are forced to take drugs so they become brainwashed. However, some child soldiers don’t deserve amnesty, based on if their background is dangerous or if a family member is a radical jihad. I used to believe all child soldiers deserve amnesty, no matter what, yet now I see that there are exceptions…

Use of Power The Wave and Fahrenheit 451 are both stories that greatly stem from different uses of power. The storyline of both books follow a greater power that substantially controls those around them. This power comes directly from that one in charge and is also an invisible but controlling force. In Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag is figuratively woken up by a girl named Clarisse. After Guy’s interaction with Clarisse, he becomes more aware of how messed up his world is. Guy becomes more…

most, one civilized person remains. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Bernard Marx is an outcast amongst the rest of the people in the world state. Even though he grew up in the same environment, with the same teachings, he is not as brainwashed as the other people. He actually has to act like them against his will because acting individually or doing anything out of the ordinary will get him in trouble in this world where society matters most, and where “Everyone belongs to…

The book "1984" was a perfect example of how a group of "chosen" disguise their Dystopian society, behind the facade of an Utopian ideas. Everyone was brainwashed into thinking absolutely nothing was wrong. In the case of "Jonestown cult", the followers had nowhere else to go and thought the cult was the best they could do. Utopian ideas was used by Jim Jones to lure his followers and used them for his own…

Eyes all Over Imagine having every thought, every spoken word, the entire world completely stalked by someone watching on the other side of a digitized screen. There is no such thing as freedom in 1984 by George Orwell. The entire population is brainwashed into thinking that the world is some sort of perfect heaven, when in reality, it is just a hopeless dark hole. They also think that they are protected and looked out for in the best interest by Big Brother. This whole image of Big Brother is…

Fahrenheit 1984 Within five years of each other, two books, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, were published concerning the idea of a dystopian future where the government abuses its power by manipulating and changing the thoughts of the citizens living in these fictional settings. Although they feature differing plots, these two novels share similar ideas, characters, and positions on the future of society and government. Both authors wrote these books years before the setting stated in the novels.…

individuality is taken from you. This society is supposed to be nothing but perfection which creates stability, which maintains order as where people have no emotional intentions and do not think for themselves because they are demoralized and are brainwashed. Even history is fabricated and retold differently to maintain stability and to not let people question the World controllers. World controllers control social class, intellectual ability, religion and morals which is also known as…

talking down to the savage, in terms of not accepting anything the savage has to say and talking very arrogantly. The savage on the other hand seems hesitant, and more open minded to what the controller has to say, hinting at the fact that he is not brainwashed, and still able to process others opinions. During the end of the two characters conversation, the controller goes on and on about all the problems that would come with living in a non perfect world, “"Not to mention the right to grow old…

Historical Information (dates, people, laws, key facts) ALL November 18, 1978, 909 people died in a ‘mass-suicide’ in Jonestown, Guyana These 909 people, which included over 200 children, were members of the People’s Temple, a religious group led by Jim Jones Background info on People’s Temple Jim Jones founded the People’s Temple, a Christian cult, in the 1950s in Indianapolis, Indiana and later moved his church to San Francisco, California. He preached socialist, utopian ideals and spoke…