Four-leaf clover

slogan of the government in charge is,“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.” As evident in this quote, the government of Oceania is totalitarian, seeking control over every aspect of its citizens’ lives. Four ministries, the Ministry of Love, the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, and the Ministry of Plenty, micromanage the lives of the citizens in the Party. The Ministry of Truth replaces and the truth with lies to cover up the losses of…

The government also controls its subjects by means of doublethink. ‘Doublethink’ is a method of political indoctrination used by the Party to create in its citizens the mental capacity to hold two or more contrary beliefs at the same time (Orwell, 35). Orwell considered this to be especially evident in politics, since people’s wishes and fears usually determined their political opinions, and, in particular, Orwell conceived nationalism to be the “identification of self with some entity…

To be human people need to feel like they are unlike other people, they need to be able to describe themselves clearly through a language and people need to be able to know about their past to ensure they are correctly informed. In the book 1984 by George Orwell we slowly learned that the government was dehumanizing their citizens by taking away their rights. This is proven when the government took away their citizens name. When the government took away the original language and caused it to be…

In the dystopian novel, 1984 by George Orwell the main character, a man named Winston Smith is coping with the many problems that are occurring in the city he resides in. This city is known as Oceania and is a place where a government’s Party is led by a power that oversees the entire city. A group of people known as Big Brother belittles the citizens by watching their every move and giving them little to no freedom. Therefore this is defying a ban on individuality but with all of the secrets…

This bias nature originally began in early Hinduism when the “Brahmin or priestly class placed themselves at the head of the divinely-ordained hierarchy of the four social classes.”(Peter Harvey Page 10) Live this life with good karmic fortune, perhaps your next life will propel you further along the caste system as long as you stay in satisfying karmic merit. Unlike Hinduism and its belief in role based karmic…

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Science fiction is an entertaining genre however it can also teach us about our lives. The book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is about Arthur Dent and his friend Ford Prefect visiting the legendary planet Magrathea, home to the now- collapsed planet- building industry. Douglas Adams teaches us to always know where your towel is, because that thing can save your neck in more ways than can be counted. Also he shows, anyone can become…

The story of Gulliver’s travels begins with a recount of how he was shipwrecked in the ocean and found his way to Lilliput. He woke to find himself tied up and being held captive by a race of people that were tiny. The Lilliputians are humans who are no more than six inches in height but they are pretentious and self-importance. They are mean and nasty, vicious, morally corrupt, hypocritical and deceitful, jealous and envious, filled with greed and ingratitude. To this small race of people…

The reach of the US government is far and wide and the government has a hand in everything. Whether it is taxes, regulation, distribution, even controlling women's bodies. Margaret Atwood in A Handmaid’s Tale, describes a dystopian future with a controlling government that trumps even the most ruthless dictators. Through this story, the author is showing, that if the government’s control is allowed to grow both the government and the governed everyone is unhappy with the results. Control can be…

On Political Satire: The Lifeblood of Youth’s Political Interest Most people do not equate politics with humor; however, political satire plays a huge role in contemporary society, especially among the youth. In the age globalization and increased communications, it is so easy to know what is happening around the world. From The Daily Show to the Colbert Report, political humor programs send a sense of relief and true connectivity, to the distressed youth living in an age of constant political…

In today’s time, people are watched by the government through security cameras and cell phones. Unlike in the novel 1984, people were watched through telescreens and were allowed no individuality. People think having thoughts is not a privilege but compared to the novel 1984 it is. In the novel having thoughts was not allowed, Winston took a risk by buying a diary and keeping his personal thoughts in it. It was very dangerous seeing that the government could have come in and killed him at any…