George Orwell

George Orwell’s refusal to believe in the totalitarian government helped him to write award winning novels, brought a stronger voice for the people and opened the door to satire for other authors. George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bengal, India, in 1903. As the son of a British civil servant, he spent his first Odays in India, where his father was stationed. A year after his birth, his mother brought him and his older sister, Marjorie, to England and settled in…

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a thrilling, non-fiction allegory that tells a story of farm animals based on the Russian Revolution in 1917. Boxer, a middle-aged, male, working horse, is both a leader and a follower throughout the novella. He represents a leader as he sets an example and shows the animals what to do. In contrast, Boxer is a follower because he takes all direction from Napoleon. To begin, his goal is to work as hard as he possibly can and do the most work he can for the farm.…

politics and other topical issues (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com). Animal Farm also used an outsider narrator which is not a figure in the story, but an "observer" who is outside the action being described (www.reed.edu). Animal Farm written by George Orwell and published in 1945 and he explores the rhetoric in Animal Farm while also paying attention on how Napoleon…

Government Control In the 21st century, the greater the power, the greater the nation is. George Orwell uses his novel, 1984, as a warning of what could happen if government turns totalitarian. Although it goes unnoticed, the government control in today’s world is much like the one in 1984 by the censored documents, the attempt of a perfect society, and the government controlled surveillances. In order to make sure citizens abide by the government, the government controls the information that…

George Orwell’s animal farm allegorically depicts the author’s views on some of humanity’s most important themes. Orwell tells a story of the animals on a farm that are planning a revolution on the farmer and taking over the farm. Amongst the many themes in animal farm three stand out the most dreams, power and control. We find in that dreams can change the Couse of history, we find the even the strongest can be over weld by power and ultimately there’s always a thrust for control. In Animal…

Animal Farm, George Orwell develops the theme that power corrupts through the allegorical character Napoleon. With presumed leadership in his hands from being intellectual, Napoleon, who represents Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the Soviet Union at the time, rose up to being the dictator of Animal Farm by getting rid of his rival by trained dogs. In the passage it states, “They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws”(Orwell).…

1984 and Modern Technology In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, technology is used by the Party throughout the novel as a means to control the citizens of Oceania. In 1984, every room in every building has a device referred to as a telescreen. It is a television screen that is used by Big Brother and the Party to control citizens by spying on every move that they make. Big Brother, the Party leader, can see every person and watch everything that they do. For example, Winston and Julia…

hate-based society is common in the fictional novel 1984 by George Orwell and in our real world, a hate-based society is not an irrational idea. The idea of a hate-based society is founded on fear, power, and of course, hatred. I happen to believe that a society based off hatred and suffering can survive, but that does not mean I would want to live in that particularly shaped society such as Winston Smith did in 1984. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, a character named O’brien says, “Old…

George Orwell's book 1984 shows readers what life is like living in a dystopian society. The novel shows how corrupt, wicked, and bad a dystopian society is. Many topics that Orwell discusses throughout the novel can be compared to life today. Orwell’s vision of the future in his novel is slowly becoming a reality. The technological, social, and political aspects that he includes are becoming prominent to life in the modern world. First and foremost, Orwell includes an ample amount of…

In this paper, the texts “1984” by George Orwell and “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner will be compared and analysed, in specific the language and stylistic features used to portray the different perspectives on the ideas of oppression and helplessness. The point of view of “Big Brother” and the theme of higher power are vastly used in both of these texts, along with both the conforming and rebelling point of views, all of which will be examined in this paper. In both novels, “1984” and “The…