George Orwell

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…

How the Russian Revolution and Animal Farm relate. George Orwell was born with the name of Eric Arthur Blair. He was born in Motihari, Bengal, India on June 25, 1903. His father was Richard Walmesley Blair, who was a British civil servant, and his mother was Ida Mabel Blair. She took Eric and his older sister, Marjorie, to England when Eric was just a year and a half old. Eric’s father stayed behind in India, because of this Eric and his father never had a strong bond. Blair grew up in a not…

George Orwell displays an extremely negative view towards communism, totalitarian governments, and the means by which oppressors rise to power in the story Animal Farm. It’s very clear by the writing techniques and statements from the writing that Orwell feels very strongly about the issues and he dislikes how the government was during the Russian Revolution. During the Revolution, communism was being used as the form of government, and Orwell wanted equality for all, so he strongly disagreed…

right, or are our decisions being made being influenced by other individuals? It comes across that George Orwell’s essay reflects what many may go through today. The struggle to do what is morally right when an entire world persuades individuals, or gives a different vision of the opposite. ‘Shooting an Elephant’ represents a very powerful essay with a police officer that suffers from inner conflict. Orwell seems to be a very weak individual with a weak mindset. Confused and lost as to what…

between 1984, a dystopian novel written in 1944, and The Handmaid’s Tale, a alternative dystopian novel written in 1985, are clear cut. It seems that even the fact that The Handmaid’s Tale was written one year after George Orwell’s 1984 is a snarky remark to the bleak future George Orwell painted in his masterpiece. The similarities can only be described as if Margaret Atwood was referencing 1984 with every stroke of the pen. In this paragraph the similarities will began to become clear. In a…

In George Orwell’s 1984, the protagonist is an ordinary man by the name of Winston Smith. Throughout the novel, Winston struggles against the tyranny of Big Brother and the Party, both inwardly and eventually outwardly. However, by the novel’s end, Winston is discovered and broken by the Thought Police; his struggles are proven to be in vain. Still, despite his failure, Winston is undoubtedly the hero of the story. George Orwell’s definition of heroism is “ordinary people doing whatever they can…

George Orwell used the Russian Revolution in his book by portraying what happened in the Russian Revolution and made the event happen on a farm with important people like Stalin had the name Napoleon on the farm. He did this to give people a better understanding of the event and to evoke emotions of the readers since nice animals suffer and die (like others did in the Russian Revolution) One aspect of the story that Orwell used to portray the Russian Revolution was the windmill. The idea was…

The Totalitarian Society of 1984 vs Humanization 1984 by George Orwell was a novel of a totalitarian society consisting of two main characters, Winston and Julia, who are eager for a normal life without the Party. The Party in a simpler form is their government that controls everything including normal human interactions. Winston worked in the record department for the ministry of truth and Julia worked as a machine operator in the fiction department also for the ministry of truth. In the novel…

The author of Animal Farm, George Orwell, had a goal in writing this novella, and that was to portray the Russian Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive than the government it overthrew. The novella was first published on the 17th of August, 1945, just 28 years after the revolution. Orwell used a variety of propaganda techniques to achieve his purpose and message in his written work, and that is to illustrate how easily people can be convinced by flawed ideas if…

Bella Rosa Martinez Brooke Gonzales Humanities 09-29-11 Education in Animal Farm In 1946 a man by the name of George Orwell would write one of the most controversial and insightful books of all time, a book by the name of Animal Farm. Animal Farm takes place on a farm called Manor Farm. One day a pig by the name of Major has a dream, and in this dream he dreams of a free England with no humans.…