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Totalitarian dictatorship is a form of government in which one person is in control of all political power over many features of life. The use of totalitarian dictatorship and traditional structured government uses hope to control and regulate the people of their society. The government uses certain tactics to create an anticipated result of power and control over the citizens. The movies The Island, The Hunger Games, The Lottery, and the short story The Lottery apply these factors to instill…

generated by Joseph Stalin with a principle of communism characterized by the extreme suppression of political and ideological views by the concentration of power in one person aggressively. Totalitarianism is similar to several other forms of dictatorships like…

Elliott Meeks Jean-Claude Duvalier was a corrupt Haitian president who ruled with absolute power. He used fear to control and manipulate the entire country of Haiti. While he was president he tourcherd and killed everyone who got in his way; nothing stopped him from keeping his power. The use of fear to manipulate and stop at nothing attitude is a central theme in Card’s novel Ender's Game. Card suggests the dangers to society of having a win at all costs attitude when it comes to power. He…

The Jewel. In the series “The Jewel” by Amy Ewing, the dystopian genre shows itself through many dystopian characteristics such as a totalitarian government using propaganda to control its citizens. In these novels propaganda contributes to controlling the citizens and crushing dissent. Propaganda is used to hide the murder of surrogates through unwanted pregnancies with babies they are not compatible with. It is also used to convince the citizens that everything is fine and that the royalty…

Just as humans, dictators are not born evil but are influenced enough to gain power and abuse it. If one has the power to control all, then they could use it to their own advantage. Stories such as Macbeth by William Shakespeare and Animal Farm by George Orwell illustrate how such characters like Macbeth and Napoleon rise to power to use it for themselves as similarity to dictators like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini. By doing this, dictators blind the eyes of the people by…

In George Orwell’s allegory, Animal Farm, a society that represents Russia is under the control of a power hungry dictator who gains power over all the citizen’s and every aspect of their lives. The dictator, a pig who represents Joseph Stalin, takes control of the farm after a successful rebellion has taken place and the owner has fled. To maintain his power over the farm, the dictator rules by fear and manipulates the citizen’s to follow his commands and decisions. Through the development of…

Fascism and Nazism are two political ideologies that gained a wide support in the first part of the 20th century. The chronology is as follows: fascism was introduced to the Italians by Benito Mussolini in the period between 1919 and 1945 while Nazism appeared in 1933 and faced a rapid decay with the end of the WW2 in 1945. Ideologically, Nazism and fascism diverged to a big extent and were promoted under different slogans. The founder of the fascist ideology—the Italian dictator Benito…

A dictator: one with complete and total power. Dictators are known for their forceful takeovers, brainwashing, and oppressive actions. Adolf Hitler, quite possibly the most tyrannical dictator of all time, is known entirely for his creation of the Nazi Party in Germany. Under Hitler’s leadership Germany dehumanized and murdered millions of innocent Jews. Regina George, the queen of North Shore High School, was known for her popularity and perfect clique. Her “hot” body, “army of skanks”, and…

opposition. Although Napoleon contributed the success of the French Revolution, he eventually abandoned the democratic and performed his dictatorship. In the Karl 's book, "Opposition and Public Opinion Under the Dictatorship of Napoleon the First," Napoleon 's dictatorship was illustrated by this quote: "His rule over France is appropriated termed a dictatorship because it reveals all the features familiar in latter-day dictatorial governments, for which it serves-let it be noted here-as an…

threat, actions were taken such as violently forcing one to eat live animals. This would scare a person to keep opinions and thoughts in one's own mind. Mussolini ironically wanted peace, but would inflict pain to achieve it. Also under Mussolini's dictatorship, death as a punishment for crimes would be introduced again. Mussolini cared about children mostly because the children would grow into soldiers that could serve, so education was highly invested in. Mussolini expected young boys to be…