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1984 and Today’s World The modern world states in one way or another have a significant impact on the civil rights and privacy of their residents. The developed countries such as the US, China, or countries of Europe, control their residents latently: they use modern technologies in order to gain access to personal data of the person and be able to watch after every citizen. In less developed countries, the infringement of civil rights is usually manifested in the form of an open totalitarian…

In Orwell’s 1984, the main character, Winston is placed into a dystopian world in which everyone is constrained by a secretive government, ruled by propaganda. This world has three major social groups, the proles, the outer party, and the inner party. In 1984, the outer party is represented as more of middle class citizens because they have been led to believe that they are superior to the proles, but they are inferior to the inner party. The outer party is represented with many details in the…

Crime control strategies constitute the backbone to the unscrupulous methodology of authoritarian power establishment within the political scheme of 1984 by creating consequential fear. Particularly, one dominant area is the adoption of prejudiced crime prevention methods, akin to those utilized by authoritarian regimes throughout history. Furthermore, the political regime aims to incarcerate citizens based on what will result of their behavioural patterns, which is achieved through use of…

The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell is a glimpse into the future if our society is not careful. This book illustrates a totalitarian government, and how this world could end up if we transfer everything especially documents to computers. This book is similar to a 1995 movie titled “The Net” that was directed by Irwin Winkler. In this movie a hacker named Angela Bennett discovers that her identity had been changed. She discovered her name was changed while she was on vacation to Ruth Marx.…

In my essay I will look at how the theme of disruption from a higher power appears in The Tower of Babel (GHM 4.4) but also appears in The United States Government. In The Tower of Babel (GHM 4.4) people after the flood had one language and settled in Shinar. They further decided to build a city with a tower that went up into the heavens. Yahweh (the Hebrew name of god) saw the city and tower and expressed concern for the powerful unity of the people under one language. So Yahweh scattered the…

Identity and Independence in 1984 When a person's identity and independence is completely taken away, it shows that the person is now under complete control. In the book 1984, written by George Orwell this idea is represented by a totalitarian government that controls the everyday life of the people of Oceania. This totalitarian government uses propaganda and decisive tactics to overhold the population. Also an anti-heroic character uses his qualities to rebel and use his given rights; that…

Relationships In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the author portrays the relationships between people as one’s that are essentially close, sexual, and forbidden by the Party. Two main relationships that make an impact in this book would be Winston’s connection with both Julia and O’Brien. This book illustrates that power and authority can be used to destroy individuality and break the bonds of love as shown through the relationship between Winston and his wife Katherine, and between Winston and…

A Cultural Comparison: “2 + 2 = 5” by Radiohead For many centuries, art has been a medium through which writers and musicians have chosen to express their political views and opinions on the world around them. One of the world’s most celebrated political writers, George Orwell, strongly influenced culture, including music, with his dystopian novel 1984. The 80s English alternative rock band, Radiohead, was inspired by the book’s commentary on what the world will look like in the future and wrote…

Empowerment and disempowerment using the gaze is manifested as one of the fundamental themes in George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) as well as Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (1985). Written soon after the Second World War, Nineteen Eighty-Four was a novel which portrayed the experiences of Winston Smith, the protagonist and other significant characters who are bound to live within a totalitarian regime in which the powerful forces are punishment and fear. The Handmaid’s…

Whether it be as individuals, as a society, or as a species, we strive to gain power. We gain personal power when we have confidence in ourselves and our ideas, we gain power over others when a political party wins a majority in an election, and we gain power over the rest of the biosphere in our endeavors to conquer and tame the wildlife around us. That being said, when one abuses the power they are given, others suffer. In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, we see the power of white people and slave…