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A government with total control over its people is something all capitalists fear. In George Orwell’s 1984, he perfectly portrays the effects of government control in his dystopian society. Orwell’s warnings concerning government control are becoming quite evident in today’s society. In the novel 1984, the main setting is Oceana, a futuristic England. Orwell’s Oceana “portrays a future totalitarian world, ruled by a seemingly, omnipotent tyrant called Big Brother” (Perloff 27). The Party is a…

Every human is born with rights that they will have until they perish. Some of the rights do not stay with them, the rights depend on the choices he or she makes throughout their life. In 1984, the author does not give humans many of those same rights that we take for granted, such as the freedom of privacy. Even the NSA watches over us in some aspects, we can do many things without other people noticing us. Orwell uses the Party taking away the citizens’ rights and freedoms to dehumanize them.…

Imagine growing up in a world where all you feel is fear and hate, where you have no choice but to live in isolated community and be forced to believe in things you would not normally believe in. Imagine living in a community where they start teaching at an early age to hate something by force. For example, in the book 1984 they are forced to grow up believing in what the party wants them to believe in an obeying the rules the isolated community has for the people, just like it has/is occurring…

In the movie, V For Vendetta (2005), the different uses of lighting, camera angles and shots have affected my interpretation of the theme of fear and control in the movie and how the government uses fear to control the citizens of London. First, camera angles and shots were used to enhance my understanding of this theme in the movie by use of low and high angles which convey one figure as more intimidating than the other. An example of this is in the scene of the chancellor, Adam Sutler’s first…

Winston smith purchases this diary, which in this place is forbidden, and he writes the words, “Down with Big Brother”, which is a crime in this Oceania, and hides it from the telescreen, which is Oceania security system at this time. A telescreen is what the guards of Oceania use to make sure everyone is being a good citizen. Winston begins a relationship with Julia, another main character of the story, and do very illegal things with each other. After some time, they fall in love. Winston and…

There are various characters who do not emerge at all in George Orwell’s 1984. Despite this, they still manage to affect the development and actions of the Oceania population in addition to the theme. Big Brother, the reputed ruler of the superstate Oceania, does not physically exist in the novel and there is no evidence for his mere existence. Nevertheless, the mention of his name will send the members of the Party into a state of euphoria. There are people who are exceptions to his influence,…

Power is something everyone has power over themselves or others. The way they chose to use it. We see the way the government hides lots of information and the hunger they have for power. They do as they wish to get what they want they wish to get what they want shown in Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince and Thomas More’ Utopia. In the way authors of this novels show how they see the government like if they controlled everything and anything and who has more power Gods or the government like in…

Author George Orwell created a totalitarian society where no one knows what's really going on behind closed doors in his novel, 1984. This society, which features the main character, Winston Smith was fabricated as to what Orwell believed modern society would be like in the year nineteen eighty four and on. Though the similarities may not match up to America’s current situation, North Korea’s dictatorship does. North Korea is currently lead by Kim Jong-un whose face is plastered on buildings…

Some movies now are more dystopian in theme. That is complete in the details. Some plots include horrible games to be played for Government amusement, or the complete control over the people by the government. The First example is the movie THE ISLAND. This is sort of like Anthem in a way. They don’t have real names. Their names are like Echo 112 and Lincoln 223, and so on. The one way that THE ISLAND is different is that they are clones , used for ‘Parts” for their real counterparts. So…

The quote “you can’t judge a book by its cover” can easily apply to the character of Winston Smith. The author might of chose to construct Winston the way he did was to keep the story interesting and the reader interested in the character. George Orwell also might of constructed Winston as an unjudgeable character to get the points he wanted to get across to the reader. Finally, George Orwell made the character of Winston someone the reader can relate to. Keeping the story interesting and the…