Nineteen Eighty-Four

Having the ability to influence the thoughts and behaviour of others is the most preeminent weapon in the world. When a person has this capacity but their only chief concern is themselves then it can have detrimental effects on humanity. All dystopian works have this egocentric human nature in common, whether it’s the main characters or corporation or governments. There is always the self-seeking characters whose actions may result in catastrophic results. Kurt Vonnegut’s fourth novel Cat’s…

The Hunger Games is a dystopian trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. The series follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains its hold on its 12 districts by forcing them each to select one male and one female tribute between the ages of twelve and eighteen to be sent to an arena to participate in a death match, called the Hunger games. The last one alive emerges the victor, supposedly to be bestowed with wealth for the…

The Dystopian World of Anthem The story of Anthem is extremely devious story. It shows numerous of sneaky ways to show that it is a dystopia. Equality is one of five people that knows this is a dystopia. He tries to figure this out each and everyday Equality shows that anthem is a dystopia many times. Equality writes in his journal “our body was not like the bodies of our brothers” (Rand80). This shows how this is a part of a dystopia because of how his brothers act. They are very slumped and…

The start of the Russian Revolution started on March 8, 1917. The book Animal Farm was written between 1917 and 1943 which reflects the revolution and into the Stalinist era. The book was written with the genre of satire which is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com). Animal Farm also used an outsider narrator which…

One of the topics throughout Anthem is the importance of knowledge. This is mentioned throughout the whole book, subtly and boldly said. The government leaves out important education and technology from before the “Great Rebirth”. (Rand, p. 19) This creates a lack of knowledge. Equality 7-2521 fills this void of knowledge through his own experiments in the tunnel. In the end knowledge fuels the climax. The importance of knowledge is important to the book. The government withholds important…

The art of language-Doublespeak As we all know that language is a kind of art, you can use different ways to express same meaning. For example, if you go to someone’s funeral, when you want to comfort the dead guy’s relatives, you can’t say, “die”, instead, you should say, “pass away”, these two words contains the same meaning but the second one is not as sensitive as the previous one, this is the power of words. Different expressions give listener different feelings. What people said…

FIGHT CLUB AND POST-MODERNISM In the Postmodernity, the traditional structures of the world have fallen precipitously. The industrial revolution has ended in complete failure, achieving success has not promoted the welfare among humans and religion has ceased to be transcendent, hence the Nietzsche postulate that "God is dead". Religion has become the worst enemy of freedom of thought. The belief in the virtues of education and the advances in science have also fallen to the ground. This…

"For many, the American Dream has now become a nightmare." - Bernie Sanders, American politician Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell, parallel to the Russian Revolution, in which a working class of farm animals overthrows their masters to create a communist society. However, when a pig named Napoleon gains power, things around the farm quickly go awry. George Orwell used Animal Farm as a warning to future generations. He encourages us to think freely and be educated to prevent the events of…

On paper a utopia has no flaws and equality for all. The only down side is creating a perfect utopia is impossible and has never been done. In one's eyes, they have created a perfect society, but to many others it is far from perfect. By definition, a utopia is “a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions “(“Utopia”). While on the other hand, a dystopia is “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often live fearful lives” (“Dystopia”). In 1948…

First of all, according to the book, “Animal Farm,” by George Orwell, a piece of evidence that would support the claim: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely would be, “So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone.” This shows that the pigs had so much power they started using it negatively towards other animals, but positively for themselves, by reserving what’s nutritiously best for themself, and feeding…