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    for the man’s home and for his ignorance. The man in cave was chained leaving him ignorant of how the real world was. The story 1984 is similar to Allegory of the Cave. The people in Oceania were being brainwashing leaving people ignorant. They didn’t how knowledge of what was really going on. The people in Oceania and the man in the cave were left not understanding or comprehending new knowledge. The people who are ignorant have difficult time in understanding and being opened to new knowledge.…

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    the loss of its leader. Alternatively, the book 1984 written by George Orwell is set in the dystopian society of Oceania run by an oligarchy headed by a figure known as Big Brother (Orwell 184). Though these environments seem completely different, they do share some similarities in their means of control and state of order. In both Oceania…

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    1984 By George Orwell

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    1984 written by George Orwell is an example of how an Oligarchy would be for the country’s people. The United States Government is possible to be close to Oceania that is led by Big Brother if the government does not control the amount of power before it is too late. In 1984, Big Brother has complete and utter control of the fictional country, Oceania. For example, the two way screens are their surveillance cameras, for short they call them telescreens. In everyone’s household, they contain…

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    people and what they do. In George Orwell’s book, 1984, the citizens of Oceania are controlled by the government otherwise known as the Party. The Party looks up to their leader, Big Brother, and makes everyone learn to love him by using different techniques. The techniques they use are effective since very few people rebel against the Party. No one is allowed to go against the Party and hate Big Brother since he is the head of Oceania, and is a very dominant figure in the society. Big Brother…

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    Most books usually convey a message to their audience. For example, many dystopian novels convey how not to govern, how not to behave as a society. Some of the novels are based on real events, real societies and governments that existed when the book was written, like communist regimes for instance. Two of the most famous dystopian novels are Animal Farm and 1984. Surely, these two books have a lot in common like how both books were set in England, written by George Orwell, and based on the…

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    by our constitution. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, he talks about the future of a society based on war and oppression, controlled by a corrupt government that strips those rights from its people. It's seen in the novel that the citizens of Oceania do not have freedom because they fear constant observation from the Thought police, persecution from the party, and punishment for unwritten crimes. To begin with, how can they have freedom when they constantly live in fear of the Thought Police…

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    In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the mega-country, Oceania, is split up into three social classes. Of the three social classes the Proles are the most marginalized, excluded and silenced. Orwell presents the proles as poor, unintelligent, animal like and of no concern to the government. The proles get excluded a significant amount more than the other two parties do. They have access to past memories, are the majority of the country and struggle to stay alive yet the government chooses…

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    propaganda are used to control the Party members and Proles of Oceania. The main type of propaganda used in 1984 is a glittering generality, “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (Orwell) glittering generalities have positive implications and are valued in society. Another type of propaganda used in the book is bandwagon hate. All Party members and Proles are taught to hate Emmanuel Goldstein, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each day Oceania citizens are required to watch a telescreen…

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    the mind words, there has also been those interested in exploring ways to control it. In his political science fiction novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell describes the methods used by the Party, the reigning political power in the nation of Oceania. The Party controls every thought of the citizens of the country it governs, and cruelly and severely punishes those who do not comply. In his novel, Orwell explores the inner depths of the human mind and comments on the suggestibility,…

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    about a dystopian government where the Party controls all of Oceania and it’s people. Almost every single person living in Oceania is heavily controlled by the party, and because of this no one raises opposition to the Party’s limitless amount of power, which then enables even more control over Oceania. In George Orwell’s 1984 The Party believes that in order to retain power the right thing to do is to completely control everyone in Oceania by using the art of manipulation in multiple forms such…

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