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A utopia is a place where everything is perfect. In this unit, we read Anthem and 1984, that explained different governments that could happen today. They both dealt with aspects of utopia because they tried to make everyone equal. As we learned, there is no way to create an ideal society because it helps create more problems. U.S. citizens use equality but that doesn’t create an ideal society because it points out problems. Conformity can help but it also creates rebellion and more problems.…

Calvin Mendez Professor Weatherill ENG 1021 1pm 2 April 2024 Constitution Essay Paperator. Freedom of Speech to say what you want in Oceania. Freedom of speech is one of the most important amendments to the constitution. It allows you to say what you want and not speak when you want to. In the book 1984 it shows how only certain people in the community can say what they want without getting in trouble with Big Brother. People like Winston, who are part of the lower social class, are not…

Since the beginning of modern history, oppression in the form of sexism, ableism, colonialism, and racism has been apparent in the interactions and treatment of people of all types due to the very fact that people, by nature, are competitive and willing to undermine others to achieve their goals. Likewise, the theme of oppression and authoritarianism is one which authors of all time periods have explored. In George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, this is no different. In their…

The world is full of various types of people, places, and societies. Each society has its owns laws that regulate the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties. In the novel 1984, the society the people live in is called totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. The society the novel takes place in is Oceania. It has specific laws and rulers known as Big Brother, The…

Noah Jick Ms. Brown 10/20/14 The Dangers of Totalitarian Regimes In the omnisciently ruled world of 1984’s Oceania, people are constantly living in fear of doing or saying something wrong, mere thoughts can be incriminating. Even worse, any bad thoughts may have you made into an “unperson”. All is seen by telescreens watching every facial expression and taking note of any and all movement. Even in your home there is no escape. You are incapable of getting away from Telescreen and "Big…

Originally coined in 1972 by psychologist Irving Janis, the term “groupthink” has its roots in 1984. The Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology defines the phenomenon as “a condition in which highly cohesive groups in ‘hot’ decision situations display excessive levels of concurrence seeking that suppress critical inquiry and result in faulty decision making” (Aldag). Janis chose the name groupthink due to Orwell’s “doublethink” in 1984, a similar condition marked by the simultaneous acceptance of…

demonstrating that females are becoming less confident with themselves due to society. WE live in a time where self empowerment is important and welcomed, so seeing that young girls loose it when they go through puberty makes us feel that there is a prole that needs to be fixed because even though both genders have their differences, we should not see and use one of them to insult or make someone feel…

You have the upper class, inner party, that was the elite ruling class, then you have the middle class, outer party, which consisted of the educated working portion of the party, and finally the lower class, the proles, which is where all the uneducated working class remained. This was a system that kept the hierarchy in check. The inner party had different living standards than those of the the outer party and the paroles. Big Brother had various ways in controlling…

get into Winston and was able to get him to show and become his true self which was really hard to do in Oceania with all of the restrictions. She influenced him to not hate women as much as he did before they met we could see that when he meet the prole and we as readers could see his thought process and how the things he thought about women significantly changed into a more positive and respectful way. He didn’t have the aggressive nature he did in the beginning of the novel towards women as…

1984, written in 1947 by Eric Arthur Blair or better known as George Orwell, the novel is about a dystopian future where democracy has been removed and the government controls most aspects of life. Winston Smith, the main character in the novel, begins to grow suspicious of the government and slowly has a rebellion grow inside of him. Throughout the novel Winston grows angry towards the government and meets people who feel the same way. It is illegal to think bad about the government or show…