The Big War

In a dystopian society under complete government control, most people blindly follow the crowd, but a few individuals realise the corruption for themselves and make a stand against their governments. Both the movie V For Vendetta based of the graphic novel by Alan Moore and 1984 a novel written by George Orwell take place in these types of dystopian societies, and feature protagonists who retaliate against their governments. The characters Wilson from 1984 and and Eve from V For Vendetta are…

Big brother is a power that forced fear and protection over all of Oceania. The party which is the inner works behind big brother helps keep everybody in a straight line and not stray away from what the party says is so. Big brother has been made the face of fear and tyranny and has enforced a lot of unfair laws on the people of Oceania. Some people think that in 1984 big brothers surveillance is as advanced as some of our technological appliances today. In today's modern world of technology I…

different, these two people both work for the government. These governments are controlling, and basically brainwash people. Winston and Montag rebel against their oppressive governments in with the help of a few friends. Winston, in 1984, works for “Big Brother”, which is another name for the government. Winston has a deep hatred for the government and seems to be the only person to know what the government is doing. Winston meets a young woman name Julia, she works for the government just…

drinking a bottle of water and laying out a couple of awards he has won. What is your career? Well, I do work and do studies on the big bang but mainly I am a professor the Astronomy and Physics Department at Harvard University. What type of work have you done on astronomy? Well, me and my team of radio astronomers had found the imprint of gravitational waves from the Big Bang.…

the past.” The quote represents the grasp that the Party has over the people, controlling the past, the present, and the future, taking away and dominating everything the people have to live for. They are free yet they are not in many ways because “Big Brother Is Always Watching…

This is accompanied by the movie's attempt in criticising the media's crooked ways in a desperate search for the next big hit, aiding politicans in delivering messages the public and voters want to hear and devaluing real issues. Sadly, the movie fails in bringing that message across in a satirical, convincive manner, as it awkwardly tries to be a political satire and…

minds. In a way, Winston is right. A society based off hatred and cruel punishments is not going to survive with the system they have; it would only be a matter of time before everyone begins to break the laws of Oceania and defy the Party as well as Big Brother. Our world has a history of hate-based crimes and hate-based developing societies. For example, Nazi Germany in 1930’s rose with direct hatred toward Jews or anyone who did not fit the stereotypical idea for Adolf Hitler’s “Master…

been many different types that have been created. Not only have there been governments with the rule of the people, there are also governments that are run by one leader or dictator. In the story 1984 the government is run by an organization called Big Brother. This government is like a dictatorship as they are able to watch over and listen to everything you say and do. In the movie Divergent the people are divided up into 5 different factions that are controlled by the government. However the…

before history gets rewritten. “All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary.” (Pg.40) The party would always manipulate the truth to benefit themselves. At first Oceania was at war with a particular enemy and the next they were at war with a totally different enemy. Everyone in this society was being brainwashed and lied to. Winston was…

liberal ideas,” and as such amassed more, and more absolute, power than ever before. This power is definitely presented as evil to the core; the whole book is about rebellion against it, and even Winston’s eventual succumbation to the Party’s ideals and Big Brother is something the reader is supposed to be disgusted…