totalitarian society of 1984 would be farfetched and unrealistic, there are actually several that can be made. Politicians utilize the manipulation of fearful minds, through speeches and campaign ads, in order to gain followers and further their campaigns, similar to how the Party uses propaganda presentations to manipulate their citizens. In addition, the US population is becoming increasingly fearful following heightened surveillance from the National Security Agency (NSA), while in 1984 a large population…
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Mason Anderson Mrs. Barnes Composition 19, February 2013 1984 vs. Nazi Germany “Power is not a means; it is an end. And power means the capacity to conflict unlimited pain and suffering to another human being”(afterword 288). 1984 by George Orwell is a story of power and control. The government uses a spying organization known as “Big Brother,” Thought Police, and children to gain power over regular society, regardless of the cost. In a similar way Adolf Hitler exerted power over the people…
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Atwood’s and Orwell’s novels share the fundamental idea that control of language and thought are crucial to dystopian novel. George Orwell’s ‘1984’ was written after World War Two building on people’s fear of the political stability of the world. His novel includes the all-powerful Big Brother, which monitors and controls Oceania, where the novel is set. Margaret Atwood’s delve into control of thought and language is through religion. Her novel set in the near future religious state, Gilead, in…
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Pliable Propaganda & Molding Language In this day and age, people’s lives are filled with newspapers, comics, books, magazines television, advertisements, radio broadcasts, and more. Most media is needed to understand what is going on in the world around us, but a majority of it is not as genuine as one would think. In George Orwell’s 1984, a corrupt government called the Party gains total power through propaganda and the manipulation of language. By imposing fear to gain control, the government…
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government. 1984 is a commentary for the upcoming of what society could become if dictatorship is permitted to attain power. Although one might argue that autocracy is the best type of government for citizens, an analysis of fear being created through propaganda, strict laws and ceaseless surveillances in 1984, by George Orwell, will show the negatives of obtaining an autocratic government in society. In 1984, dishonesties and mythologies captivate the minds of citizens. Propaganda has the…
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George Orwell’s book 1984 contains many historical parallels between the way society functions in Big Brother’s Oceania and Hitler’s Nazi Germany. When Hitler was given power to lead Germany’s government in 1933, he made many changes to the way society was ran (“Adolf Hitler”). Similar to Big Brother, Hitler eliminated political rivals and gave the people of his society a common enemy to resent. Both leaders gained extreme control over their citizens using a totalitarian style of government. In both…
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In the book of 1984 by author George Orwell, creates a modern city called Oceania which is a state that the Party and Big Brother tries to control and manipulate its population. Throughout the book they come up with several ways to control such as, privacy restrictions, supervision,propaganda, changes in the language to create fear and a phobia in order to gain control of the people's mind. Today we see technology advancing and it is bringing us a lot of advantages and disadvantages. Technology…
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In 1984, the government dictated every aspect of a person’s life. They used drilled propaganda of the mind to the point that everyone was brainwashed. Even if the propaganda is unbelievable, the people of Oceania readily go along with it. This reminds me Hitler, of course, because of his use of propaganda. Actually, any dictator had to use propaganda to rise to power. So really, the tactic of any dictator of the world can be related to the dictatorship in 1984. I’ll just…
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A dystopia is setting in which everything is considered unpleasant and the presence of totalitarian government is often involved. In the science-fiction novel, 1984, Orwell presents a whole world of dystopia where freedom seizes to exist and the citizens of the world are constantly being brainwashed and oppressed by an upper class government. Due to the oppressive nature of the government, the sense of individuality becomes absent and people are forced to work for the party like slaves. This is clearly…
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2012 Oppression and Dehumanization of Society in George Orwell’s 1984: The Manipulation of Technology, Language, Media and History George Orwell uses his novel 1984 to convey that human beings, as a species, are extremely susceptible to dehumanization and oppression in society. Orwell demonstrates how a government’s manipulation of technology, language, media, and history can oppress and degrade its citizens. In 1984 the political manipulation of technology oppresses the people of…
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