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    2012 1984 Essay Imagine living in a world where technology is controlled by a higher power and you basically have no say in your own everyday life. In the novel written by George Orwell 1984‚ this imagination is reality for Winston (main character) and all of the book’s society. Dictatorship by video surveillance is how society is run in the book 1984. It becomes something of intensity that is described how the use of technology is used to control public and even private behavior. In 1984‚ the

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    1984 Love

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    1984 and Love George Orwell presents us with an interesting portrayal of love in his novel‚ 1984. In the nation of Oceania that he writes about‚ the Party tries desperately to erase love for anything but Big Brother from the lives of its members. In many ways‚ it is successful in doing so. It causes Winston ’s marriage with his wife Katharine to be frigid and cold and to end in separation. Even occasional affairs that sneak by the Party ’s watchful eyes at first‚ like Winston and Julia ’s‚ are eventually

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    Totalitarianism In 1984

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    The Daunting Effects of Totalitarianism In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell utilizes diction and figurative language to portray how a totalitarian government dehumanizes the lives of its people and obliterate their thought. In the beginning of the novel‚ Winston helps the reader visualize an important Newspeak worker at the Fiction Department with “two blank discs instead of eyes” (53). The usage of “two blank discs” is to describe the person’s eyes as a bleak image of thoughtlessness. Instead of

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    Gattaca and 1984

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    Orwell‚ the author of 1984‚ shows a similar concept‚ where life is controlled by the Party and where the main character‚ Winston‚ tries to defy the Party. Although it is obvious that both works have a dystopian society‚ the societies within it struggle to achieve a utopian society instead. Through its intense depiction of struggles to fit in and altering way of life to be accepted in society‚ Gattaca has enhanced the understanding of the impact that surveillance has in 1984 and how it has limited

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    Technology In 1984

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    effective but if misused it can be a threat to its society.In the movie‚ Elysium by Neil Blomkamp‚ which was released on August 7‚ 2013 as well as the novel‚ 1984‚ the use of technology is displayed throughout the two stories but it is shown more advanced and it is more used and shown within the society in the movie‚ Elysium. In the novel‚ 1984‚ all of Oceania’s citizens are under surveillance twenty-four seven through telescreens which are monitored by the inner party members which are only 2%

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    Setting of 1984

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    The settings of 1984 are important for the ways in which they conjure up particular atmospheres appropriate to what Orwell wishes to communicate. The book was published while the Second World War was still fresh in the memories of the people‚ and many of its results were still evident in physical form as could be seen‚ for example from the bombed sites in and around London. As a result‚ many of the individual features of the settings of ‘‘1984’’ can be traced back to England between 1939 - 45. At

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    Oligarchy In 1984

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    1984 Analysis In his novel 1984‚ George Orwell describes a world with an oppressive government called “The Party” that all people must worship. In order to describe a conflicting situation involving a government of this nature‚ Orwell centers his story on a dissenter named Winston that tries to break away from this oppression. When someone takes control without the mandate of the people‚ there will always be groups of people that stand up to it. George Orwell included the character of Winston

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    Luke chapter 15 verses 11-32 tell the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The theme of this parable would be best described as man verses man. The parable is about a young boy who goes against his father’s wishes and takes his inheritance and goes out into the world. He leaves his older brother who decided to stay at home with his father to live and work. The younger brother left home and went out into the world. He went out into the city with the money to buy all kinds of indulgences ranging from alcohol

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    1984, Dystopia

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    takeover is nothing new. We could lose our rights to our freedom and privacy. In George Orwell’s book‚ 1984‚ be constructs his idea around a dystopian world where everyone’s right to privacy are taken away and the opinions of individuals are manipulated into believing the governments ideal society is the perfect society. George Orwell had written the book as a prediction of the future for the year 1984. We may see his book as an impossible scenario‚ but his dystopian world may not be as far from reality

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    Propaganda in 1984

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    Crystal Robles Dr. Paliwoda English 101 4 December 2012 In Oceania‚ rumors‚ myths‚ ideas and false information controls the minds of the citizens. The Party uses propaganda as a powerful weapon against the citizens. There are many types of propaganda used. Propaganda is brainwash. The citizens of Oceania are brainwashed to think that the Party is really there to help them‚ to make them happy. “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” and “Big Brother is Watching You” are examples

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