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    Imagine a world in which occupants were monitored at all times. Well‚ in George Orwell’s 1984‚ the citizens in Oceania are scrutinized at all hours of the day. In 1984‚ Winston Smith starts a journal to express his negative thoughts about the Party and Big Brother even though he can be punished by death if caught. Soon after starting his journal‚ Winston meets Julia‚ another unorthodox person like Winston. After a few gatherings with Julia‚ Winston falls in love with her. Then O’Brien invites Winston

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    George Orwell’s 1984 and the 2011 Arab Spring Revolutions‚ where authoritarian power is taken to an extreme. In both instances‚ the people of Oceania and the Middle East are forced upon unfair and dangerous living conditions—in which they are manipulated of their human nature through their freedom and knowledge. Liberty is a God-given right to all humans; however‚ different nations have different interpretations of this ideology. People are dispossessed from this in both 1984 and the Arab Spring

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    When writing for academic purposes‚ there are a number of conventions that you should follow. A key difference to most other forms of writing is that we give references to the sources of our argument. Ambiguity is something most academics dislike‚ and you’re more credible‚ too‚ if you avoid it. Academic writing tends to be rather formal‚ and many will advise you to avoid writing in the first person (that is‚ not write using I). This makes academic writing both formal and impersonal. The reason

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    1984, Dystopia

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    could be the downfall of our society. This concept of technology 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

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    Propaganda in 1984

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    make them happy. “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” and “Big Brother is Watching You” are examples of doublethink. These uses of propaganda prevent rebellion of the citizens of Oceania because they believe that this society is the ideal society. They believe they are protected‚ and that they could not be happier. Propaganda is the Party’s deadliest weapon of control. One use of propaganda used by the Party is doublethink. “WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

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    Utilitarianism In 1984

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    The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell warns its readers of the possible future that can reflect the novel’s premise of a controlled and dehumanized society. Throughout the novel‚ it is evident of the numerous techniques that the leading party‚ that is referred to as “The Party”‚ uses to have control over its citizens as a whole and individually. One of the more prevalent one’s in the book is the idea of a common enemy. Throughout time‚ many revolutions have went underway because of the shared

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    of those people are correct; brainwashing occurs in society quite often and emerges in novels as a result. A prominent theme in Orwell’s 1984 is the idea of brainwashing Oceania’s citizens. The society and government start indoctrinating children with party ideals as soon as they possibly can‚ and adults have images of Big Brother surrounding them daily. Unfortunately‚ this does not only transpire in novels‚ but it also occurs in our society today. Brainwashing occurrences in the 20th and 21st century

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    “assess the view that in todays society the family is losing its functions” (24 marks) There are many different sociologists who look in the families place in today’s society and assess the level of function to family has today. From Murdock to parsons‚ feminist and warm bath theory there is many different views and opinions on this statement. One of the more famous sociologists who looked at the family is G.P.Murdock; he compared over 250 societies and claimed that the nuclear family was universal

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    Tamara Tillery September 29‚ 2010 Compare To Religion M/W 6pm Agnosticism Everyone in this world have a religion no matter if you do or you don’t believe in something. Religion is a plays a big part in everyone’s life. The problem is that people only know about their religion and not everyone else’s. It’s always good to know about others religion so u can see their morals and what they stand for and what are they beliefs and

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    John Corvi A parallel society Hitler and Stalin are two men who forever left an imprint on the history and future of mankind. The 1940’s are a decade with hundreds of twist and turns‚ and these two men can be named responsible for the majority of them. The respective countries of these two rulers both experienced a time where citizens ultimately had almost no rights and no freedom because of the choice of government these two rulers decided to practice: Totalitarianism. Totalitarianism left people’s

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