Brother” as the all-controlling entity in George Orwell’s 1984 is the premise for the role truth plays throughout the novel. Truth is functioned against society for the benefit of the government. Similarly‚ Tennessee Williams creates a uniquely different environment for his characters in The Glass Menagerie while maintaining the same function of truth as a source of distortion and control. Collectively‚ the themes of dehumanization in 1984 and distortion of memory in The Glass Menagerie relate to
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because of their color of skin and ancestry. Activists of the black freedom struggle questioned citizenship because they couldn’t express the same rights as everyone else. “Your freedom ends when my freedom begins.” Freedom is a paradox‚ a vital paradox. As we can see‚ there are limitations to what we can do as determined by the freedom of others including the state. However‚ states can be abusive and interfere with basic freedoms like civil and human rights. African Americans have victims of oppression
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In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ a key theme in the story is privacy. Invasion of privacy is seen constantly throughout the story as everyone is being watched over by The Party and Big Brother. Everywhere around Airstrip One there are big posters and signs with the sentence ’BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. They accomplish this by means of Telescreens‚ The Thought Police and The Junior Spies. In the real world this relates to closed circuit television‚ also known as CCTV‚ facial recognition systems
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Good afternoon miss ________ and year 10‚ today I will be speaking about a novel and a movie. The opening scenes of the freedom writers movie are riots and you can hear gun shots ‚ the audience is assailed with discordant sounds both diagetic and non diagetic‚ this also helps to convey the chaos of the context which is the social background to the film Throught the film there is a reliance on various forms of signage that provides insights for the audience about characters and events. The
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lives of every citizen. In other words‚ governments like those are considered totalitarian‚ They control all parts of society‚ including the daily life of their inhabitants. Total submissiveness is required‚ and opposition is punished severely. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ the reader can infer that the government is totalitarian based on their ideals and values. Especially in aspects surrounding society and everyday life‚ Big Brother’s party is evidently a totalitarian regime. As stated before‚ when
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Is there Privacy? In 1984 George Orwell describes how no matter where you go in Oceania there is a telescreen right there watching you. Everything you do say or sometimes even think‚ Big Brother will know. 1984 was written in 1949 and Orwell hinted at technology which never even existed. Perhaps he saw it coming because of how popular the television was becoming. There are many ideas in this novel that Orwell predicts. Some came true in 1984‚ some did not‚ but today in United
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in the book 1984‚ his job is to change the news articles to favor their government and basically brainwash their people. Winston’s government wanted to be in control of the information that was getting released to their people to help control the thoughts that the citizens were having. Winston states‚ “And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past‚’ ran the
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decided that there will be no more elections to determine who is president. He‚ the current president‚ will remain in office until he dies. Obama claims that we the people will not lose our rights to vote‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of the press. Yet‚ I wonder‚ how long will our freedoms last. For the first time in the history of the United States of America‚ we have a leader who has elected themselves to run our government permanently. The scenario above is extremely possible‚ especially if
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“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought‚ conscience‚ and religion.” (Article18). In the book thief by Markus Zusak this article was violated many times by Hitler and other characters. Hitler and the torture that he brought to characters such as Max‚ Liesel‚ and Hans violate many articles such as article 18 in the UDHR. These characters were not given the right to freedom of religion. Or given the chance to stand up for what they believe is right. Or even given the privacy they deserve in their
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1984 vs. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest In a totalitarian country‚ any ordinary citizen’s powers are limited‚ if at all possible. Although any individual is treated like a part of the society‚ he has no chances to play a vital role in it. A person is to follow officially dispersed propaganda and obey the rules‚ which intend to control everything. The totalitarian system uses any means including manipulation‚ intimidation and even the worst forms of repression just to achieve the main goal
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