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    British Lit. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ Winston Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania‚ a place where the party scrutinizes human actions with everwatchful Big Brother. Defying a ban on individuality‚ Winston dares to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia. These criminal deeds bring Winston into the eye of the opposition‚ who then must reform the nonconformist. George Orwell’s 1984 introduced the watch words for life without freedom: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

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    1984 Expository Essay The Book 1984 was written by George Orwell shortly after W.W.II. The book really shows us what would happen if the government gets too powerful. The world of 1984 is so organize that it has many high technologies to keep people on line or more importantly is to control. However‚ our world is much more different‚ we have our own individualism‚ freedom‚ and power. First of all‚ our world is much more different than the world of 1984‚ because we have our own individualism.

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    In "1984"‚ Orwell portrays a totalitarian dystopian world‚ where there is no freedom and citizens are constantly brainwashed. Without thought‚ the citizens just work for the party. In order to insure the citizen will always listen to the government‚ they make sure the citizen have no recollection of the past. The party also does a very good job with creating fear with propaganda‚ taking away freedom‚ in forcing strict rules and having everyone under surveillance at all times. In "1984"‚ false

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    1984 Persuasive Essay The well-known novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ is a direct commentary of our present society‚ the novel talks about media controlling the thoughts of the people‚ the reoccurring slogans of the party which are‚ “War is peace‚ Freedom is slavery and Ignorance is strength” and the idea of doublethink‚ these are all seen in our society today‚ but in different forms. In this well writ novel‚ the citizens of the society are constantly under watch by a figure named Big Brother‚ there

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    1984 Critical Essay The novel I have chosen to write about that is set in a different time but is still relevant to this day is “1984” by George Orwell. Orwell effectively uses theme‚ characterisation‚ imagery and symbolism to help us appreciate the themes he runs throughout the book that have just as much relevance then as they do now. This is despite Orwells’ book being first published in 1948. Orwells’ book is set in a totalitarian state where all who live there must accept and comply with

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    1984 Essay What do you think a normal human being needs to have a good‚ hearty life? What are the most basic needs that are vital to one’s survival? According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ physiological needs are those required to sustain life‚ such as air‚ water‚ nourishment‚ and sleep. If such needs are not satisfied‚ then one’s motivation will arise from the quest to satisfy them. Higher needs such as social needs and esteem are not felt until one has met the needs basic to one’s bodily functioning

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    Angela Campoli ENG 4U1 Ms. Simon Father Leo J. Austin CSS Nov. 19‚ 2014 The Loss of Humanity in 1984 Every human being holds an intrinsic set of natural behaviours which ultimately affect how they perceive their surroundings. For the majority‚ these behaviours come naturally so they have no control over them‚ unless they are negatively influenced to do otherwise. In George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984‚ the citizens of Oceania are unfortunately controlled by the Party in every way possible. The Party’s

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    Orwell‚ a British author‚ recognized the horrors of totalitarian governments and wrote 1984 as a warning against totalitarian rule. Orwell utilizes symbols such as Big Brother and Goldstein‚ telescreens‚ and the Glass Paperweight to illustrate the dangers of a totalitarian government. The government known as the Party creates two fictional characters‚ Big Brother

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    Technology was used in ’1984’ for nefarious purposes at worst‚ or‚ at best‚ as a way of suppressing dissent. • Television as a Propaganda Machine Television‚ as it is known today‚ was utilized in ’1984’ as a propaganda machine to subdue the masses. It was the medium that could best display what was good about Big Brother‚ and what was evil about Emmanuel Goldstein. Televised broadcasts in ’1984’ were made via telescreens‚ and they had the chilling capacity of being a two-way device.

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    1984, Orwell Essay

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    abundance of themes and issues explored in Nineteen Eighty-Four (hereafter “1984”) that relate to the object of power and its representation through the political state of “the party”‚ rebellion and language. Similarly‚ these themes of the use‚ abuse‚ and manipulation of power are used in the Peter Nicholson Cartoon in the Daily Telegraph (1/03/03)‚ and the film Enemy of the State directed by Tony Scott. Orwell begins 1984 with an introduction to the responder of a bleak world where individual freedom

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