Can a civilization be founded based purely on hate‚ cruelty‚ and fear? Yes‚ it is possible. Looking at Orwell’s book‚ 1984‚ as well as historical‚ sociological‚ and sociopolitical evidence‚ it is conceivable for a civilization be founded based purely on hate‚ cruelty‚ and fear. Using these points and evidence‚ a civilization to be based solely on these attributes has occurred in 1984‚ historically‚ sociologically‚ and as well as in a sociopolitical environment. In a historical perspective‚ a civilization
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spirit. The dystopian society in which Winston Smith lives in the novel 1984 contains a government that has no problem brutalizing its citizens to achieve any goal they desire. If not successful in achieving this goal‚ the government of Oceania ‘vaporizes’ citizens and rids of any and all means of their existence. Yet‚ in the case of Winston Smith they were successful in this practice of automatizing. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ one can see the dehumanization of Winston Smith through the use of physical
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The visionary George Orwell once said‚ “During the times of universal deceit‚ telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” Winston Smith‚ the main character of the novel titled 1984 written by George Orwell‚ is a humanist who believes freedom should dictate the life of a society. He lives in a society called Oceania. This society is very similar to a North Korean society‚ where the government controls the city with a figure called Big Brother. This leader is a godlike figure to the society
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8 June 2012 The black and white world of 1984 seen through dark eyes The café scene by Salvador Dali was painted in the mid 1900’s and it depicts two people sitting down for a drink is the primary image but there is a secondary image of a skull that is created by the first image of the people. The paintings beauty and story can be related to George Orwell’s novel 1984 which is a love story about a futuristic science fiction society that is completely
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Two Terrifying Tales: Comparing Animal Farm and 1984 Imagine this. In a magical world‚ you can pay an author a sum of money‚ and be transported into the realm of one of his or her books. How wonderful would that be? However‚ I imagine that if you thought long enough‚ there would certainly be some books that you might not want to be transported into. Then there are those books that no one would ever‚ in a thousand years‚ want to be personally involved in‚ even for a second. In such a world‚ I imagine
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1984 Novel Response #1 Chapter 1-5 Summary Readers are introduced to Winston Smith‚ his living situation which although called Victory Mansion is not lavish; it is a run-down apartment complex. Readers are also introduced to Big Brother‚ the government’s authority figure and figurehead for the Party. The telescreen always watches its Party Members‚ looking for traitors among them. Winston brings out a journal‚ out of view of the telescreen‚ because it is considered an act of rebellion against
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Similarly‚ in 1984 by George Orwell‚ everyone was brainwashed to believe certain concepts spread by the Inner Party. For example‚ everyone in Oceania was taught to love Big Brother and hate Emmanuel Goldstein‚ the betrayer and leader of the Brotherhood. Although Winston
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malevolent behavior and all loss for true love. Riots would occur turning civilized people to become savages and barbarians. Half of this is true for the country of Oceania. A Utopia that is not so perfect is depicted in George Orwell’s famous novel‚ 1984. Some citizens are turned against the government and its officials when they discover the falsehoods and corrupt ideas of their Utopian government. Oceania citizen Winston Smith discovers the many false aspect of his society and tries to rise against
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By depicting the most horrific forms of dystopias‚ both George Orwell and Terry Gilliam successfully satirised the bureaucratic‚ totalitarian governments at their extreme. For this monumental task of lampooning the modern political system with references to past philosophers and authors‚ both Orwell and Gilliam incorporates very modest main characters. The protagonists Sam Lowry and Winston Smith both do not effectively fit into the classic ‘Hero’ type of behaviours‚ but are closer to an ordinary
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Propaganda and censorship are major themes that reoccur in 1984 with the purpose of brainwashing the citizens of Airstrip One. Throughout the novel one example of propaganda is the use of the 3 slogans which are: War is peace‚ Freedom is slavery and Ignorance is strength. Through the use of doublethink‚ the Party is able to convince the citizens that they do not desire anything as everything is already provided for them by the party. The people do need need freedom because it is slavery which would
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