oppressive societal control and the illusion of utopia is maintained through propaganda and indoctrination at the expense of altruistic human values. Fritz Lang’s expressionist‚ science-fiction film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s dystopic novel 1984 (1949) both critique the imposition of conformity and excessive control in society‚ as well as caution against misguided scientific hubris‚ whilst highlighting the significance of the individual. Through the comparative study of these texts‚ responders
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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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Life itself would be dull and pointless if no pleasures existed. A government can manipulate the population’s minds if they have no reason to live. Their minds and actions would be effortlessly controlled by propaganda and brute force. In the novel 1984‚ the Party has reduced the pleasure the population of Oceania can have to basically nothing. The government limiting the people in what they can or cannot do is unjust and inhumane. Not much in life can the citizens enjoy except for the propaganda
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Warnings of 1984 George Orwell’s novel 1984 is a political novel written with the intent of warning readers of the dangers of communism and totalitarian governments. Secker and Warburg published the novel in 1949. Orwell’s motivation for writing this piece came from his time serving as a reporter during the Spanish Civil War. There he witnessed first hand the atrocities committed by the fascist government. The rise of Hitler in Germany and Stalin in Russia also served to inspire Orwell’s
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the classic novel 1984‚ author George Orwell writes of a future country called Oceania in which there is nothing that the government doesn’t control. By limiting the country’s historical knowledge‚ manipulating their minds‚ and conditioning their bodies‚ Big Brother is able to undermine citizens and use them as puppets. Though American government isn’t as austere as the fictitious one in 1984‚ there are definite parallels between Orwell’s writings and today’s society. In 1984‚ The Party is in control
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1984 Essay After reading Orwell’s 1984 and examining Stalin’s rule over Soviet Russia it is safe to say that the two are very similar. Many features of Big Brother and Oceania mimic those of Stalin and the USSR. As well‚ the ability to change the truth and rewrite the past was abused for both regimes. Also‚ the Party and it’s enemies are actual representations of real people who were against Stalin and the USSR. Finally‚ Big Brother and Stalin did have some differences though very few. By discussing
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Oceania People are controlled quite easily by a government. George Orwell‚ aka Eric Arthur Blair wrote the novel 1984 in 1949. This novel was written about a man named Winston who lives in Oceania which is placed in a London where government surveillance keeps people in check. Winston wishes to rebel against the party and does so by having a love affair with a woman named Julia. Winston enjoys this but he wants more so he seeks to join the Brotherhood and pays the price for doing so. The party controls
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people choose to think that the American Dream a thing of the past. I choose to think that with determination and the proper mindset you can achieve their ambition in life. There are all kinds of opportunities and help in the world such as Financial Aid‚ Food Stamps‚ Wick‚ and ect. Someone who shares the same opinion as me is a man called Adam Shepard. He is the author of the book “Scratch Beginnings”‚ and has also completed what he believes what the American Dream is. Another person called Barbara Ehrenreich
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George Orwell uses setting to help create a dystopic world by establishing the lack of freedom in the 1984 society. Firstly‚ it is depicted that there is no loving relationship between parents and their children in society due to the Party’s overbearing control. The distrustful relationship between family members is highlighted in how Ms Parson’s children “would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy” (29). The characterisation of the children and how they would be willing to
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equal” (201). Living in a world where everything from books to television is controlled by the government‚ George Orwell’s 1984 transforms the motives of a democratic and equal society into a society of socialism and unjust ways. The control and use of information and history‚ technology‚ and psychological manipulation are all set in place as the main theme of the book 1984. Of course‚ such matters as history and information would take years to change and would be an ongoing process; nevertheless
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