The British colonization of Burma created a racial boundary that had the Burmese dealing with white European supremacy since day one. It is evident throughout George Orwell’s novel‚ Burmese Days‚ that the main theme is the superiority of the white Europeans over the non-white Burmese. The white Europeans are extremely racist‚ sexist‚ and self centered. The social class system in this novel seems to be a two-tier system. The top tier being the white European elite‚ while the bottom tier seems to be
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demanding due to being centralized on a dictatorship where everyone has to follow a certain leader. In the novel 1984 the government is under control by Big Brother and they take away the rights of the people of Oceania and manipulate them. In 1984‚ George Orwell uses the theme of psychological manipulation to display the Party’s oppressive actions in a utopian society that exhibit the dangers of a totalitarian government. The Party had different ways on how to keep the people under control
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If I could talk to Orwell‚ I would tell him how incredibly disappointed I was after finishing 1984 due to Oceania’s victory and the loss of hope for the citizens. Since Oceania won the battle‚ they gained full control of Africa. This means that the Oceania government and their laws will expand toward other people. Rather than letting Oceania win the longtime war against Eurasia and Eastasia‚ I would make one of the two others win. If I let Oceania lose‚ it means that the citizens and proles would
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Marxism portrayed throughout ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell? The main aim of Marxism is to bring about a classless society‚ and ‘Animal Farm’ is generally considered to be a Marxist novel‚ as all its characters share a similar ambition at the beginning. ‘Animal Farm’ represents an example of the oppressed masses rising up to form their own classless society‚ whilst offering a subtle critique on Stalin’s Soviet Russia‚ and communism in general. Orwell is‚ ironically‚ revolutionary in his work‚ as
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In today’s world‚ we see many new development of technologies that has the potential to change our society like 1984. For example‚ the police now have a device that can read license plates and check if a car stolen or uninsured. Humans know that the National Security Agency can observe what we do online and Google searches. It also seems that almost every stores we would go to would always ask for our phone number and ZIP code as part of any transactions. If you have read the novel‚ 1984‚ we can
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George Orwell uses tone and diction in his book to mold the scene of 1984 into a gloomy‚ dark and depressing set. He begins with setting the time of day‚ thirteen. Choosing "thirteen" instead of one Orwell sets a tone of an over militarized nation. He then moves on to using "boiled cabbage and old rag mats"; an all-enveloping‚ oppressive smell one couldn’t wish on even on their worst enemy. The combination of these two along with the babbling telescreen‚ snooping police‚ and contrived posters anchor
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Shooting an Elephant is a self-identity essay written by George Orwell recounting his time as an Imperial guard in Burma. He describes the ways that he was treated and how he was hated and seen as a symbol of the oppressive Imperials that he worked for. Orwell discussed how he had grown disenfranchised with imperialism and decided that it “was an evil thing and the sooner I chucked up my job and got out the better.” Orwell described his job in terms where he was on the front line‚ and wrong side
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1984 by George Orwell is a story of a man’s strugle against a totalitarianstic government that controls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. They use advanced mind reading techniques to discover the thoughts of the people and punish those who show signs of rebellion against the government. The novel is supposed to be a prophetic story‚ however‚ it was somewhat wrong in the date. Although some of the things described in the book are going on today‚ several things are not going to happen for some
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In his dystopian novel‚ 1984‚ George Orwell portrays a society under a harsh totalitarian regime. The protagonist Winston is an unlikely hero because of his fatalistic nature and the subtlety of his rebellion. He risks exposing himself by daring to act on his own sense of individuality. The paradox of hope´s presence in a dystopia highlights the little optimism in the novel. Hope is generated by characters who are able to recognize the wrong in society that others seem oblivious to‚ and resist‚ even
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Shooting An Elephant The well written narrative essay of George Orwell (shooting An Elephant) and Salvation of Langston Hughes‚ dealing with their life story and experience show the set of qualities that make each author distinctive. However‚ the authors used a particular way to narrate their story making them alive. So this particular way used by each of them let make a critical comparison and contrast analysis related to each author personality. Langston Hughes toward Salvation used an
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