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    “The Last Man in Europe” precisely because he adheres to the importance of the individual mind. Orwell shows that totalitarianism paradoxically intensifies solitude by forcing all the isolated beings into one overpowering system. “Much of Orwell’s success in Nineteen Eighty-Four‚” writes history professor Malcolm Thorp‚ “lies in his creating a plausible description of how totalitarianism can destroy the individual and turn him into an automaton.” Here‚ the term “automaton” is particularly

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    versus Totalitarianism In Animal Farm. Old Major‚ in Animal Farm‚ wanted the animals to be free of man’s rule over them but also govern themselves. He discusses a rebellion to rise against man. He wanted them to revolt against man because they believe man doesn’t know how to treat them‚ however other animals know how to treat one another. In Orwell’s‚ Animal Farm‚ the rebellion was supposed to make the animals free; however with Napoleon’s abuse of power it became the rule of totalitarianism instead

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    Instability of Totalitarianism in George Orwell’s 1984 A government enforces procedures in which a society must follow. Governments contrast by deciding to either be stringent‚ lenient or even moderate. The protagonist‚ Winston realizes that the government which he resides in maintains absolute control. Revolution results in extreme punishment that eventually leads to death. With the rest of the society brainwashed Winston tries to successfully find a way to revolt. Throughout the novel‚ 1984

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    ------------------------------------------------- II-2 AB/BSE Literature March 26‚ 2013 “A Brave Scrutiny of Totalitarianism on Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World” Aldous Huxley had taken a brave road as he ventured the possibility of implementing Totalitarianism in the society‚ through his novel which was written in 1931 and published in 1932 entitled Brave New World. I. Bit of Information about the Novel: The story revolves around

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    Totalitarianism in the Soviet Union‚ Italy‚ and Germany (by the way‚ all my essays are not very in depth because we have to write 2-3 600 word essays every week!) A totalitarian government is a modern autocratic regime in which the state controls all phases of society. It not only seeks to control the economical and political aspects of society‚ but also tries to direct the daily lives of its citizens. Totalitarianism strives to influence the attitudes‚ beliefs‚ and opinions of its people through

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    control progresses‚ the problem is assumed to continue to grow in power. While technology allows easier access to information and better communication‚ the backlash could be catastrophic. In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell predicts to some extent‚ totalitarianism in everyday life. He uses setting‚ characterization‚ and action to set the scene for increasing government control. The setting of 1984 consists of

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    The type of governmental system that is present in the novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ which is totalitarianism‚ compared to the governmental system America‚ democracy‚ is the polar opposite. Oceania‚ where the setting takes place in the novel‚ 1984‚ does not have a stable constitution for it’s people and government. Totalitarianism is when a government has total control everything and everyone in a country and democracy is a system of government where the people have a justifiable amount of rights

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    a novel about totalitarianism and the fate of a single man who tried to escape from an overwhelming political regime. A totalitarian government is one that tries to control every aspect of life. How people spend every minute of their time even in private‚ who they can associate with and what they are allowed to say. A totalitarian government even tries to control what people think and what they believe. George Orwell wrote 1984 in the late 1940s. What he knew about totalitarianism was based on the

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    Islam is a special case which we’ll address later‚ but China is merely the last remaining Communist power and even it is now really only a fascist regime (in that it combines capitalism with authoritarian government‚ rather than relying on the totalitarianism of a Communist system). There does not appear to be any reason that China will not evolve into a relatively Western style state over the next several decades. Many‚ like Huntington‚ seem to be nearly hypnotized by the sheer size of China and

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    Totalitarianism as explained by Merriam Webster dictionary is a political centralized system ran by an autocratic authority in which its citizens are subject to total and absolute state of authority. The system has no recognition of limits to its authority to regulate every aspect of citizen’s public and personal life (Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ 2015). After reading the book 1984 written by George Orwell‚ I truly believe that it is definitely possible for a government to control the minds of

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