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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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    1984 is a political parable. George Orwell wrote the novel to show society what it could become if things kept getting worse. The first paragraph of the book tells the reader of the "swirl of gritty dust....The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats." Just from these few lines Orwell makes it clear that there was absolutely nothing victorious abuot Victory Mansions. Every image the reader receives from Winston Smith is pessimistic. Hate week‚ for example‚ is a big event in Oceania. The

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    technology in 1984 Essay

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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 By George Orwell

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    1984 1984 is mostly a political piece of literature written by George Orwell. Published in 1949 in New York‚ the story follows Winston Smith. Winston Smith is a small political figure in the ruling party in London‚ the Ruling party is very controlling and does not tolerate rebellious thoughts or actions in their society. Throughout the story elements of fiction are easily detected because it is something that hasn’t happened but can happen. This story is a soft science fiction because it focuses

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    1984 Related To Today

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    1984 displays controversial themes that causes reader to question whether those things are occurring in today’s modern life. Some people maybe feel a weight lifted‚ thinking that our society is no way related to the novel‚ yet there may be a correlation. In relations to the themes in Orwell’s 1984‚ modern day United States exemplifies the systematic control depicted in the novel‚ due to the prevalence of the NSA‚ the control over marriage and the false information given to the people. In our society

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    1984 War Is Peace

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    1984 essay. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." This is the slogan of the Ministry of Truth‚ a branch of the totalitarian government in post-war London. The figurehead of this government is Big Brother‚ who employs a vast army of informers called the Thought Police who watch and listen to every citizen at all times through a device called a telescreen for the least signs of criminal deviation or unorthodox thoughts. This novel‚ like Orwell’s earlier work Animal Farm and

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    1984 literary theories

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    George Orwell’s 1984 was an incredible book that displayed a multitude of literary theories that would require looking at the novel from different perspectives. The novel contains subtext that is influenced by the author’s personal experience‚ and the time in which he resided. Winston Smith represents Archetypal literary theory Orwell was raised in England‚ even thought he was born in India‚ so smith was a common name‚ thus implying that Winston Smith was just a common man. The common man has always

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    1984 Skeleton Outline

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    1984 Skeleton Outline ENG3U1 “I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away‚ was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn ’t aware of it yet”. Bruce Sterling (www.brainyquote.com) Technology has helped society achieve great strides in the world today. It has helped us to walk on the moon and find cures for certain cancers. However‚ technology can also have horrible and devastating effects. This

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    1984 Reader Response

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    Reader Response: 1984 The novel 1984 made me paranoid and suspicious of the government’s power and intentions. I became aware of the potential manipulation of which the government could impose upon us. The very thing which I depend on for security and protection may be a conniving entity which feeds off of it’s own power and corruption. As I flourished in my naivety‚ I was unaware that the people I trusted‚ whom I believed to be wholly dedicated to our well-being as a society‚ could betray

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    1984/Animal Farm

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    Control Although there are significant similarities between 1984 and Animal Farm‚ George Orwell incorporated prominent differences between both novels in order to provoke thought from his readers and instill deeper meaning in the text. An example of one of these distinct differences is the form of society depicted in each novel. In 1984‚ totalitarianism is portrayed‚ while in Animal Farm‚ communism is demonstrated. Furthermore‚ 1984 illustrates how a totalitarian society is maintained‚ but on the

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