The pigs also tricked the other animals into believing the pigs having more food ration because they deserved it more than the others. As ridiculous as it sounds‚ the other animals agreed and did not protest. This was the beginning of Napoleon’s brainwashing strategy. Napoleon’s next plot was to get rid of Snowball‚ who represents Leo Trotsky‚ and trick the other animals into thinking he was the enemy. The two pigs rarely agreed on anything‚ and Napoleon saw Snowball as the biggest threat to his plan
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Stalin‚ Mussolini‚ and Hitler ruled in totalitarian governments. Totalitarian governments are defined by a government that stays in power through propaganda‚ media‚ restriction of speech‚ mass surveillance‚ and fear. In the early 1900s‚ totalitarian governments were on the rise. Examples of totalitarianism in Europe existed in fascist Italy‚ Nazi Germany‚ and Soviet Russia. George Orwell‚ a British author‚ recognized the horrors of totalitarian governments and wrote 1984 as a warning against totalitarian
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The Giver: A Life with No Freedom Is Not a Life at All Living a life without color‚ weather‚ true emotions‚ or virtually any other aspect that makes life vibrant is a truly depressing way to imagine life. Imagine the concepts of love and happiness being eliminated from life. Weather is no longer something that exists‚ and being able to choose your spouse and choose how many children you want is not even a right that is known to have existed at some point. This sort of life hardly sounds ideal;
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George Orwells 1984 is one of the most important pieces of political fiction; it is a timeless political satire that demands to be read to be truly appreciated. Published in 1948‚ and set 36 years into the future‚ 1984 eerily depicts where the world is going‚ where the truth is shunted and lies are promoted by all mainstream media. Perhaps one of the most powerful science fiction novels of the twentieth century‚ this apocalyptic satire shows with grim conviction how the protagonist Winston Smiths
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Nothing Is Perfect Have you ever wished things would be just perfect? I‚ for certain‚ know I have. Yet‚ if you really stop to think about it‚ perfection isn ’t attainable because we always want something bigger and better as human nature. In the novel‚Brave New World ‚ by Aldous Huxley‚ there is strongly influential Utopia existing. Even in a controlled society such as the one represented in this book‚ the people still revolt against the government. There are people in this book who change
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leader. Whereas‚ in contrast‚ a cult does not progress from a mainstream religion and does not reject or challenge societal norms. However‚ as tolerant of other beliefs as they are‚ they still attract a great deal of negative press‚ for example brainwashing. Members in a cult are usually more like customers than followers. An example of a cult is Heavens gate‚ which is a destructive doomsday cult‚ centered in California. There is a mass of supporting evidence that cults and sects are short lived
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Dystopian Societies Two stories that have shown significant discriptions of a dystopian society would be the novel‚ Farhenheit 451‚ and the film‚ The Island. As dystopian societies‚ they both have a protagonist who ventures out of the rules and restrictions and finds a new beginning. Farhenheit 451’s protagonist‚ named Guy Montag‚ was dissapointed with his marrige‚ and the horrific distractions he faced throught his daily life. With no books in his society‚ many citizens where uneducated with the
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Characters: Funder: Narrator/critique/friend/observer/interviewer/historian Explores and re-tells stories from ex Stasi men‚ and victims of the Stasi Explores through human stories the separation of east and west Germany Experiences sympathy for victims as well as all Germans who lived through two tremendous events within a small space of time She has an outsiders perspective not experiencing the feelings of those times personally Miriam: Story inspires Funder to write the text. Funder can explain
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1984‚ by George Orwell‚ is‚ on the surface‚ the story of one man’s rebellion against the system in a futuristic totalitarian world. Every word and movement of the citizens is monitored and controlled; even their thoughts are not their own. They are manipulated by the insidious propaganda of the government‚ Big Brother‚ that serves to weaken the power of the people. This relates to what the dictator‚ Josef Stalin‚ once said: "Power is not in the hands of those who vote‚ but rather in the hands of
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The hunters felt uneasy about a thunderstorm but then Jack leapt up and ordered them to “Do our dance! Come on! Dance!” (179) The act of making the boys dance like this served as a sort of brainwashing technique. It cleared their minds of any traces of civilization‚ thus making them unconsciously forget about the social contract entirely. Near the end of the story‚ Ralph was talking to Samneric. They said that the tribe was “going to hunt” (224)
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