Rationale For my written task‚ I wanted to focus on the learning topics presented in part four. My task is a small‚ portable handbook made for each party member to carry on them at all times. I wanted to represent the themes throughout the book 1984‚ such as totalitarianism‚ conformity‚ the effect of simplistic words/thinking (newspeak)‚ surveillance‚ loyalty to the government‚ lack of creativity‚ and the widespread untrusting nature of the society. After reading 1984‚ there was identifiable
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“The rule of the Party is forever.” (Orwell 262) is what O’Brien is engraining into Winston as he is torturing him. No one in this society dares question the Party in fear of being vaporized. The thought of rebellion is inconceivable. Winston Smith sees something everyone else does not. The prolitarians‚ commonly called proles‚ go unnoticed by nearly everybody because they are poor and dirty. To Winston‚ they’re the key to freedom. While he was incarcerated‚ he noticed that the prole criminals were
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Totalitarianism‚ a form of government that has absolute authority over all aspects of its citizen’s public and private lives. Media persistently regulated to convey that those in power are great and always right‚ citizens are closely monitored to identify any form of rebelliousness; propaganda is plentiful and a police state is held to oppress and instill a sense of powerlessness in people who dare think of fighting back. A single party is in power and has no competition‚ and is never challenged
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Orwell’s 1984 Eleven years prior to the beginning of the action in 1984‚ Winston Smith accidentally comes across a photograph of three men: Jones‚ Aronson‚ and Rutherford. The "party" had contrived a plot to prove the three guilty of treason. The picture‚ however‚ because of its true location and date in relation to the party’s false scenario‚ shows the men’s innocence. The picture provides Orwell’s protagonist‚ Winston Smith‚ with "concrete‚ unmistakable evidence of falsification" of the past
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What is truth? Many believe that truth is what we are taught and the words we know‚ but the basic question Orwell raises in 1984 is whether there is any such thing as “truth.” Fromm further argues that the beliefs of truth explained in 1984 are “a development which is taking place in the Western industrial countries.” The three slogans discussed by Orwell are war is peace‚ freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength‚ which are‚ in fact‚ a reality in present day society. The first slogan Orwell
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every aspect of your life controlled‚ the fear of every movement and word being scrutinized and the fear of being captured then tortured. This is the constant stream of thought that goes through the head of Winston Smith‚ the protagonist of 1984. George Orwell’s novel is reminiscent of a totalitarian state and vividly depicts the affliction and suffering of humanity. It explores the abusive nature of authoritarian governments
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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. Abuse of Technology is one of the main themes in the book 1984 by George Orwell. The main character‚ Winston Smith has trouble accepting the dystopian society of Oceania; which is a nation that is run by a figure called “Big Brother”. Big Brother watches over the nation and controls humanity. They do this by abusing the little technology that they have in Oceania. It is fair to state that we have far more technology than the world of 1984‚ but we don’t abuse that technology
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I read your response about George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”. It’s very interesting how you tried to figure out what the author was imagining. I agree your response in that the story is “too close to recent historical events without being close enough”. I agree because he was only 14 when the Russian Revolution happened since he was born in 1903. Also‚ I don’t think he had much information about the Revolution to write a book about it. I wouldn’t if he was at Russia when he was 14 but it’s most likely
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George Orwell’s definition of heroism may differ from what most believe heroism is. He believes that it is ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency‚ even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed. According to the dictionary‚ a hero has distinguished courage or ability. Winston is perhaps a hero to Orwell‚ but‚ he did not have the courage of a hero. Orwell’s character shows the traits of a hero with rebelling‚ although he did it
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In 1984‚ George Orwell demonstrated what life was like to live under a totalitarian government‚ by showing the harsh realities that it can bring. In 1984 Orwell shows how controlling the government is and how the people lack freedom and how they are constantly told what to do. The people are televised and everything they do is recorded‚ from the time they wake up‚ to the time they go to sleep. They are never in private. They do whatever the government tells them without thinking. Controlled by the
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