exactly this focus when analysing how an individual creates an identity and relationship within society. Marxism as a Macro-theory of sociology focuses on ‘human agents as cogs in the machine of social forces’ (Calhoun‚ C et al 2002) who have little or no control over the development of their identities‚ because of the overpowering social superstructure which is dictating a social hierarchy of which they are forced to obey. This large scale view of society as over powering in the formation of one’s
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The People’s Republic of China went through a drastic change in culture and as a nation under a communist government. The methods that this government had used under Mao Zedong’s direction‚ can also be seen used by the government in ‘1984’‚ a novel by George Orwell. Both governments used their powers to control their nation and citizens to an extreme. Under Mao Zedong’s government‚ the Chinese suffered from state-controlled media‚ destruction of traditional cultural practices and the subversion of
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In “1984” George Orwell’s novel it symbolizes that our government could go into a dictatorship if they get too much power. For example North Korea uses censorship‚ corruption and brainwash to control their citizens. North Korea’s government prevents them from speaking their own mind‚ from having their freedom. This could be George Orwell mind of an ideal government in his book. A nightmare of a government that could become reality. Imagination is the weapon in the war of reality. An imagination
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George Orwell‚ largely known for his novels Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia‚ was a British writer whose novels are still much-loved years after they were written. Orwell’s metaphorical writing style was due to his political views‚ which he often incorporated into his books. One of the best examples of this “Orwellian” symbolism can be found in his 1949 novel‚ 1984. The story revolves around a middle-aged man named Winston and the life he leads in what is seemingly a post-apocalyptic‚ “utopian”
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George Orwell‚ born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25th‚ 1903 in Motihari‚ Bengal‚ India‚ was an English Author‚ Journalist‚ and Critic. Orwell was the author of some of the most popular works of fiction in the 20th century‚ such as his novels Animal Farm published in 1945‚ and 1984 published in 1949. In his early life‚ Orwell lived in India as his father was a British Civil servant‚ stationed in India at the time of Orwell’s birth. However‚ after about a year and a half‚ Orwell’s mom moved him and his
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In the book Animal Farm‚ George Orwell depicts different kinds of animals who are leaded and tricked by pigs. In his depiction‚ pigs are the only kind of animals who can read and write; they occupy a position of authority. Pigs are at the top place in the social order of the animal farm‚ other animals are weak in controlling their own thought so that they are lower-classes in the animal farm. It is ridiculous to declare equality in pigs’ society and then turn to follow social hierarchy
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SOCIETY NORMS VS. INDIVIDUALITY The book To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee deals with several controversial topics. Among these is society norms vs. individual. The setting of the story takes place in the 1930’s in the southern town of Maycomb. In Maycomb it was hard for people like Atticus Finch‚ Boo Radley‚ and Heck Tate to maintain individuality in a 1930’s society. Atticus Finch was distinct from his society for several reasons. Atticus (a white man) was overall
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A perfect society is not at all what it seems. The word to describe this so called “perfect society” is a utopia. A utopia is‚ “More imagined and wrote about an ideal country where citizens lived in harmony and prosperity’ (Sreenivasan xi). But there is also the complete opposite of a utopia and that is called a dystopia. A dystopia is‚ “A society characterized by human misery” (Dystopia Dictionary.com). No society can be truly perfect and so many people try to come to this so called utopia. Which
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George Orwell’s 1984 is about life in a world where no personal freedoms exist. The main protagonist‚ Winston Smith‚ works for the Party‚ rewriting the past in a department called the Ministry of Truth. Since the people in 1984 were deprived of their history by the Party shaping the past to its needs‚ the Party is easily able to maintain complete social control and continue its legacy through manipulation of records‚ memories and reality itself. One of the main issues brought up in 1984 is the idea
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In the year of 1949‚ George Orwell saw a possible future from his reflection of the totalitarian regimes of World War II and experience in Spain as well as Russia‚ especially with Stalin. This would culminate into the novel known as 1984‚ in which the Party and their leader – Big Brother – have complete control of the nation known as Oceania‚ where everyone is under constant surveillance by the Thought Police. The story is set in London which has decayed just as much as the people’s souls and minds
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