coined by Thomas More in his book. The word ‘utopia’ derives from two Greek words‚ and‚ meaning respectively ‘good place’ and ‘no place’. Hence‚ ‘the primary characteristic of the utopia is its non-existence combined with a topos – a location in time and space’. So‚ instead of frustrating ourselves by imagining a utopia which never comes‚ our humanities have been writing dystopian fictions since the ancient times. One of them is Nineteen-eighty-four written by George Orwell. This work has been the main
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society; this is not the case. In the short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ George Orwell demonstrates that the imperialistic standard not only affects the oppressed‚ but the oppressor through the irony of the governing rules and those who are being governed. Throughout the text‚ Orwell presents the concept imperialism as an ongoing conflict of self-conflict and conformity towards something that is not favorable. Orwell presents this claim by providing examples in order to prove‚
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useful gadget to expand our knowledge of the world and the opportunities around us. So is technology taking us closer to the world of Big Brother? It is a very possible outcome if we do not understand how we put technology to appropriate use. George Orwell’s book 1984 takes place in Oceania‚ a country completely controlled by a totalitarian government known as “The Party.” The Party controls every one of its citizen through the use of telescreens‚ a large TV like screen that is installed in every citizen’s
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government does not have complete control because the public voices their anti-government opinions through protesting‚ but little actually comes out of these protests. Manipulation by the government has been proven time after time in America‚ and Orwell predicted that. In 1984‚ “The Party‚” their system of government‚ uses media manipulation to rewrite history. They change people’s perception of the past by changing the story of history‚ just like with Eurasia and Eastasia. Winston‚ the protagonist
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this situation and take control over the farm and make the Manor Farm worse than it used to be before. Old Major‚ allegorically representing Karl Marx‚ is the main pig that makes the animals realize what pathetic lives they have. In chapter 1‚ Orwell briefly describes how ill-treating and uncaring Mr. Jones‚ allegorically representing Tsar Nicolas 2‚is. Old Major makes the animals realize all the brutality done to them. It was his speech that made the animals rebel against Mr. Jones. He used quotes
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Farm: George Orwell=s Animal Farm: A metonym for a dictatorship Harry Sewlall Vista University Distance Education Campus PRETORIA E-mail: swlll-h@acaleph.vista.ac.za It seems‚ to warp George Orwell’s elegant phrase‚ that “All animals may speak freely but some may speak more freely than others” (Ronge‚ 1998:13). It is the lesson of George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ a little book I am sure much of the ANC leadership would have read‚ if not always taken to heart (Carlin‚ 2001:4). Abstract Orwell= Farm:
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Capital Punishment: One Flaw of Justice George Orwell‚ one of the realistic writer of his age‚ depicts the beautiful picture of prison in his short prose‚ “A Hanging”. As a matter of facts that prose ain’t just about the convicts and the prison; it’s utterly different in a way that convey unusual experienced of the writer while he was working in the Indian Imperial Police. It refers to the different vision of that circumstance where an Indian guy was going to be hanged. The world behind
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Response to Literature Animal Farm Everybody will change eventually‚ either in good or bad sides. Animal Farm by George Orwell was written in 1945 to reflect several events during the Stalin era. Orwell has clearly described Stalin’s events in a form of animals’ life and used a pig named Napoleon‚ to represents Stalin. Napoleon enacts changes to the governance structure of the farm‚ replacing meetings with a committee of pigs‚ who will run the farm. Using a young pig named Squealer as a "mouthpiece"
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In George Orwell’s novel 1984 and in modern society‚ language is manipulated to benefit those desiring power. Power seeking individuals understand that language is the ultimate weapon due to its common use to communicate throughout cultures. The power that language holds allows it to be capable of being abused and misused. The Party‚ in 1984‚ realizes the potential power of language and uses that as its main tool to corrupt the conscience mind. The ministries are labeled with pleasant words: love
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Symbolism in 1984 by George Orwell In 1984 privacy seems to be almost inexistent. Every where Winston goes‚ Big Brother is always there as well. Under the Thought Police and the party’s control‚ there is no such thing as truth. In George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ he uses symbolism in order to show that in this world‚ no one has privacy. In 1984‚ Big Brother today is very much like police. Big Brother is the leader of the nation. Symbolizes the fiction on which the party is built and remains untouchable
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