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    Shooting an Elephant “Shooting an Elephant” is an essay written by George Orwell from 1938. The story is about his own experience when he was an English sub-divisional policeman in a town in India called Burma. At that time India was under the control of Britain and Orwell worked for The British Imperial Police‚ so he has to do orders even though his sympathy lie with the “natives”. One day Orwell was called out‚ because a tame elephant was ravaging the bazaar. With him he took his rifle

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    George Orwell’s ‘‘Shooting an Elephant’’ first appeared in 1936. The British public already knew Orwell as the socially conscious author of Down and Out in London and Paris (1933)‚ a nonfiction study of poverty‚ homelessness‚ unemployment‚ and subsistence living on poorly-paying menial jobs‚ and Burmese Days (1934)‚ a novel of British colonialism. ‘‘Shooting an Elephant’’ functions as an addendum to Burmese Days. The story and novel share the same setting‚ and draw on Orwell’s experience as a colonial

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    In George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ technology has evolved tremendously‚ however it is used against citizens of Oceania instead of helping them. In the novel technology is portrayed as an additional method of repression and surveillance to monitor the citizens of Oceania.  Technology is capable to track down all citizens wherever they go because of the two-way/cameras‚ telescreens‚ and microphones hidden around the city. Even if the citizens had their telescreens turned off‚ technology was advanced to

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    The society in the novel of 1984 written by George Orwell is based on power and hate. This society controls the community by brainwashing and training them to follow their leader big brother‚ i could not be able to live and or survive in a society based on hatred for everyone and everything. I have read and learned about these societies and they have all came crashing down. For example Hitler and his tyranny state. Humans should not be controlled in such a way because it eliminates their rights.

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    Questions for Book II ch 5‚6‚7 Answer in complete sentences 1. Explain the following quote " It some ways she was far more acute than Winston‚ and far less susceptible to Party Propaganda" (153). In the book it details how Julia is very intelligent although she works in the pornsec and is only motivated to rebel against the party as a way sexsual freedrom. In this quotes it shows how much more perceptive Julia is about party operations. 2. Discuss why Julia says‚ " I’m not

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    1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ is under a repressive‚ totalitarian government and there is a man that is named Winston Smith who suffers and must forfeit for the “wrongs” that he has been accused of. Now in the 21st century‚ many speculate that our world is not much different that Smith’s life. It is thought to believe that‚ patently‚ Americans ponder this idea that our phones‚ TV’s‚ computers‚ and even our cars are tracked without our assent. In the book‚ there are many parallels from the novel

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    1984 is a novel written by George Orwell depicting a dystopian society in Oceania where the Party oppresses human actions with the omniscience Big Brother. His novel introduces the phrase describing life without freedom: Big Brother is watching you. The rundown‚ tyrannical government of 1984 is often being compared to today’s society‚ and Americans fear that we will become the dystopian civilization in Orwell’s novel. People claim that the surveillance technology used by our government is inhibiting

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    Why does technology hold a huge role in a society? Technology plays an important role in any society and none is more prominent than the fictional dystopian society of Oceania from George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984. In the fictitious setting of 1984 the people are controlled by the group known only as the Party. The Party controls every part of their citizens’ lives and the citizens are being constantly monitored by various forms of technology. In America 2017 the NSA has logged all texts‚ phone calls

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    1984 The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell contains multiple themes. George Orwell wrote the book to show the dangers of totalitarianism. Through that main idea‚ many other ideas stemmed. The themes often relate directly back to settings and occurrences in 1984. The themes that stand out the most are as follows; the idea that history only truly exists in our minds‚ human consciousness is not something that can be immediately controlled‚ and that people are not always what they say they are.

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    Through out historical manipulation many governments have tried to control citizens through many different ways. Furthermore‚ none of those civilizations have came close to the amount of control that the government had over its’ people in George Orwell’s 1984 . The technique that the government used were psychological manipulation over people .The government or the Big Brother bombards the citizens of Oceana with rules and regulations that cause the people to be anti-individualistic.The people are

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