effective endings will often contain an element of ambiguity. The ending of George Orwell’s novel 1984 effectively concluded the novel‚ and it proved to be an outstanding end to the story he told and the message he delivered. In order to have a quality ending‚ a story must
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IB Literature 04-30-2013 1984 by George Orwell represents the struggle of power and control within government and also depicts the possible outcome of communism or a dictatorship like it taking over the world. Orwell does this by representing the weather as a mood and tone of the novel as well as the amount of freedom the characters have. He also uses imagery such as the telescreens and signs with logos that represent oppression. Orwell uses Winston as the main character and also as a main
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of specific devices that an author believes contribute to the overall effectiveness of their work. In the case of George Orwell’s novel 1984‚ a pessimistic style is used brilliantly in order to paint a hideously dull and corrupt dystopian society. This novel‚ written in 1949 around the time of World War II‚ is a criticism of the totalitarianism present in Europe at that time. Orwell manages to maintain a false sense of hope throughout the novel in both the characters and the reader. It is only in
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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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Dystopian America Shaina Spears St Georges Technical High School Abstract The dystopian novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell gives readers an insight into a frightening society‚ where authority figures are constantly watching you‚ waiting for you to make a mistake‚ and subsequently murdering you. My fear is that his predictions of future society will come true in America. The government is invading our privacy rights by controlling our cell phones unknowingly‚ through the National
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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 dull and simplistic language‚ in able to control the overall thinking of the society. In my handbook‚ I tried
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Analysis of George Orwell’s novel 1984 Since its release‚ the novel 1984 by George Orwell has come under the spotlight as a predictive literary work‚ providing a scarily accurate commentary on society and the ways that governments rule over the public. This essay will analyze the novel and the metaphors that Orwell uses to compare the characters and concepts presented in the book with the real-world as experienced by the author himself‚ and many others in society. Through extremely descriptive
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The Similarities Between 1984 and the USSR The book 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1949. This was during the time of the Cold War‚ when tensions were high between the United States the Soviet Union‚ and that served as the inspiration for the book because many of the situations in the book were common in the USSR (Hitchens XI). The book was set in England‚ but the name of the country is changed to Oceania in the book‚ in order to show that the threat of totalitarian danger is possible everywhere
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“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing” (Orwell 336). The use of propaganda‚ destruction of language‚ rewriting of history‚ and brainwashing of the population are some of the ways a government may exercise their authority over the inhabitants. In the novel 1984‚ by George Orwell this is exactly how the totalitarian government uses its influence over its citizens. The extreme power and control the Party has over the population
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Arthur Blair‚ also known as George Orwell‚ was known for having written novels about the government during the Cold War and communist era. He used the pen name and false identity of George Orwell because he felt the need to protect himself from the government due to the the lack of free speech. Orwell is considered by many‚ a “democratic socialist”‚ similar to ex-presidential nominee Bernie Sanders. According to him‚ a totalitarian government is too oppressive. Orwell displays what a complete totalitarian
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