People are dispossessed from this in both 1984 and the Arab Spring. In Oceania‚ Big Brother plays the higher power and operates in a totalitarian state of control‚ removing all freedom from the people through manipulation of language through the “Newspeak” language. For instance‚ the caption: “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” (Orwell‚ 2)‚ is scattered throughout London‚ where the plot takes place. This slogan hints that mass surveillance is widespread and thus no one is unseen or safe. To be secluded
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"Totalitarianism: Of‚ relating to‚ being‚ or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life‚ the individual is subordinated to the state‚ and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed‚" (dictionary.com). Essentially‚ totalitarianism is a type of government in which the person or people in power seek to maintain absolute control over every person under their authority‚ with virtually all importance eliminated
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invention of a new language known as newspeak. This language which was expected to completely take over by 2050 eliminated many words that allowed antiparty or democratic thoughts. It also abolished any words that could be used for independent thought and narrowed the thinking ability of its speakers immensely. Words and phrases such as “free democracy” or “independence” or “honor” were erased because they allowed for negative thought. The main goal of newspeak was for people to stop using the higher
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making them suffer both mental and physical torture. The mental torture of party members is very present throughout this novel. In this futuristic setting‚ a new language‚ Newspeak‚ is in the making with the goal of completely eliminating even the possibility of rebellious thinking. Winston’s companion Syme explained how Newspeak will “make thought crime impossible‚ because there will be no words in which to express it.” (52). This mental torture will eventually cause the outer party members to become
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Two Different Societies: Two Twisted Foundations Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orewell’s 1984 were both composed surrounding times of war in the twentieth century. The authors were alarmed by what they saw in society and began to write novels depicting the severe outcomes and possiblities of civilizaton if it continued down its path. Although the two books are very different‚ they both address many of the same issues and principles. In Brave New World Huxley creates a society
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"If thought corrupt language‚ language can corrupt thought" This is a statement from the "Politics and the English language" written by George Orwell. He says‚ " A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation". The whole essay is mocking other writers on their language usage. He claims that the language is not used to its full extent. People use words the size of continents and in the end those big words say the same thing as a three-letter word. Those people also end up confusing them selves
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Power is considered to be the anthem of success-whoever holds power holds ascendancy over the society. However‚ whomever has ascendency over that society has to have means of communicating to the inferior. The way rulers communicate to their inferiors is a key part of society‚ and dictates the syntax of the language. Therefore power reflects on the flexibility and structure of the language. In Mrs. Brady’s class lectures describing “The History of the English language” she states that before Viking
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Kassidy Young Critical Reflection In "1984"‚ Orwell portrays a totalitarian dystopian world‚ where there is no freedom and citizens are constantly brainwashed. Without thought‚ the citizens just work for the party. In order to insure the citizen will always listen to the government‚ they make sure the citizen have no recollection of the past. The party also does a very good job with creating fear with propaganda‚ taking away freedom‚ in forcing strict rules and having everyone under surveillance
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and Party Records so what Big Brother says is always true. He makes up a story about a fictional person‚ Comrade Ogilvy‚ as a ideal Party Man who died. Winston then meets up with Syme‚ another Party member who revises the Newspeak dictionary. Syme talks about the aime of Newspeak is to erase words. Winston knows the Syme will be vaporized because he is too intelligent. Parsons‚ Winston’s neighbor‚ visits Winston to get their apartment’s dues. Parsons laughs about how his
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stimulating the economy. The reason people in 1984 believe Newspeak is because they’re being manipulated‚brainwashed‚and tricked into being what the government would like them to be.
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