1984‚ A Dystopian Novel The novel “1984” by George Orwell‚ is a quintessential dystopian novel. A dystopia is a vision of society in which life is typically characterized by human misery‚ poverty and violence. A dystopian society have an oppressive societal control and the illusions of a perfect society are maintained through corporate‚ bureaucratic‚ technological‚ moral‚ or totalitarian control. The novel 1984 takes place in a totalitarian state of Oceania that would make even dictators like Hitler
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of tyranny‚ based on how aggressively it is distributed. For example in 1984 the government‚ referred to as ‘The Party’‚ implements a new language simple called ‘Newspeak’ which is created to limit and eliminate the possibility of people communicating ideas of rebellion or anything that challenges the government. For example‚ “In Newspeak there is no word for “Science””(1984) this is meant to limit the intelligence of
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The residents of Oceania speak in a language known as newspeak‚ which‚ was created so that people could be limited on what they were able to think. These things propose a threat to ones individuality and freedom in being able to think or say whatever they believe in. In correlation to the book‚ you can see how
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existed. I personally could not live in a society based on hate. I could not survive in a place where humanity could not exist for all. This world is would be on control pool and disruptive if they tried to have the society of big brother. Newspeak said “ you don’t get the beauty of the destruction of words‚” The corruption of words is seen as progress well in reality another way of creating a hopeless future. After that happens Orwell warned all hope is
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habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality‚ of having something to hide. In any case‚ to wear an improper expression on your face...; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime..." pg. 65‚ line- 15 * There were no constitutional rights practiced. The
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by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” (Orwell‚ ..........) To successfully control the way people‚ think‚ information is changed and language is condensed to newspeak‚ causing citizens to be limited and confined to the events that occur around the world. The party spends majority of time trying to condense information by changing history to propaganda that supports their ’ideal’ society‚ ultimately so that the
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(62). In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ the government uses its power to suppress individuality among the people. To begin‚ the author shows how the government abolishes individuality through the use of mind control. First of all‚ the creation of Newspeak restricts the individual from saying things that he/she wishes to say. More specifically‚ the task of the Party’s philologists is to regulate the vocabulary and language of Oceania to ultimately be able to control the actions and behaviors of the
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Cited: “Animal Farm.” Newspeak Dictionary. Newspeak Dictionary. 2001. Web. 8 Dec. 2012. “George Orwell.” BBC. BBC‚ History. 2012. Web. 10 Dec. 2012. “Joseph Stalin.” BBC. BBC‚ History. 2012. Web. 11 Jan. 2013. Kirschner‚ Paul. “The Dual Purpose of Animal Farm.” Review of English Studies
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Totalitarianism Destroys Humanity Totalitarianism is a form of government that is ruled by a leader who possesses absolute power and permits no privacy and freedom among its citizens. Countries that practice totalitarian government have unhappy citizens because the government has complete control of their lives‚ like Oceania in Orwell’s novel‚ 1984. Totalitarianism is harmful because it dehumanizes citizens in so many ways and as a result‚ it only leads to human extinction
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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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