Hannah Porter Mrs. West College Prep Writing-Literary Analysis September 29th‚ 2011 Big Brother’s Dystopian World Dystopia: a society characterized by human misery and oppression. A Dystopian world is controlled by a government that can do no wrong. They weed out the individuals and groups that have the thought or intend to commit their lives to “dethroning” the ruler; Big Brother. The government will do anything to protect their way of life. They will go to the extremes of changing
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appealing. The quote from Book Two illustrates this “all with the same language‚ laws‚ customs and institutions. They’re all build on the same plan‚ and‚ so far as the sites will allow‚ they all look exactly alike.” This is in reference to the fifty-four big towns on the island and evokes a picture of conformity and tasteless in the responder. The use of the repetition of the term same and also the term all exemplifies this idea of conformity. It suggests to the responder that there is no sense of
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Animal Farm Analytical Essay Topic: It is fear along with manipulation‚ propaganda‚ the ignorance of the lower animals and the level of intelligence that the pigs have over the other animals that controls the lower animals in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Fear‚ while extremely prominent‚ is not the only device used to control the lower animals in the allegorical masterpiece‚ Animal Farm by George Orwell. Along with fear‚ the pigs use manipulation‚ propaganda‚ the ignorance of the lower animals and
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Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. George Orwell re-uses many of his themes in order to get his point across. In "Why I Write"‚ Orwell states that one of the reasons he writes is for political purpose. He expresses this theme in his essays‚ "An Episode of Bed-wetting" and "St. Cyprian ’s"‚ as well as his novels‚ "1984" and "Animal Farm". In "An Episode of Bed-wetting" and "St. Cyprian ’s"‚ Orwell expresses how he feels about the politics in the school
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power is related to intelligence and I think the best example is when old major gives his speech. This was the most powerful aspect of the book because it gave the animals a dream‚ "I am one of the lucky ones. I am twelve years old and have had over four hundred children. Such is the natural life of a pig. But no animal escapes the
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Questions and Answers 1. When does the novel begin? 2. Where does the novel begin? 3. Cite the caption on the posters in Winston’s building. 4. What is Newspeak? 5. What does a telescreen do? 6. What are the Party’s three slogans? 7. Name the four Ministries of the government. 8. What is the purpose of the Two Minutes Hate? 9. What is thoughtcrime? 10. What is the penalty for thoughtcrime? Part 1‚ Chapter 2 Questions and Answers 1. What form of address has replaced “Mrs.”? 2. What game
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Future Predictions Anyone? Although many similarities exist between Aldous Huxley’s A Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984‚ they are more divergent than alike. A Brave New World is a novel about the struggle of Bernard Marx‚ who rejects the tenants of his society when he discovers that he is not truly happy. 1984 is the story of Winston who finds forbidden love within the hypocrisy of his society. In both cases‚ the main characters are in quiet rebellions against their government‚ which are
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As time continues to progress with a greater amount of technology being relied on there has been a dramatic increase of people being spied on by the government. Technology is advancing quickly and so is the way the government retains the people’s information. Although‚ people feared to have a society alike to the one in the novel 1984 written by George Orwell‚ the society in America is very similar in tremendous ways. In the 1984 novel by George Orwell‚ the government or best known as Big Brother
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In the book 1984 Winston believes that it would be impossible to found a civilization on fear‚ hatred‚ and cruelty‚ and that such a society could never survive because “It would have no vitality. It would disintegrate. It would commit suicide. “ I think that Winston is wrong and O’Brien is right. Oceania has survived for many years and so have we with North Korea‚ The Al-Qaeda Terries Organization and The Nazi Party. It is still happening to this day and will continue throughout the world as long
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wrote his first poem at age four. He was born Eric Arthur Blair‚ June 25‚ 1903 in Motihari‚ India and a year later moved to England. As a child‚ Orwell went to a boarding school(Biography.com). There he was known for his poverty and for being a smart student. Growing up in the lower middle class‚ he was often sick with bronchitis and the flu. He later‚ at age fourteen‚ went to college at Eton. At Eton‚ he wrote college periodicals‚ or magazines (Britannica.com). Four years later‚ Orwell left Eton
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