forbidden. Other important features that distinguish or help define totalitarianism include restricted or eliminated constitutional rights‚ state terrorism‚ and totalitarian rulers are known as ideological dictators. The government of Oceania‚ in the novel 1984‚ is an example of totalitarian society. Germany‚ under Adolf Hitler’s National Socialism is another example of totalitarianism. Orwell’s Oceania has both similarities and differences to the totalitarian states of the twentieth century. The government
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In the novel “1984” by George Orwell he shows readers what a negative utopia is. Winston Smith is the main character and the plot revolves around how Winston feels frustrated by the control of the party. The party has a strong control over its citizens and the use telescreens‚ the thought police‚ and the youth league to maintain their control through psychological manipulation. The party maintains their control over citizens by using telescreen to have around-the-clock surveillance. They use the
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QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel‚ become familiar with the historical and
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Controversies and conflicts are many ways to emphasize key characters and plots in many novels. Authors such as‚ Maryse Conde use change and the effects of change‚ to help the reader better understand the underlying themes. In the novel Segu‚ Conde does just this. The controversy of change in religion creates a fairly large civil conflict amongst the Bambara people. This same civil conflict eventually boils over into the controversy of change in people and trade. The effect of this change would later
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Americans express commitment to valued causes through rebellious acts and being against the rules. In the novel 1984 Winston Smith‚ the main character‚ goes against the rules and is rebellious. All the rules that Winston goes against leads to committing crimes and puts him at risk of being arrested or being killed by the people in the Party. Winston is not the only one who commits crimes in Airstrip One‚ the entire society commits crimes. This impacts societal change physically and mentally because
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In Sociology‚ the conflict theory explains that individuals interact only by shared conflicts and not by their agreements. It is normal for there to be conflict among people‚ but odd for there to be unity. Most of the time when the social conflict theory is discussed‚ it is about class structed‚ but it can also be seen within families. When looking at family‚ it can see that they usually perpetuate social inequality per the social conflict theory. The idea of conflict in families is mainly started
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The novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ has a variety of judgements made by different critics. This novel has some positive aspects and some negative drawbacks. However‚ every reader perceives a novel in a different manner. 1984 had a strong and weak impact in three specific yardsticks of evaluation: reflection of real life‚ escape‚ and significant insight. This novel did not depict a reflection of real life in the United States. In today’s world‚ a government does exist where they want their inhabitants
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Conflict theories are perspectives in social science that emphasize the social‚ political or material inequality of a social group‚ that critique the broad socio-political system‚ or that otherwise detract from structural functionalism and ideological conservativism. Conflict theories draw attention to power differentials‚ such as class conflict‚ and generally contrast historically dominant ideologies. It is therefore a macro level analysis of society. Karl Marx is the father of the social conflict
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CHAPTER 10 Conflict Theory A. Oberschall This essay covers three broad topics. First‚ there has been renewed debate about human nature and the roots of intergroup violence and warfare in evolutionary biology‚ in psychology‚ and in anthropology. The “ordinary man” hypothesis explains why and how humans justify and participate in violence and atrocities. Second‚ in addition to interstate wars‚ political scientists have been studying insurgencies‚ ethnic cleansing‚ civil wars‚ genocide‚ ethnic
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In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell creates a dystopian society where people are stripped of their humanity and individuality does not exist. Oceania is one of three superstates in 1984 where the Party maintains absolute power over its people. The party uses a variety of tools to maintain their power through surveillance through the telescreens‚ child spies‚ and the thought police. They also used brainwashing with propaganda‚ and psychological manipulation and physical control. One of the methods
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