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    Road to a Discipline Society You will never really be seen as “free” in this world. Especially with the amazing technology we have today. It’s getting extremely superior obviously day by day. It is hard to do anything without being watched by the government. Some people feel more secured while others want nothing to do with the government being “on top of you.” The government does this for a reason‚ to have all the people in line and not have anyone doing the immoral things. Foucault explains

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    Panopticism meaning a certain view point from an all seeing eye seems to be the way we as a people‚ although we may not know it are being seen. Within every building‚ social class‚ or individual there is a certain type of behavior permitted and if that behavior is not met with what is “right” there is discipline to be handed out. Maybe the world as we know it is under one big microscope and every moment of a regular citizens life is carefully observed by a greater power than themselves. Author Michel

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    Same Difference Malcolm X and Sherman Alexie are two American writers with great diction. Both came from a very vivid and crazy background. Capturing the audience’s attention is what they do best. They can relate on various topics‚ even though they may site it differently. Also‚ setting a certain tone is very important. Sure enough‚ both do just that to make sure what they’re writing about comes out clearly. These writers are very intelligent when it comes to literature and how to incorporate their

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    the choice of government these two rulers decided to practice: Totalitarianism. Totalitarianism left people’s rights behind and just focused on power and control of the party in charge. It developed from a theory on a way of controlling people‚ Panopticism‚ and was tweaked and modified by the two rulers because of its intenseness to make it suitable for their countries. Because of this still extreme way of governing‚ it brought along with it many critics and literature pieces written about its extremist

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    The Powers of Panopticism Michel Foucault seeks throughout his work‚ Panopticism‚ to analyze how contemporary society is differently structured from the society that preceded us. He displays‚ through Jeremy Bentham’s architectural realization of the Panopticon‚ a prison for society and those who inhabit it. Also‚ there is the matter of constant surveillance‚ discipline and power in society. The Panopticon is not only a building where people are being governed‚ but also a laboratory-- “The Panopticon

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    in the reading “Discipline & Punish (1975)‚ Panopticism” by Michel Foucault. To exemplify‚ in this reading it’s explained how the plague influenced people and made them prohibited to stay at home with a syndic in every street who keeps them under surveillance throughout the procedure of quarantine. Disciplinary mechanisms took place because of the fear of the plague as they were under self-regulatory power and control of themselves‚ as well as Panopticism in which they were watched through a building

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    The Panopticism was certainly difficult to read and comprehend. After reading it for the first time‚ I did not understand it. After reading and skimming a couple times‚ I began to increase my understanding. But after all of that I still do not fully understand the Panopticism. Foucault has a theory about society‚ comparing jails‚ schools‚ and factories‚ because we are constantly being observed. Foucault’s persona in literature does influence the difficulty of the reading. Some of the vocabulary

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    something bad is going to happen to them. In Michel Foucault’s essayPanopticism‚ Foucault makes the claim that no matter where you turn‚ someone or something may be watching you. By doing this‚ Foucault also makes the claim that this would be the only way to keep society in tact. Now panopticism is not an actual building with guards watching over society‚ but it’s a diagram of hierarchy reduced to fit today’s society. Foucault explains in his essay that the diagram perfects the operation of power by increasing

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    Panopticism” Synopsis (beginning to 301)   The Plague Foucault starts off his essay with the plague and the measures taken by a town to prevent it from affecting more people. People have been ordered to stay inside. Every street has been under surveillance and authority to make sure no one leaves their home or else the penalty will be death. There are no specific names or history of the people except for the roles that they play and what they do. For example‚ the town was divided into distinct

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    Although Michel Foucaults "Panopticism" has a different form of control in the society as portrayed in George Orwells 1984‚ they both have many similarities among one another. Two ways of exercising power over men‚ of controlling their relations‚ of separating out their dangerous mixtures. The plague stricken town‚ transversed throughout with hierarchy‚ surveillance‚ observation‚ writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all individual

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