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    Forms of Control: 1984

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    Warning‚ Love George Orwell. George Orwell once said that “writing a novel is agony”; however as excruciating as it may have been for him to write it (probably since he was so ill at the time)‚ 1984 stands to be one of the greatest examples of dystopian literature read today. It is a strong novel that draws on concepts like totalitarianism‚ class and caste systems‚ rebellion and many other concepts that seem far off from the society that exists today. On the contrary‚ Orwell himself states that

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    Dehumanization of People‚ Mindless Political Slogans‚ Use of Violence and Terror to Maintain Order‚ Repression of Reality and Falsification of History to Support Political Agenda. These five ways are used in North Korea‚ and was used in George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984‚ to control it’s people. The systematic dehumanization of people began with rendering a set of people as the enemy. In the novel‚ the main character‚ Winston‚ works at the Ministry of Truth. This ministry falsifies history to make it fit the mold of

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    1984: A Perfect Society

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    utopia. Which causes conflict and those people become too much to handle. So the creators of this society sets rules and boundaries to not only set a balance to the community but also to not have people suspect what that society really is. The book 1984 is about a dystopia called Oceania and what it is like to live in that dystopia. The protagonist Winston‚ is one of the only citizens of Oceania that knows that Oceania is not all what it seems. Oceania has a lot of surveillance‚ everybody in the community

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    1984 About Winston

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    1984: Winston Smith The book 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ was written to poke fun at the idea of totalitarianism and utopias. A utopia is a perfect society in which there is no hate or displeasure‚ but because it is impossible to achieve‚ it is thought of as imaginary. A dystopia‚ which is 1984‚ is the opposite of a utopia and is a place with oppression‚ human suffering‚ and famine. The main character‚ Winston Smith‚ is initially against the party and big brother‚ which is totalitarianism.

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    1984 vs. Today

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    George Orwell created a dystopian future in his novel 1984. Winston Smith is an outer party member who works in the records department in the Ministry of Truth. His job is to rewrite the past so it is in accordance with the present. Winston is not like the others in Oceania. He secretly hates Big Brother and The Party. Winston has a love affair with another outer party member named Julia. Winston and Julia elope to a room above an old antique shop owned by Mr. Charrington. O’Brien‚ an inner party

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    Jaguar Plc, 1984

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    Executive Summary: Jaguar PLC‚ 1984 This case explores the operating exposure of Jaguar PLC in 1984‚ just as the government is about to relinquish control and take the company public via an IPO. The primary concern of the CFO is that Jaguar sells over 50% of its cars in the US‚ while its production costs and factories are U.K.-based. This currency mismatch creates operating exposure for the firm that needs to be hedged. While the current trend in the USD has been higher‚ the markets are expecting

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    1984 and the Truman Show

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    equality‚ and peace. Although in the novel‚ 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ and the film The Truman Show‚ directed by Peter Wier‚ the readers and viewers are presented with a negative utopian society. A negative utopian society is a perfect world that somewhere has gone wrong. The controllers in the novel and film succeeded in achieving complete control and power‚ which was their attempt to make the ideal society. Each controller has a different threat‚ in 1984 it is association while in the film‚ The Truman

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    1984 Pros And Cons

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    devices. And the main point of this paper that i’m writing is to inform American citizens like you that are not that inform of what our government does behind you. I will be integrating some sentences of a book called 1984 that relates to what’s happening right now.     This book called 1984 by George Orwell gives many examples and quotes that i will be showing you that

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    1984 and V for Vendetta

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    Compare and Contrast Essay Comparing 1984 with V for Vendetta Both 1984 by George Orwell and V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue depict dystopian totalitarian societies. Both protagonists in V for Vendetta and 1984 wish to overturn their current government. V’s aggressive acts against his government are successful in crippling the government as opposed to Winton’s passive aggressive attitude which leads to his failure. The substantial difference in each protagonists’ aggression and

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    How Is 1984 A Dystopia

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    George Orwell’s novel “1984” is a startlingly original and haunting story that creates an imaginary world based on a classic interpretation of a “negative utopia‚” more commonly referred to as a “dystopia.” Orwell is able to successfully create a world of fear where there is no sense of freedom and the citizens are “brainwashed” to believe that they are living in what is known as an ideal world. The government‚ or more accurately referred to in the book as the “Party” has managed to do this by suppressing

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