IB Literature 04-30-2013 1984 by George Orwell represents the struggle of power and control within government and also depicts the possible outcome of communism or a dictatorship like it taking over the world. Orwell does this by representing the weather as a mood and tone of the novel as well as the amount of freedom the characters have. He also uses imagery such as the telescreens and signs with logos that represent oppression. Orwell uses Winston as the main character and also as a main
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because he is very persuasive. Also‚ he always seems to get away with things and he’s a good liar. Another reason is because he is a brilliant talker and when he skips from side to side by whisking his tail he can make any of the animals convinced (Orwell 36). Squealer also uses fear to get what he wants. In the novel Animal
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The novel 1984 written by George Orwell is about a totalitarian government who oppresses its people and controls all aspects of their lives. The government is symbolized by Big Brother‚ people are monitored their entire day for flaws in their thinking towards Big Brother. I believe that privacy of American citizens is being violated and that people should not give up aspects of their personal privacy for greater good of society. The book 1984 was written by Orwell to caution future generations
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story by George Orwell begins with a revolution‚ and a lot of hopes for a perfect society being developed by the animals by kicking off the humans from the farm but slowly the leading officials‚ the pigs‚ get a taste of power and from then on things began to change. A very important part of the novel is the irony George Orwell used to make this novel what it is. In this story‚ irony is used to show lack of equality‚ no matter what the original intent was‚ can result in oppression. Orwell used three
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about issues. Deeply torn by the oppression he saw in the late 40s in a significantly communist Europe‚ George Orwell makes use of this medium to illustrate a dystopian future under the influence of a totalitarian regime. He comments on and condemns the Soviet communists through the allegorical fable‚ which‚ quite literally‚ designates them as ‘the pigs’. Through this representation‚ George Orwell attempts to unveil the propensity in humans for power‚ the injustice that occurs under the guise of such
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Arthur Blair‚ also known as George Orwell‚ was known for having written novels about the government during the Cold War and communist era. He used the pen name and false identity of George Orwell because he felt the need to protect himself from the government due to the the lack of free speech. Orwell is considered by many‚ a “democratic socialist”‚ similar to ex-presidential nominee Bernie Sanders. According to him‚ a totalitarian government is too oppressive. Orwell displays what a complete totalitarian
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In 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ Winston and Julia are in their secret apartment when they hear a voice from behind a painting (Orwell 221). They are being spied on and soldiers come in to take them away. As they are being taken away‚ Winston sees Mr. Charrington come in‚ realizing that‚ “... for the first time in his life he was looking‚ with knowledge‚ at a member of the Thought Police” (224). This immediately changes the dynamic of the story‚ as the main characters are taken away from everything they
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Nowadays‚ Eric Arthur Blair is considered to be one of the “most influential political writers of the twentieth century”. (Claeys‚ 391) The average person is probably more familiar with Blair’s literary name George Orwell. This famous pseudonym is mostly associated with a dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-four published in 1948 that ever since then “has probably outsold all the rest of the utopias and dystopias ever written put together” (Claeys‚ 391). This highly famous literary work was preceded
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Just as George Washington trusted his nation to peacefully accept new authority‚ Old Major yearns to instill the desire for freedom in the animals‚ however‚ blinded by their hope‚ the animals do not realize that by switching sides from Jones to Napoleon they remain
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George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm states that society will never be about equality‚ but more about power. In this book‚ farm animals start out as equal under Old Major’s philosophies of equality and fairness‚ yet they soon separate into greater and lesser levels under Napoleon’s rule. The animals are just mindless followers and live under Napoleon’s rules without thinking of the consequences. They trust Napoleon‚ relying on him for all the brain work‚ so in turn they stopped thinking for themselves
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