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    controlled assessment I am going to explain in my own words and by using quotes from the book how George Orwell refers to at least three conflicts in the fable Animal Farm. George Orwell wrote the controversial book Animal Farm‚ and very nearly didn’t get it published. But in 1945 Secker and Warburg published the book and has since become one of the most read and talked about books of our time. Orwell tells his story which refers to the Russian revolution by using an allegory form of text. Orwell’s

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    1984 "Dystopia: an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad‚ typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one."1 George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984‚ should be read in high school classrooms because it’s message is still relevant almost seventy years after it was published. The novel exposes students to a dystopic style of literature‚ which demonstrates to students the dangers of totalitarianism and propaganda. Adolescence is a period of natural rebellion against

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    1984 Essay George Orwell had ‘prophesized’ what the world would be like 35 years from his time in the book 1984. The theme of 1984 is more likely to be obedience of the people more than oppression. Even though oppression is suddenly the thought that comes to mind when you think of 1984‚ the real purpose of the oppression such as on their freedom is for the people to be obedient and to support the party and Big Brother. There is much of oppression of freedom in 1984 in many ways. Some of the forms

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    George Orwell’s fiction novel‚ “1984‚” portrays a time where there are few personal liberties. Pages 103-107 show Winston‚ the main character‚ entering an antique shop‚ a dangerous choice‚ and exploring the pieces of the past within. Orwell’s purpose in this passage is to show the effect of the past on Winston and how much he wishes for it. The past‚ history‚ and longing are the main focus of the passage. Orwell is speaking to his readers. They are in the midst of a time where their personal freedoms

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    In 1984‚ George Orwell demonstrated what life was like to live under a totalitarian government‚ by showing the harsh realities that it can bring. In 1984 Orwell shows how controlling the government is and how the people lack freedom and how they are constantly told what to do. The people are televised and everything they do is recorded‚ from the time they wake up‚ to the time they go to sleep. They are never in private. They do whatever the government tells them without thinking. Controlled by the

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    The best feeling in the world is love and happiness. In today’s society‚ we are very fortunate to experience love‚ happiness‚ and liberty. After reading the works of Aldous Huxley and George Orwell‚ it made me realise how different my society is compared to the depiction of the future by Huxley and Orwell. Orwell described the future as if we live under a dictator‚ and Huxley described it as “everyone can have their needs‚ as long as you let me be in complete power”. In today’s society‚ we have

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    associate with and what they are allowed to say. A totalitarian government even tries to control what people think and what they believe. George Orwell wrote 1984 in the late 1940s. What he knew about totalitarianism was based on the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. Those governments had come into being not that long before and they weren’t well understood yet. I believe Orwell was trying to give his readers a clear picture of what life would be like if a free country like England were under totalitarian rule

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    3: In Paragraph 4‚ Orwell uses a simile to compare "phrases tacked together" to "sections of a prefabricated henhouse". That shows how prose consists of words that aren’t necessarily chosen for their meaning‚ but instead just because it’s easy. In Paragraph 12‚ Orwell uses a similie to compare someone "choking" to "tea leaves blocking a sink"‚ which shows how the author knows what he wants to say‚ but sometimes he has too many "stale phrases" in his head. In paragraph 15‚ Orwell uses a similie to

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    “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing” (Orwell 336). The use of propaganda‚ destruction of language‚ rewriting of history‚ and brainwashing of the population are some of the ways a government may exercise their authority over the inhabitants. In the novel 1984‚ by George Orwell this is exactly how the totalitarian government uses its influence over its citizens. The extreme power and control the Party has over the population

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    and basic rights‚ they are able to drastically affect how people act and think in their society. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ the oppressive Party is able to retain control over the citizens

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