Communist China come to mind. These draconian regimes resulted in millions of deaths and the dehumanization of people. These governments took away the rights of its citizens‚ and made live unbearable. George Orwell‚ a satirist‚ comments on oppressive governments‚ such as Hitler’s‚ Stalin’s‚ and Zedong’s. Orwell comments on these governments through many of his works‚ namely his novel 1984. 1984 focuses on a man named Winston Smith‚ who is a propagandist inside the Party‚ or the ruling government. The Party
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seemingly complicated and abstract concepts. In Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell argues two things. One of these things is small; the other is large. However‚ both are explained by one seemingly insignificant event. The small thing is shooting an elephant‚ and the large thing is how a person’s pride often forces them to give into the pressure from others. At the surface‚ “Shooting an Elephant” is about‚ well‚ shooting an elephant. Orwell narrates the whole
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In George Orwell’s 1984 there are three class levels that everyone belongs to almost like our own. There is the inner party they are the party everyone wants to be in. They would be like our top 3% . Then we have the outer party this is similar to our to our middle class (doctors and lawyers). Lastly are the proles they are the masses they would be like our underprivileged people. Why does Big Brother treat every class differently? In our world today and the world George Orwell describes in 1984
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A Triumph Among Turmoil Loyalty is defined as the quality of being loyal to someone or something. Naturally people are going to wonder if loyalty can be bought‚ sold‚ or stolen. In the novel 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ Orwell explored the depths of loyalty through the main character Winston Smith. Through this characters relationships‚ experiences‚ and where his loyalties rested. He discovered many things about himself when he decided to break away from the flow of his society and committed crimes that
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sensational nature‚ created to be widely shared online for the purpose of generating ad revenue via web traffic or discrediting a public figure‚ political movement‚ company‚ etc”. (Time) There are many similarities between the themes in the book 1984 by George Orwell and the current trend of spreading fake news in today’s culture. In 1984‚ the only information the citizens of Oceania are told is exactly what the government wants them to hear‚ regardless of the accuracy of the reports. Today in 2017‚ fake news
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A Look into the Future? Often times‚ people conform to the norms of society while inwardly questioning those very same norms. In 1984‚ George Orwell characterizes Winston Smith as a man with individuality‚ yet he fits in like a puzzle piece in a time and situation where being oneself is not accepted and is punishable by law. He has thoughts that question the government’s ways and ideals‚ and even makes an exertion to record them before the Thought Police intervene. Throughout the novel 1984‚
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There are different ways for a government to maintain control over it’s people. In the novel 1984‚ the author‚ George Orwell describes one of the more cruel ways to maintain control. Throughout the novel the government has complete control of the people of Oceania by governing social classes differently‚ and using the most effective form of terror and torture against the people of Oceania. Social class plays a big role in the government’s control over all of Oceania. They treat each “class” -Inner
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from the police department‚ he changed his name to George Orwell. Orwell went on to write his essay ‘Shooting an Elephant’. His story is about when he was asked to handle a situation involving an elephant on a rampage. This was a tame elephant that destroyed part of the town and killed a man during the process. He struggled with his decision‚ but ultimately decided that killing the elephant was his only option or he would look like a fool. Like Orwell‚ I
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I am not going to be silent.” The quote perfectly describes how it is not like that in the book 1984 with women speaking up or doing things they would like to do. George Orwell shows examples of how women are homogeneous in the utopian society in the book 1984. Having so little freedom and are browned just for certain reasons‚ Orwell is trying to advise us. Women are identified just to pleasure the men and stay home taking care of their kids‚ is so cliche Thus‚ showing how the female characters
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reading. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ he goes so far as to not only carefully choose his language‚ but also delves into the very idea as to why speech is fundamentally important to life. Orwell is a master of syntax‚ as can be seen in his other novel Animal Farm‚ and does not stray in this dystopian fiction. Taking place in the year 1984‚ this story explores what life would be like if every thought and word you said was monitored by the government; if you speak
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