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    George Orwell is one of the most renowned authors of the twentieth century. Orwell grew up in London during the 1920s. Born poor‚ and constantly ravished with economic instability Orwell learned to live with practically nothing‚ except his writing. This is reflected especially well in his popular novel‚ 1984. This reflection of an author’s own life into his or her writing is known as historical context. Historical context is used by many authors‚ and Orwell is a prime example of someone who uses

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    I believe that we are becoming like a society in 1984 by George Orwell‚ because of surveillance‚ endless war‚ and hate crimes. We are becoming like 1984 with how the government is controlling everyone. We keep showing signs of a 1984 society. 1984 by George Orwell is where the government‚ and party control everything plus everyone. The littlest thing or facial expression could get you vaporized or killed. When they mean when a person gets vaporized. That means that get brain washed‚ and changed then

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    this is quite possibly one of the worst things to have ever happened to the progress of the United States. People are scared. This fear is being showcased on the bestsellers list‚ as 1984 by George Orwell is climbing the charts yet again. There are alarming similarities between the society created by Orwell and the society we are currently living in‚ just a few being the censorship of news and Winston rewriting news‚ the normalization of both the Oceania government’s lies and Donald Trump’s‚ and

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    The theme of this entry revolves around a very sensitive topic‚ humanity. The message penetrates even deeper and touches on the fact that killing a human‚ under any circumstance‚ is considered a crime. Also‚ George Orwell wants readers to recognize the value of an individual’s existence‚ specifically a healthy individual. These messages are delivered to the readers by the techniques that the author incorporated in his entry. One of these techniques include highlighting a particular action that

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    shows how far a government will go to have total power over the minds of its citizens making them believe every single statement they are given. Manipulation is the government’s goal over all its citizens. Posadas 2 From the scholarly article‚” Orwell takes both propaganda and surveillance to extreme limits: total surveillance and total propaganda. Writing them large he brings important aspects of each into sharp relief‚ which is why his novel has the iconic status that it does for theorists

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    and myself‚ it affects everyone. In the story‚ Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ there is a farm where animals are being mistreated by their owner‚ Mr. Jones. Soon after‚ the animals form a rebellion and take over the farm with the intention that humans are ignorant and manipulative. However‚ the power is seized by the pigs and the pigs begin to act the same way as Mr. Jones‚ making the farm stay the same or some can say worse. George Orwell is suggesting with this story that in society‚ politically‚ cunning

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    Animal Farm Author’s Purpose The novel Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ on the surface appears to simply be a story about anthropomorphic animals uprooting a farm and slowly becoming humans. But behind this strange story is a metaphor that presents a powerful message about human nature. In this book‚ Mr. Orwell shows us that power categorically corrupts. During the story‚ the author shows the evolution of the farm as a civilization. In the beginning‚ the animals have good‚ altruistic intentions

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    society; this is not the case. In the short story‚ “Shooting an Elephant”‚ George Orwell demonstrates that the imperialistic standard not only affects the oppressed‚ but the oppressor through the irony of the governing rules and those who are being governed. Throughout the text‚ Orwell presents the concept imperialism as an ongoing conflict of self-conflict and conformity towards something that is not favorable. Orwell presents this claim by providing examples in order to prove‚

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    Man Farm What if we were all animals instead of humans? The Animal Farm by George Orwell is about animals overthrowing humans so they can live a better life. On the farm the pigs are the smartest. They teach the other animals how to read and write. The pigs also came up with ways to make the animals’ jobs easier. Since the pigs were the smartest they decided to be in charge. Over time the pigs start to adapt to human life. They start wearing clothes and have conversations with humans. Once the

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    government does not have complete control because the public voices their anti-government opinions through protesting‚ but little actually comes out of these protests. Manipulation by the government has been proven time after time in America‚ and Orwell predicted that. In 1984‚ “The Party‚” their system of government‚ uses media manipulation to rewrite history. They change people’s perception of the past by changing the story of history‚ just like with Eurasia and Eastasia. Winston‚ the protagonist

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