TYPED‚ COMPLETE SENTENCES in SUMMARY and THEME Paper copy for new DUE WHEN YOU WALK INTO CLASS! Old Log Title: 1984 Author: George Orwell Main Characters: Winston Smith: main protagonist‚ rebels against Big Brother‚ in love with Julia. In the beginning‚ he is very nervous about being a rebel‚ as shown by his fear of writing in the journal. As the story progresses‚ he becomes more confident in his rebellion‚ as shown by the quick confidence in the answers he gives O’Brien during the meeting
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1984 and Frankenstein: Cautionary Tales George Orwell and Mary Shelley use their works as precautions to potential disasters in society. As Orwell is warning humanity of the hazards of totalitarian rule‚ Shelley is forewarning the danger of science becoming too powerful for mankind’s own good. In 1984‚ Winston fully changes as a character from despising the Party to loving Big Brother. If it was not for the strong pressure to conform inflicted upon him by the Party‚ Winston would never have gained
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George Orwell’s book 1984 (1949) shows a futuristic dystopian society‚ through the perspective of a character named Winston Smith. Winston lives in Airstrip One‚ which used to be Great Britain before the world broke into superstates. Britain is part of the state Oceania‚ which also includes North America‚ South America‚ Greenland‚ Australia‚ and parts of southern Africa. There are two other superstates‚ Eurasia‚ which includes Russia and most of Europe‚ and Eastasia‚ which includes China‚ Japan‚
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Newspeak and Its Subjects Each language provides a worldview or the “reality of the world” for the people who speak it. It carries the consciousness of people using it and the ideologies employed to explain how lives should be lived. George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel which explores the world if individualism were nonexistent and wars and violence were the norm. These characteristics of a “totally imperfect world” were mainly illustrated through violence and the regulation of the Newspeak language
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In the book 1984 by George Orwell‚ the main character‚ Winston‚ along with all the people that live in the country of Oceania‚ are controlled by the government in many different ways. The country’s figurehead‚ Big Brother‚ is said to be in charge of everything‚ and uses methods to keep that control with the Party. He keeps the power by means of telescreens so they are constantly being watched‚ by propaganda so they either feel scared or patriotic‚ and he even goes as far as to corrupt the minds of
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In the Origins of totalitarianism‚ Hannah Arendt investigates the roots of totalitarianism and tries to come to the terms of how it is possible that a world of genocide and concentration camps can exist and be widely supported despite contradicting self- interest. She concludes that the motto of totalitarianism should be “everything is possible” because evil is not always radical but somewhat predictable‚ ordinary and banal. This essay will investigate whether or not Arendt actually believes that
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Many of the predictions made by George Orwell in his book 1984 in relation to "Big Brother" surveillance‚ corruption of language and control of history have already come about to a great extent in Communist countries and to some extent in the West. The powers of security police in Western countries to intercept mail and tap phones have often been extended‚ police agencies keep numerous files on law-abiding citizens‚ and more and more public officials have the right to enter private homes without
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propaganda. Many people like to compare todays propaganda to that of George Orwell’s 1984. Propaganda is all over the world today just like in Orwell’s 1984. Posters of war and security are all around us. In 1984 war is posted everywhere as well as Big Brother watching us. North Korea spills out propaganda that they are the best country in the world and tries to get many people to join their army. The Party in 1984 show posters to everyone that War is Peace and aiming everyone to join the war effort
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1984 and V. for Vendetta: Comparative Paragraph The famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzche once stated‚ “When you gaze long into an abyss‚ the abyss also gazes into you.” Implying the fact that when one strives to overcome a force‚ there is a possibility that one may naturally be altered into being similar to the force they struggle against. In the process of analyzing this quote‚ one can compare the two protagonists Winston and V. from 1984 and V. for Vendetta‚ to comprehend which of the two is
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Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 dystopian novels comparison and contrast essay Aldous Huxley and George Orwell were British 20th century writers famous for writing dystopian novels. Their novels describe fictional near future society’s that have gone wrong and although they are fictional the events and the setting of the novels were based on the history and events of the contemporary early- mid 20th century – the time when both novels were written. It was the time
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