Zizek: Risk Society “So‚ instead of celebrating the new freedoms and responsibilities brought about by the ‘second modernity’‚ it is much more crucial to focus on what remains the same in this global fluidity and reflexivity‚ on what serves as the very motor of this fluidity: the inexorable logic of capital. The spectral presence of Capital is the figure of the big Other which not only remains operative when all the traditional embodiments of the symbolic big Other disintegrate‚ but even directly
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David Phan-Nguyen Hour. 7 Honor English 1984 Lit Analysis How did the party use control to maintain the society? George Orwell’s 1984 is a novel about a totalitarian dystopian society where the people have no freedom‚ always on constant surveillance by “Big Brother” and are constantly being brainwashed. Where “no one is free‚ even the birds are chained to the sky.” In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell shows how the party uses control to maintain society and place fear upon the society. In 1984 the
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In the novel 1984‚ written by George Orwell‚ it is clear that the members of Oceania are heavily influenced into blindly believing the ideas of the Party without any questions. Throughout the book‚ these mantras are constantly repeated: war is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ and ignorance is strength. Clearly‚ the first two mantras are natural opposites of each other‚ but the last one is not the complete opposite. Instead of saying weakness is strength‚ George Orwell states that ignorance is the true
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Power is a fragile notion that can be easily used and abused. When societal power is absolute and dominant‚ it often leads to oppression and persecution of people. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale examines the dangerous impact of a governing body embracing complete power whilst substantiating as a warning to modern society‚ if people refuse to fight back dominant groups with strong ideologies‚ the outcome could be devastating. On the other hand Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery embodies societal
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Freud places emphasis on the power of the individual versus the power of civilization as a whole in his book Civilization and Its Discontents‚ an emphasis that is clearly replicated in both 1984 and Panopticon. Freud states‚ “Human life in common is only made possible when a majority comes together which is stronger than any separate individual and which remains united against all separate individuals” (46). This particular sentiment is echoed in the theory of the panopticon as tool to suppress the
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George Orwell’s definition of heroism may differ from what most believe heroism is. He believes that it is ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency‚ even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed. According to the dictionary‚ a hero has distinguished courage or ability. Winston is perhaps a hero to Orwell‚ but‚ he did not have the courage of a hero. Orwell’s character shows the traits of a hero with rebelling‚ although he did it
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Well‚ it’s a place where all of your fantasies can come true. You can come to this country with just the clothes on your back and hope in your heart. Then after settling here you will have a closet full of clothes‚ a big house to live in‚ and a bountiful supply of money. You’ll be living the American Dream. You can be and say whatever you want in America. That’s why it’s called ‘’the land of the free‚ and the home of the brave’’ right? Wrong. If you come to America with just the clothes on your back
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To begin ‚ the book 1984 is a ressemblance of a totalitarian state .A totalitarian state is when the governement controls and round together the population ‚ in this case the proles ; the proles are the working class in the novel . Cineplex Cinemas Ottawa can be seen as a totalitarian state . Cineplex Cinemas Ottawa is a location where the workers have no individuality ‚ no freedom of expression similar to 1984. In the case of no individuality -the workers all look the same . As a matter of fact
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In the short “ Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.‚ his choice of figurative language and negative themes left the reader frighten for the future. Vonnegut also uses alliteration to describe Harrison’s handicaps in great detail. On page 24 Vonnegut writes‚ “The rest of Harrison’s appearance was Halloween and hardware.Nobody had ever born heavier handicaps.” This part of the story creates a scary and intimidating image along with a scary and intimidating mood. The mood is scary because Harrison
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Imagine everyday walking out to a helpless world‚ a world were the leaders have full control over everyone. A world where people can be swayed away from the truth with one sentence. How can innocent people fight the helplessness of the world‚ is it with weapons and words? Or could it be the education of people to help them question and take down radical leaders. The pigs had full control over the other animals because of their persuasive language‚ education for pigs only‚ and the animals carelessness
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