If our society was full of fear and despair. And your force to do nonunderstandable commands. A place where you’re not allowed to think of your free will. A society where there only hate and nothing else. In the book‚ 1984 book written by George Orwell‚ a character named O’Brien‚ argues that a society that has hate can survive. However‚ Winston responds by stating that it would be impossible for a civilization to survive on fear and hatred. I agree with Winston. A society can’t survive with just
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Privacy and information is manipulated‚ controlled‚ and used against people in the novels Oryx and Crake‚ and The Running Man. In Oryx and Crake‚ privacy and information is controlled by not letting anything or anyone in or out of the compounds. In the novel‚ commanding corporations took mankind on an unrestrained genetic engineering journey. In The Running Man‚ Privacy and information is manipulated and controlled by government ran TV stations. Government control is a problem in both books. In
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The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue uses key ideas and serval film techniques to illustrate the parallels between the two main characters. It portrays a futuristic dystopian society where the United Kingdom is ruled by a tyrant. The film displays two protagonists one a shadowy freedom fighter‚ known only by the alias of ‘V.’ The other a young woman called Evey‚ who becomes part of V’s plot against the government by chance. The director of the film uses key ideas and several film techniques
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How does North Korea exist? How do governments steal complete power without their people noticing? How do citizens make sure this does not happen to them? Many authors have tried to answer these questions. Clearly‚ all-controlling governments are a fear and a fascination many people have. One of the most famous authors to look into this topic is George Orwell. Both of Orwell’s most famous books‚ 1984 and Animal Farm‚ are about fascist‚ all-powerful governments. Animal Farm‚ in particular‚ shows how
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Through the study of intertextual perspectives‚ the relationship between context and key values can become clearer. The personal and historical context of an author can lead them to write about important values of that time. The novel‚ 1984 by George Orwell‚ is a dystopian text about an oppressive government that controls the citizens every movement. George Orwell was inspired to write by the totalitarian regimes of his time such as Hitler and Stalin. He also wrote with his Democratic Socialist views
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A totalitarian society refers to a political system in which everything is in the hands of the state. All control of public and private life are government run. Books and movies show a totalitarian society. Real life even shows it. For example‚ Nazis and Soviets caused a real-life totalitarian society. In 1948‚ George Orwell forewarned his readers of the effects of a totalitarian society. Romance is obsolete in a totalitarian society. It only exists if the government allows it. Today‚ love is built
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Fertile women are the key for a thriving country. In the book‚ Handmaid’s Tale there is a country named Gilead that was born after the destruction of the United States. Within the Gilead‚ there is a strong totalitarian government where the people do not have the freedom to think their own thoughts. Gilead is a biblical term for “hill of testimony”. Religion plays a big part on how Gilead controls their government. The women of Gilead no longer have control over themselves‚ as the government dictates
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According to the well-known human rights activist‚ Malcolm X‚ “We are fighting for the right to live as free humans in this society. In fact‚ we are actually fighting for rights that are even greater than civil rights and that is human rights” (Malcolm). Human rights is the topic of the two eye-opening stories: 1984 by George Orwell and “The Train from Rhodesia” by Nadine Gordimer. In 1984‚ Winston‚ in a desperate attempt to rebel against the tyranny of Big Brother‚ has a rebellious love affair with
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Due to the international ubiquity of mass media‚ humans readily entrench the information broadcasted‚ and establish these news as truth in their mind‚ causing the controller of the media to create and shape the reality that humans seldom experience first hand. The news spread by the universal omnipresence of billboards‚ T.V‚ movies‚ the internet‚ are constantly scrutinized by the public‚ and absorbed as the truth. If a certain piece of news‚ regardless of its veracity‚ is deemed true by the public
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James Howe once said “Banning books is just another form of bullying. It’s all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.” In other words‚ those who ban books are just afraid of how people would react to them. They are afraid of change and possibly losing their position of power. Many people would agree with quote because they have been many cases where books have been banned because political views were expressed. Or because‚ they express how they feel
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