AUTHORITY – Authority is that power which is exercised legitimately. All powers cannot be legitimate. Authority and legitimacy both depend on values‚ beliefs and attitude of the masses. Example of Authority: A robber who forces bank manager to handover cash on a gunpoint is not exercising “authority”. But when a police officer is controlling traffic and can use the threat of a fine or jail sentence‚ he is exercising authority. It is an investment in a legitimate form of power‚ it is profitable
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In 1984‚ Orwell asserts that knowledge of the truth grants power and thus must be both feared and valued. Whilst knowledge can be used to seize dominance over a population‚ which Orwell warns against‚ it can also be used to attain control over oneself; personal freedom. The threats to acquiring true knowledge‚ whether it be the control of information by the corrupt‚ the curtailment of independent thought‚ or apathy‚ must be fought against to avoid the surrender of liberty. Through the exploration
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Authority People in charge are flawed human beings as well as the rest‚ so they do not always make the right moral decisions. Authority figures tend to make mistakes when choosing what actions to take when necessary‚ therefore their ideas should always be questioned. Hitler is a great example of someone who should have been questioned. Jack from Lord of the Flies is also another instance in which someone’s decision’s should be investigated. Even though someone is in charge‚ does not mean they always
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George Orwell’s 1984 TOPIC: What are some of the core views about the relationship between language and power conveyed in the novel? George Orwell’s ’1984’ reveals how the manipulation of language can lead to a totalitarian society and unrivalled power. Orwell’s focus is to portray how language can be used as an instrument of power‚ transforming an entire populace into an oppressed society. The novel conveys the result of totalitarianism through the manipulation of language‚ particularly with
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The events of the book 1984 by George Orwell takes place in 1984‚ almost half a century after World War II and a few years after the Atomic Wars which resulted in three new superpowers dominating the world. Great Britain is absorbed by the USA and becomes known as Airstrip One. This new superpower state is called Oceania with the other two being Eurasia‚ Soviet Union combined with most of Europe‚ and Eastasia‚ comprised of the eastern side of Asia including China‚ Japan‚ Korea etc. All three are
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seems to be a desire for power. Write an essay in which you discuss how a character in a novel or a drama struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your essay how the author uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work. #6617 2nd pd Oct 29‚ 2012 The human drive for power has led to the corruption and downfall of many nations. In the novel 1984‚ by George Orwell‚ the power hungry tyrant Big Brother
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Power is something nobody should mess with‚ power can corrupt. I had friends that would play with a stick. The stick was the only way to win the game‚ so when we were playing one kid slapped the other in order to obtain the stick‚ and once he had it he chased the rest of the kids with the intent to harm them‚ the boy had a taste of power that day and tried to make it worthwhile. The little boy’s intentions were bad just as big brother’s in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. Winston is your everyday
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The party is the ultimate power. Can that fact be any more established in 1984? There are several instances in the book that convey this‚ with a paragraph from page 104 being the most convincing. Winston had just arrived home‚ evading the “thought police agent” that was following home. Mulling over his options‚ he decided that it was too late to kill her‚ and that his best bet was to record his thoughts in his journal. In this excerpt‚ Winston weighs the pros and cons of writing. As the passage progresses
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The authority of an agent is the act which he is allowed or authorised to do by his principal‚ and which will bind his/her principal. Usually‚ the principal will only be bound by the act of the agent if the agent acts within his/her authority. There are two types of authority which an agent could rely on‚ namely actual authority and apparent or ostensible authority. Actual authority is the authority given by the principal to the agent and could be in written or oral form. The capacity of an
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One of the main questions of the novel 1984 is could Big Brother fall. There are many possibilities that contribute to the thought of the fall of Big Brother. Such as the way Big Brother pushes people around like Winston to make them want to rebel. One proven fact in history is that most totalitarian governments do not last such as Nazi Germany‚ the Soviet Union. The fact they are always at war with one of the other main super powers. "But the proles‚ if only they could somehow become conscious
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