The classic novel "1984", by George Orwell, successfully explores issues of power and gender using allegory. ... The main theme of "1984" is power and Orwell digs deeply into the exploitation, struggles and abuses committed by those who possess it. ... (Orwell 175). ... George Orwell also portrays gender in the form of Winston and Julia, the two main characters. ... George Orwell has played with these stereotypes and, therefore, has switched the roles of Winston and Julia, giving Winston the female characteristics, and Julia the male characteristics. ...

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Authors, such as George Orwell and Aldous Huxley began to publish novels that illustrated this developing dystopia. In Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's 1984, the authors portray a controlling government in order to exemplify the theme of the sacrifice of freedom in order to achieve a stable society. ... Orwell also describes the techniques and reasons for censorship in 1984. ... George Orwell also conveys this insignificant attitude towards death. ... Goldstein's book in 1984 explores this topic, explaining how the caste system is in the shape of a "pyramid- (Orwell...

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This essentially describes the society that is found in Airstrip One in Oceania in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. ... In the novel 1984, the first half of the book describes the life of protagonist Winston Smith, and his job of erasing, and rewriting history to make sure his dictator, Big Brother is always correct. ... As Orwell stated in this novel that "Those who control the present, control the past, thus controlling the future." Controlling the past through the elimination of memories is a tactic that is often used by many dictatorships, and in 1984, there is no exception to this. ...

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Following the political upheaval and struggle for power after the second world war, George Orwell's novel 1984 cautions against the dangers of oppression and exemplifies the consequential nightmarish world of the near future. ... In 1984, Ingsoc has mastered the theory behind communication with Newspeak, "the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year." ... The themes of the novel 1984 are many, as the satirical parable serves a moralistic role in warning all readers of what the future might and could look like. ... The danger of permanent totalitarianism, perhaps...

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George Orwell's full name is Eric Arthur Blair (Ms. ... In 1949, he published 1984. ... George Orwell's novel titled 1984 shows the dangers of a totalitarian regime through the usage of violence, censorship, and intimidation as their major methods of control.  To begin with, 1984 has an abundant amount of violence. ... The Newspeak dictionary is a fictional language used in 1984. ...

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These are the challenges that Winston faces in George Orwell's classic novel, "Animal Farm." Orwell's remarkable international reputation is due to his two novels Animal Farm and 1984. ... "April 4th, 1984. ... To begin with he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984. ... By combining motifs, imagery and characters George Orwell creates the perfect totalitarianism novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ...

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By forcing and ruling the people of the world with censorship and brainwashing, we have built ourselves up to the image of "Big Brother" (George Orwell, 1984), which is a thought controlling power ruled by a Dictatorship and covered up by a equality facade through censorship. ... The policy was formed around George F. ... George Orwell's novel 1984 takes the reader through a journey of a worker named Winston Smith. ...

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George Orwell has dared to do exactly this in his essay "Politics and the English Language". ... If a reader can't grasp Orwell's ideas themselves, he or she will still ascertain that Orwell is serious. ... Orwell also chastises the trends of his society. ... Orwell's proposed remedy is simpler. ... This is the type of writing we might find in 1984. ...

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George Orwell was a well-known writer for dystopian novels. In George Orwell's novel 1984, the party uses fear, propaganda, and technology as methods to keep the citizens of Oceania under control. ... " (Orwell 71). ... One well-known slogan in the novel 1984 is "WAR IS PEACE. ... In conclusion, the novel 1984 shows how The Party controls the citizens of Oceania through fear, propaganda, and technology. ...

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1984 vs. Our World Today Our world has several similarities to the world of 1984. ... This is like 1984 in many ways. ... In Orwell's 1984, there existed the Inner Party, Outer Party, and the Proles. ... George Orwell created a world based on his experience in the forties that much mirrors the time we are living in today. ...

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Overall, this book continually reminded me of George Orwell's 1984. I specifically remember how much I enjoyed Orwell's dystopian fantasy. ... The fact that Orwell's prediction was written in 1949 is extremely fascinating to me. ... Orwell had no way of knowing exactly what would occur under a real-world dictatorship. ... This real-world scenario of 1984 caused me to continually read Demick's story and compare the similarities. ...

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(Lifton) Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, is told by his girlfriend Julia "They can't get inside of you." ... (Orwell 135) The Party considers it their duty to create an environment containing no more and no less than the "truth." ... (Orwell 64) Having an expression on your face that the Party deemed inappropriate was a crime; face crime. ... (Orwell 110) The Party believes the people only need to have two emotions; love and hate. ... (Orwell 245)Winston became a new person after all he went through. ...

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In George Orwell's novel, "1984," it shows a world of deep government control. ... Even though this book was written post WWII, Orwell wrote it after witnessing how Totalitarian governments (i.e. ... Re writing history was what was done in Russia when Stalin was in Power as many other government controlled methods mention in 1984. ... In conclusion, the state of the world described in 1984, can seem at first farfetched and very unlikely to ever come to pass, but when looking deeper , this world can likely became a world as describe if no action is taken now to claim our freedom and voice...

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My presentation is going to focus on the minor characters that make up the cast of 1984 written by George Orwell. ... Some of the characters are closer to Winston than others but each has a role to play in creating the world that George Orwell saw, his use of smaller characters and even the larger ones have made the society that is 1984 one of fear and control. ...

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Comparison Essay: Future of Computers and Humanity What does the future have in store for the human race? The question cannot be accurately answered because it would be impossible to describe precisely what hasn't actually occurred in time. Using facts from the past and making a logical decisi...

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Rivalry of Culture Fear; the strife between the capitalist and communist governments resulted in this. The belief that freedom and the American way of life and capitalism would cease to exist and die under a communist takeover. There were specific and deliberate decisions that the U.S. made d...

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Fidel Castro and Cuba When Columbus came to Cuba in 1492, he and his predecessors would probably never have imagined of this island's outcome within the centuries ahead. From conquering the country, to its independence, to the rise of the current totalitarian regime, all these major events have ma...

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An example of a government run by an absolute authority would be the novel 1984 by George Orwell, where a government is run by Big Brother and controls everything, everywhere within their nation, and if someone thinks or attempts to oppose them they are brutally tortured, physically and psychologically. ...

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The university is the place to which a thousand schools make contributions; in which the intellect may safely range and speculate, sure to find its equal in some antagonist activity, and its judge in the tribunal of truth. It is a place where inquiry is pushed forward, and discoveries verified and perfected, and rashness rendered innocuous, and error exposed, by the collision of mind with mind, and knowledge with knowledge. ---John Henry Newman, The idea of a university (1854) In America, freedom of expression has alway...

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