In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Big Brother and the Thought Police was in control of Oceania's way of living and even though we may not see it, our government plays a similar role to what is seen as abnormal in this story. ... Both the Thought Police and US government supervise their society by visual surveillance. ... For some people, it may just seem like an ordinary window when it is also a way for the Thought Police to supervise their citizens and for Winston's luck, a method to catch him in a lie. ... The US government, just as much as the Party in Oceania, meet in secret t...

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A form of a secret police force keeps the populace in check and terrified to rebel. ... All totalitarian governments employ a secret police to keep the people of the state under control. ... The secret police of 1984 are known as Thought Police. ... With similar means as violent as this, the secret police forces of totalitarian nations are able to keep the citizens well behaved and loyal to the party. ... A form of a secret police force keeps the populace under control and terrified to rebel. ...

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As fans entered the stadium, police used biometric face-recognition technology to scan their faces. Unbeknown to the fans, these images were recorded and compared to a database of known police targets such as terrorists, troublemakers, and criminals. ... According to a study by the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York residents are secretly being videotaped on public streets, housing projects, outside buildings, and even in their backyards, through the use of hidden surveillance cameras. New York Police Commission Howard Safir believes the use of surveillance cameras will reduce the cri...

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An example of intimidation in the novel is the Thought Police. The Thought Police are the secret police of Oceania. ... The Thought Police, "plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. ... The Thought Police are used to frighten people, which prevent them from committing thought crimes. ... The population lives in fear because they are scared of the consequences that will occur if they are caught by the Thought Police. ...

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During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. ... In this case, Napoleon's guard dogs represent Stalin's secret police. ...

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Totalitarianism Would you want to live in a society where you were watched every second, where you didn"t have the freedom to say or think freely, or where "if you wanted to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself"? ... The main tools are fear, language, information control and censorship, a paramilitary secret police organization, and the institution of community groups (such as youth or cultural organizations). ... In the novel there was an organization called the thought police that could observe you and seek for people with malicious thoughts. ...

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Orwell, which is the author's pen name, (his real name is Eric Arthur Blair,) is a police officer in Moulmein, lower Burma and takes place during the rainy season. Orwell is as much a victim as the people he protects and secretly loves, but because of circumstances he cannot control, he actually becomes part of the vicious cycle he abhors. ... He sympathizes with the oppressed people, secretly feeling that Imperialism is wrong, and yet he is treated poorly by the Burmese, since they perceive him as one of their oppressors. ... Being a police officer, Orwell sees first hand the brutality p...

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Montag starts finding books and hiding them in his house secretly. ... Montag then had to go on the run from the police. While running from the police he finds some men along the railroad track that have memorized books, so they can "read" them to people. ... He has a change of heart and starts secretly saving books. ...

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As the majority of the citizens believe and obey the Party's commands and adulate Big Brother, Winston risks his existence and beliefs as he lives a double life working at the Ministry of Truth and secretly harboring mutinous thoughts towards the Party. He lives his life knowing that "if [he] wants to keep a secret, [he] must also hide it from [himself]" to avoid the Thought Police vaporizing him (Orwell 250). ... While working at the Ministry of Truth, Winston unconsciously loses his safety when he begins to believe O'Brien shares the same "secretly held belief[s]" as him (Orwell 9)...

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Animal Farm In George Orwell's "Animal Farm,"" there is a struggle to work towards a societal paradise, which is never obtained because of the flaws of a totalitarian rule. Basically, the theme of this novella is trying to prove that a free society will fall if its citizens are not intelligent,...

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The dogs are considered to symbolized the secret police, which would normally get rid of Stalin's opposition.The dogs however, seem to be so dedicated to Stalin (Napoleon) that they cannot speak for themselves. ...

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Orwell's job was a police officer and Hardy's was of a factory worker. ... he took on the position of a British police officer in Burma although he, theoretically - and secretly, of course- I was all for the Burmese and all against there oppressors, the British.? ...

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The rest of the animals also play certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleon's three vicious dogs are characters of the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon). ... All animals are equal." (21) These laws are amended throughout the story, for example, the 6th commandment is secretly changed to "No animal shall kill any other animal without reason" during the first slaughtering of those animals in secret league with Snowball, and the 5th commandment finding its way to "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess"...

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He secretly hates Big Brother and The Party. ... One day while Winston and Julia are in the room above the antique shop the "Thought Police" charge into the room and arrest Winston and Julia for being "thought criminals". ...

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Name ______________________________ Date ________ Period ______ "Shooting an Elephant" Quiz (40 points; 2 points each) Directions: Circle the best answer for each question. 1. Orwell takes great length in describing the elephant's demise. What does his description foreshadow? a. the rise of the ...

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An example of this is that he trained the puppies on his own, not for the development of the dogs on the farm, but for a private army, representing the secret police, for his own interests and protection. ...

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Abstract This article looks at how citizen journalism can have a positive effect towards combating government oppression and the means utilised to do so. I first created a picture of the communication system with our government by looking at a well-known example. This fictional example, George Orwe...

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