In his novel "1984", George Orwell creates a society where all decency, integrity, individuality, and consciousness has been destroyed and abolished from existence in order to obtain a "so-called" utopia. ... The society depicted in "1984" can be compared to a society that is run by machines. ... Oppression in the novel, resulting from two main themes of poverty and politics, is made quite evident from the very first chapter of "1984". ... In the society of Oceania exhibited in "1984", man has become seen as an instrument or machine rather than as a human being. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

George Orwell's novel, "1984," elucidates or explains a totalitarian civilization in Oceania where an individual, Winston Smith, ventures to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia, which is prohibited by the Party's principles. ... The chapter, "War is Peace," states that, "by the standards of the early twentieth century, even a member of the Inner Party lives an austere, laborious kind of life," utilizing how (coordinate or coordinating?) ... The Theory and practice of Oligarchical Collection, "Chapter 3," shows the reader...

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Chapter 3 discusses the topic of subjective well-being which brings the question of "what does it mean to be happy?" ... There are empirical results that actually affirm the validity of these two assumptions (Diener, 1984), which is a little a questionable to me. ... There has been scientific evidence that one's average level of happiness and life satisfaction are both relatively stable (Costa, McCrae, 1984, 1986, 1988; Diener, 1994; McCrae, 2011). ... The intensity and frequency of positive emotions are the first thing that interest me in this chapter. ...

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James Cobb's work published in 1984 inculcates the concepts related to the southern economy in context to the historical background. ... In his study, the first three chapters are devoted to the changes that occurred from 1877 to the time of World War II; thus Cobb chronologically discusses the southern business environment and its impact upon the community. ...

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In 1984, Orwell depicted society's fear of a totalitarian regime, as a mass consumer culture and centralised economy developed in the post-war period. ... At the end of the chapter, Paul echoes Hamlet, another exemplary Oedipal victim, when he tries to persuade his mother not to sleep with his father. ... The penultimate chapter, tellingly called 'The Release,' shows how Paul comes to reverse the Oedipal desire to kill the father by administering an overdose to his mother. ...

• Word Count: 1244
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate