In George Orwell's timeless classic 1984, the Ministry of Love catches Winston and O'Brian administers many forms of torture which are routine and painful torture and something similar to electroconvulsive shock therapy. ... George Orwell understood the true meaning of torture and the way Stalin used it. ... O'Brian in 1984 had similar thoughts, telling Winston that the purpose of the party is not to punish but to "cure" its people. ... " (Orwell 244-245). ... Another form of torture used in 1984 is electroconvulsive shock therapy. ...

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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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"The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better" (Orwell, 1984). In Orwell's 1984, the philosophical question of free will is raised by the circumstances of the main character, Winston Smith. ... "Winston seems to understand he would be happier if he were free" (Orwell, 1984). ... This is a direct comparison to a dystopian novel, written by George Orwell, titled "1984". ... I have committed even before setting pen to paper the essential crime that contains all others unto itself" (Orwell, ...

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1 George Orwell's views on the future were astonishing but yet very creepy. ... It could only be written with the conviction of George Orwell who believed it could actually happen. In 1903 George Orwell is born in Bengal, India on June 25. ... Without the experience of the Spanish Civil war, Orwell wouldn't have written Animal Farm and 1984. ... In Orwell's classic 1984, he decides to use real people to show his visions on our future. ...

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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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The novel "1984," by George Orwell, is a well-crafted story of a dystopian society. ... Orwell portrays an amazing example of such a governmental control in the novel "1984", by creating the government system famously known as Big Brother. ... The totalitarian system depicted in George Orwell's "1984" is such an intricate and detailed view of what our own government could look like someday. ... Orwell created this intricate fant...

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Then entered George Orwell. ... As we see in 1984 and as Orwell points out rightly in his famous essay "The Prevention of Literature", writers in a totalitarian state tend to write only what they are told to, and avoid to tell objective truth that would get them into trouble. ... This is, above all, the most bitter irony in 1984. Although the year 1984 has become a past, the distopian world illustrated in 1984 still touches the most sensitive nerves of many regardless of time, country and race. As Orwell wrote to Francis A. ...

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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 uses the narrator in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" to convey to the reader an impartial account of Winston's thought, state of mind and emotional well-being. ... Orwell's writing style is scientific, leading the reader through the argument from beginning to end. ... Orwell uses a narrator who is largely impartial; the "voice" admits no bias towards any one figure or deed. ... The narrator therefore is a cover for Orwell's own political beliefs as expressed through the character of Winston. ... One factor that must be taken into account is the time in which Orwell wrote...

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In George Orwell's 1984, the Party of the totalitarian country Oceania, which deceives the people through tricks and lies in order to maintain its power. ... In 1984, people are under surveillance 24/7, like telescreen and though police. ... " (1) The public surveillance carries the similar idea as in 1984. ... " (1) What Orwell is trying to convey is the importance of standing against the wrongdoing and injustice. ... George Orwell has a vision of how dangerous power could be then people lost their judgement and compromise. ...

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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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Winston Smith from 1984 and John from Brave New World find themselves similarly unable to fit into their societies because they disagree the way their government rules George Orwell's 1984 was a magnified projection into the future of a present that contained Stalinism and an immediate past that had witnessed the flowering of Nazism, where the society was controlled almost exclusively by punishment and the fear of punishment. ... Winston Smith (1984) and John (Brave New World), the protagonists of both novels, oppose to the way their societies are ruled and dehumanized because they use...

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George Orwell's 1949 dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four describes a futuristic alternate reality where a totalitarian government tyrannises the population through constant surveillance, public mind control, propaganda and on-going overseas war. Orwell uses his novel to foreshadow and predict the state of world affairs following World War 2 leading up to 1984, the year in which the book is set, and the effects unchecked, rampant capitalism has had on the world, leading it to develop into three global super-states where knowledge and information are heavily regulated and supreme power is ...

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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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Each of these novels also had a movie adaptation made; perhaps they were The Hunger Games and Divergent of their time. 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 have a lot more in common than just their publication dates; the background, characters, and plot are closely intertwined, although they have some differences. 1984 by George Orwell explores the idea of a controlling, rigid, totalitarian government which is referred to as The Party and headed by Big Brother. ... Things that would be considered commonplace by the reader, like reading books or having rebellious thoughts can get a person tortured or kille...

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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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The Mask of Deceit A Literary Analysis on 1984 Throughout history, there have been numerous leaders who have exercised oppressive control over their country. ... Author George Orwell comments on this type of totalitarian control in his politically controversial novel, 1984. ...

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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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