...In the book Nineteen-Eighty Four by George Orwell he talks about how the government watches them. How they doesn’t have privacy to do anything they want. Winston is the main character of the book, then there is big brother he is like the government. Big brother is always watching everyone, they have something that's like a television, which is called a telescreen where they can see you, however you can't see them and you also can't turn it off only turn down the volume. The privacy of American citizens is being violated similar to the privacy violations in 1984 now that big brother is always watching everyone with the telescreen, they don’t freedom and they also have thought police. In Nineteen-Eighty Four Winston talks about how BIg Brother...
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...The government largely ignores the proles and they are not indoctrinated in the same way as Party members. They are kept in control through rumors spread by the ThoughtPolice and easy access to Party produced entertainment. However party members controlled through different methods as stated on pages 13-18, everyday they have to watch a two-minute hate film as a form brainwashing in which the face of Goldstein, the Enemy of the People, is a principle figure. The Party uses Goldstein and the films as a catharsis for releasing feelings of angst and hatred from leading a life that they have no control over. Moreover by showing Goldstein as the enemy, the Party illustrates Big Brother as their only...
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...“Reality” television [738 words] Summary of When Reality TV Gets Too Real by Jeremy W. Peters [153 words] In When Reality TV Gets Too Real, Jeremy W. Peters debates the ethics of not stopping dangerous situations from happening on Reality Television. For this, several examples of such occurrences are cited, first when a participant took up drunk driving in the show Intervention, as well as similar episodes in Breaking Bonaduce, The Real World and Road Rules, and citing lawsuits against Big Brother, Kid Nation and Extreme Makeover, the last one getting sued for something else entirely. A number of occasions is also named where the producer of Intervention stops dangerous situations from developing, namely when to prevent suicide, drunk driving and to call paramedics in the event of an overdose. The article also states that the practise of simply filming while not stopping developing catastrophes are not technically illegal but somewhat unethical. The text ends with the comment “It's a very, very delicate balance”, leaving the issue open for interpretation. Outline of text 2 through 4 [252 words] In When Reality TV Gets Too Real, it is debated that Reality TV has a habit of creating dangerous or traumatic situations for viewers, simply because doing so is legal and gives higher rating. At times, some producers might draw the line though, and try to stop some situations from spiralling out of control, but those a more often the exception than the rule...
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...perfect totalitarian society. The plot takes place in Airstrip One, a part of the superstate Oceania in a world of perpetual war, oppressive government with absolute power, led by the so called Big Brother, a leader that is the patron of the English socialism, i.e. Ingsoc and worshiped by the Party members. The novel is filled with motifs from the Soviet Union and wartime life in Great Britain, as it represents a warning about the dangers of communism as a totalitarian regime. Moreover, Orwell was also particularly concerned by the role of technology that was increasingly developing in enabling governments to monitor and control their citizens. Today, around 66 years after...
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...In both of the novels, 451 Fahrenheit by Ray Bradbury, and 1984 by George Orwell, the stories take plays in a alternate reality/ dimension in which people have no real self control of what they do in life, and the decisions they make. In 1984 the main character, Winston Smith lives in a world where nobody has any privacy, in a world where they are constantly being watched by a party leader named “Big Brother¨. Winston can't even enjoy the comfort of his own home The same kind of concept that is going on in 1984 is going on in Fahrenheit 451 in the idea that everybody acts like robots and they are all basically the same, lifeless, person. The protagonist Montag has a job as a fireman, but not one that puts out the fires, one that starts...
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...Love Thy Neighbour The phenomenon Reality TV has grown tremendously since the nineties. Today we're obsessed with the fact that we can watch people, who are placed in certain situations, on our TV. Many people, especially teenagers, are in fact obsessed with reality TV and spend many of their evenings watching reality shows such as Big Brother and Paradise Hotel. The short story Love Thy Neighbour written by Jennifer Moore in 2005 showcases a couple who becomes obsessed with watching their neighbours through a porthole as if they were a live reality show. We have all tried it, being curious about our neighbours. However, the husband and wife are so curious about what is going on, that they start peeking through the hole, which makes them fanatic. They are so curious about what is going on next door, that they start to observe the neighbours everyday life. They seem to shut everything else out, just to watch their neighbours everyday life. The husband is staying home from work to watch them, they do not watch TV anymore, and all their life is about is watching their neighbours through the hole. When the little boy in the story is being abducted the couple does not seem to care about the boy in the start, but they soon realize how stupid it is, and they start the search after the little boy. after the boy is found, they go back to peeking through the hole, and their level of fanaticism is just increasing. again they are just watching how their neighbours and the police gets...
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...The novel “1984” describes the results of drastic totalitarianism which tramples the dignity of humans who are under the control of an omnipresent, Big Brother. Many people do not believe that the novel “1984” is significant to our society. Likewise they think that the novel itself posses very little relevance to the modern world. Though many people might think 1984 is solely relevant to the post after World War II politics, but the fact is that today any of us could become Winston or Julia. It is clear that the circumstances of novel “1984” are revealing to our society with the three slogans; War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength, invasion of privacy and physical Control. This essay will go on to discuss these points in greater detail. “War is Peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is Strength” which is the three slogans of the English Socialist Party of Oceania emerges the...
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...What Reality Television Says About Modern Culture: Essay One The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines reality television as “programming that features videos of actual occurrences.” Reality television has become an increasingly favorable genre of television shows, but society often fails to recognize how unrealistic these superficial shows have become. Many people enjoy reality television due to its ability of making viewers laugh, and step back from their own lives for a period of time. This television craze proves that modern culture has an altered view of reality, and has become progressively superficial due to the lack of education on the topic. Society claims that these shows are realistic, however they are often a scripted dramatization thriving to imitate real scenarios. Reality television allows viewers to escape the reality of their own lives because it is a removed way to experience emotions, and these shows that are supposedly “reality-based” are never filmed in a realistic setting. When viewers watch reality television, it offers them time to escape from the reality of their own lives. Producers carefully choose cast members that are diverse and represent a large population of society, to avoid criticism, but to also allow viewers to relate to at least one specific cast member. The average Canadian watches a show such as “Survivor” (which offers a one million dollar grand prize to the winner) and envies the superficial status that is temporarily given to...
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...I would characterize Harrison Bergeron on the line of cognition because he is evoking the active shadow magician, the manipulator. I think that Harrison was a healthy warrior because he is smart and independent. However, when the government arrested him for illustrating those traits that do not represent equality he shifted to the manipulator due to the suppression. In Tuttle’s adaption it demonstrates Harrison’s archetype of the manipulator because he wants to have godlike control over the society. He has important information, which reveals the truth of the government who is brainwashing its citizens. In comparison, Pittman’s adaption starts with Harrison as passive shadow warrior, the masochist because he is upset that he cannot fit in with...
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...Korea wrote out Shin's destiny for him from the moment oppressors forced Shin's parents to mate. Not only did his life consist of “beatings, hunger, and labor” (Hiatt 5), but he had to “snitch on fellow inmates” (Hiatt 5) to survive. Miraculously, beating all odds Shin was able to escape Camp 14, and after many attempts, he was able to work his way into the United States. Upbringing in this environment can have many tolls on the emotions of the individual; the case for Shin is no exception. Constant torture and agony stripped away all understanding of “concepts such as love, trust or kindness,” (Hiatt 5). For any child witnessing a murder can have tremendous effect on their mental stability. However, when 14-year-old Shin saw his mother and brother executed in front of his very eyes he felt no “no pity or regret" (Hiatt 5). After everything Shin has been through, it comes as no surprise that he believes he embeds a hallow soul with little to no emotions. Setting out to remake himself morally will be the toughest task he is going to face.Although he has “‘escaped physically’”, he believes to have not “‘escaped psychologically.’” (Hiatt 19). Dystopian authors, such as Orwell and Gilliam, provide current day societies a warning for the future that has slowly become the world we live in today. The writers illustrate the degrading effects of emotion within citizens of a manipulative and controlling government. The political powers, in 1984, oppress and corrupt its citizen through bureaucracy...
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...received. Another example is when he states, “… his nerves were in rags after hours of questioning…” He compares his nerves to rags to describe how he felt after intense questioning. He was so nervous and torn apart like rags of clothing. Finally, he states, “ He became simply a mouth that uttered…” He compares himself to simply just a mouth that said whatever had to be said. He was so broken; he did not have a mind of his own. Overall, Orwell uses parallel structure and metaphor to describe how he was broken down after the torture sessions. He was so broken that he’d say anything just to make the torture stop. His body was invaded, he was beaten like an animal, and he was questioned until he didn’t have any of his own thoughts anymore. Big Brother got the best of...
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...Montag saves multitudes of books even though his job is to destroy the books not issued by the government. Winston does not forget things even after the Party switches or changes history and always, in his thoughts, questions the proof and ideals of both Big Brother and the Party. Both of these men hold on to the thoughts with help from others. However their differences stand out. Montag was able to escape from the other firefighters and joins the group with the memorized literary text. Winston trusts the wrong person leading to his arrest and torture. In both Fahrenheit 451, written by ray bradbury, and 1984, which was written by George orwell, the antagonists are very similar in cause and actions. However, Montag, is the stronger of the two. Winston allows his trust to put him in danger while Montag trusts only one person and that was after quite solid proof that the old man had his own books. Winston's mistake brought him to torture and to rejoining the party after...
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...against the totalitarianism government ran by the Inner Party and Big Brother. Orwell gave a dramatic utopian and dystopian fiction book that is also political and social science fiction because Orwell often wrote about going against totalitarianism. Utopia is defined as ‘an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.’ which is exactly how George Orwell portrayed Oceania to be for a majority of the citizens or Party members. Oceania’s government or Big Brother can do no wrong, especially in the eyes...
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...George Orwell’s dystopian novel, “1984”, depicts a society of which the fictional symbol, Big Brother, is the totalitarian leader, and the single party controls everything. Big Brother and the party have instilled the idea that, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past”, meaning that the past can be altered to one's desire, in this case to Big Brother’s. Winston, the protagonist of the novel, works at the Ministry of truth in the records department, where he, with many others, has to alter information from the past, in magazines and newspapers, so it always supports the party line, as Big Brother and the party must never be wrong. Unlike everyone else, brainwashed by the party, Winston realises...
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...“At the Twilight's last gleaming…For the land of the free,” these are lyrics, written by Francis Scott Key when he was overcome by the feeling of freedom. Though in society now, that is just the opposite. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. show exactly that, with putting handicaps on everyone to try to make everyone equal. Harrison Bergeron, and fourteen year old, breaks out of jail to show everyone who he really is on live television. A possible theme for Harrison Bergeron is, everyone is beautiful in their own ways, and should be allowed to express them, however, another possible theme may be, life is not fair, deal with it. Harrison Bergeron’s society is broken. The government makes everyone think and act as though everyone is equal....
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