...1984 is a novel by George Orwell that broadcasted Orwell’s distaste for the direction society was going in. The society Orwell wrote about is in complete submission to the overbearing government, and does not mind. The main character, Winston, does not mindlessly agree with the government, as it seems everyone else does. This alienation is important to the moral of the novel because it shows that societies are easily manipulated, its easy for governments to become too powerful once they have control of the media and patriotism can become toxic. Winston’s neighbors and coworkers all display this undying support and reverence for Big Brother, despite the obvious dictatorship. The society easily forgets things that happened meer weeks ago, and simply buys into things that have never had any proof because of their...
Words: 965 - Pages: 4
...false patriotism, and absolutely no privacy, Orwell’s 1984 encompasses what can happen when a government gains too much power and deceives their people. Omission: Ericsson’s article explains omissions as a story with major details left out, that changes the story completely. Omissions present themselves throughout Orwell’s 1984, for example, the party tells the story of their country, yet they leave out key details that alter the outcome of the story. Orwell explains, “If all others accepted the lie which the party imposed-if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth” (Orwell...
Words: 510 - Pages: 3
...1984: The Party Vs Soviet Russia George Orwells 1984 was a novel of shocking circumstances. All matters in the book are surprising and eye catching to one built on the American society, such as myself. But what if we weren’t comfortable with a society of freedom? What if, likewise to 1984, we had grown up in the 1900’s Soviet Russia? Compared to 1984, Soviet Russia was very much “The Party” in these instances, ranging from the similarities in propaganda, style of government rule, and the forced lifestyles of its people. The ways that 1984 and Soviet Russia use propaganda are eerily similar. “Artists painted pictures glorifying Stalin and he dominated many pictures. It was not unusual for Stalin to be in a white suit so that he stood out from...
Words: 1021 - Pages: 5
...as the aged books have foretold. In the novel, 1984, the author, George Orwell, wrote about a distant future where everything was controlled by one person known as Big Brother. The main protagonist in Orwell's story, Winston Smith, believes that things are not as they should be and explains how they were always being watched by the Inner Party which consisted of less than 2% of the entire population. Proles, as they were named, consisted about 80% of all the population, including the Party. The Outer Party, where Winston is,...
Words: 1006 - Pages: 5
...in advertising; unfair labor practices; financial manipulations; and war crimes. With respect to the last offense, Sutherland, writing during and immediately after World War II, examined illegal profiteering and violations of other laws (such as embargoes and restraints on trade of war materials) committed by corporations during the war. He concluded that for large corporations, profits took precedence over patriotism. Corporate abuse of power in the form of corruption of the political process has economic consequences for ordinary citizens. Corporations obtain favorable treatment on such matters as reducing their tax liability and increasing their freedom to raise prices or underpay workers. Corporations also use their immense economic clout to distort the political process in a system that claims to be democratic, and as a consequence, much policy ends up favoring the interests of corporations over those of ordinary citizens. Direct bribery of governmental officials (legislators, in particular) has long been a common practice of corporations (Miller, 1992; Noonan 1984). A great deal of corruption is less blatant; some takes the form of political...
Words: 451 - Pages: 2
...Merle Haggard’s The Fightin’ Side of Me (1970) and Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. (1984) juxtapose two contrasting views of the Vietnam War and reveal a stark reversal of public opinion on the issue of the United States’ intervention. Merle Haggard’s country piece embraces American nationalism, i.e. the notion that citizens should support their country during times of war, and reaffirms the imagery of the American Dream, i.e. that hard work pays off with success. While Bruce Springsteen directly challenges those ideas in his piece and hints at the wave of disillusionment during the post-war period and the gradual shift of public opinion on the topic of American nation building that continues to echo today. The first point of interest...
Words: 1741 - Pages: 7
...Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. Propaganda can be used as a form of political warfare. While the term propaganda has acquired a strongly negative connotation by association with its most manipulative and nationalistic examples, propaganda in its original sense is neutral. It may also be construed to refer to uses which are generally held to be somewhat benign or inoffensive, such as public health recommendations, signs encouraging citizens to participate in a census or election, or messages encouraging persons to report crimes to the police, among others. Propaganda was not invented by the Americans. It began with the Roman Catholic Committee for the Propagation of the Faith, an order of the church which was established by a papal bull in 1622. (Baran & Davis, 2013). Throughout the beginning of the twentieth century, the meaning of propaganda was debated as to whether or not it was a good or bad form of communication that could be corrupted...
Words: 1235 - Pages: 5
...Monuments are a symbol of a considerable time in history. They represent life, death, success, and struggle. They transport the past lively to new generations, and good or bad memories to those who were present in that. Many people feel a well-built sense of loyalty and patriotism when they view a monument. Also, those monuments help bring out those feelings of nationalism. Millions of people from all over the world go to the city where they are building just to appreciate them. Monuments make people reflex and think about an important event. Some of them are places where people go to spend time with their families and to experiments new experiences. One of those national monuments that are very famous in the United States is called Poverty...
Words: 1003 - Pages: 5
...Yancy, summarizes the key characteristic of Yancy as thinness. Frankly speaking, I found it very odd and bit disappointing at first, since I expected the mystery scheme behind the engaging middle-aged man to be somewhat more malicious. I have previously encountered wicked brainwashes in other fictional stories and in human history that sounded more severe and wicked than the goal of making people apolitical. However, I came upon to the danger of “illusion of viewpoint” that comes in the form of moderation, the week after finish reading the short story. In a casual chat with one of my classmates, she was complaining about Monday morning assembly, saying that they are meaningless since they fail to serve the original purpose of provoking patriotism. Listening to what she said, I revealed my long-lasted discomfort toward coerced love to my homeland and added, “I mean,...
Words: 658 - Pages: 3
...Nothing else should matter but the people you come home to every day, at the end of the day. Thankful that my family is more than enough ♥Can't believe I'm saying this but, life has never been thiiiis amazing seriously can't wait for what else God has in stored for meEvelio Bellaflor Javier was born on October 31, 1942 at Lanag, Hamtic, Antique, now known as Barangay EBJ in honor to the late Governor. He was the eldest child of Everardo Javier, a prosecutor and Felisa Bellaflor, a public school teacher. He married Precious Lotilla with whom he had two sons namely Gideon and David. Young Evelio spent his elementary days at San Jose Elementary School in the province of Antique. Later on, he studied at Ateneo High School in Manila for his secondary education where he graduated with first honors. He continued his college education at Ateneo de Manila University with a degree of Bachelor of Arts major in History and Government. Evelio further pursued his Law degree at Ateneo College of Law and graduated in 1968, and passed the bar exam in the same year. While in Law school, Evelio was elected president of the student council and at the same time serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the school paper in his last year. With his activism in student-oriented activities, Evelio honed his leadership skills and learned the true essence of being a public servant. In 1971, Evelio went back to his hometown in Antique to seek public office. He ran for the gubernatorial race and defeated...
Words: 725 - Pages: 3
...Crystal Asube Asube 1 Mr. Bird ENG4U1-01 30th September 2013 The Tyrannic Government Orwell Warns About The well being of a population depends on the conduct of a justified government, where decisions are made based on what would benefit the citizens. Their purpose in a civilization is to implement laws, promote ethics, and provide facilities and institutions to satisfy the basic needs of their people. Most importantly, a justified government will tend to the desires of the majority of a population to the best of their ability, by taking in consideration consequences and feelings. Opposite of a fair society, George Orwell, predicted a future in 1984 where life is a depressing trial for citizens in the dystopian civilization of Oceania. Manipulated by propaganda, irrational enforcements of policies, infinite surveillance, and revision of the past leads civilians feeble to the oppression of their government. They are governed by a potentially fictional dictator, whom they address as “Big Brother.” The citizens fear him and adore him. Although, Orwell’s predictions for modern culture after World War Two may seem drastic and extreme, it has been evident that the inhabitants of our world currently mimic the ignorance of the party members in Orwell’s vision. In the patriotic nation of the United States of America, the rights and freedoms of their citizens are disregarded in ways that are undetected by majority of the population. If we are consistently warned about...
Words: 2284 - Pages: 10
...these writings too. So, Sledge has published his war experiences by the name, With the Old Breed. In this book, the author has narrated his life, from the time of his admission in the US Marine, till the finish of the Second World War. In this report the overall evaluation and criticism of the book will be presented. The effects of this book on the thinking of general people about warfare and combat will also be analyzed. Major strengths and drawbacks of this book will also be taken into consideration in this report. About the Book With the Old Breed was published by Sledge, in the year 1981, as a terrible account of the Second World War experiences; as a Navy man. But this book was introduced to a wider section of audience in the year 1984, when Sledge was interviewed by Studs Terkel for The Good War. The Good War includes planned interviews regarding the Second World War. The Good War helped a great deal in promoting With the Old Breed. The complete narrations of ‘The Pacific’ also rely upon this book. These narrations were published few...
Words: 1817 - Pages: 8
...Essay The Frontier Myth ------------------------------------------------- “Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward explain American development. (…)American social development has been continually beginning over again on the frontier. This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character.” Source: http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/corporations/docs/turner.html Frederick Jackson Turner The Frontier is a prominent symbol of American culture. Although it intimidated the colonists and later Americans, it did not prevent them from spreading. What drove them was “the idea of unlimited free land, a sense of unlimited opportunity and optimism”1. The idea of the frontier was significant in American culture between 1860 and 1893 because it was considered by many to be “the last frontier.” “Since the beginning of the European settlements, westward expansion had always served as an inspiration to those dreaming to start a new life.”1 With the last of the frontier being absorbed into civilization, its importance to the American people rose more than ever. Frederick Jackson Turner said that this closing of the frontier “marks...
Words: 855 - Pages: 4
...1 ) Consumer ethnocentrism and attitudes toward domestic and foreign products Literature review : The country of origin effect and consumer ethnocentrism The country of origin effect, also known as the ``made in'' concept, has been broadly defined as the positive or negative influence that a product's country of manufacture may have on consumers' decision processes or subsequent behaviour (Elliott and Cameron, 1994). Within the realm of consumer decision making, country of origin has been defined as an extrinsic cue that acts as a risk mitigant or quality cue for consumers (Cordell, 1992). Such extrinsic cues (others include price, brand name, warranties) serve as intangible product traits that contrast with intrinsic cues (e.g., taste, design), which are tangible aspects or physical characteristics of the product itself (Bilkey and Nes, 1982). Although some studies have questioned the importance of country of origin for much consumer decision making (Elliott and Cameron, 1994; Hugstad and Durr, 1986; Mitchell and Greatorex, 1990; Schooler and Wildt, 1968), recent research has demonstrated that the country of origin has a substantial effect on attitudes toward products and the likelihood of purchasing these products, often demonstrating effects that are as strong or stronger than those of brand name, price, or quality (Ahmed and d'Astous, 1996; Lantz and Loeb, 1996; Okechuku, 1994). Recent research has linked the country of origin effect to levels of consumer ethnocentrism...
Words: 12776 - Pages: 52
...Dr. Burrows History 112 26 November 2012 Berlin Airlift Photograph Analysis There is a popular saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, an expression simply meaning that photographs have the ability to help tell a story. For instance, there is the famous kiss photo taken in Times Square after Japan’s surrender on August 15, 1945. The picture has become an American symbol that portrays the victory and patriotism felt by Americans on that great day. Likewise, an image of an American plane flying over the city of Berlin, Germany in 1948 has its own significance in our world’s history. This particular photograph is in black and white and shows a crowd of Berlin citizens looking up at a low-flying plane. It is not necessarily exceptional from an artistic standpoint, for the quality is not remarkable and without knowledge of the circumstance of those photographed, the picture could easily be overlooked. Looking closely, only children appear in the picture with the exception of one older man, who is the only person with his face in view of the camera’s shot. The presence of a large crowd indicates anxiousness for the arrival of this plane, which happens to be carrying a load of supplies for the people. The photo was captured from the bottom of the hill that the children are standing on, thus separating the photographer from the event. The scene does not look posed, especially because there are some children walking through the frame. It appears that the photographer...
Words: 1015 - Pages: 5
