...George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four tells a story about a futuristic dystopian society that is ruled by the seemingly omniscient Big Brother. Winston Smith lives within this rule of Big Brother and the Party where all he does is strictly limited. As time progresses, Winston begins to make secret relationships without the Party’s knowing and begins to do what he wants to do. George Orwell’s use of intriguing characters, a strange, utopian social setting, and a riveting yet slow plot makes Nineteen Eighty-four a great piece of literary work. George Orwell’s use of fascinating and believable characters makes the story an interesting read. The story revolves around Winston Smith, an ordinary Party employee who works for the Ministry of Truth. Under the power of the Party, Winston does not have the freedom to think his own thoughts unless they...
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...In Fritz Lang’s German Expressionist film Metropolis (1927) and George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), both composers express the dangerous effects of tyrannical and demagogical leadership. In exploring the quote ‘If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever,’ Lang presents a perspective that both challenges and restores our faith in humanity, where an autocratic leader falls to his knees in a cry for mercy while Orwell aims to shatter it, with the subjugation of the rebellious protagonist. Both Orwell and Lang explore this through their contextual paradigms, demonstrating it through the apotheosis of human power, where both leaders’ ‘demi-god-like’ status produces an opaque view of reality and excess materialism. It is also revealed through a distorted sense of...
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...George Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty Four, uses various motifs to help him convey his message. Orwell gives one particular simple household article symbolic significance, in order to develop a theme which is important to him. The specific object which Orwell uses as a motif, is a beautiful glass paperweight. For the novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, this paperweight represents both beauty without purpose, as well as ongoing hope for the reclamation of his happier, liberated past, and a future without submission to totalitarianism.Through the use of the paperweight as a motif, Orwell is able to convey his grave concerns about life under authoritarian rule. Despite it violating the rules of the Party, Winston purchases a paperweight...
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...This passage, taken from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, describes the work that typically befalls the protagonist, Winston Smith, in his profession of tampering with documents and news bulletins in order to convince the masses that everything is well within this society and that Big Brother, the ruling dictator, is always seen as inerrant and infallible. Much of the passage reflecting the worries of the time such as the rising influence of the Soviet Union and the memory of Nazi Germany as well as featuring many tropes of dystopian fiction (some originating from the novel itself). An element of the world of Nineteen Eighty-Four that is built upon in this passage is the language of Newspeak. Language and created languages are a common theme amongst dystopian novels because they represent the abolition of the old world and the complete control of society by the dictatorial government. Winston receives his orders for the day in ‘abbreviated jargon’ which consists ‘largely of Newspeak words’. This shows that although Newspeak hasn’t been adopted fully by the population yet, the government...
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...The best weapon for an enduring dictatorship is the manufacturing of an enemy. In George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" Emmanuel Goldstein is the government's most monumental adversary. Foremost, in history, a scapegoat is often crucial in order to focus the blame on a person or minority group, regardless of whether or not they are responsible for the state of the society. Although Emmanuel Goldstein is not directly to blame for the issues in Oceania, Big Brother makes sure that everyone knows "[Emmanuel Goldstein] was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party's purity. All subsequent crimes against the Party, all treacheries, acts of sabotage, heresies, deviations, sprang directly out of his teaching". (pg. 14) Goldstein being a scapegoat ensures that all impending blame and anger is towards...
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...1984 is a book written by George Orwell in 1949. At first it seems like just another ordinary book until you read it and realize how similar the society in which Winston lives in is to our society now. The society in this book is one that lacks amenities just like North Korea. Winston is the main character in the book 1984. Winston is special because right from the start you can feel that he has some kind of different feeling towards the party, he isn’t deeply in love with the Party and Big Brother. I feel that Winston knows he is disgusted by the way the Party controls everyone due to the fact that he blames the Party for the death of his parents and sister. We know this because in Book 2 chapter 7 Winston wakes up crying and explains to Julia that he was dreaming about his mother and father and sister. He explains to her how his father had disappeared and how he had stolen chocolate from his mother and sister and ran away, never to see them again. I believe that Winston isn’t a bright man because he ultimately became the main reason as to why he was caught by O’Brien and the Thought Police. We can tell because throughout the book we see that he realizes that the things he’s doing are very dangerous and not allowed by the Party or Big Brother. In book one it state's that Winston purchases a diary in order to record all of the things he is doing. Another would be that Winston is static and an independent thinker, which is illegal because it is known as thought crime. Technology...
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... The totalitarianistic control that the Ingsoc government exercises over its citizens relies on the alteration of historical documents, terror, and brainwashing. In 1984, by George Orwell, the entire plot revolves around Winston and Julia’s actions to defy the Ingsoc government and attempt to enlighten the citizens and retake their freedom. The main opposition they face is is Big Brother’s influence over the citizens and themselves. Big Brother employs brainwashing tactics such as constantly stating altered and fake information over telescreens throughout the day, Hate Week, and limiting the amount of words people know to prevent them from any sort of free thought. These actions continuously oppress the citizens with just words. The Party also uses torture and terror tactics to convince more obvious rebels into believing what the Party has to say. O’Brien tries to convince Winston that a basic mathematical equation, 2+2, actually equal five while torturing him. Winston constantly denies it but soon gives into the pain being inflicted on him and agrees that it does equal five just to stop the pain. Winston continues getting tortured until he actually believes that it does equal five. “Four, five, six-in all honesty I don’t know.” (Orwell 252) Winston is no longer sure in what he believes and is in a very vulnerable state in which he will accept any information that he receives. This is what the Party wants to do with the adamant citizens who refuse to yield to their beliefs...
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...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 Eighties Pitchfork put it best when they wrote an article about the top 100 albums of the eighties. The opening paragraph of the article says the following: “It is to the vision and perseverance of many of these artists that we owe the roots of hip-hop, synth-pop, and most notably for this publication, alternative and indie rock. Respect is due.” The Eighties brought a lot to the table, and affected music for a number of decades due to its influence on artists in the following years. For one, it brought what is now one of the most, if not the most popular genre in modern day music, hip-hop. Hip-hop led to the formation of several rap groups, such as N.W.A, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, and several more. The Eighties also meant the death of...
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...More times then not a dystopian society shows a rather gruesome future hoping to warn us of our impending world. Nineteen Eighty-four portrays this rather well, he created a filthy place with torn down buildings and rats everywhere. Rats are often portrayed as dingy disgusting creatures aligned with fear as well as betrayal and it is no different in George Orwell’s nineteen eighty-four. Winston’s fear of rats is constantly overwhelming for him, not to mention that rats appear almost foreshadowing betrayal and lastly rats represent the extent of the control the party possesses over the population of Oceania. Orwell explores then many diverse ways rats can influence the characters in the novel. Betrayal: The expression that someone is a 'rat,' is often used to illustrate the meaning that he or she is...
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...Firstly, Winston can be looked at as a potential hero in the world of Nineteen Eighty Four, he regularly disagrees with the principals presented by the party and often struggles with mutability the past. To start off, Winston despises Big Brother and does not adhere to the laws set by the Party. Winston begins by obtaining a diary from a local shop, and also in the process Winston obtains an ink pen. Furthermore he illustrates his hate for Big Brother and the Party by writing “Down with Big brother” in his diary. The Party is run by Big Brother and George Orwell describes Winston’s hate toward the party and his desire for freedom. In addition to this, Winston feels the need to join the brotherhood. O’Brien, a person who Winston believes to...
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...Compare and contrast the theme of control in The Handmaids Tale and Nineteen Eighty-Four Control is a central theme in both dystopian texts and control is present in both novels. Both societies in the novels are heavily controlled and restricted, but the key difference is in the regime used by the respective governments in each text. In The Handmaids Tale the government’s ideologies are theosophical whereas Nineteen Eighty-Four is based on socialism. These ideologies play a key role in the ways that control is presented in each novel. The governments use different forms of control to maintain their regimes and power and these include: indoctrination through control of hierarchy, language and religion. The governments act as totalitarian regimes which constantly monitor the lives of its citizens to keep them under their control. Orwell took inspiration from the plight of Britain during the time the novel was written; 1948. Britain had just come out of a horrifying war that devastated the world - World War Two - and her economy and overseas relations were in deep water. Britain’s economy was at its lowest in decades and very unstable; her Empire was dissolving in to the common wealth and international relations were quickly turning sour. Similarly to The Handmaids Tale, Nineteen Eighty-Four warns against governments’ overwhelming acquirement of power. Orwell himself was well-versed in the world of politics and strategies deployed by governments to gain control. He was also a traditional...
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...Through the texts ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Nineteen Eighty Four’, Fritz Lang and George Orwell the composers both reflect as well as challenge the values within the times which they lived. The historical context of Metropolis challenges the values of the time in which Lang lived while the historical context of Nineteen Eight-Four reflects the values of the time Orwell lived. Values such as humanism, personal choice, liberty and family values are challenged through both Metropolis and Nineteen Eighty-Four. These are just some of the values of the time in which Lang and Orwell lived. Metropolis is a silent black-and-white film directed by Fritz Lang which challenged the values of humanity and personal choice through the historical context of the film. This film was made in a time which was ‘between the wars’, it was made in a time where German society was under the Weimar Republic, a system of parliamentary democracy formed after WWII. People residing in Germany would also go to the cinema to not only watch a film but to also escape from the hardships of their daily life. Within the era where Germany was under the Weimar Republic rule until Nazis rose to power, leading to the Treaty of Versailles where Germany agreed to be guilty of beginning the war and also to pay for all compensations. This agreement led to a Great Depression which hit the Republic hard and in the early 1930s allowed Hitler to rise up along with the Nazi party. Within Europe there was a period filled with uncertainty...
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...Running Head: INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR Industrialization Report HIS 105 DUE 04/21/2015 Pamela Anderson Professor: INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR Introduction In the course of reading this article I explore fundamentals to three major aspect of industrialization between eighteen and nineteen century first I will express concerned of the industry and the conflict it face. While developing factories and farms Second is the economy using various technlogies to motivate growth for rebuilding, farmers income also fails for their price level., however it gives credit to the economy in the form of technology such as sewing machine and firearm also is of great concerned and is it equipped to deal with difficult challenges. E.G Immigrant. Technology expansion, growth of industries and health concerned. This paper will try to explain three aspect of industrialization between 1865 and 1920 the essay will outline Economy, Politics issues and Social systems. INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR Industries First of all industries made an enormous demands of the wealthy investors by developing railroads, production of irons, tobacco and cottons utilizing the poor whites, Blacks were bands from been employed. These blacks fought because of the segregation due to racism, Industrial growth has a competition causing American to move from south to north searching for a better life. (Schultz 2013). The railroad increase tracking and inflation...
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...Compare and contrast the ways in which the authors William Shakespeare, George Orwell and Jeanette Winterson examine the effects of control in their texts The Taming of the Shrew, Nineteen Eighty-Four and Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit. William Shakespeare’s comedy The Taming of the Shrew attempts to present a comedic mockery of 16th century values. Shakespeare presents to the audience the farce of marriage values, the treatment of women and the control employed to tame those who were deemed ‘unruly.’ Shakespeare uses this technique in order to highlight to his audience the ridiculousness and brutality of their actions and, furthermore, to present to a modern audience the upheld expectations and beliefs of 16th century society and the ridiculousness of said societal values. The very title of the play alone – “The Taming of the Shrew” – through the language “taming” and “shrew,” indicates that there is something undesirable about a women acting of her own accord and thus she requires ‘taming.’ In the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell uses control in an attempt to warn the reader of the dangers of totalitarianism after having witnessed the harrowing lengths that governments were willing to go to in order to sustain sovereign authority. Orwell was deeply disturbed by the cruelty and oppression that he had witnessed in Communist countries and was concerned by the increasing use of technology as a means of control; as presented by his use of the telescreen. Within Oranges...
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