Two worlds with similar governments. Brave New World was full of freedom, 1984’s world was oppressed. One huge cultural difference between the two was the way the children lived, and how they were raised. The one things both worlds had in common was government control. One government tried to keep people blindly happy while the other kept them oppressed. Brave New World believed that if they raised all of the children that they would have a smooth running society. It was strange and unnatural
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Through out the book the meaning of the word equal changes that all animals were truly equal in the beginning to meaning the total opposite of that towards the end of the book. The meaning of the word “equal” changes throughout the book. The first example is illustrated at the beginning when they first kick Jones out of the farm, and they make seven commandments one of them being “all animals are equal.” In this instance, the word “equal” represented true equality among the animals; no animal was
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 1984 by George Orwell both explore this concept in their antagonists. In Fahrenheit 451 everyone in the society lives in a world of facades and ignorance. Technology coats the society, from giant wall screens, to tiny radios that fit in your ear. People loathe books and thinking, and instant gratification is all the rage. People’s fiery hatred of books materializes itself in the form of literal fire in the hands of the firemen. Their primary objective involves burning
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You now live in a communistic society where the government is in such control to where it is literally a sin to have a mind of your own. Imagine living in ultimate fear because you are not as dull-witted as all of the other ‘citizens’ in the totalitarianistic society in which you live. This represents Equality’s way of life in the horrific society he has been forced to live in in Anthem, which was written by the controversial writer known as Ayn Rand. Anthem is a story which takes place under the
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Individualism, a quality that the main protagonist of “anthem” fortuitously discovers, established an eventful journey to the hero to manifest this philosophy. In the book “anthem,” tells a story of one dystopian society being the product of multiple wars and destruction. Multiple councils control this society under laws that condemn the act of individualism. Defying the will of their brothers goes on as the basis of these laws. The ultimate transgression was speaking of “the unspeakable word,” (Rand
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Heroes need a hero for the injustices they face. Most heroes in society have been thought of as criminals at one point or another. They are constantly being bashed by members of society, even though they have sacrificed more than anyone else. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the author provides a warning for the reader about what we should not let happen to our society. Much like 1984 our treatment of them draws a parallel between our two societies. In society and 1984, people thought of as heroes
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Thematic Idea: Militarisation of Political Ideology What I think the Author want us to learn: I believe he wants people to see and understand that politics have a way of dividing even the closest of people producing a world where no one can win. Author's opinion on the human condition: I think he is talking about the fragility of interpersonal relationships when a leader rises up in power and calls for loyalty even with the danger of death or injury for an ideology one believes in. Example 1:
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Accordingly, Society cannot function the way an intellectual maneuvers the information they acquire but questions them when doing so, resulting in a lost connection between those two things. This is basically telling people in the government that focusing on the individual’s happiness lets people with questions gain freedom to do as they like. Equality 7-2521 and John, the Savage, are imprisoned in a controlled experiment where they cannot exceed the structure of freedom created in the civilization
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As stated before, a leader should not exercise complete dominance over their followers; Alvarez shows the readers what happens if a leader does break this moral code. The story that Alvarez has conjured is set in the Dominican Republic, where tyrant Rafael Trujillo established a totalitarian government. He leads his people with an iron fist, and is well known for not being brutally honest towards his followers. Spoken from the man himself, Rafael Trujillo once said, “He who does not know how to deceive
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In the lord of the flies, the conch represents power and order. Power is represented by the fact that you have to be holding it to speak. While order is shown by the meetings and gatherings in which it is used to call and hold. The conch is powerful. The conch is power is first shown on page 22 as the children vote for ralph to be chief of the boys has he was the one to discover the conch. “him with the shelf, Ralph! Ralph!”, let him be chief with the trumpet thing”. This quote shows that all the
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