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A man sits in an airtight, breathless room with an electronic screen embedded in the wall, and his every move is monitored even in the dark. There is also a poster on the wall that says, Big Brother is watching you(Orwell). This is the living environment described in George Orwells dystopian novel 1984, as Bossche…

In the book 1984, there is a world where the government has turned into a totalitarian government. They do a lot of things to cover up things and the people are unaware of these things, that is because they are being controlled by the government and are forced to be loyal to the Party and…

Over 2,5 billion people get hacked every year due to no privacy and too much personal information put on multiple devices. In the dystopic novel 1984, George Orwell predicted a world in which the people of Oceania are controlled by a totalitarian regime. The leader of the party, Big Brother, has complete control over his…

Throughout history, composers have created copious ways of passage inviting audiences to explore their understandings of individual and collective human experiences, as well as expand their views of the world. Furthermore, these texts provide audiences with great insight into the anomalies and inconsistencies in human behavior. They invite the readers to see the world and…

Winston is the main character of 1984, with Julia coming in later in the story. Winston and Julia are interesting characters, because – unlike the protagonist you usually see in books in movies – they dont agree with the government but they never physically fight against it. However, they often break the smaller laws and…

Texts motivate the collective to question the realities presented. Orwell’s novel 1984 provides a political commentary on the impact of a totalitarian regime. Similarly, Peter Wier’s film The Truman Show is used to depict the rise of mass surveillance and the paranoia that follows in the post-Cold War period of 1998. Orwell’s and Wier’s works…

The Modern Period lasted from 1900-1945. During this period, many significant historical events took place such as World War I in 1914, The Bolshevik Revolution in 1916 and 1917, The Great Depression in 1929, The rise of Fascism in 1939, and the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This period was a time of fear and…

Personally, I enjoyed reading 1984 by George Orwell. I really liked the storyline and plot, I enjoyed the characters and the themes shown throughout most of the novel, but I did not like the ending considering how the book unfolded. I found this ending to be quite ineffective for the plot and honestly very anticlimactic…

As any good audience should know, there is quite a difference between using literary devices in a work and correctly applying those devices to convey a necessary message. Books can be read, enjoyed, and then finished if strategies dont leave a long-lasting message or provoke thought. In George Orwells ‘1984’, he includes symbolism, theme, and…

George Orwell’s ‘1984’ remains highly controversial to this day as one of the fundamental warnings against totalitarian regimes. This arises from the repressive regime of the ‘Party’, which is inspired by both the Soviet and Nazi regimes at the time of Orwell’s writing the novel. Hence, Orwell’s work serves as a warning against totalitarianism, but…