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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship (1984). In a society where citizens are stripped of their right to form an individual thought, forced into their line of work and have…

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…

1984 is based on a dystopia. The war is within measurable distance of its end implies that war has become such a common phenomenon to the point where the outcome could be easily predicted. This means that people are suffering and living in poor quality lifestyles not just due to the war but also because…

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength Looking at North Korea and China we see totalitarian regimes reflected in modern society bring to fruition Orwells nightmare Seventy years ago, Eric Blair, writing under the pen name George Orwell, published 1984, now considered a modern-day classic. The novels protagonist Winston Smith is a middle-aged…

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…

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…