In 1984‚ Orwell asserts that knowledge of the truth grants power and thus must be both feared and valued. Whilst knowledge can be used to seize dominance over a population‚ which Orwell warns against‚ it can also be used to attain control over oneself; personal freedom. The threats to acquiring true knowledge‚ whether it be the control of information by the corrupt‚ the curtailment of independent thought‚ or apathy‚ must be fought against to avoid the surrender of liberty. Through the exploration
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1984: The Dangers of Technology In a world where thinking can lead to being vaporized‚ and Big Brother‚ a godlike figure‚ is observing everyone at every second of the day‚ lies Winton Smith. He seems to be a normal‚ ordinary outer party member‚ but secretly he illegally writes‚ “Down with Big Brother.” Winton eventually falls in love with Julia‚ a person who disguises herself by being a perfect party member so she can rebel. Both of them eventually get captured because they betrayed the party. While
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because many don’t know the difference between right and wrong. For example‚ “Ignorance is Strength”(Orwell 26). If you told someone who wasn’t educated what the quote means that person would believe you because that person hasn’t had any other form of education. The people of 1984 are controlled in every form most everyone expect for Winston believes what Big Brother says. In addition “War is Peace”(Orwell 26)‚ is another example showing how you can manipulate people with words. War isn’t peace‚ it’s
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from both George Orwell and Martin Luther King‚ the pieces of literature were wrote about thirteen years apart therefore they used very different methods‚ perspectives‚ and purposes.. Martin Luther King uses allusions and a variety of indirect insults where he states nation flaws but does not direct them towards someone directly. Orwell uses more themes‚ morality plays‚ myths and metaphors. As Kings purpose is to inform the audience that they are aware of the injustice going on‚ and Orwell is entertaining
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3: In Paragraph 4‚ Orwell uses a simile to compare "phrases tacked together" to "sections of a prefabricated henhouse". That shows how prose consists of words that aren’t necessarily chosen for their meaning‚ but instead just because it’s easy. In Paragraph 12‚ Orwell uses a similie to compare someone "choking" to "tea leaves blocking a sink"‚ which shows how the author knows what he wants to say‚ but sometimes he has too many "stale phrases" in his head. In paragraph 15‚ Orwell uses a similie to
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The search for one’s identity and one’s reason for existence is almost inevitable in the course of a human life. In George Orwell’s 1984‚ however‚ this is not the status quo. Under a dystopian totalitarian government referred to by the name of its figurehead‚ “Big Brother”‚ the citizens of Oceania are oppressed‚ stripped of their individuality‚ and exist solely to serve the state even‚ or rather especially‚ if it requires betraying one’s family‚ friends‚ or neighbors. Winston Smith‚ the story’s protagonist
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essay from George Orwell. But unlike her‚ I didn’t steal it because I like the sound of the words that share the same sound‚ but rather because there is no better way to display so clearly the purpose of this essay. “Why I Write” exemplifies Orwell’s brilliance in writing in a manner that explicitly articulates the author’s motivations and aspirations. In it‚ he discloses‚ “that of late years I have tried to write less picturesquely and more exactly” (Orwell 5). In other words‚ Orwell not only reveals
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when not afraid of what will happen. Orwell claims they were a “ragbag of anecdotes” and he unconsciously wrote a “hymn to a liberty”(1). Another reason is that Twain was a social critic and his deteriorating career became questionable and unclear. A third reason was that he had tended to show weakness in his character. His autobiography was tweaked and changed because he was a believer with siding with the stronger side whenever possible. Another reason Orwell disapproved was because his writing
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topos – a location in time and space’. So‚ instead of frustrating ourselves by imagining a utopia which never comes‚ our humanities have been writing dystopian fictions since the ancient times. One of them is Nineteen-eighty-four written by George Orwell. This work has been the main inspiration for most of contemporary dystopian fictions or novels. Also‚ the second one‚ ‘the Snow Piercer’ directed by Bong Jun Ho is the seminal dystopian film
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sympathy towards the elephant and a slightly more complex feeling towards the author who‚ although he kills the elephant‚ suffers inwardly during the process and appears to be affected by the Burman crowd’s greed to strip the carcass. In the society Orwell lived in‚ hunting was common amongst gentlemen and is less challenged morally. This is revealed by “one never does…” The use of this inclusive pronoun brings the reader to a circle of experienced hunters and indicates Orwell’s assumption of the reader’s
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