Cults and Consequences Without even realizing it‚ people give their lives up to cults every day. Cults manage to convince people to join and do things they would never have done otherwise‚ ranging from boldly declaring false statements to removing themselves from society. However‚ the government almost never publicly condemns any cults‚ no matter the size or severity of them. The legality of cults is very general and often focuses only how it affects others outside of it. The devotee can start to
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over the people. He takes hold of all the power to brainwash people into becoming loyal party members. In connection to the Nazi Party in Germany‚ O’Brien acts like Adolf Hitler‚ the leader of the Nazi Party because Hitler also had the ability to brainwashing people into becoming loyal party members. Hitler uses terror and torture in many cruel ways‚ which O’Brien did to Winston in 1984. The ways O’Brien tortured Winston is symbolic to anyone who goes against the Party. Winston was brutally struck‚
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The human brain is a very complex and mysterious organ known to mankind. How the brain works‚ is still a work in progress‚ because we are still learning about our brain every day. Something about our brain we already know‚ is that the brain process every bit of information it receives through our unconscious mind and we act accordingly. This phenomenon can be described with the word priming; priming is defined as an implicit memory effect in which exposure to stimulus influences the near term future
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key reasons: the ‘brainwashing effect’ it created‚ the organised and efficient controller of it in Goebbels‚ and finally the balance between messages of the Nazis as a strong‚ powerful‚ anti-Semitism party and a party with the best interests of the people in mind. The three main factors mentioned above worked so well for the Nazis gaining control mainly because of the way they worked together so well together with each factors linking to the next. First there is the ‘brainwashing effect’ created with
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or what happened before the society began‚ which leads to widespread ignorance and brainwashing. This controlled learning environment that is forced upon the future generations by the government is the largest aspect that this community uses. The education system that was chosen was designed to lead to widespread ignorance
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Hate speech and symbols of individuals or groups opinions have been around for countless amounts of years. Hate symbols are symbols that represent a group of people or idea that have extreme hate for that group or idea. They can be in any range for a small amount of hate to an extreme hatred. Some may know the meaning and history of hate symbols‚ while others may not have any true idea of what it really means. Some are even forced into believing what others want them to believe. Throughout the different
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than the planners and‚ essentially‚ an artificial society – ‘the houses‚ capsized’ – and‚ perhaps‚ suggest that the planners’ attempts to ‘sanitize’ the world are futile‚ regardless of their mathematical ‘grace’ and utilization of‚ effectively‚ brainwashing – ‘they erase the flaws‚ the blemishes of the past’. This is elaborated‚ particularly‚ in the City Planners‚ in which Atwood proposes that this form of society is temporary‚ whereas nature is long-lasting and‚ therefore‚ nature is more powerful
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Merriam Webster as “a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous” (Merriam-Webster). Cults have been accused of controlling their members through brainwashing‚ causing the followers of cults to commit treacherous acts‚ and thus prompting anti-cult
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parallels present day society in the U.S. in many ways. Yet at the same time‚ the novel falls short---certain prophecies have yet to come true. The story 1984 predicted many truths about present day society‚ truths such as illegal prostitution‚ brainwashing‚ and personal identification were predictions expressed in the book that have come true today. In the story‚ prostitution was illegal and in present day society it is very much illegal. Within the novel‚ during newspeak‚ thought criminals spoke
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Nadsat Language in A Clockwork Orange Anthony Burgess’s writing style in his most famous novel‚ A Clockwork Orange‚ is different to say the least. This novel is praised for its ingenuity‚ although many are disturbed by Burgess’s predictions for the future. However‚ for many‚ it is close to impossible to comprehend without outside help. This is because Burgess created a language specifically for this novel‚ called Nadsat. This Russian-based language forms conversations between the narrator‚ Alex
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