The Daunting Effects of Totalitarianism In the novel 1984‚ George Orwell utilizes diction and figurative language to portray how a totalitarian government dehumanizes the lives of its people and obliterate their thought. In the beginning of the novel‚ Winston helps the reader visualize an important Newspeak worker at the Fiction Department with “two blank discs instead of eyes” (53). The usage of “two blank discs” is to describe the person’s eyes as a bleak image of thoughtlessness. Instead of
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every aspect of human life such as communication‚ the economy‚ and everyday activities. Much of this control came from the use of police and military force by instilling great terror on the nation’s people (Cote). The most famous examples of totalitarianism is Nazi Germany and Stalinist Soviet Union. Both movies covered in class depict each of these regimes from a civilian’s perspective. “The Inner Circle” gave viewers a look into the brainwashing power of Stalin and how dependent people became on
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George Orwell was a novelist who opposed communism through his writing‚ as can be shown by his most famous works‚ Animal Farm and 1984. The former reflects the developments in the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution‚ whereas the latter depicts life under totalitarian rule. Having witnessed firsthand the horrific lengths to which totalitarian governments in Spain and Russia would go in order to sustain and increase their power‚ Orwell wrote 1984 to alert Western nations about the approaching
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Ashley Austin WHO 2001 4 November 2012 The Origins of Totalitarianism Book Report Quotes Note to TA: I downloaded the book onto my iPad and got the digital copy‚ so the page numbers might possibly be different from that of the paperback. “Totalitarian movements are mass organizations of atomized‚ isolated individuals.” (Chapter 10‚ page 547) “It was recognized early and has frequently been asserted that in totalitarian countries propaganda and terror present two sides of the same coin
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Jon Smith Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany final paper I pledge to have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this assignment. A Totalitarian regime uses terror not only as an instrument to suppress opposition‚ but once free of opposition‚ terror is employed to ensure the movement of the regime. As Hannah Arendt contends‚ "if lawfulness is the essence of non-tyrannical government‚ and lawlessness is the essence of tyranny‚ then terror is the essence of totalitarian domination."(p
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The Giver The Giver is a novel written by Lois Lowry. She is an American writer who has won numerous awards in her years‚ notably a Newbery award for the giver in 1993. The novel explores different themes of life. Freedom. Everything is supervised and controlled by what Lowry describes as ‘Elders’. The thought of having any freedom is non-existent in the community as the ‘elders’ will decide who your spouse will be‚ the job you will be doing for the community & generally the lives of people living
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Gabriela Smith Independent Reading Project The Giver By: Louis Lowery The Book I read for my independent reading project was called “The Giver” by Louis Lowery. This book is multiple types including social science‚ science fiction‚ and utopian and dystopian fiction. The main character’s name in the giver is Jonas. Jonas is a twelve year old boy who lives in a utopia. Jonas goes to the what we would call retirement home frequently to bathe old people. He goes there mainly to see Fiona one of
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The Giver: Study Notes Context: She was inspired to write The Giver—which won the 1994 Newbery medal—after visiting her elderly father in a nursing home. He had lost most of his long-term memory‚ and it occurred to Lowry that without memory there is no longer any pain. She imagined a society where the past was deliberately forgotten‚ which would allow the inhabitants to live in a kind of peaceful ignorance. The flaws inherent in such a society‚ she realized‚ would show the value of individual and
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The giver is written from the point of view of Jonas‚ an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic society that has eliminated all pain‚ fear‚ war‚ and hatred. There is no prejudice‚ since everyone looks and acts basically the same‚ and there is very little competition. Everyone is unfailingly polite. The society has also eliminated choice: at age twelve every member of the community is assigned a job based on his or her abilities and interests. Citizens can apply for and be assigned compatible
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The Giver by Lois Lowry “The Giver” was a fabulous read about a seemingly utopian society where the people in the society are spared from any discomfort‚ such as hunger‚ war‚ even pain from a scraped knee. This was an excellent book‚ but also very hard to read and very disturbing. The first half is like a science fiction novel about a utopian society. But the second half really gets into the emotional consequences of that society. “The Giver” reminds me‚ in a way‚ of the movie “Pleasantville‚” where
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