George Orwell, born Eric Blair in 1903, wrote the chilling futuristic book 1984. ... As Orwell was writing 1984 in 1948, television was just emerging from the developmental hiatus forced upon the broadcasting industry by World War II. ... In the book 1984, George Orwell gives one a great view of the possible horrors that could come out of technology when it's used for the purpose of control. ... The telescreen helps with this because its other purpose is for surveillance. ... Martin Esslin has claimed in his essay "Television and Telescreen" that Orwell's fears about television misse...

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Introduction to the Book: In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main character, Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London. ... I chose to read 1984 because I've read a few of George Orwell's essays and they all had a powerful meaning to them and were also very well written. I was interested in reading one of George Orwell's novels because I had read some of writing before. ... Also, to add to the structure of the plot, Orwell describes Winston's dreams he has of the Party in detail to help describe certain points of the plot. ... Charac...

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This fictional example, George Orwells 1984, describes the relationship between citizens and their totalitarian government in a dystopian setting. ... In this article, I want to start with a look at the power of citizen journalism against oppression starting with George Orwell's novel 1984. ... How we can help those taking part in qualification free journalism. ... Orwell coined doublespeak in 1984 but it is now commonplace in modern media, especially during the second Bush administration. ... Now with smart TVs fitted with cameras, are we that far from the idea Orwell composed in 1984? ...

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In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Big Brother and the Thought Police was in control of Oceania's way of living and even though we may not see it, our government plays a similar role to what is seen as abnormal in this story. ... Hidden microphones in 1984 can be compared to audio surveillance today. ... A bill proposed last year in Congress, nicknamed the GPS Act, would have addressed find my phone services, saying that it's not unlawful for the owner of a stolen phone to use geolocation information to help an investigation. ... In conclusion, we are living 1984 today. Orwell'...

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Bowles alludes to 1984, by George Orwell, as a comparison of the government's method of mind-control. Both the method found in 1984, and the method used by the government in "Big Brother's Two-Minute Hate", try to manifest a problem, then attempt to intervene and help, ultimately ending as heroes in the eyes of the citizens. ... The essay seemed rather unorganized to myself. ... I believe Bowles to be rather biased in this essay. ... Analyzing this essay was very difficult for me. ...

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Bowles alludes to 1984, by George Orwell, as a comparison of the government's method of mind-control. Both the method found in 1984, and the method used by the government in "Big Brother's Two-Minute Hate", try to manifest a problem, then attempt to intervene and help, ultimately ending as heroes in the eyes of the citizens. ... The essay seemed rather unorganized to myself. ... I believe Bowles to be rather biased in this essay. ... Analyzing this essay was very difficult for me. ...

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Orwell uses his novel to foreshadow and predict the state of world affairs following World War 2 leading up to 1984, the year in which the book is set, and the effects unchecked, rampant capitalism has had on the world, leading it to develop into three global super-states where knowledge and information are heavily regulated and supreme power is held by the select few as opposed to the many. ... To gain a deeper understanding and context of Nineteen Eighty-Four, with its heavy political and social commentary, it is worth briefly considering the author himself, George Orwell. ... The experience...

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In George Orwell's novel, "1984," it shows a world of deep government control. ... Technology is also used to help rewrite history and other information to keep the people from having any thoughts that are their own. ... Social aspects of a person are to help the government either by rallies or time spent in activities. ... Even though this book was written post WWII, Orwell wrote it after witnessing how Totalitarian governments (i.e. ... Re writing history was what was done in Russia when Stalin was in Power as many other government controlled methods mention in 1984. ...

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Ethical Decision-Making There are so many instances in life where ethics play a major role in decisions that we, as humans, make. Ethical decision making processes take place mostly when conclusions are reached that directly affect people, but what are ethics? The Random House-Webster's Dictio...

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In this essay I will be examining the views and bias of Thomas Robb in Amistad. ... At the end of this essay the author's bias will have been explained. ... The author's point of view is that we are not free.The author cites excerpts from George Orwell's book 1984. ... Orwell states that history will be falsified and rewritten, paintings repainted and altered dates will occur to alter our history. ... Which he sent to thousands of highschool educators and administrators to "help you integrate the lessons of this landmark film into your class plans." ...

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1984 Essay "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever!" ... In the world of 1984 this would be impossible, the world of Oceania is controlled by a vicious and ruthless dictatorship only known as Big Brother, slogans and giant pictures depicting this beast have only a single caption, "Big Brother is watching you" Positioned on just about every street corner and wall available it sends a spine tingling message to all the citizens of Oceania, that Big Brother is watching you, the party is watching you through the never silent telescreens which h...

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Brave New World Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwells's Nineteen Eighty-four are the most influential futuristic novels of the 20th century (Firchow 83). In Orwell's story the state controls its citizens with fear and punishment. Winston Smith (protagonist of 1984) is forced to love Big Brother by the starving rats in room 101. ... This new technology multiplied the world's grain harvest 2.6 times between the years 1950-1984 (Brown 18). ... In his essay "Environmental change and Violent Conflict", Thomas F. ...

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Comparison Essay: Future of Computers and Humanity What does the future have in store for the human race? ... (John Ibbitson, 366) At this point we may need artificial help to fill jobs that humans have outdated such as factory work and data entry. So far in our efforts to advance technology, computers have given us a few scares such as the Y2K bug, but in the most part have been nothing but full of options to help us complete any task. ... George Orwell is an author that wrote 1984, a novel setting forth his fears of an intrusively bureaucratized state of the future...

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The year 1984 may have past, but George Orwell's story described a plausible future scenario when it was published for the first time in 1949 and it may still come true in a not too distant future. ... In Neuromancer (William Gibson, 1984) it is simply a question of staying alive; in Brave New World (Aldous Huxley, 1936) it is a question of staying human. In Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell, 1949) it becomes a matter of preserving individuality in the face of thought control. ... There had been a number of precedents set, such as the works of H.G.Wells (for example The Story Of The Da...

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