... Society is somewhat controlled by the leadership of a country and is often mirrored by the literature of that era. The social issues that George Orwell and Thomas More wrote about in 1984 and Utopia respectively, are indicative of their perspective of the leadership in the world at that given time ... life for its citizens. The Oceanic government is the epitome of totalitarianism because all actions are based on Big Brother's "infallible and all-powerful" nature (Orwell, 1949, p. 34). For all of the attention directed in his direction, one would expect that Big Brother was a major charac...

• Word Count: 2604
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... Society is somewhat controlled by the leadership of a country and is often mirrored by the literature of that era. The social issues that George Orwell and Thomas More wrote about in 1984 and Utopia respectively, are indicative of their perspective of the leadership in the world at that given time ... life for its citizens. The Oceanic government is the epitome of totalitarianism because all actions are based on Big Brother's "infallible and all-powerful" nature (Orwell, 1949, p. 34). For all of the attention directed in his direction, one would expect that Big Brother was a major charac...

• Word Count: 2604
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School