This essentially describes the society that is found in Airstrip One in Oceania in the novel 1984 by George Orwell. ... The novel follows this protagonist as he is determined to expose the lack of individuality in society. ... A second example of the significance of memories in this novel is that without memory, the Party is able to control history. ... As Orwell stated in this novel that "Those who control the present, control the past, thus controlling the future." ... Comparing the effects of the manipulation of the past is easily visible in the present state of society in this novel. ...

• Word Count: 1490
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel 1984 the main theme is this horror of living in a totalitarianism society. The entire novel paints a horrifying picture of what a fanatical, state-controlled society can do to the individual. ... In the novel it appears there are no freedoms. ... In the novel people had the freedom to move but only certain movements were allowed. ... The novel demonstrates this with various elements. ...

• Word Count: 793
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The surrounding farms in the novel can be compared to countries surrounding Russia. ... The pigs in this novel end up taking advantage of the other animals. ... It is essential to recognize the allegorical value of the novel because it explains how the author came up with his ideas in the novel. ... This theme is evident in the novel through the character of Napoleon. Napoleon constantly abused his position throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 818
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Although Orwell's originally titled novel, "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story", combined with the use of animals as characters in the novel, may appeal to children, the content of Animal Farm goes beyond any magical or make-believe story. ... The novel is replete with messages and lessons regarding blind conformity and the misuse of power, that are not to be found in typical fairy stories. The perfect world envisioned by Old Major the pig, where all animals are equal and man is no more, is corrupted from the very beginning of the novel. ... Napoleon abuses his power in this way many times th...

• Word Count: 899
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lord of the Flies written by William Golding is a multi-allegorical novel set in the 20th century. ... Throughout the novel, the instinct of civilization is associated with goodness, while the instinct of savagery is associated with evil. ... Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel, which means that its main ideas and themes are frequently represented by symbols. Appropriately, the novel's two main characters represent the conflict between civilization and savagery. ... Both novels demonstrate the conflicts in literature that exist between both good and evil. ...

• Word Count: 749
• Approx Pages: 3

In George Orwell's novel 1984, Orwell uses symbols to provide an easier way of understanding his genius ideas of what occurs in Oceania, the setting of the novel. ... Although George Orwell uses multiple symbols in his novel 1984 the three that develop plot and theme and therefore are most important are the Ministry buildings, the glass paperweight, and O"Brien's boot stomping on a human face. The structure of the Ministry buildings symbolize the strength of the hierchy government in Oceania as well as the levels of social status in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 472
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As of government corruptions in the novel 1984, the government altered anything they could to prevent the timeline from opposing their totalitarian ideology. ... George Orwell's dystonic novel 1984, made me feel like the United States is not as free as you think it is. ... In terms of privacy in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith does not have much privacy unless he is out of the telescreen's sight. ... Also in the novel, Winston finds his ways around things especially going into the market where he shouldn't be going to unless he is getting the very small and specif...

• Word Count: 705
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In Ray Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451, and George Orwell's novel 1984, there are very common similarities in both contrast and comparison of themes and I intend to learn from these themes the effects of governments the control its people and how every society has flaws and how they can be changed, and the themes that are displayed in both novels are technology, control of information and history, and the dangers of totalitarianism, but at the same time in 1984 there is language as mind control, and in Fahrenheit 451 there is knowledge versus ignorance. In both novels, a very obvio...

• Word Count: 841
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

George Orwell created a dystopian future in his novel 1984. ... In the novel 1984 George Orwell correctly foresaw public surveillance, and people willingly giving up their right to privacy out of fear. ... What Orwell presented in his novel has not only come to pass, but has superseded his expectations. ... In the novel people accept telescreens in their homes because they fear not only foreign dangers, but also Big Brother, and each other. ... People have not been dehumanized and made to love or worship a figurehead more than others, like in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 847
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

A second example of violence in the novel is The Two Minutes of Hate. ... A third example of violence in the novel is Mr. and Mrs. ... In the novel, the government censors information from its population. ... A second example of censorship in the novel is the Newspeak dictionary. ... An example of intimidation in the novel is the Thought Police. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely"; and this is clearly proved in Orwell's short novel. ... The novel can be seen as the historical analysis of the causes of the failure of communism, or just as a fairy-tale. ... The novel is skillfully arranged, showing good organization skills. ... Other central themes in the novel include disparagement of the Church. ...

• Word Count: 494
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

This is achieved by corresponding events in the novel to the actual events in Russian history. ... However, this is not the only event that corresponded between the novel and Russian history. ... There are many examples throughout the novel concerning the pigs and how they use their power. ... This novel gives us insights about our own society, as "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely....

• Word Count: 537
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Over the course of his life he wrote numerous fiction and non-fiction novels. His non-fiction novels consist of The Road to Wigan Pier in 1937, Homage to Catalonia in 1938, and Inside the Whale, and other Essays in 1940. A few fiction novels he wrote include Bumene Days in 1934, A Clergyman's Daughter in 1935, Keep the Aspidistra Flying in 1936, Coming up for Air in 1936, and his first successful novel, Animal Farm in 1945 (Des Chenes 139-151). ... This work of fiction was very different from the documentaries, essays, and novels that he wrote in the 1930s. ... Commentators against O...

• Word Count: 1175
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspects into a beast fable... In the novel his regime was represented by the pigs. ... In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspects into a beast fable. ...

• Word Count: 444
• Approx Pages: 2

Authors, such as George Orwell and Aldous Huxley began to publish novels that illustrated this developing dystopia. ... Throughout both novels, the authors illustrate a seemingly distorted religion in the societies. ... In Brave New World, this censorship can be seen at the end of the novel, when Mustapha Mond explains why Shakespeare is forbidden in society. ... Winston Smith, the misfit in the novel, explains his job of altering history. ... In order for the governments in the two novels to acquire full control over the people, all emotional attachments must be destructed. ...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6

These are the challenges that Winston faces in George Orwell's classic novel, "Animal Farm." Orwell's remarkable international reputation is due to his two novels Animal Farm and 1984. ... As the novel progresses, however, we also come to see that she represents Winston's intense sense of guilt. ... By combining motifs, imagery and characters George Orwell creates the perfect totalitarianism novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. ... The last words in the novel read "I love Big Brother " and are said by Winston which makes you think on how easy people can break, all you have to do is dangl...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Orwell placed a significant amount of effort on elaboration of his idea of Newspeak (New Speak) and the media in his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. He demonstrated the repeated abuse of language by the government and by the media in his novel. ... Orwell's novel portrays a picture of a totalitarian system gone to the absolute extreme, but it is a novel that is primarily about psychological control of the public. The Party does employ torture as part of its control regimen, but the psychological control tactics are the dominant ones in the novel. ... Nadsat is the language used in the novel,...

• Word Count: 1644
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

George Orwell employs a variety of allegorical devices in his novel 'Animal Farm' including personification, naive narrative and irony to produce an allegory that voices his concerns over the outcome of the Russian revolution, and more broadly the dangers of unchecked power. ... This literary device in the novel was an intellectual way for Orwell to escape the social restrictions brought about by the public's support for Russia, yet at the same time express his concerns on the outcome of the Russian revolution to the public without having to pass through a filter. ... Orwell&#x...

• Word Count: 912
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His physical appearance wasn't really described in the novel, but I picture Jones as a tall, slim fellow. ... It sort of opens up other parts of the novel. ... Theme: The theme of the novel is you can think that you have it bad until you decide a new way out. ... My Opinion: My personal opinion of this novel was that it was great. ...

• Word Count: 823
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In his foreword to the novel Brave New World, Aldous Huxley envisioned this statement when he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda...." ... The way the fascist and totalitarian regimes of the past used mass propaganda techniques to "brainwash" their people was very similar to the way Huxley described the hypnopaedic teachings in his novel. ... For example, in the novel the different classes had been brainwashed since birth to believe that they all contributed equally to society. ... Just as people would chant "Hail H...

• Word Count: 861
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The novel shows through its characters, a society without values, without feelings, where the only thing that counts is to have fun and where the problems, if there are any, are resolved by taking "soma". ... If we take notice, we will see that the author describes a word similar to ours, but the surprising thing is that this  novel was written in 1932. ... Perhaps we could say that Huxley is another example of a visionary as were Jules Verne and George Orwell in his novel "1984".   This novel is very interesting, and is capable of engaging the reader within the story by the novelty of his ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel, they were all put into a single place and that was where they all stayed and resided. ... Another parallel the book has to real life is the rationing that was going on in this novel. ... I think in this novel art imitates life....

• Word Count: 518
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The events in the Russian Revolution were contradictory to the way Orwell wrote his novel. ... These are main ideas in animalism, but are not lived up to by the pigs in Orwell's novel. ... The idea of socialism are displayed in the novel, by the belief the animals had about animalism, which is the idea that "all animals are equal." ...

• Word Count: 638
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Group Project: Cold War Literature - Fiction Many novels throughout the 1950's sought to show the ills of communism. ... These novels also tried to let the public escape to a sci-fi world where the fear of the Russians did not exist. ...

• Word Count: 252
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

To understand Huxley's intent in this novel you must first understand the circumstances. ... In his [Huxley's] foreword to the novel he wrote: "To make them love it is the task assigned, in present-day totalitarian states, to ministries of propaganda...." ...

• Word Count: 436
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School