... 1984 and Aldous Huxley in Brave New World highlight the thought control of a totalitarian government to demonstrate how total information control can result in an absence of individuality. The societies in these novels use conditioning, through propaganda and drugs, to create a population that respects and believes in the government fully. In Oceania and Brave New World, history and true information is ... because they everyone believes in one central idea with no diversity. In both novels, the totalitarian governments condition their citizens to make sure they act to their high standar...

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... vocabulary, streets named after personalities like Yuri Gagarin and paintings of nude working men in the style of Russian socialist art. So the state is on the say to become totalitarian, after the example of many communist countries. In addition Alex lives in a society which lacks individualism and opposition. Under the strict governmental rule ordinary citizens are deceived end benumbed ... drugs. Moreover books and newspapers are hardly read, theatres and cinemas rarely visited. Everything is done to prevent normal subjects from thinking. The few people representing an opposition again...

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... world. In "1984" by George Orwell, themes such as: totalitarianism, technology, and physical control are dramatized. In "1984", a totalitarian society was established called Oceania. Because they have very little freedom, few choose to rebel from the laws of the party. Throughout the novel, Winston Smith ... 's diary is a symbol that serves as an act of rebellion towards the society. This is rebellion because the government doesn't want any of the people in Oceania to have freedom to think for themselves. Winston also purchased a coral paper weight that he described ... off during dayli...

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... peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." This is the slogan of the Ministry of Truth, a branch of the totalitarian government in post-war London. The figurehead of this government is Big Brother, who employs a vast army of informers called the Thought Police who watch and listen to every citizen ... control. Anti-utopian novels are usually intended as a criticism of the time in which the author lives. Nineteen Eighty Four, a satire of totalitarian barbarism told through the eyes of Winston Smith, is no exception. Orwell deliberately keeps the plot in 1984 simple, without any nar...

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... which humans live is governed by the rules and limitations imposed on a society by its government; the government being the most prominent/important factor in any society. This idea is reflected in the Brave New World. The misuse of technology creates a society governed by a totalitarian government, which is ultimately mirrored by the citizens representing the control imposed on them. . It ... is apparent what the results of technology are, and also what is reminiscent of a totalitarian government: Loss of freedom, and ultimately the loss of individuality- factors that constitute a soci...

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... contribute to the success of a Utopian society, those are also the reasons for its downfall. Throughout the novel, Huxley uses Bernard Marx, a young man who has been deformed by the government, to underline the idea that a Utopian society cannot exist. The advancement in technology has enabled this Utopian Society to create human life. Although everything about the society is based on ... hold on to individuality, many other people will as well. There is no marriage, no violence or no sadness which may result in an unstable society which would threaten the totalitarian government. It's ...

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... audience. He contrives to exploit the anxieties of his bourgeois audience about both Soviet Communism and Fordist American capitalism. Aldous Huxley's vision of the future is a world in which totalitarian regimes dominate the realm of real world politics. He asserted that the goal of totalitarianism is to make people love their servitude, for which he offered several necessary steps: ... of an individual's life, from conception and conveyor-belt reproduction onwards, are determined by the state. The individuality of Brave New World's two billion hatchlings is systematically stifled. A g...

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... of excitement but out of misery and disgust for its restricted citizens and scientific environment. John concludes that solitude is the only way he can experience religion and escape the totalitarian society. After being denied permission to move to Iceland with Bernard and Helmholtz, John finds a secluded lighthouse to live in. The first night he prays to his Gods in repentance ... 's views on the future are not that far-fetched and very realistic. People and governments have been fighting the issue of cloning for years. Huxley's also exposes the limits of a totalitarian government - co...

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Brave New World and 1984 are two novels that both take place in a totalitarian world; however the two worlds are very different. Huxley explains a world where the only things that are forbidden is having babies, being unhappy/ ... have complete control over the people, not allowing them to find love, not giving them privacy, nor allowing them to think badly about the government. Furthermore, in 1984 the government puts effort in inducing fear in the citizens by saying that they are in war, and they also use threats of torture if someone steps ... gramme is better than a damn" are played while...

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... The present day economic system in the United States revolves around a responsible spending and capitalist society rather than an irresponsible and wasteful society. The totalitarian-like government of the World State also differed vastly from our democratic political system. There were a mere ten people, called World Controllers, in charge of ... the entire planet. The lower castes of people had absolutely no right to make decisions on how their government should be run. The only reason why this system of government worked in the World State and would have never worked in the United St...

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... environment. By fostering these critical skills before leaving high school these individuals will enter the work force or college setting with the proper analytical skill necessary to succeed in the government controlled world. Beyond teaching the reader critical thinking skills it has numerous other facets that would be vital to a high school student including the warning that if we allow ourselves ... and our society to psychologically surrender our own personal thoughts, feelings, values and memories, we will inevitably become vulnerable to totalitarian governments. The use of techno...

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... is the main aspect in this new world, everything you do is controlled in some way by the Director or government. No one of this society realizes just how much they are being controlled, because they were conditioned to feel happy. The totalitarian society Huxley creates depends on conditioning significantly. Every human is brought up in state conditioning centers in which they ... system; every person is being treated as a means. Kant believes everyone should be treated as an end, so that anyone can be an individual. In the Brave New World the government is depriving these conditioned b...

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... not truly happy. In 1984, by George Orwell, Winston finds forbidden love within the hypocriticalness of his society. In both cases, the main character is rebelling against the government. Although they dislike the government they do not take public action because they know that the consequences would be far too much for their disagreement. Despite that they both deal similar topics, both ... whereas in 1984 it is re-written constantly, in order to suit the resent. (Bloom, Harold) Soma, the magical ultimate drug is what keeps the population from revolting against the government and its w...

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... person. It should be stopped before it gets any farther than it already is. For example like Aldous Huxley describe here in the "Brave New World Scenario", that when any government that could clone would certainly get more fighting power out of high-tech weapons of destructions than even the most muscular and obedient soldier clones (Rottenberg224). So by looking at ... than this whole world will have more fighting and war instead where it should be more peace. Other than one more thing is that Huxley explain is that what about a totalitarian government that wanted to produce clones to ...

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... they are even "born" forms the caste system that separates superiors and inferiors in this new world. An example of identity ruling over the individual is the sleep teachings. The government puts the caste system of the World State into their memory with their sleep teachings as children. Stability is the one the characters mention the most often. It is also ... can make a new one with the greatest ease- as many as we like. Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself." (pg. 148). The government clearly believes that the individual should s...

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... Big Brother while the citizens in Brave New World are always drugged so they don't feel fear of any kind. If the people thought freely, they would rebel against the government because they would realize that they have been used. In order to prevent such thing, they control people since their birth . In Brave New World babies are brainwashed to hate ... a fear that people will create a perfect world by getting rid of everything that makes life worthwhile, a form of genetic determinism. Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning against the results of having a totalitarian state and he is expressing ...

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