... meeting Winston Smith as he traveled home in Airstrip One of Oceania. We are also introduced to Big Brother the main antagonist in this book. In the first chapter it is April 4th 1984, Mr. Smith is explaining the dreariness and seemingly destitute city in which he lives in. He talks of ... Brother, the telescreens, which monitored every move you made, and his diary he secretly wrote his dislike of Big Brother in. In the 2nd chapter he finds himself overwhelmed by the oppression the Party that he starts to confine his sexual fantasies in the Golden Land a dream of his ... to OBrien, a mys...

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... world a Participatory Culture. Henry Jenkins is an American Media Scholar and former MIT Lecturer who is known for his theories in ˜Media Convergence' and ˜Transmedia Storytelling'. In his book Convergence Culture, Jenkins brings forth the idea that we have been living in a time of Spectatorial Culture. Companies like Disney started copywriting stories we once told around the campfire and ... over the years, modern technologies have simplified the process and encouraged us to participate in the world around us (Jenkins H, 2006: 243). What is Modern Citizen Journalism In the last chapt...

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... quarter and worked as a dishwasher. The next year he returned to his family in London for Christmas and announced to them that he intended to write a book about his experiences in Paris. He finished a short draft, entitled, A Scullions Diary about 10 months later. This short novel was rejected twice, mainly ... under classes of this time period were only represented through their strivings to improve the lot of their children. The next chapter of Eric's life began when he visited and worked among the poor and oppressed in England itself and his political views took full shape. ... and w...

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... I should not have believed what was written in the book, 1984. From his face expression I could understand that he really hated the book and the writer. I told myself that it was just a book. I was curious why he hated the book so much. When I read the book to the end of second chapter, I found that it was not an ordinary book. I found out that the seller of the ... book was probably a communist and angry because of the criticism of communism ... . The book was written by a genius writer who gave us the reflection ... ...

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... represents Tsar Romanov, the animals are the rebels, and the pigs are the new government with people like John Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. In the book, society is divided into two social classes; the pigs and the rest, and this contributes greatly to the way their utopian vision turned into a dystopia ... 73). All-day and everyday, the animals would work like, as it said, slaves, which is really an important word and theme in the book. In chapter 7, public executions occurred which is similar and even worse than the public whippings that slaves had to endure. The executions happened for ...

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... inspiration for writing their literature from outside sources. The idea for a story could come from family, personal experiences, history, or even their own creativity. For authors that choose to write a book based on historical events, the inspiration might come from their particular viewpoint on the event that they want to dramatize. George Orwell and Charles Dickens wrote Animal Farm and A Tale ... government. Soon, the pigs began to get special favours, until finally, they were indistinguishable from humans to the other animals. Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels bet...

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... inspiration for writing their literature from outside sources. The idea for a story could come from family, personal experiences, history, or even their own creativity. For authors that choose to write a book based on historical events, the inspiration might come from their particular viewpoint on the event that they want to dramatize. George Orwell and Charles Dickens wrote Animal Farm and A Tale ... government. Soon, the pigs began to get special favours, until finally, they were indistinguishable from humans to the other animals. Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels bet...

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... inspiration for writing their literature from outside sources. The idea for a story could come from family, personal experiences, history, or even their own creativity. For authors that choose to write a book based on historical events, the inspiration might come from their particular viewpoint on the event that they want to dramatize. George Orwell and Charles Dickens wrote Animal Farm and A Tale ... government. Soon, the pigs began to get special favours, until finally, they were indistinguishable from humans to the other animals. Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels bet...

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George Orwell's 1984: Good Totalitarian Government 1984 is a book about George Orwell's deepest darkest fear of a government with control over very aspect of society, including people's thoughts and total control over their lives. I argue that Totalitarian government is shown ... existing society with a perfect society" (Columbia Encyclopedia/Totalitarianism). In 1984 there are posters of Big Brother posted up everywhere, so that Big Brother can be portrayed in a positive way. In chapter one as the character Winston smith is first introduced he sees a poster of Big Brother. Under the poster ...

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... levels of meaning. On the first level, Orwell describes a very moving account of a farmyard battle between neglected animals and unjust, greedy humans. Delving down further into the meaning of the book, the animals and events serve as symbols. This second stage describes the animals on a new level, and it can be seen that the animals and events have certain parallels in ... how Napoleon is attaining the authority, respect, and the privilege. Napoleon is not giving the other animals those privileges that he is getting, and he slowly becomes human as the book progresses. All this is an al...

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... levels of meaning. On the first level, Orwell describes a very moving account of a farmyard battle between neglected animals and unjust, greedy humans. Delving down further into the meaning of the book, the animals and events serve as symbols. This second stage describes the animals on a new level, and it can be seen that the animals and events have certain parallels in ... how Napoleon is attaining the authority, respect, and the privilege. Napoleon is not giving the other animals these privileges that he is getting, and he slowly becomes human as the book progresses. All this is an al...

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Sometimes very advanced societies overlook the necessities of the individual. In the book Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates two distinct societies: the Savages and the Fordians. The Fordians are technologically sophisticated, unlike the Savages. However, it is obvious that, overall, the Savages ... self-control in how they are prohibited free sex. They must learn restraint through their lust and desires. It is shown how capable the Savages are when controlling themselves in chapter 13. Lenina, whom John loves and desires more than anything in the world, is proclaiming herself to John, a...

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