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. Orwell created a civilization oppressed by the Inner Party. ... Orwell's Vision of a One-Way Conversation Born in 1903, Orwell had lived through World War II but hadn't served on the front line. ... He who controls the present controls the past. " (Orwell G, 1949: 37). ...

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Although the Blair family was not very wealthy - Orwell later described them ironically as "lower-upper-middle class."" ... ("Orwell- 2) The book was published as, Down and Out in Paris and London, in 1933 by the House of Gollancz. Eric Blair was now officially known in the world as George Orwell. ... In 1943 he began to write Animal Farm, and the next year Orwell and his wife adopted a son. ... ("Orwell-2) Eric Blair died in January 1950 of a tuberculosis hemorrhage, having just finished 1984. ...

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SETTING The novel is set in Oceania, a superstate that includes the continent of America and the British Isles. Most of the action takes place in London. The other setting is the village of Paddington, which is not very far from London. In addition, there are two other superstates with which Oceania is constantly at war. These states are Eurasia, which includes the entire northern region of Europe, and Eastasia. ...

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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. 1984 deals with the social ramifications of communism, in the post World War Two world, in a very critical manner. ... The Proles "did not qualify to belong to the Party" and therefore were largely ignored by the government (Orwell, 1949, p. 53). ... Their presence alone is enough to keep the workers on-task and focussed on the job at hand in order to benefit of the rest of society (Orwell, 1949, p. 73). ... Not...

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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. 1984 deals with the social ramifications of communism, in the post World War Two world, in a very critical manner. ... The Proles "did not qualify to belong to the Party" and therefore were largely ignored by the government (Orwell, 1949, p. 53). ... Their presence alone is enough to keep the workers on-task and focussed on the job at hand in order to benefit of the rest of society (Orwell, 1949, p. 73). ... Not...

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Orwell's use of the simile "like a baby" gives the readers the ability to imagine the situation there and then where someone in need of protection, caring, and love holds onto the one person and place where it is available from. ... Maybe the reason for Winston not saying a great deal is because Orwell wanted to show the contrasting power between the totalitarian state and the individual. ...

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Like advanced apes (Planet of the Apes), upper class humans (George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World) or maybe artificially intelligent robots (The Matrix and Terminator Series). ...

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In contemporary times, much criticism has been placed upon Rudyard Kipling for his support of British Imperialism; George Orwell went so far as to call him the "prophet of British Imperialism during its expansionist phase." ...

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