... made. Dystopian novels have been around far longer than Katniss Everdeen, though. Both 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 were published in the mid-1900's, and they have since been made required reading material for some high schools. Each of these novels also had a movie adaptation made; perhaps they were The Hunger Games and Divergent of their time. 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 have ... those of the Inner Party. In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, a dystopian America, books are forbidden. Firemen do not put out fires; they start them in homes containing books. Instead of reading, going on hikes, or hav...

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... Brother. I chose to read 1984 because I've read a few of George Orwell's essays and they all had a powerful meaning to them and were also very well written. I was interested in reading one of George Orwell's novels because I had read some of writing before. This novel also had a story I found interesting to read since I haven't learned much about the subject. Form, Structure ... it to the others. The books length of almost 270 pages seemed to be just the right amount of pages for the story. The writing was not dry and boring reading, but was clear and to the point to keep the novel flow...

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... place in its social, political, and moral characteristics. This dystopian society is very much alike that of the one in George Orwell's 1984. Writing is forbidden in Orwell's society as reading books is prohibited in Bradbury's. Another novel with a similar futuristic setting is The Giver, by Lois Lowry. Everything is systematic. There are no real pleasures in the world since everything ... to the lifestyle of Bradbury's modernized society. Montag meets Clarisse who tells him that life should be lived to its fullest. He begins to realize what Clarisse means and starts reading books. In ...

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... , during and after the revolution, George Orwell took great care in ensuring that the all the characters in the book could easily be identified with their Russian revolution counterpart. While reading the book, one should easily be able tell the parallel personality for each character because of George Orwell's very accurate descriptions of the characters. As a result, a great deal of characterization ... of England" is not sung in the exposition, unlike the book. Reiterating the statement in the last paragraph, this song plays a very pivotal role later on in the book. While reading the ...

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... tells us about Bradbury's book, "'Frightening in its implications --Mr. Bradbury's account of this insane world, which bears many alarming resemblances to our own, is fasinating(back book cover).'" After reading this selection on the comparisons or Fahrenheit 451 and Animal Farm, the reader can see how close the books are connected. The books tell about courage and rebellion. While ... reading, the stories make the reader feel couragous and strong. Some readers would say that one could contrast the books rather then compare. One could come to this conclusion by making ... ...

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... of the human condition in the political 20th century. Orwell believes that this era marks the end of the very concepts of human freedom. When reading Majors speech in chapter 5 we slide back and forth between reading it as Marxist dogma calling for a proletariat revolution, and in terms of mistreated animals. Animal farm shows us that in many ways politics is really ... ...

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... mentions her theory about the war. However, Julia is less concerned with overthrowing the government than she is having fun and not getting caught. She falls asleep when Winston is reading the Black Book (pg 179), something extremely important to him but minute to her. Julia and Winston share a common bond in their hatred for the Party, and this brings them ... (pg 90,104), and with passion comes foolish, irrational thinking. It is their own mistakes that bring them to the crisis. The crisis happens when Julia and Winston are caught reading the Black Book by the Thought Police (pg 182)....

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According to my reading of dystopian literatures, there are many themes that can be used to demonstrate a change in one's perspective of the world. In "1984" by George Orwell, themes such as: totalitarianism, technology, and physical control are dramatized. In "1984", a totalitarian society was est...

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... , however, a difference of opinion with his co-workers. The officer did wonder if anyone realized he had killed the elephant "solely to avoid looking like a fool" (Orwell 4). After reading George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," it has become apparent that this short story has more meaning that the title states. The young officer hates his job, hates the ... ...

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... failures of the Party appear to be triumphant successes. The telescreens also monitor behavior everywhere the people go. Citizens are constantly reminded, especially by means of the ever present signs reading "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU," that the authorities are studying them. The Party challenges family structure by introducing children into an organization called the Junior Spies, which brainwashes and encourages ... ...

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... , and individual loyalty to the government are all controlled by the Inner Party which governs the people of Oceania in order to keep them from rebelling. They use advanced mind reading techniques to discover the thoughts of the people and punish those who show signs of rebellion against the government. The novel is supposed to be a prophetic story; however, it was ... ...

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... him feel warm and safe inside. He has found a newfound love for Big Brother. I feel that this book was very well written, and has become a favorite book of mine after reading it. Although I would not normally read a book of this nature, it has an interesting plot, and a realistic feel. I've learned from this book how powerful a totalitarian government can be. What ... ...

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... the greatest authors of this generation. In 1959 Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. I usually do not enjoy reading books but this book captured me. The main point of this book I believe was to create a perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral issues that you would encounter ... ...

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... , and individual loyalty to the government are all controlled by the Inner Party which governs the people of Oceania in order to keep them from rebelling. They use advanced mind reading techniques to discover the thoughts of the people and punish those who show signs of rebellion against the government. The novel is supposed to be a prophetic story; however, it was ... ...

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... deviation of thought, and there is an elaborate mental training to ensure this, a training that can be summarised in the concept of doublethink. ("Summary of 1984-4) Despite all of his reading, Winston never gets to read the chapters telling why the party has arisen, or what it will take to destroy the party. He then falls asleep, and when he wakes ... ...

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... . I can not tell whether the author is being sarcastic or not. I believe that unless the paragraphs are re-phrased, they should not be included in the essay, because they hinder reading and comprehension. I believe Bowles to be rather biased in this essay. Bowles speaks badly about the government; therefore I believe that she sides with the tobacco companies. Bowles never speaks positive ... ...

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... they have only seen Snowball. Also by adding words to the commandments to balance out their actions telling the barely literate animals that those words have always been there. After reading this novel I have ascertained that knowledge that it is disgraceful to exploit others for your personal benefit. I have also decided that I must keep trying to better myself and scrutinized situations ... ...

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... of 1984 By George Orwell 1984 by George Orwell is a story of a man's strugle against a totalitarianstic government that controlls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. They use advanced mind reading techniques to discover the thoughts of the people and punish those who show signs of rebellion against the government. The novel is supposed to be a prophetic story, however, it was ... ...

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... to predict the history of the future. Nineteen Eighty-Four is more of a summary of all the horrible things that have gone wrong in the world as we know it. Reading Nineteen Eighty-Four should open the eyes of everyone and cause society to remember everything that has happened and all the lies society has been sucked into believing. It is ... ...

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Animal Farm was an excellent book, and I enjoyed reading it. George Orwell expressed his political viewpoint through characters and events in many ways. In the United States we have many privileges that people in other countries don't have because ... ...

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... after initial publication, but those views may be stronger today than ever. One look at Iraq shows that Americans are strongly against dictatorships and omnipotent governments. Who wouldn't then enjoy reading a book that reinforces their own ideas and is very entertaining as well? Elsewhere in the world there are revolts against governments that exercise too much power over people. The idea ... ...

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... cruelty. Happiness never stayed too long in anyone in Oceania, especially Winston; he had it in for him from the start. Starting in Part One, when Winston begins the diary, reading through Part Two, in which he begins his affair and tries to contact the secret Brotherhood that opposes the Party, there are strong indications that Winston brings his capture and ... ...

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... and social morality. All though most science fiction authors make predictions for the future, Huxley was particularly good at it. It may not seem blatantly obvious at first glance of reading Brave New World, but after closer studies you can see that many things he wrote that may have seemed completely fictional are not to far from the truth in today ... ...

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... looks at both worlds through the lenses of the religion he acquired on the Reservation, a mixture of Christianity and American Indian beliefs, and the old-fashioned morality he learned from reading Shakespeare. His beliefs contradict those of the brave new world, as he shows in his struggle over sex with Lenina and his fight with the system after his mother dies ... ...

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... telling the animals that if they worked to create a windmill that could generate electricity, one day they could "graze at their ease in the fields or improve their minds with reading and conversation, having all the work done by the windmill." The leader kept the animals working, telling them that in a couple of years the windmill would be done. When those ... ...

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