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. ... Orwell uses personification as an efficient way to express the nature of the targets of his critique in the time Animal Farm was written. ... Orwell has chosen as characters animals that exhibit similar traits to the people or organisations they are meant to represent. ... Orwell demonstrates his belief that...

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Contrary to modern day America, in the novel "1984," by George Orwell, the government seems to have mastered keeping all of the citizens of Oceania fooled almost constantly. ... Orwell wrote 1984 to warn us of the possibility of a totalitarian state like The Party coming to rule and there is a chance that we could end up under a government or figure such as Big Brother. ... George Orwell's cautionary novel, "1984," tells of a totalitarian state where the government controls every single aspect of its inhabitants lives through unorthodox methods such as torture and brainwashing. ...

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The fiction of Newspeak introduced in the novel 1984, by George Orwell orchestrates a variety of tones to indicate that when the general atmosphere suffers, the language must suffer equally. ... Orwell softens the tones of words in the novel, and adds hints of irony throughout the names of the four ministries. ... Orwell's invention of Newspeak contains no word for freedom because in Oceania freedom cannot exist. ... Orwell uses the language to point out the thinning of thought, but overall at the end of his appendix (no, not the organ) he digresses to prove Newspeak cannot topple the in...

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The essay "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, is set in time during the 1800's when the country of Burma had been conquer and put under British imperialistic rule. ... George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was best known as an English author, journalist, and political satirist. ... Orwell even states "as for the job [he] was doing, [he] hated it more bitterly than [he] can perhaps make clear" (Orwell). ... Orwell's greatest tool is his use of imagery to strengthen and further his argument. ... " George Orwell then proceeds to illustrate the true hars...

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The novel "1984" depicts a dystopian society, mainly that of Oceania, where the government has complete control and the individual holds virtually no power. 1984 is written by George Orwell and examines just how little power the individual has as well as what the totalitarian overhaul of a society can do. ... Orwell sheds light on the Party's desperation to maintain control by writing this but also, on our willingness to believe. ... Orwell provides the reader by offering solutions for example when Winston states "Where there is equality there is sanity. ... Orwell effectively portra...

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1984 Reflection 3: Pages 200-298 In 1984, Orwell begins with three paradoxes: war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. ... Orwell uses the slogan "war is peace" to convey the terrible exploitation of people in his society. ... Orwell demonstrates that war can be used to slow development, because, as technology advanced, financial conditions became better exponentially. ... Orwell uses "freedom is slavery" to convey that the party removes all choice from the people and convey the terrible party ideas of freedom. ... Orwell believes that people can only j...

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When George Orwell wrote the book 'Animal Farm', he did so in a style noted for its direct manner and its easiness to understand. ... The way in whithc the ending has been changed in the film version of the book, Orwell would feel, defeats one entire point of his investigation into human society. ... To answer this question with total confidence as to Orwell's opinion, we must be aware of his personal feelings towards the revolution that took place in Russia, and translate it to the rebellion of a group of farm animals. ... He seems to hold the same opinions about revolution as ...

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Some individuals, however, have already predicted the government would develop a form of constant surveillance, like George Orwell. ... It was the police patrol, snooping into people's windows" (Orwell 2). ... This recording system is comparable to Orwell's "telescreens.... There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called" (Orwell 62). ... George Orwell's "Big Brother" and the United States government stretch their hand beyond their allowed reach into the lives of their people, which they validate with a promise of protection and the j...

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In his novel "1984", George Orwell creates a society where all decency, integrity, individuality, and consciousness has been destroyed and abolished from existence in order to obtain a "so-called" utopia. Therefore, according to Orwell, utopia in this sense means "a society in which the relationships between individuals and the state are perfectly adjusted for." Torture and brainwashing is what Orwell believes are the ideal methods for achieving this perfect society or utopia. Orwell's intention for writing this novel is not to show the reader how the current society can become, but to ...

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George Orwell shares this opinion, especially with reference to totalitarian dictators. ... Orwell begins his essay by identifying many current problems found in the English language today. ... Orwell uses a humorous tone to exemplify his point. ... In this way, Orwell is able to educate his reader and increase thought. ... Orwell also uses this connection with the reader to describe himself. ...

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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. ... (Orwell 5) The shear size of the Ministry buildings compared to the condition of the living quarters of Winston which are, "notting nineteenth-century houses, their sides shored up with...

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Both George Orwell in 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. ... In Oceania "you were being watched at any given moment" "(Orwell 4) by the party for any wrong actions, with brutal consequences if found guilty of any wrongdoings. ... Like Brave New World, in 1984, the nation of Oceania has a "Ministry of Truth that contained news, entertainment...all modified" ( Orwell 6). ... The party in 1984, is constantly destroying words "[and] cutting lan...

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George Orwell's 1984 follows protagonist, Winston Smith, as he struggles to survive under a totalitarian government by outwardly conforming to mask his inner desire to rebel. ... Clement's Church (Orwell 86). ... to avoid the savage, flesh-eating rats (Orwell 256). ... Eventually, he "[loves] Big Brother " and his ultimate sacrifice contributes to his chances of living (Orwell 266). ... In the end, Winston's many sacrifices allow him to "[win] the victory over himself" and become a survivor (Orwell 266)....

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Winston Smith lives his life by this ideal and strives to rebel against his neglectful government. 1984 is a dystopian novel written by George Orwell which tells the story of Winston Smith, an outer party member of the totalitarian Ingsoc (English Socialism Party), for whom he censors news and histories: "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" (Orwell, 227). ... Orwell envisions the future that he feared to be realistic and portrays it in 1984. ... She had become a physical necessity" (Orwell, 140). ... And we will have become the ...

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George Orwell's novel, "1984," elucidates or explains a totalitarian civilization in Oceania where an individual, Winston Smith, ventures to express his thoughts in a diary and pursues a relationship with Julia, which is prohibited by the Party's principles. Orwell applies the use of syntax and literary devices to express the rhetorical argument of war affecting human labor. ... In conclusion, George Orwell gives an explanation how warfare changes fate with structure and figurative language. ...

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Orwell uses allegory to help express his concerns regarding his twentieth century context in a way that is clearly understood by his audience. Using a variety of allegorical devices in his satire, Animal Farm, Orwell creates an insightful allegory that explores the consequences of communism through the Russian Revolution. ... In this case, by using such a text type to embody his views on the Russian Revolution, George Orwell satirizes and represents individuals and events in history in his dystopian novel Animal Farm. ... As Orwell parallels the Battle of the Windmill with the Battle of Sta...

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This idea of an "all knowing" government leads many to reflect on literature that, in a way, reveals the fate of society, such as George Orwell's novel 1984. ... Orwell's novel became a touchstone of our culture in the way that it functions as a warning, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever." Orwell's picture of the future describes the boot and its stamping of a human face in all the detail necessary to frighten everyone from the pessimistic misanthropes to the idealistic optimists. The book could only be written from the most pr...

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In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the story of the pigs and other farm animals ironically represents the corruption found within a society based on equality. ... Here Orwell shows that society thrives on the competitive nature of people using capital incentive. ... " (Orwell). ... Orwell shows the way money alters our desires. ...

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"Orwell's Animal Farm is more than a fairy story. ... George Orwell's powerful allegory, Animal Farm, highlights the inequitable conditions that are found in corrupt totalitarian regimes such as in 20th Century Russia. ... It is evident that Orwell had three main targets for his novel: the brainwashed, unknowing public during the revolution, the ruthless power hungry leader Joseph Stalin, and the bamboozling media. ... George Orwell himself said, "People were conned by the Soviet war effort that Joseph Stalin was an ally." ... Such is not the case in Orwell's Animal Farm where "...

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My favorite genre of literature is dystopian fiction, and it is from the genre I developed sincere admiration for George Orwell's 1984. ... George Orwell's 1984 is a dystopian fiction revealing a society illustrative of certain well-known social terms such as the following: government, society, political party, totalitarianism, deviance, punishment, mob, social control, power, language, propaganda, status symbols beliefs, crime. and self-concept. ... George Orwell's 1984 belongs to many Dystopian fiction Canons due to its rising popularity since its publication in 1948. ...

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"Animal Farm" written by George Orwell in 1945 is a parable about the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell describes how this new system is deteriorating; at the end of the novel, when pigs seize power and start exploit other animals, author says that eventually common animals cannot distinguish pigs among people. George Orwell didn't actually recognize a new policy of Sovet Union at the beginning of 20th century and predicted its failure. ...

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When reading George Orwell's 1984, one realizes that many of the aforementioned characteristics are present in the novel and therefore the society and government is totalitarian. ... The government is broken up into separate ministries: " the Ministry of Truth, the Ministry of Peace, the Ministry of Love, and the Ministry of Plenty" (Orwell 8). ... Any sound Winston made would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision he could be seen as well as heard" (Orwell 6). ... (Orwell 87). ... He also brings to attention that "It needed desperate c...

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In both George Orwell's 1984 and Arthur Miller's The Crucible, a tragic hero is presented who despite his efforts, and the suffering experienced, in the end cannot overcome the external force against him. ... In Orwell's 1984, the protagonist Winston Smith struggles under the oppressing social surroundings of the totalitarian government and it's leader "Big Brother. He secretly opposes it's inherent principles and doctrine best summarized by their slogan "War is peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength"[Orwell, 29]. ...

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A totalitarian society in George Orwell's novel 1984 touches many disturbing aspects on the denial of a person's rights. ... I believe that Orwell's purpose for writing 1984 was to express his feelings of how the governments would come to control everything and anything it wished to do. ... Orwell has constructed a complex world of fear and paranoia. ... I feel that Orwell accomplished his goal of telling how he viewed the world of the future. ...

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The juxtaposition of the policeman and the elephant in George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant is a clear representation of the impact of imperial rule on a country. ... The event of the elephant's death is quite clearly enough to show the impact of imperial rule on the country as a whole however; Orwell goes to the extent to show how imperial rule affects the individual as well through the policeman's struggle to overcome the hatred of the people. ... Orwell distinctly shows the impression imperialism leaves on the country as a whole as well as the individuals working under Briti...

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