... the situation is ideal, something that everyone wants becomes the root of complete chaos and destruction. The authors of these books, Aldous Huxley (Brave New World), Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451) and William Golding (Lord of the Flies) all write detailed stories in which the main character is the only ... state. It is therefore a novel about ideas, and its themes are as important as its plot. Most are expressed as fundamental principles of the Utopia, the brave new world. Community, Identity, Stability is the motto of the World State. It lists the Utopia's prime goals. Community is in p...

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• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: High School

... civilization, e.g. the influence of mass-media, and the very British use of the English language, allow the conclusion that the plot is settled in same not-to-distant future England. "A Clockwork Orange" is also comparable to "1984" and, e.g., "Brave New World" in terms of perceiving science and technology. In these dystopias scientifical progress serves solely the improvement of state control or brain- ... washing methods. Whereas it is the Ludovico Technique in "A Clockwork Orange", which exists of a chemical and visual treatment, we find a resembling conditioning technique in "Brave Ne...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... every citizen at all times through a device called a telescreen for the least signs of criminal deviation or unorthodox thoughts. This novel, like Orwell's earlier work Animal Farm and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, is an example of anti-utopian fiction, that kind of fiction which shows man at the mercy of some force over which he has no control. Anti-utopian novels are ... 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...

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... success as Animal Farm. Now about the book: 1984 is a nightmare picture of life in totalitarian England as it might be in the next generation. The world is divided up into three states of Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia, each in a permanent state of war with the other. Britain is part of Oceania. ... is a secret member of the Brotherhood. Some days later Winston is given a forbidden book written by Emmanuel Goldstein, which describes the true state of the world and the terrible methods of the Party and it expresses what Winston already knows and feels. Suddenly, one day, Winston and Julia a...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School