... events for convenience and purposes of the Party's doctrines. First of all, the government erased all memory from the past (books, documents and images) that can represent a threat to the Party's purposes. Second, the government created a concept called "Doublethink- which was based ... on manipulation of thought by altering the reality and truthfulness of ideas. For example, the government was able to establish a rule one day and the next day they can convince the people that they never established it. "2 + 2 = 5- (Orwell, Book 2 Chapter 4) is a demonstration of how the government ... ...

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... 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 it says Big Brother Is Watching You. The ... books say that the posters greet Winston; therefore the greeting is that of a friendly encouraging type. These posters are posted up everywhere so that the people can see the positive image ... . Big Brother is a leader and throug...

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... been a powerful rhetorical tool, which can make them controversial. A good example of this is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Flamingo, 1993). In the preface, Bradbury himself states: "By this time we were deeply into the McCarthy period. McCarthy had bullied the Army into removing some "tainted" books from the overseas libraries Meanwhile our search for a magazine publisher to print portions of Fahrenheit 451 ... shows us how these futures can come about. Alex lives in a society that lacks individualism and opposition. Under the strict governmental rule ordinary citizens are deceived a...

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... that the 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 ... status blossomed, the welfare of Russia remained unchanged. ("Animal Farm-3) Snowball also begins to show his true identity, but it is more shown by actions of Napoleon. In the beginning of the revolution, Snowball and Napoleon are much the same, both striving for the utopian ideal. While Napoleon ... he is a con...

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... of Big Brother, Smith reminisces over the world before the atomic war. For this reason he keeps a small alcove. He describes it as a possible bookcase from the past as books have been banned. Within this alcove Smith has a small desk and chair, which he uses to discreetly write in his journal, something also banned. In doing so, Smith is ... 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 chapter I spoke a lot about citizen journalism without elab...

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... revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate that ... violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England al...

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... bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate ... violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no ... "state co...

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... bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate ... violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no ... "state co...

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... bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate ... violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no ... "state co...

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... idealist who spent most of his life studying and writing about history and economics. Marx wrote books that stated that the only way to establish justice was for the workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world to revolt against their rulers. ... that occurred after revolution. In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. Jones is assisted by men from the bordering farms of Foxwood and Pinchfield, just as several western countries sent troops to aid the Russian forces; the Bat...

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... who spent most of his life studying and writing about history and economics. Marx wrote books that stated that the only way to establish justice was for the workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world to revolt against their rulers. ... events that occurred after revolution. In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. Jones is assisted by men from the bordering farms of Foxwood and Pinchfield, just as some western countries sent troops to help the Russian forces; the Battle...

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