... have sounded "Orwellian" - watch their citizens remotely. A project to create a gigantic database is now being built. It is called Golden Shield, and it's been designed by the Chinese Communist Party's police agency to control Chinese citizens. The aim is to create a gigantic online database with a surveillance network, speech and face recognition, closed circuit television, credit records, and Internet surveillance. This is another ... ...

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... , labor is altered, which reduces any view inside one's mind. While the production of labor is being changed because of strife, and the lifestyle of citizens is being transformed. The chapter, "War is Peace," states that, "by the standards of the early twentieth century, even a member of the Inner Party lives an austere, laborious kind of life," ... exertion, especially with harsh conditions. Finally, the state of the society with one controlling power is, "natural [and] unavoidable," (192). The Theory and practice of Oligarchical Collection, "Chapter 3," shows the reader that, "war ...

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... a lot of messages. One message is the message of "loyalty", this is shown by George Orwell when it says "Boxer was forgotten except for the ones who had known him" (Chapter 5, page 85, paragraph 2, line 4). A second message given by the author is the message of "leadership", and this is shown in the personality and speeches of Old Mayor, Napoleon, and Snowball ... . Another message is the one of "Perseverance", this is shown by the author as from chapter 6 when Napoleon decides to start building the windmill, and every animal does something to reach this goal. The only point against "Ani...

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... help cause the dystopia that arises on the farm. First, Boxer, the strong cart-horse, is a clear indication of the animals" lack of awareness of what is really happening. In chapter seven, Squealer says that Snowball has been hiding out in Pinchfield farm, but Boxer refuses to believe him recalling that he fought bravely in the Battle of the Cowshed. When ... even doubt might stall, if not stop, Napoleon's bid for sole power. Secondly, the animals" low intelligence prevents them from opposing or even questioning the pigs. At the end of chapter eight, the animals see Squealer, a broken l...

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For some period of time, Winston has experienced how it was to be tortured. Therefore, when he has been moved to a more comfortable room where he has more space to think and freshen his mind, as the torture eases. The passage shows that Winston is "writing down the thoughts that came into his head" and the first slogan is "FREEDOM IS SLAVERY" almost without pausing this gives an expression that he rushes his mind to think in that essence. So with a continuous way of thinking he restricted his mind to think forward and not looking back and changing his mind to his old beliefs, so then he immedi...

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... like slaves" (pg 73). All-day and everyday, the animals would work like, as it said, slaves, which is really an important word and theme in the book. In chapter 7, public executions occurred which is similar and even worse than the public whippings that slaves had to endure. The executions happened for the least worthy causes, and the dogs for ... ...

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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 ... ...

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... of the fear of totalitarian regimes, and his analysis of communism societies shown through simple story-telling. The novel is skillfully arranged, showing good organization skills. Even in the first chapter, one can sense the reasons why communism won't work. This is figured out by Orwell's description of the animals as they enter the barn and take their seats to listen ... ...

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... Animal Farm satire is used thoroughly throughout the book to expose the folly or vice of many characters. There are four types of satire: parody, exaggeration, reversal and analogy. In Chapter 2, paragraph 2, we can see and example of Squealer being satirized through exaggeration as he is said to be "a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble ... ...

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... born in the Savage Reservation, in New Mexico, to Linda, who had lived in the New World and was abandoned in the reservation. We first meet John in the seventh chapter of Brave New World. He is described as a young boy, dressed in Indian attire, with "straw-colored" hair, pale blue eyes, and light-colored skin. The total opposite appearance of ... ...

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... decanting process, or the process in which fetuses are raised and doctored, is quite disheartening. Based on religious reforms and modern-day picket lines, the reader may find the first chapter ominous in comparison to the remainder of the book. As controversial as the topic is, it is one that has been debated for years, and now, is being written about ... ...

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... picture 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 ... ...

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... the book and the writer. I told myself that it was just a book. I was curious why he hated the book so much. When I read the book to the end of second chapter, I found that it was not an ordinary book. I found out that the seller of the book was probably a communist and angry because of the criticism of communism. The book was ... ...

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... Animal Farm satire is used thoroughly throughout the book to expose the folly or vice of many characters. There are four types of satire: parody, exaggeration, reversal and analogy. In Chapter 2, paragraph 2, we can see and example of Squealer being satirized through exaggeration as he is said to be "a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble ... ...

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... , it is possible that man can be made "unhuman". Oppression in the novel, resulting from two main themes of poverty and politics, is made quite evident from the very first chapter of "1984". From the moment that a person is born, he/she is taken control of by the Party in the first attempts to control the society as a whole. The child ... ...

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