The short story of "Shooting an Elephant," by George Orwell, begins with the author describing his position as a police officer in Lower Burma. The young officer was "an obvious target and baited whenever possible" (Orwell 1). ... Even though he was young, he had made up his mind that "Imperialism was an evil thing" (Orwell 1). ... After reading George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant," it has become apparent that this short story has more meaning that the title states. ... The officer is bothered by the "dirty works of Empire at close quarters&q...

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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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In George Orwell's American Classic called "1984" explains how the perfect utopian society would come out to be. It also explores how government corruptions and power comes to play a huge role in George Orwell's dystopia society. ... George Orwell's dystonic novel 1984, made me feel like the United States is not as free as you think it is. ... In terms of privacy in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, Winston Smith does not have much privacy unless he is out of the telescreen's sight. ... George Orwell's novel even allows you to see that nothing is safe kept on ...

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The Success of George Orwell Political and social events during the early twentieth century changed Great Britain's position as a world power and dramatically changed its society. ... Among these authors was George Orwell, an acclaimed writer whose life, style and works, and reputation and influence define his lasting success. Orwell was born in Motihari, India on June 25, 1903. ... By making the characters animals instead of humans, he could avoid all of the psychological complications that may accompany this (George Orwell). ... His ability to perceive social effects of polit...

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Critical Review 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. ... In his novel Orwell used the image of a man who stood in a shadow that covered his face. ... Orwell also uses description of technology to show how the government controlled it's citizens. ... I feel that George Orwell accomplished his goal of telling how he viewed the world of the future. ... Even today we are making things that Orwell described like the telescreens. ...

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These questions haunt readers of George Orwell's "1984- from the beginning to the end of the novel. ... Orwell's stated purpose dictates the major theme. ... The Party in Orwell's novel is all-powerful because it's run by a group whose major purpose is to gain and keep power. ... Doomsday seems to be lurking in every sentence Orwell chose. ... And in Orwell's world, the skies are never cleared. ...

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George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was born on June 25, 1903 in Motahari, Bengal to Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limouzin. ... In 1911, Orwell entered St. ... Refusing support from friends and family, and almost completely penniless, Orwell set out on a 2 ½ year descent into destitution which resulted in a somewhat autobiographical "Down and Out in Paris and London" which was published in 1933 under the pen name George Orwell, which he took as a way of escaping his social class position he was born into. ... George Orwell lived during the first...

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Political science influenced George Orwell to construct many of his well-known novels. ... It was at this time that he used the name George Orwell instead of Eric Blair. ... Meeting and marring the love of his life Eileen O"Shaughnessy was Orwell's next step in life. ... There is a parallel between the book and Orwell's health conditions. ... Overcoming obstacles and set backs, George Orwell became a well-known British author in the English classroom. ...

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More and more, our society is becoming much like that pictured in George Orwell's novel, 1984. ... George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political satire speaking out against totalitarianism, not as a prediction to the future of humanity. ...

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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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Leon Trotsky and George Orwell Leon Trotsky's real name was Davidovich Bronstein. ... George Orwell's characters come into similarities with Leon Trotsky's life events. ... Orwell's influence on Trotsky probably made him compare him to his character in 1984. George Orwell's 1984 character Winston comes into similarity with Leon Trotsky with his fatherly like love for O"Brien. ... Leon Trotsky was an obvious influence on George Orwell from the similarities of the characters in 1984....

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George Orwell created a dystopian future in his novel 1984. ... In the novel 1984 George Orwell correctly foresaw public surveillance, and people willingly giving up their right to privacy out of fear. ... Manuel Cuevas Perez circuit judge Wood said "They made the system that George Orwell depicted in his novel, 1984, seem clumsy and avoidable by comparison.... George Orwell predicted that people will give up their personal freedoms, and right to privacy out of fear. ... Although George Orwell correctly foresaw government's spying on their citizens and the citizens accepting their go...

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The lesson to be learned from George Orwell's 1984 is that an "ideal" of having a Utopian society will never really work. George Orwell may have written 1984, in order to show us that every society has it's ups and downs and that no matter how hard you work to keep the society perfect there will always be flaws. ... There were hisses among the audience" (Orwell, 13.) ... Throughout the book, Orwell pointed to reasons for this being the complete opposite of a Utopian Society. ... George Orwell tried to teach his readers a very important lesson, that a Utopian society will n...

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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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In the book 1984, by George Orwell, there are many examples of symbolism. ... George Orwell wrote this book during the late 40's as his idea of what he thought the world was going to turn out to be like in the year 1984. ... (Orwell 80). ... (Orwell 82). ... George Orwell understood the power of symbolism and due to this he created many strong examples of it. ...

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"Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely"; and this is clearly proved in Orwell's short novel. ... As Orwell explained himself: "it is the history of a revolution that went wrong". ... Orwell's brains lies in his presentation of the fear of totalitarian regimes, and his analysis of communism societies shown through simple story-telling. ... But Orwell uses the farm to represent a universe in miniature. ... It does not really interest Orwell in itself. ...

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Such works that symbolize this quotation is George Orwell's Animal Farm and Jack Golding's Lord of The Flies. ... Animal Farm written by George Orwell is a modern political allegory set in the 20th century. ... George Orwell uses many literary and thematic techniques to get his message of struggle across to the reader. ... Another element Orwell uses is Anthropomorphism. Orwell gives the animals human like qualities to enhance the role they play in the book. ...

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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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Orwell lived in a time where the government was taking a lot of people's freedoms. ... At the time Orwell was growing up there was a lot of rationing going on due to the expenses the country took on during world war 1. ... I see many parallels where Orwell is writing about his childhood but also predicting how he sees the world getting worse in the future if it continued in the same direction. ...

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Introduction to the Book: In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main character, Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London. ... 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. ... Also, to add to the structure of the plot, Orwell describes Winston's dreams he has of the Party in detail to help describe certain points of the plot. ... George...

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