... Farm follows the Russian Revolution. This is achieved by corresponding events in the novel to the actual events in Russian history. During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. This is in fact also what happened to Stalin's main rival, Leon Trotsky. The actions that took place are portrayed ... similarly in "Animal Farm," as Napoleon used his dogs to chase Snowball from the farm. In this case, Napoleon's guard dogs represent Stalin's secret police. Stalin/Napoleon viewed Trotsky/Snowball as a threat,...

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... you want to live in a society where you were watched every second, where you didn"t have the freedom to say or think freely, or where "if you wanted to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself"? In the novel 1984 the main theme is this horror of living in a totalitarianism society. The entire novel paints a horrifying picture of what ... tools the government employs to create stability, and in the novel the author presents the tools to the reader. The main tools are fear, language, information control and censorship, a paramilitary secret police organization, and the institutio...

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... existential crises of his characters in The Possessed. Dostoyevsky saw revolutionary ideology and politically-inspired violence as directly linked to a perceived crisis in religious faith. Not surprising Conrad in "The Secret Agent- and Malraux in "Man's Fate- also made the link between private character and political ideology and behavior. All three of these authors had varying viewpoints on what kinds of ... politically-inspired violence is directly linked to the philosophical unbelief in the effectiveness of every human effort. This guides Mr. Verloc into a ridiculous, socially produ...

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... deal with himself, which creates the theme, man verse self. "About what?, Me,? My house? (pg.135). This is when the police where after Montag because they know he knows how everything really is. Montag had to deal with secret information within him. " But I did not speak, and thus became guilty myself"(pg.82). He couldn't deal with the things he knew ... ...

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... deal with himself, which creates the theme, man verse self. "About what?, Me,? My house? (pg.135). This is when the police where after Montag because they know he knows how everything really is. Montag had to deal with secret information within him. " But I did not speak, and thus became guilty myself"(pg.82). He couldn't deal with the things he knew ... ...

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... of its people in order to preserve its own stability and power. But a major difference between the two is that, whereas in 1984 control is maintained by constant government surveillance, secret police, and torture, power in Brave New World is maintained through technological interventions that start before birth and last until death, and that actually change what people want. The government of ... ...

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... by getting rid of everything that makes life worthwhile, a form of genetic determinism. Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning against the results of having a totalitarian state and he is expressing more secret police paranoia, more of a social determinism. In conclusion, these two books are similar and different in many ways. The differences can stand out more than the similarities do. However, these books ... ...

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... done, so we give them the easier jobs to handle, such as the cleaning of the city, a job that requires to strength or skill to do. Enforcement would be by a secret police, during the night hours, so we are not to worry the state of the commonwealth. Rebels would not be executed however, but sent to camp to be reeducated. Once fully ... ...

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... the same time not smart enough and he took a lot of risks. He is rebel and is against the Party. He meets Julia thinking that she was a spy from the Police. He unfortunate because he used to be spied for the Ministry of Love plus almost everybody was against him, even his "friends-. Julia makes him, through the course of time ... go by it, it will be punished. He was beaten down by the Ministry of love and converted in a shell, literarily. Julia is about 26 years old and it is a secret rebel in the society. She is intelligent and native gift of persuasion. She has the ability to see and...

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