... regulations on us as individuals as to what is OK and what is not. We must decide for ourselves whether to conform or not to follow rules and regulations. In the Chocolate war Jerry is confronted with the choice to conform, sell chocolates and lead a relatively problem care-free and contented life at Trinity. Or to be an anti-conformist and defy ... the might of Archie and the vigils, the brutality of Brother Leon and the sheepish cruelty of his peers. Slowly the 'baddies' (Archie & Brother Leon) break Jerry down, in a similar way to George Orwell's '1984' conclusion. Until he is fearfu...

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... . He could only remember the World War, after the World War the country was taken over by the party. It was difficult to remember anything because the party changed the history for their own benefit. After the exercise Winston goes to work, to the Minitrue, where he alters records and throws them into the memory hole where they are then burned. For example Big Brother promise that the chocolate rations will not go ... down but they did, so Winston has to rewrite the old article. Winston wanders if ... he is the only person with memory, that 4 hasn't been ... ...

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... , they finish with many meanings which make sense in context to the dystopian society of 1984. Orwell uses the slogan "war is peace" to convey the terrible exploitation of people in his society. As Winton watches the telescreen, it broadcasts a story of a victory in India, after which it stated that "the chocolate ration would be reduced from thirty grams to twenty" (28). Whenever ... news of victory appear, Winston learns to expect a reduction of some ration. The war is used as a buffer against any unhappiness which could result from the decreased chocolate ration. In this way, the Part...

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... to unite his people. In 1984 they are always talking about some war with another country and this war is always shown on giant propaganda television screens. In 1984 IngSoc is able to control the people of Oceania through the widespread use of propaganda. The Nazis of Germany and the Fascists of Italy were probably the best propagandists of all time. Fascism depends on high production of ... a country working together to produce weapons, industrial products, etc In 1984 the people are used ... not to make weapons but to change the truth to make the government look better. A good exampl...

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... childhood and his life before what he has now, and can only remember the time before and during the war. It seems that the party rose to power at the end of the war, and took control in Oceani! a right after its end. At the time of their takeover, the party began the arduous task of changing history permanently to their own benefit. One example of ... their control of the minds of the Outerparty members happens in the dining hall. At dinner Winston Smith meets Syme, a philologist, who is working on the 11th edition of The Newspeak Dictionary (see Newspeak - Political System), Syme expla...

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... party constantly changes Oceania's state of peace by announcing "Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allies with Eastasia," while the next week they may announce the opposite, and the people believe whatever they say because of the concept the inner party created, called doublethink. I thought that this was funny that people could be brainwashed in such a way, and they also had no recollection ... 's thoughts and feelings. Orwell also uses large bolded statements to get a point across, for instance "WAR IS PEACE," is one of the ridiculous statements that the inner party wants...

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... party constantly changes Oceania's state of peace by announcing "Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allies with Eastasia," while the next week they may announce the opposite, and the people believe whatever they say because of the concept the inner party created, called doublethink. I thought that this was funny that people could be brainwashed in such a way, and they also had no recollection ... 's thoughts and feelings. Orwell also uses large bolded statements to get a point across, for instance "WAR IS PEACE," is one of the ridiculous statements that the inner party wants...

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... control and no matter how hard one will try they will never be freed from such a position. The telescreen could also send out messages like a television. Music for the most part was often played. News reports were broadcasted for everyone to hear. Things such as how the war was going or if a food ration was increasing or decreasing was common as well. At one ... point in the novel, Winston was watching the news reports and observed that: "It appeared that there had been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he re...

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