1. Dehumanization in George Orwell's 1984
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 is given a uniform, thus making them all alike and illustrating unity within each person in the society. ... This can be seen as re-programming a robot to do a different job that better suits the person's needs. ... The Party believed that they could control the human mind, and since reality exists wit...
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