YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :1984 by George Orwell
Essays 61 - 90
Critical thinking has become even more important in today's society of opinion masquerading as news. This paper analyzes contempor...
atmosphere of oppression and dread that is remarkable in literature. But 1984 seems to go beyond the panopticon, which seems almos...
can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...
so now that it seems to be coming true. With newspapers disappearing and media companies merging into fewer and fewer giant corpor...
People, in theory at least, travel about at their leisure and enjoy what seems to be certain freedoms. On closer inspection, howe...
This essay contrasts the use of psychological manipulation in "The Truman Show," directed by Peter Weir, and George Orwell's 1984....
and the technology in Star Trek has evolved, its primary premise has not. The fundamental concept holds that peace must be mainta...
however, an easy demonstration to make. Indeed, drugs in our schools have resulted in the formation of its own subculture and tha...
obstacles, which suggests that this department is, at best, a "work in progress" (Lehrer, 2004, p. 71). The various bureaus that c...
of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...
spent together is cut short when OBrien, a coworker of Smiths betrays the two and reveals that he is working with the Ministry of ...
presence of Big Brother, the Thoughtpolice, Newspeak and other concepts work together to create an atmosphere of oppression and dr...
not have a voice, but it is also true that there are provisions for the people to participate in government. For Aristotle (1996...
She is right in this evaluation. During the Second World War, the U.S. supported Japanese internment camps. It was something that ...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses how Orwell expresses his fears about the English language being degraded in his essay 'Polit...
In eight pages the ways in which British imperialism is featured in George Orwell's debut novel are examined in tersm of oppressio...
This paper addresses various literary works relating to human behavior and society. The author discusses George Orwell's work Sho...
In five pages the transformation of George Orwell's novel from text to film is discussed and compared with other books such as Wat...
Blair family was not very wealthy - Orwell later described them ironically as lower-upper-middle class" and "They owned no propert...
The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...
freedom for the sake of wealth and power. As mentioned, many see this work as a novel that encourages true socialist societies. ...
satisfying sexual or intimate relationship because of it. She essentially lived a life wherein she was torn between the desire to ...
that instead of continued efforts toward gender equality, the social "pendulum" might actually carry society backward in regards t...
be a journey towards finding himself once again. Now, this is not to say that he will ever become what he once was, for this is im...
entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...
through a symbolic manner, as it involves language. He notes, "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a g...
moved out of reach. His journeys across the surface of England are overwhelmed by the difficultly of achieving pastoral consolatio...
the exchange of information as well as a press that is free to investigate, and even criticize, its government. These freedoms are...
there. This is further evidenced by another critic who indicates how, ""George Orwell actually was indeed a policeman in Burma in ...
was limited in size in capitalist nations and the one from which most members had hope of escape were they able to work for their ...