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Contemporary World and Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell

In ten pages this paper examines the New World Order within the context of Orwell's 1984 and three global powers. Eight sources a...

Why Nineteen Eighty Four Was Written by George Orwell

why he wrote the story with the thesis being that Orwell wrote the story to warn of the serious communist threat. 1984 "George ...

Technique, Theme, and Conflict in Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell

but Smith utilizes it in a warped and disturbed fashion, making it a weapon against the totalitarian government rather than an act...

Controlling Past, Present and Future

so now that it seems to be coming true. With newspapers disappearing and media companies merging into fewer and fewer giant corpor...

Totalitarianism in the Works of George Orwell and Margaret Atwood

that instead of continued efforts toward gender equality, the social "pendulum" might actually carry society backward in regards t...

Saving Face: An Analysis of George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant”

which he attended from 1917-1921 (Merriman). In 1922, Blair went to Burma, apparently following his fathers inspiration, and join...

Totalitarianism and Sexuality in Works by Margaret Atwood and George Orwell

In ten pages this essay examines totalitarian control of sexuality as depicted in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood and Ninet...

Orwell/1984 Overview

and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...

Using Critical Thinking to Tell Truth from Lies

Critical thinking has become even more important in today's society of opinion masquerading as news. This paper analyzes contempor...

U.S. Antiterrorism Tactics After September 11, 2001

because of the impact they have on personal freedoms. Some proclaim, in fact that such provisions are simply another excuse for "...

Is Govermental Power Too Great or Insufficient?

entities take liberties and make rules that do not abide by the clear-cut convictions of a democratic system of administration. ...

A Comparison of "1984" and "Brave New World"

This 5 page essay explores George Orwell's futuristic book 1984 and contrasts it with Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. 4 sources ...

Future in the Present and 1984 by George Orwell

radio, and telephone, and substitute my computer for every use to which I put my TV, phone, and radio now. If I choose to have my ...

Anderson's "Feed" - Sinister Possibilities And Prodding

of consumerism - the perpetual wanting of more and more materialistic tangibles until there is nothing left to appreciate - reside...

1984 by George Orwell

look like grim prophecy. In 1984, Goldstein describes a world in which Russia has absorbed all of Europe to make Eurasia. The...

Common Themes in Orwell's Animal Farm and 1984

In this five page paper the writer explores two of George Orwell's most popular books. Common themes are discussed in relation to...

Overview of Experimental Economics

In five pages the contemporary world's utilization of experimental economics is examined in this overview of its history and varie...

1984 by George Orwell and Language's Power

everyone gets the aggressive tendencies out of their system in a controlled fashion) the Ministry of Truth is really full of decei...

Orwellian Overtones in V for Vendetta

People, in theory at least, travel about at their leisure and enjoy what seems to be certain freedoms. On closer inspection, howe...

Contemporary Executions and George Orwell's 'A Hanging'

them on their journey to death are, more often than not, lacking in any sympathy or emotion, just as the characters in the end of ...

Life and Works of George Orwell

Blair family was not very wealthy - Orwell later described them ironically as lower-upper-middle class" and "They owned no propert...

Comparative Analysis of George Orwell and Virginia Woolf's Literary Styles

satisfying sexual or intimate relationship because of it. She essentially lived a life wherein she was torn between the desire to ...

Orwell's Animal Farm

freedom for the sake of wealth and power. As mentioned, many see this work as a novel that encourages true socialist societies. ...

Power Justification

The ruler was seen as Gods representative on earth and his use of absolute power was justified by his receiving the right to rule ...

Orwell’s 1984: Relevancy and Social Work

In this novel it seems that the people with the power, the government, or later the Party, were those with the wealth and design. ...

The Pastoral in Orwell and Dickens

moved out of reach. His journeys across the surface of England are overwhelmed by the difficultly of achieving pastoral consolatio...

Examining Rhetoric: Orwell’s Essay ”Politics and the English Language”

the exchange of information as well as a press that is free to investigate, and even criticize, its government. These freedoms are...

The Most Important Trait in a Leader

through a symbolic manner, as it involves language. He notes, "The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a g...

Foucault and Orwell

atmosphere of oppression and dread that is remarkable in literature. But 1984 seems to go beyond the panopticon, which seems almos...

Power, Surveillance and the Totalitarian State

can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...