1984 Study Guides, Literature Essays

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  • Use of Literary Devices in 1984

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    Discuss and illustrate how Orwell political and social views are shown by the choices of themes characters language narrative style in 1984 Comment on distinctive features of the novel Commenting on how effective you find it in warning about the dangers of totalitarianism Nineteen eighty four was released in 1948 It is a satire that depicts Orwells extreme perspective of a future controlled by totalitarianism In the novel the world is split up into three main super powers Oceania Eurasia and Ea

  • Totalitarianism in 1984

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    Throughout human history people have been striving for a government that would function perfectly Every society has its own government structure From democratically elected government to a communist one each structure has its own strengths and weaknesses but the ultimate goal is to establish a utopian society whatever that may be A totalitarian government serves purely the desires of the government and the powerful members of society Hitler took an outrageous number of lives trying to achieve s

  • Control is Power in 1984, The Hunger Games, and Fahrenheit 451

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    Control Is Power The first duty of government is to protect the powerless against the powerful The Code of Hammurabi This quote tells us that our government should protect the weak instead of shunning them and only caring for the strong In dystopian literature memory and history are often altered or changed completely as a form of control This is true in the books 1984 The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451 In the dystopian novel 1984 the world has been taken and controlled by three super states t

  • Dystopias in 1984 and Brazil

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    No one wants to live in a dystopia so people strive for a utopia like world Sometimes society tries too hard like having a string central government control too much technological control or just having excessive rules And so it ends up becoming the citizens worst nightmare These kinds of situations are what the novel 1984 and the movie Brazil deal with In 1984 and Brazil though both protagonists were in similar situations their characteristics and government bureaucracy contrasted greatly Thou

  • O'Brien's Questions in 1984

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    One of the partys problem within Oceania is the brotherhood a secret organization that does everything in its power to make Big Brother and his oppressive ways of ruling disappear Or is it the party that created a fictitious organization to attract all the thought criminals For Winston and Julia the Brotherhood is reality and they want to be a part of the organization that fights for their rights In order to achieve this Winston and Julia managed to get in contact with someone they believe is w

  • Lies in Heart of Darkness, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam, and 1984

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  • Negative Utopia in 1984

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    George Orwells Nineteen Eighty Four presents a negative utopian picture a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big Brother and consists of three branches The Ministry of Truth overseeing the distribution of propaganda and other printed materials the Ministry of War the millitary unit and the Ministry of Love the law enforcement division make up the government The main character Winston Smith does not completely ac

  • Analysis of An Inspector Calls

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    Everyone in society is linked John Boynton Priestley was born in Yorkshire in 1894 He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him away from academia Instead he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16 When the First World War broke out Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions After the war he gained a degree from Cambridge U

  • Commentary on No Longer At Ease

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    Obi nkwo an Igbo villager who through a community scholarship given to him by the Umofia Progressive Union UPU is sent to England to attain the only hope of advancement in the colony a European education Upon his return he settles into a senior government post which he eventually loses to corruption by an acceptance of bribery After Obi is caught and is facing trial for bribery The Umofia Progressive Union describes obi as A man who runs after sweet things of Lagos This paper will therefore dis

  • Commentary on House on Mango Street

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    The House on Mango Street In The House on Mango Street Sandra Cisneros talks a lot about the problems that Latino women face in a society that lets men control them A society that is dominated by men and a society that values women for what they look like and not for what is on inside Cisnero also describes how hard it is for Latinos to fit in the American culture especially when there are so many stereotypes against them She also discusses the hardships of language barriers and how those who c

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