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Due to the globalisation, the economic policy changed. This change came along with a shift in the public discourse . It is argued that the globalization and liberalisation of the Indian market changed the traditional image of Indian women as homemakers and mothers, to a more successful, emancipated picture. Furthermore the developments lead to a new notion of male hood including new ideas of success and power. The media sketched these new men and women as ‘’typical corporate sector executives, upwardly mobile professionals who travels a great deal, work hard, and unwind at weekends and holidays.’’ These new gender images and shifts in society depicted by the media played an important role in India’s project of globalization. Additionally, rhetoric played an essential role in the social movements, which came into existence due to moving changes in i.e. in the political and economic areas. By depicting a new lifestyle, the media supported nationalistic movements. This is an example of how media and rhetoric can play a role in shaping and altering communities, and how it has adapted through processes in our contemporary

When one reads Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s “The Interview”, it is very clear how gender roles are predominate within the family that is portrayed. Using this family as an extension to represent all of India, Jhabvala gives us some insight into the daily lives led over there. The story is told through the eyes of an upper-class man who is completely dependent upon his family, specifically his brother and the women in the house. This essay will examine the male and female roles that are presented in this short story, how they parallel each other, and the deeper meanings hidden within the text.

Women in India were unaware of their miserable condition. It is in the post independence period the women’s quest for identity of her own commenced. The 20th century saw the shift from outer to inner sensibilities and no one can better understand a man or woman better a feminine writer. In modern English fiction a number of women novelists have arrived on the literary scene, they have set out making new forays in to the world of women. Nayantara Sahgal being a feminist writer has emphasized in her novels on freedom and a new definition of the New Women. Sahgal’s heroines are well aware of the injustice done to them in their marriage and they come out of this traditional bond.

1984 is based in a dystopian world that is controlled by the supreme leader, Big Brother. Big Brother and other members of the inner party have the ability to watch every move a citizen makes, hear every conversation, and read every thought. The country of Oceania is controlled by 4 ministries that maintain the jobs in the government. The ministry of peace controls all war for Oceania. The ministry of plenty deals with all the economics for Oceania.

: In the novels, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, negative impacts of a totalitarian government can cause a corrupt society through the conflict of the authority's censorship over knowledge, with the help of theme to suppress an individual’s lack of identity, and by characters to show the governments control over relationships.Firstly, the use of conflict is portrayed by both authors to illustrate the government’s censorship over knowledge to present their so called “stable society” that they are aiming to achieve. Point 1: To begin with, all handmaids are prohibited from reading, writing and any form of modernization, and this is attempted by the authorities in charge to stabilize of what can and cannot be utilized

Disempowerment leads to a loss of individual identity, the absolute power of leadership forcing citizens quiet, out of fear. A lowly ‘Handmaid’ Offred, narrates Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ giving us a personal insight into her thoughts and memories, how total control has impacted on individuals through a unique perspective on the new society: from point of view of the oppressed. Similarly, Michael D’Antuono’s ‘The Talk’ displays the corruption in leadership, subsequently creating a society where people fear the enforcers of law, where African-American parents have to tell their children they are not safe.

Dystopian novels have become more common over the last century; each ranging from one extreme society to the next. A dystopia, “A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control,”[1] through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, criticizes about current trends, societal norms, or political systems. The society in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is divided in a caste system, in which humans are not individuals, do not have the opportunity to be individuals, and never experience true happiness. These characteristics of the reading point towards a well-structured

“It really is as if he got hold of an early copy of the novel and used it as a blueprint.” The novel, 1984 by George Orwell, is a dystopian novel published in 1949. This novel is based in London, Oceania. This was Orwell’s prediction of what future societies would be like. North Korea is a country located in East Asia that is ruled by Kim Jong-Un. Kim Il-Sung set up the government they have now, around the same time as Orwell wrote his novel. Many similarities and differences are present between North Korea and the society of Oceania, including the rulers, the systems of government, and the restrictions that are put on their citizens.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is an adaption by George Orwell’s political and dystopian novel, 1984. The movie takes place in London, the capital of Airstrip One, and progresses almost in the same manner as the book. At the beginning of the film, the Two Minutes’ Hate is brutally heartbreaking and shows the ugliness of a totalitarian world. The film continues by using Winston Smith (John Hurt) point of view throughout the film. Through his POV, we can see that Winston dreams of his childhood, and in particular of himself walking through a door labelled Room 101, which in his dream is a large and bright landscape that reminds him of his first lovemaking with Julia (Suzanna Hamilton)

The United States is similar, in some aspects of life, the elements of 1984, written by George Orwell, while in other aspects the United States is distant from these elements. There are a few adjustments to be completed in order to become a society similar to the one in 1984 in some aspects, while in others there are many adjustments that need to occur to be in a community similar to

Using the elements of fiction and truth a mass amount can be gained from understanding how women fit in with the government/patriarchy. From novels comparably, A Passage to India and A Handmaid’s Tale, these two reflect different times: a realistic time of Indian Imperialism and a Utopian fantasy that could indubitably become the future of tomorrow. How do they correspond with the role of women? Both either represent or differ from the true, unseen representation of women amongst the power of the elite, against the suppressors of the minority, and the

‘There is nothing I want more than to become enlightened about the whole highly complicated system of antagonism that constitute the ‘modern world’ ..’

Imagine being in a society where you are stripped of your personality. Everything that makes you yourself now makes you everyone else. Not a single person better nor worse but somehow there's still a leader . This is what happens when society tries to reach the pinnacle of equality. The story 1984 depicts a similar story relating to equality in a society.1984 is a very controversial book that depicts a story of a totalitarian society that is ruled by “the party”. The Author George Orwell creates a society in where the government has nearly full control of its people. The government rations food and limits people on basic freedoms that should not be fought for. Orwell seems to warn the future about things through the telescreens, big brother, doublethink, newspeak, facecrime, and much more.

Women in today’s society are shown as classy, independent, fun-loving, quirky, glamorous and strong. Women nowadays are becoming lawyers, doctors, scientists, authors, first responders, CEOs of multimillion dollar corporations and so many other things. However in 1984 by George Orwell, women are perceived as slutty, weak, gullible, dull, square and incapable. This story makes women appear to be completely opposite of women in today’s society. In the novel 1984 , Orwell portrays a sexist society between males and females of the country.

In conclusion, both books have different relations between men and women which reflected the society differently. In 1984, they wanted express their emotions but they did not had freedom to do that, whereas in Ameriacanah, where they had complete freedom to express their feelings, they are not able to express