North Korea Book Report

Big Brother is able to control the minds of the Oceanian people so that there are no corrupt thoughts. Syme says to Winston, “[d]on’t you see the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought, in the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible” (Orwell 46). In order for Big Brother to stay in power, it is essential to limit the people’s ability to consciously make bad choices. This sense of being compliant and obeying every rule made by Big Brother is made successful because of his ability to limit the thoughts of the people through Newspeak. The rebellious protagonist of 1984, Winston, falls to Big Brother because of his manipulation. “The purpose, then, of totalitarian government becomes only that of sustaining its feeling of power. Winston’s final defeat is encapsulated in the last words of the novel... [H]is struggle is finished: “He loved Big Brother” (Franks). This poignant end for Winston proves that Big Brother can successfully control the mind of almost anyone, obtaining complete obedience and loyalty. Kim Il Sung was able to achieve this same manipulation in a much different way. The people of North Korea see Kim Il Sung as a brother. He was successful during his time manipulating the minds of his people to sincerely believe that he is a member of every individual North Korean person’s family. The North Koreans see Kim Il Sung as someone they can trust, so they refrain from ever being disloyal to

North Korea is a country that is ruled by a dictator and has a communist government. A communist government rules all the land and gives the same amount of money and supplies to all the people in the country. “Daily Necessities were obtained from the Public Distribution System (PDS)” (95,Hassig). The PDS shut down in 1995 because foreign aid was cut off expect for Pyongyang, the capital city. In rural areas, a lot of the children were born as “no-count” meaning that when they were born they weren’t counted as part of the existing society and didn’t have supplies given to them. North Korea was once a unified country with South Korea until September 9, 1948 when it became a separate country. From 1910 to 1945 Japan had ruled

They make people believe in things aren’t real just like King Jong Un does to his population. An example in George Orwell book was that 2+2=5, Orwell stated (1949) “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows” (page 81). This shows how much the government controls you and how they can manipulate the way people think. Just like 1984, North Korea makes the citizens believe things are true when they are clearly to anybody else in the world.The government is very careful with what they let in and out of the

This is used to teach their citizens about why America is bad and that they should be happy living in North Korea. This is used to show other countries as worse than North Korea, making its citizens believe that it is simply how life goes, and there are flaws no matter where you live. While this seems negative, something very similar is happening in America. Many North Koreans are lead to believe that Americans are bad and view them from a negative viewpoint, but the same is done from the other side leaving many Americans thinking the North Koreans are bad, and have negatives views of

In writing Escaping North Korea Mike Kim brought to light the struggles North Koreans face in North Korea, then escaping, and seeking asylum. Kim, before working on the China-Korea boarder, had his own financial planning business but one trip to China changed his world drastically. After hearing the stories of North Korean refugees, Kim found his calling to help these refugees escape a tyrant leadership and create a new life for themselves. Kim in writing Escaping North Korea described his experiences in aiding these refugees escape a repressive country. Escaping North Korea addresses the aspects of life in North Korea that led for them to escape, the problems they face once crossing to China and the

The Secret State of North Korea offered a great look into what basic things North Koreans are lacking. Even within the realm of Communism. Lack of freedoms, lack of food, lack of community, lack of trust, lack of a social society, lack of programs for children, lack of equality, and a lack of information. When Kim Il-Sung created North Korea, the government was based on Marxism and Leninism, called “Juche.” Just as the Soviets, the North Koreans followed suite with massive inequality between the government officials and the common people. The documentary showed its viewers what the government is omnipresent in the everyday lives of its people, so much so that recordings of daily life are illegal, and “random” searches take place commonly.

Most people probably think 1984 is completely fiction, but there are many drastic similarities between 1984 and North Korean Society. These societies have forced labor camps, powerful dictators or government parties, and the use of propaganda. Both of these societies slowly gained power over many years and took full control of their country or territory. On the other hand, they differ when it comes to they way they designed their governments. Both 1984’s and North Korea's societies are similar in the ways they control, torture, and deprive their people, but differ when it comes to government organization.

In Orwell’s novel he creates a fictional society in which the government rules all the people and holds complete power over everyone. The government is referred to as ‘The Party’ and they depict themselves and flawless, generous, and so very helpful to all of mankind. They feed the people lies and tell them that without them (The Party), the citizens would be hopeless and could not possibly survive. The government holds onto their widespread power by instilling fear upon all citizens. They openly let the people know that they have spies hidden everywhere, and they have various technological devices that will ensure that every person is acting exactly how the government wants them to. For example, the ‘telescreen’ was a device that was mandatory in every citizen’s house and was installed by the government. It was basically a video recorder that could watch a person’s every move, as well as read off important news from the government rulers. The main character in Orwell’s novel, Winston Smith, expresses his thoughts about the telescreen by realizing that “at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and,

More recently, Kim Jong-un and the Worker’s Party of Korea continues a family history of dictatorship in North Korea by enforcing the Juche ideology of Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, in North Korea. These are only a few of hundreds who oppressed and controlled entire countries for the sake of power. George Orwell explores the inner mechanisms of a totalitarian government in his novel, 1984, and the methods the novel’s government, the Party, uses to control the citizen’s in the country Oceania. The Party uses a variety of techniques to encourage and enforce the beliefs of their only ideology, Ingsoc. They mentally condition their subjects by the manipulation of information and history. A lack of concrete evidence from the past against the Party creates a population that is more than happy to believe any information the Party feeds

If the political prophecy described in the novel 1984 depicted any given time, it could very much well be that of the twenty-first century. It’s author, Eric Arthur Blair, or his pseudonym George Orwell, was born in Bengal, India in 1903 and later returned to Europe and essentially becoming a political writer focusing on the era of which he lived. Embedded in the novel after being published in 1949, almost seventy years later is a vivid description of a totalitarian government that would not only surpass Orwell’s vision of 1984, but extend all the way to the year of 2017. Many of the elements found in 1984 align with that of the dictatorships imposed on modern countries. Orwell’s use of tone, imagery, allegory and symbolism in 1984 helps to illustrate experiences that correlate to those felt by citizens living in the third world country, North Korea that stands today.

One of the main factors that led Orwell to feel the need to tell such a cautionary tale was World War II. The Soviet Union might have been the number one reason, since the Nation was the most socialist country. With government tracking and listening to every call and every single conversation, Orwell saw the nation that did not know the truth and lived in the world that the government has painted for them. Orwell might have also tried to caution people that because of World War II, other nations might use this war as an excuse to take little steps to gain total control. For example, government may introduce acts and laws such as listening to phone calls, and say “This law was introduced in order to avoid a new war." In his book, Orwell described the nation where government totally controlled everything and where people lived the way that the government told them. Which is very similar to Soviet Union. But the

In every world publication they sent out, they recall a country that is successful and coming together as one. Stating that the citizens never suffer from famine or poverty and that citizens would sacrifice themselves for their leader(10 most censored Countries (2006). However, everyone knows that this is false and that the country's people are in trouble. One of North Korea's recent lie from within the country is the reconciliation of the Munitions Train explosion. The government and police force reported that the citizens displayed “spirt of guarding the leader with their very lives.” Everyone in the proximity tried to save the leaders posters and reminders before they searched for their families or even saving household goods.(10 most censored Countries (2015) However, they completely skipped over the thousands of citizens injured, the 150 plus citizens killed and the amount of damage the town took. The government took a major event in the country and turned it into something about the leader, leaving people wondering about the damage and living situation citizens were left in.

Orwell’s warning of the dangers of totalitarian regimes to his contextual readers and future audiences is portrayed through his novel, 1984, because “Big Brother is Watching You”, exerting total control over the masses. The masses are effectively controlled by the thought police, telescreens and children who are “against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations”.... Orwell writes about the potential dangers that are inherent when power and technology are abused, resulting in mindless citizens and “a world of fear and hatred and torment”, which Winston perfectly captures with his metaphorical epiphany; “we are the dead”. Like the dead, society will become opiated, lacking individual thought, a highly valued asset of

Understanding how North Korea as a country defines itself in a changing world. Where do they derive their customs and practices, political standings and military power? Define North Korea’s history leading into the modern age and define its culture and characteristics and how they interact with the world today. Understanding a subject as broad as the term culture begins where the culture began with the birth of civilization and the people that influenced it. There are many factors that play a role in the shaping of a nation none so much as turmoil and conflict and the Korean peninsula saw its fair share for the better part of a millennia. A complete statistical breakdown of North Korea shows a struggling nation that strongly depends on

To begin, social blindness is a way humans become blind-folded to the worldly, economic problems in the world. This problem of social blindness is not only displayed in the book, by Ayn Rand, Anthem, but also in the modern-day country of North Korea. In the documentary by National Geographic about North Korea, it is stated that no one has control over their own lives, everything is dictated by their supreme leader, Kim Jong-un. He controls over the whole country. His policy is communism. Similar to the book Anthem, he makes everyone believe how he rules is how it is supposed to be. That is wrong. He rules as almost a God-like dictator. This has been going on for so many years, it is normal for the people of North Korea, thus making them socially blind to the all the wrong attributes set forth by Kim Jong-un. This verifies the idea of citizens being indoctrinated because of authorial figures and the inhuman ways they rule. They rule as a person who is way higher or above the citizens of