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Liberal Democracy versus Totalitarianism “Who controls the past, controls the future; who controls the present, controls the past” is the slogan of the Party in Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” (1949). In other words, in totalitarian society, the government controls the past and the future by controlling the present; force the society and disrespect the individual rights are the main power of the government. There was some examples of the totalitarian societies. However, there was more examples of

Orwell also took influence from authors who were active in his own lifetime, such as English author Aldous Huxley. Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four most commonly gets compared to Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, which was originally published in 1932, seventeen years before Orwell published his own anti-totalitarian work. Comparable to Nineteen Eighty-Four, Brave New World is a dystopian novel in which a political agenda is discussed via a fabricated government. However, while similarities

A literary adaptation is defined as “a composition that has been recast into a new form e.g novel, play or screen production”. (Ross, 2009, p.5) It has been noted that almost a third of all film productions ever created were based on novel adaptations, and in today’s contemporary society the ‘book to film’ adaptation cycle is more present than ever. Although this could to seen as an innocent move allowing ‘great’ texts to be more approachable and appreciated by modern culture, it has been argued

class and I was particularly interested with this topic. The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four perfectly fits my interest since it’s about governments and propagandas. As a result, I chose my research question to be: “How and why does the Party use propaganda? How does this compare to some of the modern propagandas used across the world during not only World War II but during current times as well?”. The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian fiction novel written by George Orwell. The story takes

Nineteen Eighty-four is a story of complete re-creation of what was believe to happen during the time of nineteen eighty-four. There was suppose to be a a division of the world into three separate powers. George Orwell wrote this story as a warning of what might happen if we become totalitarian. The story is made out to be a fore-warning from Orwell of might happen if we ignore the thought a revolution(“Enduring relevance of George Orwell” 5). George Orwell showed everyone what it would be like to

novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). Written in 1944, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a novel which portrays the experiences of Winston Smith, the protagonist and other significant characters such as Julia who are bound to live within a totalitarian regime in which the powerful forces are manipulation and fear. The work of literature demonstrates the visionary concept of how totalitarian regimes may evolve if they were permitted to do so. The power of the gaze is investigated in Nineteen Eighty-Four to assess

George Orwell’s, Nineteen Eighty-Four describes the dystopian society of Oceania which resembles several aspects of Nazi Germany when under the reign of Adolf Hitler. The novel and Nazi Germany have several similar characteristics. Both Oceania and Nazi Germany are ruled by dictators under a totalitarianistic government. These dictators, Adolf Hitler and Big Brother, use many different tactics and techniques to make sure they keep control of the citizens under their rule. The first strategy they

George Orwell was an English novelist, who is one of the most influential writers in history. In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, Orwell displays that he is a strong writer. George Orwell is a strong writer, because he shows good use literary devices such as symbolism, theme, and tension. Symbolism was displayed throughout the whole novel of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell used many symbols in the novel such as Winston’s belief in the proles. “If there was hope, it must lie in the proles” (Orwell, 69)

Texts often reflect upon problems faced by a society, it the time of the texts creation. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Metropolis by Fritz Lang take the social context of their time to deliver a warning to society. Through their deliverance of their messages, they explore the impact of oppression and rebellion and how that has an impact on society, as well as, introspectively. The puppet in Image 1 is being oppressed by the hand, this is shown through the manipulation of colours and

this chapter will deals with the Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and its comparative study between present societies. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) is constantly referred to in popular culture, the Big Brother a constant reference in popular culture, after some sixty seven years of its first publication when we actually reflect looking at it where we are today the concept of 1984 doesn’t actually seems that shocking. Many components of Nineteen Eighty-Four, are more or less happening somewhere today in