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are the proletarians, also known as the proles, the Outer Party, and the Inner Party. The social class that an individual is placed in determines the extent of individual freedom they have and unspoken rules they must obey. Firstly, approximately eighty-five percent of the population in Oceania consists of the proletarians, or proles. The proles live in the poorest conditions out of all three classes. Their neighborhood consists of “two-story houses with battered doorways...puddles of filthy water

Thomas More’s Utopia By: Jocelyn Torres English 2322 12 October 2017 Jocelyn Torres English 2322

1. Totalitarian – of or relating to a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures A totalitarian government may be strongly criticized because of how they treat their citizens. The government monitors every move in the regime using forceful or threatening methods. This brutal treatment violates the highly-valued privacy of citizens and may cause criticism

In George Orwell’s novel, “1984”, the Party implements a restrictive language known as “Newspeak”, in order to manipulate and diminish the personal thoughts of the people. In so doing, the Party is able to achieve its most important political agenda- to maintain its power and rule in Oceania. In this essay, we shall analyze the different ways in which the Party makes use of “Newspeak” as a mechanism of control. Additionally we will consider the concept of linguistic relativity and how it relates

was a pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair was born June 25, 1903, in Motihari, Bengal, India and he died on January 21, 1950, in London, England. Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949). In the story Animal Farm, a political fable based on the story of the Russian Revolution and its betrayal by Joseph Stalin. In the book, a group of barnyard animal’s overthrow and chase off their exploitative human masters and set up

sleep to see if they sleep talk. This assures them that the words that are being said are their true inner thoughts and the Thought Police would arrest them for it. Richard Mynick replies in his post “A comment: Revisiting George Orwell 's Nineteen Eighty- Four in 2010” of the World Socialist Web Site that, “Party members . . . had to master the art of doublethink to avoid committing thoughtcrime. A Party member was supposed to live in a continuous frenzy of hatred of foreign enemies and internal traitors

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four presents a negative picture, a society that is ruled by totalitarianism. The government that is created in the novel is ruled by Big Brother and that consist of three branches. “The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which is responsible for economic affairs.” (Orwell

In 1903, Eric Blair was born in Bengal, India to Richard and Ida Blair. (Boerst, 2001, p. 10). Born into an Anglo-Indian family and a lower-upper-middle class, little did anyone know, but Eric Blair was to become George Orwell, novelist, journalist, democratic socialist and “commentator on his times.” (Boerst 2001, p. 45). George Orwell was an influential writer who is best known for his satirical account of the Russian Revolution and rise of Stalin to power, Animal Farm. Conceptualized in 1936,

The Role of Doublethink in The Government of 1984 “ War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength,”. The following quote originates from the infamous novel, 1984 by George Orwell. The significance of this popular quote was to display an example of the action of doublethink. Doublethink is the act of having two contradictory thoughts at the same time and believing both are true. Doublethink plays an influential role in the novel, 1984. The novel takes place in a super-state by the name

“ War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength,”. The following quote originates from the infamous novel, 1984 by George Orwell. The significance of this popular quote was to display an example of the action of doublethink. Doublethink is the act of having two contradictory thoughts at the same time and believing both are true. Doublethink plays an influential role in the novel, 1984. The novel takes place in a super-state by the name of Oceania which covers the entire continents of our