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    Advertisers and marketing companies are mostly interested in subliminal manipulation because by targeting consumers’ subconscious mind, they can control their involuntary actions, emotions and beliefs. The subconscious part of our mind is able to process around 20,000 pieces of information per second, where as our conscious part

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    The novel 1984 by George Orwell is an eye opening novel which showed how Big Brother had full control over his citizens. He created a sense of fear into the minds of the manipulated. Protagonist Winston Smith went through a series of challenges for trying to go against Big Brother due to the fact that they used physical force and psychologically manipulated their citizens to gain authority against their citizens. The relationship between Winston and O'Brien conveys the theme, “Use of Physical force

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    of governments, such include democracy, oligarchy, and more specifically, totalitarian. A totalitarian government gains extensive amounts of control and power over all of their people, and dominate over every aspect of their lives. George Orwell’s “1984,” conveys to its readers how the government presented

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    There have been several warnings about the power of the government and the eradication of individual rights and freedom, but now that it's upon us, will people even realize it's happening? The novel “1984” was written by George Orwell in 1949 as a warning: the novel was written in an attempt to warn people of impending government authority and the destruction of privacy. To further elaborate, current events and the warnings listed throughout the novel are closely mirrored. The question is whether

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    order to spread ideas and beliefs; This sharing of communal identity shapes the heart of humanity. Humans lose a key aspect of their self-identity and humanity when they are forced into isolation, disconnected from love and attachment with others. In 1984, the government's deterioration of history, intimacy, and truths diminishes Winston’s desires for rapport and limits his ability to communicate his beliefs to others. Humans as rational individuals crave association and communal identity that establishes

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    aren’t. I truly feel that the Party controls the people and maintains its power through the use of extensive psychological manipulation. In Winston’s case for an example, he drinks gin to decrease his paranoia,he downs a shot or two before writing in his diary. Winston smokes cigarettes for a common reason to calm himself down because he is always in a state of fear from the manipulation of the party. When it comes to thoughtcrime, why does Winston write in his diary and commit crime when he can

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    Name: Anne Shen Major Works Data Sheet Title of the Work: 1984 Author: George Orwell Date of Publication:1949 (1949) Genre: Dystopian, political fiction, science fiction Historical information about the Setting: The story takes place in 1984 in London, in a city called Airstrip One. In 1984 which it is the future, there are three states that rule all Oceania (the setting of 1984), Eastasia, and Eurasia. Airstrip One is one of the provinces of Oceania. Oceania is in a constant war state where

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    such as growing old. Mainly, control of power is the ultimate war. Each society battles for dominance. In this struggle to gain and control power, injustice occurs. Injustice refers to acts of inequality or lack of fairness. George Orwell’s novel 1984 paints a world where injustice is a fact of life. Citizens of this world are constantly monitored and can be criminalized for independent thought. A more modern example of injustice is Oliver Stone’s film, Snowden. Stone’s frightening portrayal of

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    Dehumanization In 1984

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    universe where everything is vexatious. Created by a tyrannical government, in which all of the citizens of the society worship either an ideal or a cynical leader. In all dystopian literature, independence does not exist. for example, in the novel “1984” a dystopian piece of literature written by George Orwell the slogan “war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength” is broadly used throughout the novel and blatantly states that “freedom is slavery” hence independence being non-existent.

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    1984 George Orwell- Manipulation for Political Purposes George Orwell’s 1984 was published in 1949 when England was facing an economical and political crisis due to the repercussion of World War II after Hitler’s and Stalin’s rule. The political world was repressed under the government’s control, resulting in forced labour, starvation and mass execution. Big Brother is a reminiscent of Hitler’s and Stalin’s totalitarian beliefs; the society is being persuaded by the false image projected by propagandists

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