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    makes one wrong move they are erased off of the face of the planet. This is what it is like to live in George Orwell’s 1984. Orwell tells a story about what he thought the world would be like in forty years. He predicted the world to be a world of totalitarian rule in which there are only three super countries. One of those countries was called Oceania, where the main character, Winston, lives. Winston is a outer party member that works in the ministry of truth where he rewrites the past. Winston realizes

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    transform the Soviet Union into an industrial superpower by creating a totalitarian state. The first thing Stalin did while he was in power was create a totalitarian government. A totalitarian government is a government that takes control of every aspect of public and private life. Stalin's totalitarian government challenged the human values of reason, freedom, human dignity, and the worth of the individual. Stalin's government practiced police terror, indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, and

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    A totalitarian government is defined as a political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens. George Orwell’s 1984 dystopian novel. It tells the story of Winston, the protagonist, rebelling against the totalitarian government. The novel explores the struggles of rebelling through constant surveillance, propaganda and uniformity. Similarly, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World shows a totalitarian society that heavily favors conformity. The main character,

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    behind many countries. The totalitarian form of government began with the reign of Joseph Stalin, the dictator of The Soviet Union, and Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany. A totalitarian government is known as a society that is run by a dictator, but not all dictatorships are from a totalitarian government (4.). Those living in a totalitarian society have little to no freedom and are controlled by the government. Another word to refer to the totalitarian government system is the word fascism.

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    to destroy books completely by setting fire to them. Winston Smith is the main character in 1984, where he works as a civil servant in the lower class ruling party. Both of these men become entranced with the past and how life was before a totalitarian government.

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    Living in a world where the government has complete control over all aspects of everyday life is a scary thought. The short story “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut displays a future in which the United States is controlled by a communist government. Vonnegut uses his story to warn readers of how dangerous a totalitarian government could be. The story is set in 2018 in the United States, and the government was attempting to create equality among all citizens. If anyone was smarter, stronger, or

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    destroyed as one oppressive government controls all aspects of life. Decades after the novel’s publication in 1949, various nations today draw unsettling parallels with the characteristics of the government described in 1984. North Korea is one such example, particularly seen as a controversial topic in global debate. Although North Korea and Oceania in 1984 both possess totalitarian governments that attempt to control and restrict individualism, the means in which each government originated and gained

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    It is 2048 and the government has decided to wash away all true human emotions from the people and basically create a society of robots. The past, present, and future will all be the same, and the people living in this world, are merely existing. Everyone will think, eat, and do the same as one another, or it will end with a cost. This is the basis of how the government in 1984 by George Orwell is working for as long as the people of “the party” can remember. Winston Smith was born just before the

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    inspiration for the novel from the dictatorial control that the schools he attended executed over the students’ lives. Orwell uses symbolism, irony, and repetition to emphasize the importance of the totalitarian government in the novel. 1984 is still relevant to this day as it contains a controlling government that decides what the population can know and directs them to think a certain way, similar to some

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    George Orwell, a totalitarian regime rules, one established on strict principles and the manipulation of citizens in a technologically advanced world. Oppression is rife in Oceania, a place where the Party uses psychological manipulation and complete dominance to monitor its citizens, exert authority, and scrutinize human actions. Big Brother symbolizes the Party in its public display, keeping watch and restricting its subjects from expressing their individuality as government surveillance is pervasive

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