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    The Effects of a Totalitarian Government Living in a totalitarian government leaves the citizens of Oceania hopeless and promotes a negative vibe and feeling of life. In 1984 by George Orwell, Winston and Julia have different experiences than other citizens. Their life experiences change throughout the story; some positive but mainly negative. Through their stories we can learn about the true impact of the totalitarian government. Winston’s life in 1984 is a mental and emotional roller coaster

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    There are several different governments in which any society can be considered in the modern day. To be more specific, a totalitarian government is one that requires complete loyalty to the state and exercises dictatorial control over most aspects of life. Citizens are also forbidden from having differing opinions than those of the party. In the novel 1984, written by George Orwell, their government in Oceania is an uncompromising enforced totalitarian. The people are forced to follow the guidelines

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    The characteristics of a totalitarian government seem to line up with the government system that is presented and written about in Orwell’s novel. A totalitarian government is ruled by a single party, they take control of the military, they limit what can and cannot be said or shown in the media, such as propaganda, and they control the economy. This sounds a lot like 1984, where there is the main government idea, who is referred as Big Brother, and Big Brother controls

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    Winston Smith loathed the totalitarian control of the government. He is an intellectual who wants to create social change and he has visions of revolution. Winston Smith resides in London. This version of London, isn’t the typical London we know today. In this scenario, London, is a starving society, both physically and socially. Ruled by the totalitarian government London is repressed and tightly controlled. Everything is tightly monitored and it is almost impossible to have privacy. Throughout

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    Imagine a world where no one could live without fear. Given the thought of this, one might presume that the society is dangerous and is repleted with criminal activity. However, the reality is that the government is mentally holding their citizens captive by imprisoning them into a world that dissuades one from acting on impulse. Everywhere where interactions occur between citizens lay technology that monitors everyone 's actions which prevent many from expressing themselves. Even one’s children

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    “Until they become conscious they will never rebel and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious(Orwell,Pg 70).” George Orwell's novel ‘1984” conveys that the Totalitarian government has the ability to separate societies based on their political beliefs, as well as having the ability to treat the ones who do not fit in their societies like animals. A short term for this would be explained as ‘Systematic Dehumanization’ which occurs certain human characteristics are denied to an

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    Ayn Rand's Anthem is a dystopian novella, which means it addresses the dehumanization of mankind usually by some kind of totalitarian government. That is true for this work as can be seen by the following evidences; every character is nameless and is known only by a number (the protagonist is Equality 7-2521, for example), no one is allowed to be distinguished from anyone else (all men are brothers without any distinctions or divisions), all decisions are made for the common man by Scholars and Councils

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    The Totalitarian Governments of WWII: How Nationalism, Fascism, and Communism Were Significant to the War By the late 1930s, Central and Eastern Europe were under the influence of several dictatorships, the major ones being Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, Benito Mussolini in Fascist Italy, and Joseph Stalin in Communist Soviet Union. All three dictators implemented their own respective forms of government, nationalism, fascism, and communism, to gain power and maintain strict control over the people

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    character, Charles Foster Kane is portrayed as a character that is similar to the totalitarian dictators that came about during this time period, such as Adolf Hitler. Totalitarian dictatorships have the goals of creating unity among the masses and obtaining control over individuals and society. There are three key characteristics of totalitarian governments that are portrayed in the film Citizen Kane. This form of government uses propaganda to sway the opinion of the mass population, they gain power

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    prime example of a deep dystopia with a totalitarian government. Totalitarian governments have full and total control. The Inner Party, which is the main form of government in Oceania, has total control over its people’s thoughts and actions. They use many forms of abuse in order to control them. The Inner Party controls the government and is the upper class. The middle class is called the Outer Party. These people are given jobs from the government and are more educated than the Proles, which

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