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WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Can a world ever be like the scenario that occurs in the the story 1984? Everywhere you go, the government or party in other words are always watching you. They watch you in your house through your telescreen which you could never turn off and they hear you through the bushes. If you do any illegal actions the police might capture you and send you to the Ministry of Love where you would be torchered and beaten up. Actions that includes free thoughts, love, and even expressing who you are could bring in punishments. Writing a diary or opposing the government are also prohibited. In fact, thinking rebellious thoughts is the worst crime one would want to do. As in every modern book, there are plethora of themes in the book, 1984. One of the most powerful themes in this book is it is very difficult to control someone when they are glued to a thought.

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Friendship describes the mutual pledge to help reveal the innermost workings of a person, bringing out the hidden attributes and validity of one’s characteristics. Subsequently, the bonds and struggles of friendship are a central cause for unveiling identity as the relationship one makes contributes to long-lasting change. The acceptance of a person’s differences conveys an importance for the development of strong bonds. Moreover, hardships accompanying relationships establish times to reflect on oneself and lead to positive outcomes for growth. Furthermore, the memorable journeys embed an area in one’s mind that will change the way self-perspective is seen. Through the characters of Lewis in If I Ever Get Out Of Here by Eric Gansworth and

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In 1984, George Orwell shows a Capitalist society that was pressured by fear of turning into a Communist state to take a radical course of action, just barely clinging to the few fundamental views it once had. Doublethink is a major contributor to Big Brother’s success as a party. It coincides with the Thought Police, by making every member of every class consciously think about what the say and how they phrase it. This constantly keeps everyone at bay and allows the Thought Police to weed out those who seem to be forcing themselves into society and those who are just barely putting in enough effort to get by. Doublethink is speaking in terms of equality, so that everything is contradictory to itself to even everything out. The party slogans are perfect examples of how Doublethink is an active part of society, “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (page 6). These slogans are not only contradictory, but they “equalize” one another and in a very simplified manner, explain to all members of society what they stand for. Big Brother looks to find peace through war, there is a constant talk of a war outside of their society and that Big Brother is the only force protecting their lives. This instills a fear within all citizens and causes them to let Big Brother do as he pleases, so long as they still have their lives.

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A dystopian novel is a story relating to or denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. 1984 by George Orwell, is indeed a dystopian novel as it describes a nightmare vision of future society which is opposite to a perfect world. George Orwell creates this image using a few different techniques including, the language or style, the setting, characterization, and oppression.

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“Ivory Tower,” is a new documentary that explores the growing student debt crisis in America as well as an depth look into some popular institutions around the country and what they are doing right.. or wrong in some cases. The movie goes right in and starts to cover some ground on Harvard University, the first American college, and its history. It mentions it is the “source of DNA” for all colleges and how it influences every single higher education institution in the country. I was incredibly surprised to find that Harvard provides full coverage scholarships to anyone it deems in need of financial assistance and is among only 1.25 percent of colleges in the nation to offer full need-based scholarships, according to the film.

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Part I: IntroductionImagine one day you find out someone has been watching your every move. From what you search on the internet to where you are on a daily basis. Many people believe all they do on the internet is private but that is not true. Much like in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell we are also being watch, the only difference is most people aren’t aware of it. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a dystopian society called Oceania where people are taught to worship and obey Big Brother.

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Throughout the novel 1984, BIG BROTHER controls society through the use of fear. Enforcing the use of fear among the people of Oceania was the so called “Thought Police “ that continuously patrolled the city. The citizens know and fear that if they think one thought against the party, they will be taken, thoughtcrime they called it. “Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever. You might dodge successfully for a while, even for years, but sooner or later they were bound to get you" (Orwell, 1984, 134). Now that the society is concealed and enshrouded in BIG BROTHER’s rule, all that the people can do is follow, conform and do as they are told.

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Bringing up the children and making them members of the Spies gives them sense of belonging and all they live for is to serve the Party. This leaves no room for freedom in homes because they only know how to obey Big Brother. Even Parson's kids burnt a market selling woman's skirt for using a paper containing Big Brother's picture as a sausage wrapper (Part 1, Chapter 5, 79). This example emphasises that Big Brother's dominion over the children cannot be

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In the novel 1984 there are different types of Dystopias going on. Winston Smith is the main character in this novel. Winston lives in a world where he is constantly watched by surveillance and is basically told how to live and what to do. In a dystopian society , propaganda is used to control the people living within the society. Winston on the other hand is protagonist and feels like the world he lives in is weird or isn't right. The types of dystopian controls in this novel is Technological Control , Totalitarian Control , and Bureaucratic Control.

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In most dystopian novels, a control over society is clearly represented, whether it be the controlling of citizen activities, or the watching over of citizens and their actions. Dystopian literature also includes one interesting aspect in their reads. They include a protagonist that wants to break free of their ties to the controlled society and find out if there is a world or society that is beyond the one that they are living in, even if it means death. Winston Smith, the protagonist in the novel, is constantly exposed to these dystopian controls. Whether it be the use of telescreens, the altering of historical events, or the changing of the society's language in George

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The perfect world has never existed nor will it ever. Someone persons view on something great could be another worst nightmare. In some cases people mistake utopias for dystopias. A utopia is an ideal place of state or living (“Utopia”). A dystopia is a society of characterized by human misery, a squalor, oppression, disease, or overcrowding (“Dystopia”). In George Orwell’s book 1984 the society is depicted as a utopia when in reality it’s not the perfect place, it’s written to represent a dystopia. It takes place in 1984 in a dystopian America where it’s actually called “Ocieana”. The book tries to make itself seem like a perfect society, using propaganda, and presented government. They would look like the perfect society to some people

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Imagine a world where the government, also called The Party, controls everything the citizens do. The Party monitors their every move by the telescreens that are in every home. Thoughtcrime is the act of thinking something that goes against Big Brother or threatens the Party’s power. If one does commit thoughtcrime, then the Thought Police will capture them and give them consequence. There is no essence of humanity in this world. Everyone is stripped of their own thoughts and told what to do and what to believe. This is the world portrayed in novel

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It seems as though every time a society attempts to create a utopia, it has the opposite effect. 1984 is an example of an attempt at a utopian society that results in a place that is definitely not perfect. In most instances, a dystopia will be created when trying to make a utopia (Hough). There are multiple reasons as to why a utopia cannot work. Some of these reasons include resources and people in the society. George Orwell’s 1984, along with past governments, show that a utopia can never be truly created and that it will always turn into a dystopia.

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The idea of a utopia sounds like a great idea, however it always turns into a feared dystopia. This is exactly what happens in the novel, 1984 and in the notorious group, The Ku Klux Klan. The definition of Utopia is “an imaginary and indefinitely remote place” (Utopia). The illusion these groups create never end up being utopias and eventually becomes a dystopia. The definition of dystopia is “an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives” (Dystopia). The KKK and Oceania are perfect examples of a falsified utopias that are simply dystopias.

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There was no official leader for group 11, however, it could be said that member C was the unofficial leader. For the first few assignments, she would post the questions on the Facebook group so everyone could use it as a reference as well as her thoughts on how to answer it. On top of that, she volunteered to be the member to submit the assignments onto Moodle, this created a new descriptive norm which assumed that member C would be the one to submit the group answers for all the assignments. Since most the expectations of her role focused on being productive and getting the work done, member C was more of a task leader than a relationship leader. A relationship leader would not have been successful in this group at all, so the only option was to be a task leader. Members of group 11 did not develop much of a friendship, instead they came together when they needed to and engaged in small talk during breaks and between the professor’s instructions, members did not have time to focus on developing relationships with each other, they did what they had to do and moved on.

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