YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Power in Women on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy and 1984 by George Orwell
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big cities, parents were sent to jail on the testimony of their children, politicians changed their records and no one noticed, ne...
a "reject button" and she is pregnant with a Xerox machine (Piercy). The last lines of the poem give the reader the point: "File m...
and the public. Party slogans exemplify doublethink, as they proclaim that war is really peace, freedom is really slavery, etc. Wh...
movements for social change that were around and attempting to give them as concrete a form as possible so it would seem real" ("M...
This 16 page paper examines four books that are centered on American society. The books discussed are Joyce Maynard's To Die For; ...
section, the author paints a tragic portrait of inner city life that is characterized by violence, cruelty and desperation. For ex...
everyone gets the aggressive tendencies out of their system in a controlled fashion) the Ministry of Truth is really full of decei...
In six pages this paper discusses how the time period influenced George Orwell's writing as reflected in the novel 1984. There is...
because of the impact they have on personal freedoms. Some proclaim, in fact that such provisions are simply another excuse for "...
In five pages this futuristic fiction and the Utopian society it features are considered in this overview of societal issues. Thr...
destroyed, and that in its place, a society based on equality and not by the limitations imposed by gender. Piercys radical views...
The definition of family as presented in Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time and Morrison's Beloved are examined in 5 pages with th...
which he attended from 1917-1921 (Merriman). In 1922, Blair went to Burma, apparently following his fathers inspiration, and join...
has been solicited by the government in return for security. The US has seen a fear that associated with Islam, it has suited the ...
In this novel it seems that the people with the power, the government, or later the Party, were those with the wealth and design. ...
atmosphere of oppression and dread that is remarkable in literature. But 1984 seems to go beyond the panopticon, which seems almos...
can be trusted; it is the ultimate in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the gover...
so now that it seems to be coming true. With newspapers disappearing and media companies merging into fewer and fewer giant corpor...
People, in theory at least, travel about at their leisure and enjoy what seems to be certain freedoms. On closer inspection, howe...
This 5 page essay explores George Orwell's futuristic book 1984 and contrasts it with Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. 4 sources ...
This paper consists of seven pages and examines the heroism of the novel in a consideration of protagonist Randle McMurphy with a ...
have been a jewess was sitting up in the bow with a little boy of about three in her arms? (Orwell, 1949, p. 10); the little life ...
Critical thinking has become even more important in today's society of opinion masquerading as news. This paper analyzes contempor...
This essay contrasts the use of psychological manipulation in "The Truman Show," directed by Peter Weir, and George Orwell's 1984....
Cyborg imagery is considered in five pages and how it represents problem resolution resulting from individualism and examines it w...
In ten pages this paper examines the New World Order within the context of Orwell's 1984 and three global powers. Eight sources a...
of virtually every aspect of ones individual life. "What is concerned here is not the morale of the masses, whose attitude...
presence of Big Brother, the Thoughtpolice, Newspeak and other concepts work together to create an atmosphere of oppression and dr...
13 years past 1984, did any of Orwells other warnings for society come to pass? I think that in one way, we are very close to that...
In a paper consisting of 7 pages these texts are compared in terms of their egalitarian philosophies and considers whether or not ...