Despotism is the best way to describe the type of society this excerpt gives off: the exercise of absolute power in a cruel and oppressive way. The is a plethora of scenes in which you see the use of power. Through despotism, you can observe and feel the dystopia, hypnotism, and fear radiating from the society.
First off, the society strongly creates a dystopian-like atmosphere and it's conspicuous throughout the whole text. There wasn't even one scene where you can't feel it. "WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH."(Pg. 4) This quote is the symbol of dystopia. In the first part of the quote, it states that war is peace. That statement contradicts each other. In war, there is death, bloodshed, contention, warfare, while in peace none of this happens. In peace, there is tranquility, the cessation of war or violence. Therefore, war isn't peace. The same applies to the other two parts in the quotation. Each part in the slogan is contradictory. Slavery is the state of being a slave with a restricted freedom which contradicts Big Brother's slogan. In the final part of the quote, ignorance isn't strength. When a government or the party is doing
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The text is shown like a puppet show. The peoples of the nation are the marionettes while Big Brother is the puppeteer. The majority of the people are mindless vessel stored with specific commands to obey the party. "With a tremulous murmur that sounded like 'My Saviour' [...]. It was apparent that she was uttering a prayer." (Pg. 4) It is shown explicitly that people haven been hypnotized and it's not her, it's the entire group that is doing this chant. Moreover, they don't go against the teachings. It is even said in the text, "it was an act of self-hypnosis." (Pg. 4) Citizens in the text are worshiping a government like it's their religion and calling their totalitarian regime a
Courageousness may seem to be measured by the people look on the outside. They look brave, heroic, and have some luck. Now, if someone looked on the inside of that person what would they see. Would they see a mentally strong person with high values in what they believe. On the opposition, the person might find out how scared, mean, and vulnerable they are. Courageousness is how little a person's values are affected when opposition and suffering happen in life. Also, doing things that they fear doing to boost their confidence and defeat their fears, this is courage. In A Separate Peace, The character Finny, who is bright and looking like he is brave all the time might seem to be the obvious candidate for being more courageous than Gene. Gene,who has little bravery an is weak. Gene though is actually the more courageous one because of his willingness to fight for his values and stand up in the face of opposition.
The “WAR IS PEACE” is a. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH, “ (Orwell 4). There is no desire for freedom, because they are told it is slavery. If freed, they would be unhappy and would not live the way they do. In doing so, society believes that war establishes peace and serenity.
Written in capital letters in the book itself, this is obviously a key slogan for the government in power and one which instils fear if taken literally, which of course is the way in which it is intended. The idea that the party is always watching, even inside people's homes depicts totalitarianism in one of its highest forms, more so than even the Nazi regime managed to achieve.
The slogan constantly reminds the people that they are and will always be inferior to the government. The government uses this propaganda to reinforce their power and invoke fear in society. Fear makes the people easier to control because they are too afraid to rebel. The Party also uses posters to remind Oceania that Big Brother, their leader, is always watching. The use of these posters to create a sense of caution is shown when Orwell states, “On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. Big Brother is Watching You, the caption ran beneath,” (Orwell 2). The posters of Big Brother are always reminding the people that they have no privacy due to the government’s constant surveillance. The people live in fear of being caught, so they learn to obey the rules of the Party. Fear causes people to lose their courage, and soon they become vulnerable and weak. Once they are hopeless, they will follow or believe anything that provides them comfort or relief. Taking away an entire society’s strength
You must also any orders made by Big Brother, at all times. If he tells you to dive in front of a moving train, what do you do? If the answer to that last question was “yes”, you are already on the right path to be a part of the revolution that will lead the globe to victory. The orders and demands of Big Brother exceeds any other authority; living, nonliving, divine, or supernatural. We are united, never divided under the banner of Big Brother’s
“Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man....To this war of every man against every man, this also is consequent: that nothing can be unjust. The notion of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have...
Some people would agree with the statement because everyone will always have different beliefs and personal desires. One person will always believe he or she is right in what they think, there will always be that one person who does not want to just believe that they could be wrong so it is in our nature to fight over things such as: race, religion, land, resources and wealth. This means that war will continue because people have their own beliefs and desires and wish to stand by them. In some cases, people create wars just to prove a point, which creates even more war & violence. For example, James 4:1-2 (Jerusalem Bible) says, ‘Where do these wars and battles between yourselves first start? Isn't it precisely in the desires fighting inside your own selves? You want something and you haven't got it; so you're prepared to kill. You have an ambition you can't satisfy, so you fight to get your way by force.’ This means that the causes of war are selfishness and pride and so people go against each other; they want greed, power, resources and wealth. For instance, whenever there is a battle between two nations or two businesses, someone is exhibiting selfishness or pride. As a result, this causes wars and conflicts.
The lives and prosperity of millions of people depend on peace and, in turn, peace depends on treaties - fragile documents that must do more than end wars. Negotiations and peace treaties may lead to decades of cooperation during which disputes between nations are resolved without military action and economic cost, or may prolong or even intensify the grievances which provoked conflict in the first place. In 1996, as Canada and the United States celebrated their mutual boundary as the longest undefended border in the world, Greece and Turkey nearly came to blows over a rocky island so small it scarcely had space for a flagpole.1 Both territorial questions had been raised as issues in peace treaties. The Treaty of Ghent in 1815 set the framework for the resolution of Canadian-American territorial questions. The Treaty of Sevres in 1920, between the Sultan and the victorious Allies of World War I, dismantled the remnants of the Ottoman Empire and distributed its territories. Examination of the terms and consequences of the two treaties clearly establishes that a successful treaty must provide more than the absence of war.