Essays Tagged: "Oceania"

"Nineteen Eighty" Four by Orwell

The State of Oceania was a place where society was controlled by thegovernment especially the lower class. Since ... three distinct but powerful ways. The Inner Party which is the government,controlled the people of Oceania by telescreens, doublethink, and propaganda.These three methods are so powerful in making th ... ublethink, and propaganda.These three methods are so powerful in making the lower class believe thatOceania is at war with Eastasia. Big Brother is the Inner Party leader and,Emmanuel Goldstein is the ...

(4 pages) 104 1 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"1984" by Orwell

Introduction- This story takes place in a state called Oceania. The main characters introduced are Winston Smith who is a worker on one of the four branche ... haracters introduced are Winston Smith who is a worker on one of the four branches of government on Oceania. This four branches are "The Ministry of Truth" where they falsificate or remove all past do ... so telling you what to do and always watching every movement you do, no expressions are admitted in Oceania other than hatred or the one "Big Brother" tells you to. The second branch is called "The Mi ...

(3 pages) 40 0 3.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

1984 By -George Orwell. Summary Chapter 1 and 2

is one of four governmentbuildings in destroyed London, the main city of Airstrip One, a province ofOceania. Year is 1984 and three contries are at war, Oceania, Eurasia andEastasia. Oceania is run by ... nston is sick of his life in the ruined city and decides to keep a diary.This is against the law in Oceania. He felt his feelings begin to hateEmmanuel Goldstein, leader of the enemy party. He also sp ...

(11 pages) 69 0 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Love and sex in Geoge Orwell's novel 1984

from loving relationships among family, friends, and lovers, the only entity acceptable to love in Oceania is the face of the Party, Big Brother. This restriction is necessary to achieving complete p ... child and parent, and between man and man, and between man and woman"(220).To train the citizens of Oceania for complete submission and devotion to Big Brother and the Party the family bond has been c ...

(4 pages) 71 0 4.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This is an essay with a comparison of Animal Farm to 1984.

lace near the eastern side of the world and it is separated into three areas: Eurasia, Eastasia and Oceania. These three lands are constantly at war with each other and are controlled by different gov ... s are constantly at war with each other and are controlled by different governors. Winston lives in Oceania and the Party's leader is someone named "Big Brother". No one has ever seen this person befo ...

(5 pages) 113 2 3.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell (1984)

e novel to warn the people of the future events.The novel takes place in London, which is a part of Oceania. The whole world is divided into three countries: Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Big Bother, ... rtal for nobody has ever seen him before only from the posters plaster everywhere on the streets of Oceania. The main character of the novel is Winston Smith who lives in Oceania. Winston is a depress ...

(4 pages) 208 3 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"1984" by George Orwell.

ed minority group who keeps a heavy eye on the rest of the population with the use of tele-screens. Oceania, where the novel takes place, is controlled by fear, xenophobia and the threat of the Though ... every ones lives from an early point in their education.In Nineteen Eighty-four, the population of Oceania is divided into two groups, the Party members, which is then divided into Upper and Lower Pa ...

(5 pages) 71 1 3.4 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"1984" by George Orwell.

other ensures that all rules will be followed by using telescreens. One is always being watched. In Oceania privacy does not exist. In this large political game, Big Brother plays many little games wi ...

(2 pages) 36 1 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A paper talking about the difference from the book and the novel "1984".

e from the opening shot of "Nineteen eighty four" the viewer is plunged right into the hell hole of Oceania and the ultimate totalitarian nightmare. Second the scene when Winston and Julia are capture ... antique shop where he had bought his diary. Though class barriers stood tensely in place throughout Oceania, Mr. Charrington, the shop owner, welcomed him and invited him upstairs to see other items. ...

(14 pages) 58 0 0.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Manipulation in 1984.

In the classic novel 1984, author George Orwell writes of a future country called Oceania in which there is nothing that the government doesn't control. By limiting the country's his ... y be put to death because it is not in favor of The Party and contradicts the very belief system of Oceania. Big Brother, so in control of his country and its citizens, is able to literally rewrite hi ... opposite, or, the hero. This is the second way that the novel and today's society parallel.Finally, Oceania's control stems from the physical influence that The Party has on it. For example the mornin ...

(4 pages) 34 0 5.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

1984 Importance of Language; Newspeak Doublethink and how it affects personal thought and freedom

s are no longer there, then you will simply cease to have those thoughts. For future generations of Oceania, thoughts that the government didn't approve will no longer even be there because there will ...

(3 pages) 42 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A book report on "1984" by George Orwell.

he novel 1984 is a story about Winston Smith, a member ofthe Party that is ruling over the state of Oceania. The Partyrules under the dictatorship of Big Brother. Winston is shown to be leading a lone ... , the chief haunt of all rebels.The end comes unexpectedly when Winston is listening to the news of Oceania's victory over Africa. Amidst the cheers and screams of the crowd, Winston is shot with a th ...

(2 pages) 36 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

In George Orwell's, "1984".

ything that the Party tells them. Each statement in the slogan is very illogical, yet the people of Oceania lose their abilities to reason things out to such a high extent that they basically believe ... t records to fit their own needs. "Reality control," they call it "doublethink" (32). The people of Oceania are being manipulated by the false past. The Party knows the state of its citizens so well i ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

1984

rld. This Story is narrated by an omniscient, which is Orwell, and took place in the super state of Oceania. This book shows a conflict between man and a society.George Orwell introduced a vast of cha ...

(4 pages) 30 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Defying the state? How is the concept of the individual against the state explored in the two novels 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' - George Orwell, and 'The Handmaid's Tale' - Margaret Atwood

d's 'The Handmaid's Tale' are both novels that can easily be seen to be set in dystopian societies, Oceania and Gilead, in which the individuals are suppressed and relationships are carefully kept und ... ate through its protagonist; Winston Smith in 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', is a very ordinary citizen of Oceania, working in the Outer Party in the Ministry of Truth, 'correcting' documents to ensure they ...

(12 pages) 67 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

George Orwell's 1984

n George Orwell's 1984 are very frightening. In George Orwell's 1984 the situation of the people in Oceania seems extreme and impossible. In many ways those same situations are present today. Our gove ... us it is true and is enforceable. The United States military is very similar to the armed forces of Oceania. Our two militaries are very similar because of one main factor, the need for total and thou ...

(5 pages) 88 1 4.9 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

1984 George Orwell: How is irony used in Ch. 1???

ader is exposed to the many kinds of manipulation that the government uses to control the people of Oceania. The Party uses numerous examples of verbal and dramatic irony as part of its campaign to ex ... ecause the Party has said that nothing is illegal, "there were no longer any laws" (9). Everyone in Oceania, where Winston lives, is scared of breaking many laws, none of which exist. Many people are ...

(3 pages) 32 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Gattaca and Orwell's 1984 compared. False utopias and there means of control

Group A #1Although the distopias of Orwell's Oceania and Niccol's not to distant American city are in many ways similar in the sense of totalitar ... a class or cast system to divide the powers and freedoms of the people in their respective worlds. Oceania as far as we can tell has three maybe four classes. The Proles are the group of people who h ... three maybe four classes. The Proles are the group of people who hold the worst of the jobs within Oceania. They work as laborers and as prostitutes but their idle time is spent like many undergrads ...

(2 pages) 36 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

George Orwell's 1984: Methods of Suppression in 1984. A study of ways people were oppressed in the book.

re of a society in which the individual has no freedom, hope, or feeling. Three super states called Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, divide and ravage the earth with perpetual war between them. The sto ... and Eastasia, divide and ravage the earth with perpetual war between them. The story takes place in Oceania, which consists of the Americas as well as Great Brittan. Nineteen-eighty Four chronicles Wi ...

(6 pages) 112 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

1984: A narrative and analytical overview

Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens; ever ... s seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people's history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation ... im in for his thoughtcrime. He is troubled by the Party's control of history: the Party claims that Oceania has always been allied with Eastasia in a war against Eurasia, but Winston seems to recall a ...

(3 pages) 70 2 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature