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Also he wrote about dystopias. George Orwell wrote the book “1984” June 8,1949 and a little before that. The world was eager for it! Within twelve months, it had sold around fifty thousand hardbacks in the UK; in the U.S. sales were more than one-third of a millionGeorge Orwell was from London, he was born in British India. He is a British subject some might say.
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Nineteen Eighty-Four written by George Orwell and Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol are prophetic social commentaries which explore the broad social wrong of a totalitarian government. Both texts depict a futuristic, dystopian society in which individuality is destroyed in favour of faceless conformity. Niccol and Orwell through the experiences of their protagonists reflect the impact isolation from society has on individuals. The authors of both texts also use their protagonists Winston, who cannot understand the rhetoric of the government party and Vincent, who is trapped, unable to achieve his dreams because of his imperfect genome, to demonstrate individual rebellion against society and explore the significant social injustices of a totalitarian state. Destruction of individuality is an idea both authors explore to expose the broad social wrong of an oppressive society.
The definition of a dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about current trends, societal norm, or political system. Many dystopias use propaganda to shape the thoughts of their citizens. Information, free thought, and freedom in general are restricted by the leader, such as Big Brother, are also characteristics of a dystopia. One of the key factors in a Dystopia is surveillance of citizens at all times.
George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” is a chilling, extremely unsettling novel. The dystopian novel describes a totalitarianism system of authority, in which the “Inner Party” enjoys absolute power and seeks to control all aspects of human life. The novel revolves around Winston and his honest views of the state of his society. When I first started reading the novel, I initially felt frustrated. It seems to me that the novel consists of ignorant people who chooses to blindly accept whatever the Inner Party tells them.
One of the greatest novels that helps readers understand the imporance of the bomb being dropped on human suffering is Hiroshima. Throughout the novel, Hersey shows the problems that six specific humans are going through after the bomb is dropped. “By the light of a lanturn, he has examined himself and found: multiple abrasions, and lacerations of face and body, including deep cuts on the chin, back, and legs; extensive contutions on chest and trunk; a couple of ribs possibly fractured” (Hersey 46). In th... ... middle of paper ... ...ayed a changed millions of peoples lifes not only in Japan, but also in America. People were able to reflect and see the suffereing that was done by this huge atomic bomb.