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1984 North Korea Today Analysis

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In 2018, we are living in a world of violence within the minority groups, protesting, an over-obsession to technology and a society constantly under surveillance. The seminal dystopian texts 1984 by George Orwell, published in 1949 and The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, published in 1951 have been relevant since their release. The main events that occurred past these publications were technological advancements (CCTV, automobiles and FBI), the implementations of new political systems (totalitarian), fake news (2016 USA election and North Korea) and the constitution of police-run states (China Xinjiang).
1984 is regarded as a profound dystopian text that studies the dangers of totalitarian rule and surveillance. 1984 follows Winston Smith and …show more content…

It offers a representation that fake news might be essential under a totalitarian government. The Ministry of Truth is the propaganda department, it controls the media and rectifies the past. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.” This means that the government is in control of everything that is happening by rewriting the past in a favourable light so that future generations believe that everything is factual. North Korea today is like George Orwell’s 1984 as it is run by a totalitarian government whose leader is known as “Dear Leader”. The North Korean government uses propaganda to brainwash its people that their life is so much better than the West even though they are dying of starvation and have no basic human rights such as no access to the worldwide web. Fake news is used in 1984 and also in modern day times in North Korea as a method of propaganda that portrays the government in a favourable …show more content…

Progression (n.) is the gradual process of moving towards a more developed state. Mead said, “the police, of course, but what a rare, incredible thing; in a city of three million, there was only one police car left, wasn’t that correct?” Consequently, in Mead’s world, progression will inevitably lead to loneliness as there is a loss of sense of humanity and pastimes are deemed unnecessary. Trends including watching television and driving automobiles have displaced books and going for night-time walks. In the 21st century of advancements in all areas, we are increasing the distance between ourselves and the natural world. An example of this is our addiction to television whereby our eyes are glued to the screen, and we are less likely to venture outside into nature. The sophistication of society as represented by The Pedestrian is not seen as a good thing but rather that society has lost some of its

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Marcelo Navarro Mr. duryea English 12 March 15, 2018 Inhumane The Book 1984 is a book based on a totalitarian government where the government has complete and total control over every aspect of someone's life. In 1984 you couldn't even have privacy in your own home, you would be under constant supervision and if you were caught doing something illegal the thought police would come and arrest you. In 1984 the government controlled its people through fear, the people of 1984 where always scared of being caught doing anything illegal and where also scared because the government would bomb itself saying that they were in a war. This book shows what could happen if people would let

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If the reader actually thinks about this statement and does not just skim over it, then they would notice how sad this statement actually is. The people only hear what their government wants them to hear. The United States is no different, but the media is not controlled to the same extent it is in North Korea. Zinser uses this statement to make the reader think about we can learn from media and how making it into a comedy show the audience does not take seriously. Another place Zinser uses emotional appeal is when he wrote, “Journalist, like Tom Fenton have blamed the media for failing to anticipate the pre-9/11 threat posed by terrorism” (Graff 364).

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The excessive use of technology will lead to isolation and a lack of opposition like it did in the community from the story. Too much technology will cause a society to become isolated. For example in The Pedestrian, Leonard Mead likes to go for walks late at night, and he has enjoyed this for the past eight years. It seems to be, the narrator writes, “the street was silent and long and empty, with only his shadow moving like the shadow of a hawk in midcountry” (174).

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North Korea is a mysterious place to outsiders but from the inside it may seem normal because the people have no sense of reality or awareness. In the novel 1984 a made up character named ‘Big Brother’ is much like Kim Jong-Un in our world. There are two parties outer and inner and the inner parties consist of people from the inside and the wealthier class unlike the outer witch holds the middle class. The outer party of 1984 worship Big Brother and most are forced to because they are being watched by spies and telescreens (surveillance systems). North Korea is very similar to 1984 due to the constant surveillance and the cult of personality.

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In North Korea, being in the Mass Games is a huge accomplishment. You train for hours on end so you will look exactly the same, as if you are becoming one. Even the military is so disciplined that they look exactly the same. But, the people in North Korea are different from the citizens in 1984 because they still have individual personalities. The Party convinces these people to all believe the same ideas and have the same opinions.

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