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Comparative Essay On 1984 By George Orwell

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Those who have power over the media dictate the information the public is fed because they want to make someone look bad, make themselves look better, or decide what's “real” and what's “not”. In the book 1984 by George Orwell, Orwell writes about a dystopian society in which the main character, Winston, describes the totalitarian government of Oceania and its partake in fake news in the media. In the article “On Twitter, Fake News Has Greater Allure Than Truth Does” by Maria Temming, Temming writes about Twitter and its fast spreading of fake news and how/why fake news is spread in the media. When comparing these two pieces, similarities are drawn between the fiction novel and the non-fiction text showing real-life instances in the novel 1984. …show more content…

In the fiction novel 1984, Orwell writes “The date had stuck in Winston's memory because it chanced to be Midsummer day; but the whole story must be on record in countless other places as well. There was only one possible conclusion: the confessions were lies” on page 78, Chapter 7. In The Times, a story on 3 former party leaders during the Revolution who were arrested and confessed to various crimes, Winston finds a photograph that proves the story and confession was based on lies. In the non-fiction article “On Twitter, Fake News Has Greater Allure Than Truth Does” Temming writes “Some fake stories try to make public figures look bad”. The connection between the story and the article is that fake news can be used to bring down people and their …show more content…

Orwell writes in his novel “Today's issue contained a statement of the actual output, from which it appeared that the forecasts were in every instance grossly wrong. Winston's job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones”. Circling back to Winston's job at the Ministry, Winston had to change the truth to align with Big Brother even if it is not true one bit. Temming writes in her article “Others might try to discredit scientific findings” on social media platforms that gain attention from many different audiences. The article connects to the book because they both convey the idea that people with audiences, social media, or in the case of 1984 the citizens of Oceania, will try to manipulate the public's mind and blur the line between real and fake in some cases to have power or

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