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Examples Of Dystopia In George Orwell's '1984'

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George Orwell was a visionary - an individual decades ahead of his time. Not only was he able to accurately predict the future but furthermore he was able to predict the social and political evils of the twentieth and early twenty first centuries, which served as a warning for the future. Written by George Orwell, 1984 It is about a dystopian society in which freedoms are severely restricted. Winston, the appositive main character, and Julia, his appositive lover, desperately try to defy and otherthrow the party. Throughout the course of the novel, Nazi Germany and the fictional society portrayed in 1984 share similar dystopian characteristics, including propaganda used to control the denizens, who were perceived to be under constant surveillance. Needless to say, accurate information, independent thought, and freedoms were severely regulated. The Nazis relied heavily on propaganda when it came to getting their messages to the public. Nazi Propaganda usually states how the Germans were winning battle after battle, even when this was far from the truth. Also, propaganda was used to both brainwash the citizens and spread hate …show more content…

They blamed the Jews for their devastating losses during the first World War and for their current terrible economic crisis. This was due to the damages caused by German soldiers during WWI. Consequently, this put the nation in billions of dollars in debt. “Starting in 1933, violence toward Jews intensified. The Nazid established concentration camps and forced labor camps to detain Jews and other considered a danger to the regime. Across Europe, Jews were herded into areas called Ghettos, to control them and prepare them for the camps” (Callery). Over time, the Nazis slowly took the rights of Jews away. The Nazis began enforcing small things such as curfews to enforcing big things such as forcing the Jews out of their homes and being placed into ghettos or concentration camps to await

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