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Totalitarianism In A Dystopian Society

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Both of the novels I read took place in a “futuristic” dystopian society that is governed by totalitarian rule. O’Brien, a character in 1984 described how living under an extremist government quite accurately when he said: “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.” The democratic system of governing branched off of the monarchy, still being led by a single leader but this person is elected into power instead of being born into it. Totalitarianism however is a governing person or body that typically was not elected, and permits little or no individual freedoms within the state. Throughout history there have been several attempts at having a totalitarian leader, Hitler and Stalin being most notable,
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