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Toodee
09-06-2008, 03:38 PM
As part of my AS sylabus, i have to write an essay entitled; -

"How does Orwell encourage our response to the totalatarianism in 1984"

my teacher said i should include (setting/two min hate/abolishment of orgasm)
but what else am i meant to do to show how Orwell encourages us to hate/be shocked by totalatarianism?

my overall question for my AS exam coursework is
"how does Orwell encourage our response to totalatarianism"

i've already written about two minutes hate, propganda, the setting...

but my teacher subtly hinted that i need to make Sex, and the destruction of the orgasm a whole section. I don't know what to say about it, bearing in mind the exam question, what do i say?
The Atheist
09-06-2008, 04:32 PM
As part of my AS sylabus, i have to write an essay entitled; -

"How does Orwell encourage our response to the totalatarianism in 1984"

my teacher said i should include (setting/two min hate/abolishment of orgasm)
but what else am i meant to do to show how Orwell encourages us to hate/be shocked by totalatarianism?

The whole thing was written to wake people up to the evils of totalitarianism, so you can take your pick:

Room 101
Telescreens
Spies
Celibacy league
Thought Police

Those and lots of other things show the abhorrent control mechanisms necessary to perpetuate the rule of the Party.

Newspeak

The removal of human feeling from description. Orwell takes a bit of liberty with how thought works, but in the book, the removal of the words removes the emotion. Most people think free will is important. In 1984 the very language suppresses it.

Ingsoc

A perversion of all socialist/communist systems. Instead of ruling to ensure the principles of communism "To each, according to his needs, from each, according to his means" the system is there solely to keep the Party in a position of unchallengeable power.

Then there's the unbridled power itself. Many people worry now about "nanny state" where the government seeks too much power over our lives. In Oceania, marriage, childbirth, everything, is done at the order of the Party.

Good luck!