King Creon and George Bush Are They So Different? King Creon defying the will of his people by sentencing Antigone to be death because of her acts of civil disobedience. He is like many of the leaders in the world right now. He does not listen to the will of the people, and does what he thinks is right. Most poor leaders are surrounded by poor advisers and yes-men.
In Charles dickens novella, ‘A Christmas carol’ you see that the minor characters do in fact have the greatest impact on both the reader and the main character, Scrooge. Scrooge is an unlikable horrible character who has no sympathy for the poor but throughout the novel, you see Scrooge slowly start to change. Important messages through the novel are shown by the minor characters, this helps Scrooge finally see that money cannot buy you happiness and opens reader’s eyes up to the harsh reality going on in the industrial revolution. This suggests to readers that treating the poor in the way Scrooge has is wrong. Minor Characters like the portly gentlemen, Scrooges ex-fiancé, Bell and Fezziwig are a huge part of Scrooges Journey of becoming a better person.
‘1984’ ends with Winston, the protagonist, successfully brainwashed and left with no thoughts of his own. This lack of hope is also present in the ending of ‘Brave New World’, where John hangs himself to escape from the dystopian society. Ultimately, the somewhat evil governmental powers in the two novels have overcome the challengers to their beliefs, this makes the reader feel a sense of defeat. Furthermore, both of these books were written before the age of technology and are both predictions of how the world could turn out in the future. The tragic endings to both of these novels, particularly ‘1984’ was controversial in the way that readers thought that it was a real possibility and that a dystopia caused by the state could actually occur.
The thought police is the most insidious aspect of the dystopian society of 1984 because the people are so scared of being watched and accused of thoughtcrime that they lose trust in anyone and everyone around them. The thought police is used by the party to control the society and their thoughts. Anyone simply walking in the street could be a member of the thought police, so you never know who is watching you. This diminishes the bonds between friends, neighbors, family, etc. because you never know whom you can trust, and even someone you have the most faith in could be the person to turn you in.
No one can control this loss of freedom. People are born and rights and freedoms are instantly lost. Even though Aldous Huxley’s story, Brave New World and George Orwell’s story 1984 portrayed different predictions of what society could be in the future both stories shared a common loss of freedom of their people because of restrictions, the governments overstepping power, and brainwashing techniques. In both stories there was evidence of restrictions that lead to the loss of freedom of the people in their societies. One of the main pieces of evidence in George Orwell’s novel 1984 was the use of constant surveillance of their people with telescreens and spies.
The living conditions are poor – very poor – with the buildings broken-down, the food artificial and rationed out, wages poor, and clothing cheap. One cannot expect privacy anywhere, as there is a telescreen in almost every room. Certainly a setting to make a character feel unhappy. In the novel 1984 Orwell uses conflict against characters and appearance vs. reality and there is the biggest conflict which is Big Brother this is what the book is set about that he is always watching over everyone day in and day out. Other examples are: The three world authorities, Oceania, Eurasia and East Asia are in constant conflict so that their populations don't become
Britain experienced the exact opposite economically and their government aimed to reconstruct prewar Britain. The Great War forced Britain into a period of depression, leaving society frightened and pessimistic. The older generation existed largely in a state of mourn, while the youth chose to forget the trauma caused by the war. The youth viewed the Great War as a waste of life, thus creating a hedonistic lifestyle with partying being their primary intention. They became notorious for their elaborately themed parties along with extreme drug use.
Besides, all kind of illegal or immoral activities would remain and root deeply in the society if most of citizens are ignorance. In the play, ignorance is apparently portrayed and paralleled to the compact majority. The compact majority can be compared to un-educated people who are generally seen in many developing countries. Compared the Bath to technology development or social development, the city cannot accomplish this development surely since the compact majority is ignorance. Ibsen, faithfully, wrote the play as a way to criticize Europe society at the times when people were not interested in any technologies and truths.
Conversely, failure in the larger social order weakens the framework of support necessary for most families to thrive. The central theme is taking responsibility of self and those around you. Dickens world looks at how English society is being undermined by the willful neglect of the weakest, most vulnerable members- women, children, the poor and uneducated. The relationship between citizens and society is captured by the metaphor of the family. In the world of Bleak House family can be positive and negative.
They saw his theory as dehumanizing, treating man as a machine, lacking morality and being dangerous to our way of life. Despite the negative stigma he carried, Skinner managed to make contributions to education, science and psychology. He received many awards and was recognized for his work and eventually even got away from his reputation of being a cold-blooded scientist. Skinner’s Life and Theory of Behavior Burrhus Frederic Skinner was born March 20, 1904, in Pennsylvania. He grew up in a happy, upper-middle-class, Presbyterian home but started to lose faith in high school and never practiced religion again (Feist & Feist, 2009).