He believes they must carry on this tradition and he never has come to realized how awful it is. Old Man Warner did not show value of human life by putting crops over innocent peoples lives. In “The Lottery,” all of the towns people know each other very well due to their community of only 300. They all respect each other and feel bad for General Zaroff also takes pride in what he does, more than any other characters. He finds no harm in the actions he's choosing to make.
He was stating that everybody worked hard to provide for their family. Therefore it is only fair that everyone be treated equally. No one should be given more privileges than the other. Roosevelt got his point across when he suggested that everyone, as a whole, should forget about how bad things are. Of course you would remember it, but try not to relive it.
There is little to none emotion in their society. People will rather take part in their own personal interest than spend time with their own family. Every thought or feeling was interrupted with the constant din of the television. Page 72(“of course I'm happy. What does she think I'm not?”) Montag thought about what Clarisse had asked him because he was realizing the truth which was him not being happy.
This shows that the society discourages change, which also means no future growth. Unlike in present society where change and growth are considered natural and 'human', Brave New World gets rid of the chance to grow and change as well as the desire, which is an example of humanity being replaced with stability. The hypnopaedia method, which are “words without reason” (p. 28), also acts in dehumanizing societys' people. These words without reason are simply a method to instill the same thoughts throughout any numerous anount of people. Instead of having your own thoughts and own free will do what what you want, you're forced to believe what society wants to believe.
However, the people in Montag’s society could care less about the war. This sort of carelessness is what started the war in the first place. Montag’s society is living carefree in the world, while everywhere else people are dying of poverty. Basically their lack of concern for others leads to their physical downfall. As said before, the society in which Montag lives didn’t care about the war so much or even the people who were dying during it.
Carol Ann Duffy describes Medusa as a bitter woman, who has been betrayed by the man she loved. The poet creates the reader’s reaction to medusa’s character through a direst address to the reader. Rhetorical questions like ‘Are you terrified?’ and ‘Wasn’t I beautiful?’ bring the reader unto immediate contact with Medusa. Furthermore commands like ‘Be terrified’ and ‘Look at me now’ are used to build fear and allow the reader o experience her rage. This is just one method used to create the reader’s reaction to Medusa.
With this method, the Japanese, just like the party in 1984, was able to keep everyone under control. Before long, people began to not care about their own personal freedom. For example, Winston gets upset with Julia because he saw that she really did not mind because she has no idea how freedom would feel. "History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
How to make it equal so nobody could resist or rebel against the government? Can you imagine a world where there are no competitions, no leadership, no one is better and no one is the worst. In “Harrison Bergeron”, K. Vonnegut’s short story about the “equal” society of 2081, he shows us what this equality would look like if this idea comes true. In “Harrison Bergeron”, K. Vonnegut criticizes the government in forcing people to be equal. The idea of making everyone “even” and limit abilities of those who are smarter, stronger or faster than
§229. The end of Government is the good of Mankind; and which is best for Mankind, that the People should be always expos'd to the boundless will of Tyranny, or that the Rulers should be sometimes liable to be oppos'd, when they grow exorbitant in the use of their Power, and imploy it for the destruction, and not the preservation of the Properties of their People?... §243. To conclude, The Power that every individual gave the Society, when he entered into it, can never revert to the Individuals again, as long as the Society lasts, but will always remain in the Community; because without this, there can be no Community, no Commonwealth, which is contrary to the original Agreement: So also when the Society hath placed the Legislative in any Assembly of Men, to continue in them and their Successors,
Comparative Government V for Vendetta 2/25/12 V for Vendetta The government tried to put a stop to V’s criminal yet heroic activities but they couldn’t seem to get the better of the man. The defense of the nation was entirely upon V’s back yet he proved his point any single time he wished. He was unstoppable, fueled by the ideals and thoughts of a society that wasn’t taken down by corruptness or greed; he wanted a society that was for the people, not a society for the chancellor. People for the most part tried to remain in a normal standard of living but the population grew scared as the chancellor became more powerful and turned into that of a dictator. V saw something in Evey no one else did, he saw