They all elaborate and personify madness as a derivation of vitality, form of genius, sanity put to good use. You see, if I’m not mistaken, two of society’s most reliable sources contradict between their statements. And yet we haven’t come to the amusing part. Society is unable to differentiate let alone comprehend the difference between such astray notions. Gentleman, reflect and ponder, society should not define madness for us, society itself is mad.
Winston Smith is a kind of innocent in a world gone wrong, and he experiences the suffering that exists in the totalitarian society of Oceania. He is ordinary, yet he finds the strength to try and make his circumstances better. Even though Winston’s life is replete with misery and pain, Orwell allows him a brief time of happiness and love. During this time, there is hope for Winston, and subsequently, hope for the future. But Orwell makes certain that there is no happy ending.
He is poking fun at the age old concept of ‘equality,’ one that has inspired wars and movements alike; he accomplishes this by creating a system to make everyone equal, a system that happens to be just as stupid as the idea of ‘total equality.’ Under this system equality is achieved, but it is at the cost of individual freedom and a society full of stupid people, this in-turn creates the situational irony found in the story. The plot of the story itself is a piece of situational irony, however there are many other instances found throughout it, including verbal irony. One specific example of this is when Hazel and George are talking, Vonnegut writes “ ‘I think I’d make a good Handicapper General. (Hazel)’ ‘Good as anybody else,’ said George.” His response to Hazel’s comment is slightly sarcastic, but also ironic, in that she really would be “as good anybody else” because in their society everyone is just as good or bad as everybody else. Another example of this false sense of equality is when George says,
10th October, 2012 Rhetorical Analysis of “Idiot Nation” When thinking of the United States one would conjure up imagines of happy people, greener grass, freedom, and of course, opportunity. However, an uncommon thing that one would think of America as a land of dumb people. Yes, that’s right, Americans having less than average intelligence. In “Idiot Nation,” Michael Moore offers a convincing argument on America’s stupidity and inadequacy by employing logical as well as emotional appeals and harsh diction to drive his point home. Moore does a great job connecting to his readers by using satire and humor to make his point, but does not sway from the seriousness of the subject by embedding facts about education.
Harrison Bergeron In "Harrison Bergeron" Kurt Vonnegut makes it 2081. You have perfect equality. Some people must wear "handicaps" to make them merely typical. As the story develops the reader realizes that these handicaps don't really work. In "Harrison Bergeron" Vonnegut show that being the same is an unrealistic and unproductive goal.
Individuality in "Harrison Bergeron In his short story "Harrison Bergeron" Kurt Vonnegut explores what a world of government controlled "equality" might be like. Vonnegut allows us to see the world through the eyes of George and Hazel Bergeron. Hazel represents the standard that everyone must achieve though the equalization process set in place, while George represents a person that is considered to be talented. Ultimately Vonnegut illustrates that it is impossible to create absolute equality. Vonnegut has introduced a world in which people have been taught to not only dislike inequality, but to fear it, "'pretty soon we'd be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else.
Loss of Humanity Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a satirical piece of fiction, based on a false symbol of any type of universal happiness. Huxley writes about a society stripped of corrupt behavior, lack of morals, religion, essence of a family unit and human emotion. Huxley creates a dystopian world where a totalitarian government controls society by using technology and science. The price for happiness in the Brave New World is simple, loss of individualism. The purpose of this paper is to explain Huxley’s future predictions of a corrupt society seen through: controlled reproduction, sexual freedom, brain washing/sleep-teaching and the use of mind altering drugs.
Yes? Well socialism is exactly the reverse. Len Deighton, quoting an anonymous Czechoslovakian joke in the 1960s, in Funeral in Berlin (1964) p. 145 Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” Alexis de Tocqueville quotes (French Historian and Political scientist. 1805-1859) Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion Richard John Neuhaus quotes Despite its flaws, Marxism still seems to explain the material world better than anything else.
It moves beyond the scope of one's own interests and takes into account the interests of others. In this essay I will examine the Ethical Theory of Utility, its background and its influence upon society to determine if Utilitarianism can be expressed in the phrase “ The greatest good for the greatest number.” U·til·i·tar·i·an·ism 1 [Columbia Encyclopedia] Noun: • The doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority. • The doctrine that an action is right insofar as it promotes happiness, and that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be... Background Jeremy Bentham was the father of Utilitarianism, he was of the left liberal view, influenced by the French revolution and by many enlightenment thinkers, especially empiricists such as John Locke and David Hume.
Abraham Maslow is known for establishing the theory of a hierarchy of needs. Maslow studied human subjects (exemplary people being Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Frederick Douglas) rather than mentally ill or neurotic people, which was radically different from the Freudian and Skinner schools of psychology. He claimed that human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs, and that certain lower needs need to be satisfied before higher needs can be satisfied. According to Maslow, there are general types of needs (physiological, safety, love, and esteem) that must be satisfied before a person can act unselfishly. He called these needs "deficiency needs."