10th Grade Common Writing Assessment #1 In “Harrison Bergeron,” Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. uses irony to illustrate how enforcing absolute equality would require a ridiculously totalitarian society. This story begins with introducing George, who is forced to wear handicaps the government from thinking or having physical abilities above average. His wife Hazel is not handicapped and to the reader seems unintelligent. Their son Harrison has been taken away by the government and on his own revolts. Vonnegut uses the characterization of Harrison, Hazel, and George to show how conformity stifles individualism and is detrimental to society.
It is the only time he thinks of what he has left behind. Also the reason why he laughs is that He discovers he does not look like his brothers, because they are shapeless, formless, and downtrodden while he is thin, strong, and lithe. He is hard and strong and concludes that he can trust himself and has nothing to fear of his own company. 8. The uncharted forest symbolizes our society being burned and hidden in the leafs it symbolizes free thought action and freedom in general. Here is where equality opens up and sees his reflection and sees he looks much better than his brothers and he can become scientifically greater to. 9.
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.
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.
Psychotherapy from childhood on instills the idea in the populace that happiness comes from the society benefiting. This promotes the cessation of individuality and the conformity to society, as well as the acceptance of death as society is still happy regardless. This idea of this created happiness is contested by John the Savage when he meets with the Resident World Controller for Western Europe. Since society is in this state of eternal happiness, no contrast to the happiness exists; therefore the happiness can be taken for granted. This does not sit well with the Savage, as he came from outside the society and was able to experience both pleasure and pain and appreciate one for the other.
This brief dialogue between the two characters highlights one of the key aspects of the government system in Gattaca that eventually leads to its downfall. The government in this society is only interested in genetic perfection, regardless of the way that this perfection is achieved. The naivety of the government of Gattaca allows Vincent Freeman to steal the identity of Jerome Morrows, as well as renders Vincent Freeman’s success at becoming an astronaut, while keeping his true identity under wraps. Like the government in Gattaca, the Inner Party in 1984 values security in order to achieve a sense of control over its people; however, the Inner Party of 1984 is more fervent on keeping a watchful eye on its society than that of Gattaca, allowing the Inner Party to maintain a stronger grip on its people. The importance of technology and personal invasion as a means of control in the society of 1984 is extremely evident through the presence of telescreens on virtually every corner of every street, building, and room: the citizens of
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Synthesis Essay Despite what critics such as Jane Smiley say about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Twain’s use of satire to expose the easy conformity of the public was effective. Developing characters like Huck and Aunt Sally help bring the socially unacceptable problem of everyone “going with the flow”, not caring if the “flow” is right or wrong, through unconscious actions, such as Huck listening to Tom Sawyer when trying to free Jim in such an unnecessary way instead of simply opening the door to his prison, or Aunt Sally never coming to terms that Huck Finn will never be “sivilized” like how a white, young boy should be. With the use of these characters, Twain opens the eye’s of his intended audience; the people of slavery. Mark Twain uses satire to ridicule and mock American society, but in an indirect, subliminal way. He uses the voice of Huckleberry Finn.
One of these secrets is that although every citizen believes himself to be happy, he has been genetically engineered to think so and is a government ploy to maintain “social stability”. Although the world is now dominated by this system, there are many “savage centres” which still exist and are home to the “old, imperfect” humans. These “savages” are natural, unconditioned people who still give birth. When John, a savage born naturally of a mother from the World State, is brought to the outer world by Bernard, a man who feels out of place in his society, the dystopian nature of
In Huxley’s’ Brave New World, the world’s motto states community, Identity, and Stability (Huxley 3), in contrast to 1984’s, War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, and Freedom is Slavery motto (Orwell 4). The novel Brave New World shows that in order for a dystopian society to achieve a state of stability, a loss of individuality, and the undoing of mother nature must occur. Successfully engineering these conditions produces a world where people are finally living "happily ever after," but at a great cost. The main element of what makes a person unique are the emotions that inhabit their minds, which they can control to some degree, "Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery" (Huxley 150). However, in Brave New World, the government uses the drug soma to suppress humans from having negative emotions.
Innocence and purity are tarnished when pride is introduced into oneʼs mind. Benjamin Disraeli supports this by stating “pride ruined the angels.” When people have pride they will go to extreme measures to remove the flaws that surround them; this leads to them losing the morality and naivete that once established their being. The novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, exemplifies the disintegration of integrity through her protagonist: Victor Frankenstein. At first, Victor was a pure and intelligent human who once held a great passion for science and wanted to pursue his dreams of creating life; however, once that goal was achieved, Victor isolated himself from his creation due to all its imperfections and the overwhelming feelings from failing himself thus diminishing his pride.