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…the totalitarianism from the book. A shorter dress would mean less rigid social standards. Also dealing with clothing is the veil and the wings. In the book, women could not show their faces, which were covered by veils, and could only look forward because…

…- in a democracy - but sometimes the totalitarian regime transforms this legitimate authority into a coercive power that crushes all the social and political balanced activities and simply concentrates power in one single dominant group. Finally the only thing…

…of fear, ignorance, and the control of human thought and emotion, a totalitarian government can gain absolute power and acceptance from its citizens. Orwell uses the Party and Big Brother as a symbol of a totalitarian government. Winston is an example of how…

…was forced to become a pamphleteer against totalitarianism. Every line of his work from 1936 was written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism. When the Civil War of Spain broke out at the end of 1936, Orwell…

…continue to see Stalin's deeds as completely necessary. <Tab/>The totalitarians, on the other hand hold Stalin directly responsible for the mass repression. Some historians such as Robert Conquest believe that Stalin was, during the 1930s…

…1984 "He who controls the past, controls the future". This quote illustrates the true nature of Big Brother in the novel 1984. Winston Smith is just a tiny spec in a totalitarian run country. In this publication, he came to many realizations about…

…is confined only to the distinguished, refined elite; then the social system will eventually turn into a totalitarian system where the benefits of this open market become unavailable to the lesser classes of society. Once this "system" changes government is likely…

…Consider China, the DPRK and Zimbabwe. Talk about a true axis of evil, where the most reprehensible and vile totalitarian regimes actually team up to provide each other with assistance in further providing suffering and horror to their people. While Kim…

…Ian Watt has described as Orwell's conception of a dying humanism. Whether Winston Smith is truly a humanist, in the classical sense of the term, is of no matter; in comparison to the totalitarian regime which destroys him, Winston is, in fact, the last…

…to a totalitarian state in which the laws and the magistrates are to be regarded more highly than one's own family. One would only contract with a government whose power insures the public good and whose establishment seeks the to extend to its citizens utilitarian needs.…