Essays about: "close reading, 1984"

Found 4 essays containing the words close reading, 1984.

  1. 1. A Rhetorical Reading of George Orwell's 1984 : The brainwashing of Winston in the light of ethos, logos and pathos

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Emelie Brax; [2015]
    Keywords : Orwell; Nineteen Eighty-four; brainwashing; rhetoric; persuasive appeals; Orwell; Nittonhundraåttiofyra; hjärntvätt; retorik; övertalningsmedel;

    Abstract : The aim with this essay is to cast a light upon the brainwashing carried out by the totalitarian Party in George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, and induce a deeper understanding of its persuasive effect on Winston Smith, the main character. Winston passionately hates the Party and its leader Big Brother who govern the country Oceania in which he lives. READ MORE

  3. 2. Heterotopic Happenings: Invoking the Radical Imagination and Inspiring New Human-Ecological Norms through British Climate Change Performance. A comparative case study of 2071 and And While London Burns

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Kate Monson; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We are at what appears to be an impasse. Almost everyone across the world – and certainly in the west – has heard of climate change and knows at least a bit about what it means. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Ideology of Hate

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Kristoffer Rissanen; [2014-10-08]
    Keywords : 1984; Orwell; hate; love; fear; control;

    Abstract : Hatred and ideology play an important role in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. This essay aims to show that hatred not only is a core tenet of the Party’s ideology, but that it also guides the protagonist Winston Smith, motivating his rebellion. READ MORE

  5. 4. Strategies for Preserving Status Quo in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm

    University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Helena Dübeck; [2008]
    Keywords : Orwell; totalitarism; Ninteen Eighty-Four; 1984; Animal Farm;

    Abstract : In George Orwell's two most famous novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm we find a totalitarian state, and in each case there are strategies that enable these societies to stay totalitarian. The reader of today not only sees the Soviet Union when reading Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, but a large number of other totalitarian societies with similar structures and systems that exist throughout the world. READ MORE