12ENG8 2012

Would you count the uniform they are made to wear as physical control, psychological control, or both? They are hadly flattering so are obviously not intended to instil a sense of pride or high sta...

1984 control totalitarianism physical control

started by Danielle Palmer on 24 Aug 12 5 follow-ups, last by K Birch on 27 Aug 12

http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/4812 http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/4/newsid_2496000/2496277.stm

1984 themes symbols

started by Anna Comerford on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12

http://digitaljournal.com/article/317277 what links are there to this today? What would've prompted Orwell in his time to include warnings about this kind of technology?

1984 themes control

started by Alannah McTaggart on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12

http://debatewise.org/debates/250-does-language-control-thought/ a good if basic summary of the main arguments for and against. These days perhaps it's more about whether complex ideas can be conv...

language Newspeak

started by Kalo Chan on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12

http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1071&context=hss_pubs p 18 and 49 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/us/police-tracking-of-cellphones-raises-privacy-fears.html?pagewant...

telescreens symbols totalitarianism control

started by Isabel Schmidt on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12

http://www.cfr.org/china/media-censorship-china/p11515 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/14/russia-protests-media-idUSL6E7NB0GQ20111214 http://blog.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/23/andrew-mar...

history control erase

started by Katerina Cau on 24 Aug 12 2 follow-ups, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12

http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/new-government-propaganda-bill-positive-step-first-amendment

1984 Orwell themes control george george orwell Propaganda totalitarianism

started by bella black on 24 Aug 12 1 follow-up, last by K Birch on 26 Aug 12

The Proles in 1984 are the mindless mass of people who are ignorant of what is going on in the world but they are happy. They don't even realize they're being oppressed by the conglomerated, power-...

started by Julietta Close on 24 Aug 12 no follow-up yet

The group's task is to: 1. find sites that provide useful background information about 1984 and George Orwell, highlighting relevant info on that page; 2. find sites that discuss the major themes

1984 context background Orwell theme

started by K Birch on 16 Aug 12 2 follow-ups, last by K Birch on 16 Aug 12

Find websites for 1984 - look for overviews of totalitarianism.

1984

started by K Birch on 21 Aug 12 no follow-up yet