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George Orwell's 1984 was written during the rise of many governments that had the power of the country in the hands of a few. He uses this book to warn the reader about what a possible world would look like if the government had complete control. Newspeak is a way for the government in 1984 to control the thoughts and minds of the people. It is an extreme way of saying that politicians and governments manipulate languages and words to convey the message they want and push the crowd towards them. This can be backed up by this quote in the book by Syme,"Don't you see that the whole aim if Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." Language is one of the easiest ways to convey the information we have. If someone creates a language in which there is only one way of thinking there would be no way to say anything otherwise because you would not be able to...

In 1984 , Julia and Winston receive "the book" from The Brotherhood. Chapter 1, "Ignorance is Strength," analyzes this party slogan. A part I found very interesting was when it talked about how there will always be three classes in society, or what we call the high, middle, and low. In the book it says that the classes are in a constant never ending routine because the classes below the high want to be in the class above the one they are in. The middle will convince the low to displace the high by promising them a chance to become the new middle class, but when they are successful the middle leave the low as the low class and the middle kind of separates again into both the high and middle until the rebellion against the high class starts again. This can be seen in the world today because people all want to be in a higher class. In the USA, many people believe that with hard work and some just believe that one day they will be in a higher class then they are in n...

                                Whose message is this? Who created or paid for it? Why? Who is the "target audience?" What are the clues (words, images, sounds, etc.)? What "tools of persuasions" are used? What part of the story is not being told? What group/s does this empower? What group/s does it disempower? This poster is from the World Wildlife Fund and was created to gain support to help endangered animals specifically the tiger. It was released in India where the superstition of a tiger claw bringing good luck is common. This can information can be gathered from the words displayed on the poster.  The poster tries to create empathy for the Tigers and some logic to undermine the belief in the superstition. The story not being told is if this superstition is part of the culture and whether there needs to be a debate on which is more important, preservation of animals or ...