totalitarian occupation. Psychology a process in which the ego opposes the conscious recall of anxiety-producing experiences.” Resistance literature was about liberalism, freedom of thought and democracy. Writers such as Jack London, Aldous Huxley and George Orwell’s arose to struggle and finding a way to improve the life we live and speak for human beings. Works written in spirit of resistance truly moved us; as writers felt that it is enough and refused dictatorial rule and oppression, so paved the way to
To what extent does the government exercise control over its citizens in Orwell’s ‘1984’ and Lowry’s ‘The Giver’? Dystopian novels often depict a society which is governed through tyranny and complete dictatorship, where the protagonist(s) ultimate goal is to abscond the tyrannical rule of the state and obtain the liberty they believe society deserves. This genre borrows aspects of our contemporary reality, and combines them with daunting possibilities. This constructs a conceivable future where
belongs to the category of speculative fiction and usually explores the impact of science and technology on the society. Science fiction has been a major literary genre consisting of various sub-genres and themes within it. A complete and inclusive definition of science fiction is difficult. According to Merriam Webster dictionary, science fiction or sci-fi as it is often shortened is “fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific
In 1953, Ray Bradbury wrote the novel, Fahrenheit 451 as science fiction literature. Like George Orwell’s futuristic novel, 1984, Bradbury’s predicted future society is not that far off from our world today. Certain aspects of their fictional future setting for the world are now becoming everyday life for us. For my research topic, I chose to look at the similarities of the large role media plays in the novel Fahrenheit 451 and the ever-present influence that media has on culture today. I am going