Brainwashed

When they are captured and put into room 101 they were being “treated” which means they are being brainwashed. At this point in the story it became clear to the readers that there is no escaping Oceania, or anything that the Inner Party wants to do. In an article by Wendy Do she states, “There is no freedom; there is no escape. Once a North Korean, always…

Bullet shells litter the ground your bare feet are treading on like dead leaves in Autumn. The only pair of clothes you own are torn and two sizes too small but it’s all you have. The main emphasis of your appearance is not any of this, but the enormous machine gun slung over your starved body. No emotion is felt from you; no regret, hurt, or pleasure. The only thing you want is the chemically dangerous drugs fed as a reward to you in the little food you are given. Was this your choice? Did you…

pleasure is absurd. Everything our societies founded on; religion, family and long lasting love is unknown of in Brave New World. The book begins with an introduction of the society starting with how humans are produced, the Bokanovsky Process. Then, brainwashed from birth which is hypnopaedia. Humans are taught what is right and wrong from the viewpoint of the government. Furthermore, to accept what they are, and more importantly they’re taught to value society over themselves, resulting in…

Brainwashed into thinking the ides shown on television could actually be you or become yours. It is easiest to target young people and younger adults because they seem to be more “thoughtless, easily distracted and obsessed”(Miller 146). The young people have grown up being brainwashed normally by the commercials that “work full-time to lure the children into absolute and permanent dependency”…

They reject him by saying, “What is not thought by all men cannot be true”, and “What is not done collectively cannot be good”. This supports the fact that they had all been brainwashed and were thus living in a backwards state of mind. In “Anthem”, the society is still using candles and people who are above the age of 40 are called useless. The Scholars believe that the light bulb is evil and cannot exist as it was not thought…

hurt and kill people and the more he did that the more he cared less to human life. In a way he was dehumanized, the things he witness were so graphic and hard to take in at times. Furthermore Ishmael Beah shows how a person who is good can get brainwashed into not caring about others and life. Ishmael Beah shows his careless emotions and actions toward life while being in war. Those actions are slitting throats, torture, taking drugs and killing.…

drugged out of their minds. Cocaine mixed with smokeless gunpowder called “Brown Brown.” Kids are forced to take this before being sent out to kill. They’re given a gun and they learn at an early age that the gun is their only comfort. They’ve been brainwashed and are forced to live by the precept, “kill or be…

Conformity: the word that brings fear into some minds and relaxation in others. Throughout the world’s history, the idea of authoritarianism has consumed many political leaders’ agendas. The premise behind the idea of conformity is the betterment of society; however, it has been proven to create a hostile atmosphere as showcased in Ken Kesey’s fiction novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Prevalent during the decade of the 60s, authoritarianism commanded society. Because the United States was…

Do you remember being a child in elementary school? Remember getting dropped off or walking to school and running off across the parking lot to search for your friends, the games of hide and seek or tag on the playground? Remember returning to your family, and being tucked into bed at night? Some children cannot say they ever did this, or had anything like this, for they were forced into battle, or pressured into joining the rebel army. In 2007, there was an estimated 7,000 to 10,000 child…

running sore [...] stink like a goat [...] emaciation[...] neck like a carrot [...] eleven teeth left [...] hair coming out[...]skeleton” (224). Throughout 1984, Orwell reinforce strong diction to convey the sense of torture by O'Brien as he try to brainwashed Winston of “2+2=5”…