Animal Farm , written by George Orwell , is a political fable that tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their cruel human master, hoping to create a society where all animals are equal, free, and happy. Inspired by the dream of the wise old pig Old Major, the animals overthrow the farmer Mr. Jones and take control of the farm, renaming it Animal Farm. At first, the animals work together to build an egalitarian community based on the principles of Animalism, summarized in the Seven Commandments painted on the barn wall. However, over time, the pigs—led by the cunning and power-hungry Napoleon—begin to seize control. They gradually assume privileges, manipulate language and truth, and use fear and propaganda to maintain power. Eventually, they become indistinguishable from the humans they once overthrew. This allegory clearly reflects the events of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the rise of Stalinism. The animals represent different social and political groups...

  THE PLOT Nineteen Eighty-Four , written by George Orwell , is an anti-utopian, or dystopian, novel that describes a bleak and oppressive society in which human instincts, intelligence, and individual freedom are crushed by a ruthless and all-powerful political regime. The story depicts a totalitarian power that exerts complete control over individuals through advanced technology and psychological manipulation. At the head of this regime is Big Brother, a symbolic and omnipresent figure who embodies the government's authority. The novel explores the modern individual’s enslavement to mass media, surveillance, and propaganda. The novel is set in the year 1984, in a world divided into three superstates: Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia, which are in a state of perpetual war. Britain, referred to as Airstrip One, is a province of Oceania and is governed by a totalitarian dictatorship led by Big Brother. He is not just the ruler but also a constant presence: his image is everywhere, and...

  George Orwell, the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, was born in Bengal, India, in 1903 into a family of modest means. Although his family had aristocratic roots, their financial situation was precarious. Thanks to a scholarship, Orwell was able to study in England. At the age of eight, he was sent to a preparatory boarding school, and later he attended Eton College, one of the most prestigious schools in the country. At Eton, Orwell felt like an outsider, often treated poorly because he was not wealthy. This experience helped shape his lifelong sympathy for the underprivileged and his critical view of social hierarchies. After finishing his education, Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma in 1922. However, disillusioned with British colonialism and troubled by his role in enforcing it, he resigned from his post in 1927, later expressing his rejection of “every form of man’s dominion over man,” a theme explored in his first novel, Burmese Days (1934). Upon returning to ...

At the beginning of the 20th century intellectuals attitudes were changing and people found it difficult to believe in anything. First of all, an explosion of new ideas changed man’s view of himself and of the universe. In 1905 Albert Einstein published “Theory of Relativity” in which he dealt a further blow to the belief that objective reality and science as a substitute for religion could give an explanation of the universe. British writers were inspired by the philosophical ideas of Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche who proclaimed existing abstract values such as the “good” and the “beautiful” were decadent. These ideas were incorrectly late linked with Nazism and Fascism. Another important influence on British artists came from Sigmund Freud and his theories on the structure and workings of the human mind, which are known as psychoanalysis, in order to treat hysteria and neurosis. Freud, then, explored new areas of sensibility which cae to be known as the unconscious. 20th century liter...

Hi all everyone! Oggi pubblico in questo post un link che fa riferimento ad una presentazione in PowerPoint su uno dei più importanti scrittori di romanzi modernisti di seconda generazione, George Orwell , e del suo romanzo di maggior successo, 1984. La presentazione sottolinea, inoltre, quanto le tematiche trattate dettagliatamente nel romanzo distopico non siano delle semplici "visioni" dell'autore, bensì delle profezie che descrivono ciò che caratterizzano i nostri tempi, negli aspetti postivi che in quelli negativi. https://drive.google.com/file/d/114RWoNEAhnWeaD-ckdT8B0z2_JxKi4Yn/view?usp=sharing

How technology has changed our lives from George Orwell's 1984 to our times When you read the novel 1984 written by George Orwell and, then, you deepen its themes, you’ll probably be a bit skeptical or supporter of the beginning of the Big Brother Era . It must be recognized that many of the author's "visions" are exactly present in modern reality: the use of new technologies and related "language" has become increasingly decisive and frequent, to the point that it is becoming "essential" in our existences. Smartphones and social networks are the tools that have literally changed our customs and influenced our social behaviors and habits, sometimes in a negative way. 1984 is a dystopian novel that represents a future society, in which some social, political and technological tendencies are manipulated by Big Brother, a dictator who uses technology to control everything and everyone. In this novel, Orwell, through the main characters Winston and ...

Anthony Burgess is considered one of the most important writers of 20th century, whose most famous dystopian novels are A Clockwork Orange , The Wanting Seed  and Nineteen Eighty-Five . 1985  is divided into two sections, a narrative and a nonfiction, which, recalling Orwell 's novel 1984 , deals with a dystopian universe now in ruins and governed by trade unions. The protagonist Bev Jones does not share the ideology and discipline imposed by the Unions. He witnesses the death of his wife, who is burned alive in a hospital during a firefighters strike; his wife's last words are: "Don’t let them go unpunished". Bev, thus, begins a lonely and desperate struggle, in the name of freedom of choice between good and evil, right and wrong, will and convenience. He is not a wishful character, but a citizen against violent crowd, language made not to say and demeaning life. Persecuted by trade unionism, which fights for false freedom, and by disorder as an instrument of ruth...