Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?There were many connections to Big Brother in the world, the past and present. For example, Big Brother's description in the novel reminded me of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin who were figures of the most powerful and murderous dictators in history. Hitler was the founder and the leader of the Nazi Party and Stalin was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union with his regime of terror causing the death and suffering of tens of millions.
In the Internet, there were posters of Big Brother and they greatly resembled Hitler and Stalin. In my opinion, George Orwell must have been thinking about Stalin and Hitler when he was creating Big Brother as a character for his novel.
Nowadays some parts of the world such as in North Korea, there are still cases such as this. In North Korea there is Kim Jung-il and he is worshipped the citizens are continuously watched by North Korean soldiers. They appear to be isolated and do not have much contact with the rest of the world and only look up to Kim Jung-il as their leader. Kim Jung-il has created a totalitarian state with censorship. For example, every morning when the citizens go to work, they pass more than a handful of soldiers on their way. For children, they are taught and their minds are forced to believe the fact that they lived to please Kim Jung-il.
Nowadays some parts of the world such as in North Korea, there are still cases such as this. In North Korea there is Kim Jung-il and he is worshipped the citizens are continuously watched by North Korean soldiers. They appear to be isolated and do not have much contact with the rest of the world and only look up to Kim Jung-il as their leader. Kim Jung-il has created a totalitarian state with censorship. For example, every morning when the citizens go to work, they pass more than a handful of soldiers on their way. For children, they are taught and their minds are forced to believe the fact that they lived to please Kim Jung-il.
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Wow! I didn't thought of resembling both people. I definately agree that both dictators and Big Brother are similar. In addition, I think there are few differences. One of them would be that Big Brother uses technology while Hitler and Stalin used patriotism and violence. Thus I believe Hitler and Stalin lack in presicion then Big Brother. Anyways, it was a pleasure to read =)!!
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