The dystopian novel 1984 has plenty of underlying social issues imbedded into the story. Even from the first thirty pages of the book I can tell that there is a major theme of a controlled world, where you are scrutinized by such forces as the thought police to make sure you abide by the party, or are condemned for treachery. All individuality is taken away from any one being and you are expected to uphold the ongoing love of the party and it's soul dictator Big Brother.
The main character of this story is Winston Smith, a typical science fiction hero who is very unlike the other people of his world. He is opposed to Big Brother and control of peoples opinions and thoughts. He feels that a man should be individual and unique. He decides to join the underground opposition against the party.
Clearly there is a communist/dictatorship government created in this bleak world. A world with out democracy and a free voice. Very closely tied into the Communist Party which existed in the 1960s on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall. You were taught to love and be proud of the Soviet Union. But some people did not go by these rules. Just like in 1984 how Winston is opposed to Big Brother and the party, people in eastern europe wanted a voice free of communist rule and attempted to get by the Berlin Wall in order to bear a democratic lifestyle and be able to express themselves.
Even though I have not finished 1984 I believe I have learned a great deal from what I have noticed in the words and have detected in the underlying issues. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone interested in looking for Social Issues and reading between the lines.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Archetype ''The Giver'' entry.
The Giver just like Charlottes Web has a archetype format. And like most story's they have a certain type of journey they follow.
In The Giver I believe the journey is actually a small combination of the three popular journey formats: The Quest, The Task, The Loss of Innocence. I think it is a quest because through out the book as Jonas is receiving memory's from the Giver, he is searching for the answer of why the ''Perfect Community'' has made the decisions they have decided to turn their wold into the best possible. This means a well oiled machine of people who each have their own single job to make everything work smoothly. Everyone has their choices made for them and nothing is their own will. As Jonas begins to notice how peculiar this is from his talks with the Giver he questions how the Elders could have made the decisions to take away the normal human habits of Love, Joy, and even the true pains that makes us appreciate the good in life even more.
I would consider it a task because Jonas has a certain job he feels he is obliged to do. When he realizes how his community is shielding the citizens from real life once he watches the release of a newborn and understands that a release is actually death, he wants to give to the people the memory's he is receiving, he wants them to experience the true happiness of life. As well as the death and pain they are being neglected to be told about.
Lastly I would consider ''The Giver'' a loss of innocence tail because Jonas is losing his familiar security of safety and way of life for the truth of the world and it's past.
Archetypes also has types of characters that are involved in most story's. There is a Hero, Mentor, Shadow, and last a shapeshifter.
In ''The Giver'' I would believe that the Hero is Jonas, who self sacrifice's his memory's to the community to show them the true world and displays courage by taking on the serious title of Receiver of Memory.
The Mentor is the Giver who assists the hero by giving him the knowledge he needs to complete his task of truth.
The Shadow is the community who lies about the true world and gives them false lives.
The Shapeshifter I would say is Jonas's father who is perceived as a very nice man but lies about the truth to Jonas and the others. Of course this is what he was instructed to do just like the others.
These are the Archetype journeys and characters of ''The Giver.''
In The Giver I believe the journey is actually a small combination of the three popular journey formats: The Quest, The Task, The Loss of Innocence. I think it is a quest because through out the book as Jonas is receiving memory's from the Giver, he is searching for the answer of why the ''Perfect Community'' has made the decisions they have decided to turn their wold into the best possible. This means a well oiled machine of people who each have their own single job to make everything work smoothly. Everyone has their choices made for them and nothing is their own will. As Jonas begins to notice how peculiar this is from his talks with the Giver he questions how the Elders could have made the decisions to take away the normal human habits of Love, Joy, and even the true pains that makes us appreciate the good in life even more.
I would consider it a task because Jonas has a certain job he feels he is obliged to do. When he realizes how his community is shielding the citizens from real life once he watches the release of a newborn and understands that a release is actually death, he wants to give to the people the memory's he is receiving, he wants them to experience the true happiness of life. As well as the death and pain they are being neglected to be told about.
Lastly I would consider ''The Giver'' a loss of innocence tail because Jonas is losing his familiar security of safety and way of life for the truth of the world and it's past.
Archetypes also has types of characters that are involved in most story's. There is a Hero, Mentor, Shadow, and last a shapeshifter.
In ''The Giver'' I would believe that the Hero is Jonas, who self sacrifice's his memory's to the community to show them the true world and displays courage by taking on the serious title of Receiver of Memory.
The Mentor is the Giver who assists the hero by giving him the knowledge he needs to complete his task of truth.
The Shadow is the community who lies about the true world and gives them false lives.
The Shapeshifter I would say is Jonas's father who is perceived as a very nice man but lies about the truth to Jonas and the others. Of course this is what he was instructed to do just like the others.
These are the Archetype journeys and characters of ''The Giver.''
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