5 pages in length. Will people have the courage to stand up for their hard earned democracy and intrinsic human rights if they one day find themselves forced to do so? It is a scary thing to imagine how one might react to forced authoritarianism after a lifetime of democracy, but one only has to think back to Hitler's regime to understand how power can get completely out of control, no matter how hard the populace fights against its takeover. George Orwell's "1984" speaks to the inherent nature of power and courage, two concepts that become interwoven as the book's hapless characters struggle to maintain their existence beneath overwhelming oppression. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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if they one day find themselves forced to do so? It is a scary thing to imagine how one might react to forced authoritarianism after a lifetime of democracy,
but one only has to think back to Hitlers regime to understand how power can get completely out of control, no matter how hard the populace fights against its takeover.
George Orwells 1984 speaks to the inherent nature of power and courage, two concepts that become interwoven as the books hapless characters struggle to maintain their existence beneath overwhelming
oppression. "Would I have the guts to stand up for democracy and human rights, knowing that it could get me killed? Even if 1984 is a nightmare, small
parts of it become reality every day, throughout the world" (Editorial Reviews). It is no surprise that such extensions of power trickle down
among the very people who so desperately fight its existence. In an effort to maintain some semblance of humanness, it becomes necessary -- almost inevitable -- that Orwells characters
develop courage and learn to fend for themselves. Reigning over those closest to him was Smiths only manner of rebelling against how his life -- and that of everyone
elses, as well -- had become a mere mockery of human existence. "Winstons body dealt with his frustration through the varicose ulcer and his fits of coughing. Life was
intolerable" (Orwell 137). Power begets power, or so Orwells novel will have readers believe, yet not as obvious is the loss of power that each and every person experiences
when mustering the courage to fight the intrusion of Big Brother. With every step taken to oppose such implementations of a totalitarian government, there is another step taken attempting
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