Authority and Martyrdom in Brave New World and Animal Farm
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Abstract: This article analyzes the social structures in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s Animal Farm through the lens of martyrdom. Both societies use propaganda, and this paper analyzes the impact of propaganda on characters. Specifically, this paper analyzes the identical story arcs of Boxer from Animal Farm and John from Brave New World. Both of them are introduced to this new and strange world only to become victims of a world that promised freedom. Through propaganda and social conditioning, both characters have been sold a lie.
Summary: An analysis of the societies in Huxley’s Brave New World and Orwell’s Animal Farm. Both the World State and Manor Farm make use of propaganda and conditioning in order to maintain the status quo of the social hierarchy.
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