Abstract This summarizes three articles: "Killing the Indian in the Child" is part of "Stolen from Our Embrace", and deals with the brainwashing and abuse in residential schools.
Abstract This paper analyzes how Alex is sent to Borstal and punished, after which he is returned to society essentially no better than before. Alex is given a choice and chooses the brainwashing that allows him to be returned to society, supposedly a better person. The writer explains that Burgess affirms in this novel, is the power of the human spirit and the belief that we have to respect that spirit even when it is anti-social.
From the Paper "Anthony Burgess in A Clockwork Orange looks to the near future and extrapolates from his own time to one where many young people have become urban marauders, taking out their frustrations in violence and living completely amoral lives. Alex tells his own story as well, doing so in the cynical pseudo-language of his generation. Burgess uses the issue of "free will" and the way human beings prize it as a way of taking the reader from his or her contemporary world to the fictional world of the future."
Abstract This paper provides a review of the various types of psychological techniques used by the Nazis during the Second World War, including propaganda and brainwashing. The paper explains that a key factor for the Germans' support of Hitler was the use of psychological methods that helped keep them convinced of the viability of the military campaigns, as well as the infallibility of their deranged leader. The paper provides a discussion of the Nazis' perception of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and analyzes how the Nazis used their works and how they applied them to their own endeavors. The paper concludes that the Nazis were more heavily influenced by the propaganda and crowd control techniques offered by Gustave LeBon.
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Review and Discussion
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From the Paper "In his essay, "How to Make Enemies and Influence People: Anatomy of the Anti-Pluralist, Totalitarian Mindset," Montuori (2005) asks, "Why is it easy to get people to do the bidding of their leaders? How was it possible for a sophisticated, educated population like Germany's to follow blindly the dictates of a maniacal leader, and to embark on the horrors of the Nazi regime?" (18). The answers to these questions have been the source of much investigation since the end of World War II."
This well-researched paper examines various works of literature and analyzes the authors' writing styles and motivations when depicting either utopian or dystopian societies.
Abstract The writer of this in-depth paper focuses on assorted dystopian themed novels and the impact these works of writing have on the reader. This paper analyzes novels such as "Brave New World," "Fahrenheit 451" and "1984" all written about dystopian societies while comparing them to more upbeat novels depicting perfect utopian societies. Ray Bradbury's novel "Brave New World" describes the individuality that is stripped from its people who are forced to live brainwashed and segregated without them even knowing of it; the people of this futuristic world see it as utopia whereas the reader can clearly see it's in fact dystopia. George Orwell's "1984" presents a world to the reader where there is no chance for a utopia whereas the citizens see this world as a utopia due to telescreens, propaganda and brainwashing that leads to a society of no desires or thoughts. The writer also details the plots and characters of both dystopian and utopian themed novels as well as the motivating factors which inspired the authors' creativity.
From the Paper "George Orwell presents a world to the reader where there is no chance for a utopia whereas the citizens see this world as a utopia due to telescreens, propaganda's and brainwashing that leads to a society of no desires or thoughts. Citizens are not allowed to have personal thoughts or feelings due to the telescreens that destroys the individual mind. Telescreens is a designs that is a two way interacting television set that the Party uses to keep people from thinking. The telescreens are monitored by a force called the Thought Police. "Thought police plugged in on any individual wire, in the assumption that every sound you made was over heard." We see how this is forced greatly on the people when Winston has to hide himself from telescreens just to write down some of his thoughts. Huge posters with big eyes reminds the people that Big Brother is watching them."
Abstract Cult Formation
Defining the Paradigm of Unfalsifiability
Authority: Exclusivity, Overbearing or Essential
Revelation of the Leadership
Hierarchy of Leadership
Solidarity
Social Structure
Community
Social Stratification
Identity
Punishment and Discipline
Cult Growth and the Convert
The Target: weakness and vulnerability
Conversion: unfreeze, change and refreeze
False Memories: unfreezing through psychotherapy
Environments
Enlightenment Engines
Cult Case Studies
The Branch Divisions, David Koresh
Heaven's Gate, Do
"The Recipe"
Troubleshooting
Abstract This paper looks at 1950s history from the perspective of the movie "The Manchurian Candidate". It establishes the underlying themes of the movie: the Cold War, psychological warfare and 'momism' and correlates it to the conditions during those times.
From the Paper ""The Manchurian Candidate" unfolds in the Korean War, 1952. The troop of Major Bennett Marco, including the rigid and unloved Sergeant Raymond Shaw, is betrayed by a Korean guide. Instead of being led to the right direction, they are whisked away over the border into Manchuria and are subjected to three days of brainwashing by communists. Raymond Shaw, the elected Manchurian puppet, becomes "a normally-conditioned American, who has been trained to kill and then to have no memory of having killed. Without memory of his deed, he cannot possibly feel guilt.... now Raymond will remain an outwardly normal, productive, sober, and respected member of the community.... His brain has not only been washed, as they say, it's been dry cleaned" (Filmsite)."
Tags: analysis, brainwashing, candidate, cold, historical, manchurian, monism, movie, war
Abstract This paper first looks into the life of Hitler and how he yielded power. It investigates how he managed to lead and influence the people of Germany. It looks at his actions as well as his personal characteristics.
The second part researches the characteristics of a leader and what makes a leader. The third part links these two together, resulting in being able to conclude what exactly it was about Hitler that made him such a great leader.
From the Paper "Adolf Hitler was one of the most influential leaders in history. He was leader of the Nazi party and transformed Germany. He officially became the leader of Germany in 1934 when Hindenburg died, but yielded extreme power even before this. Hitler is generally named not as a leader, but as a dictator. Hitler's government was known as the Third Reich and controlled every person's life. Hitler's plan was known as the "Final Solution" and involved the eradication of Jews, Gypsies, Negroes, the handicapped and the mentally ill. In 1939, under Hitler's leadership, Germany invaded Poland to begin the process of unification of all German-speaking people. The war ended in 1945 after the Allies stopped Hitler's plan. By this time, Hitler had caused the extermination of 12 million people. Hitler committed suicide in his bunker in 1945 and one week later, Germany surrendered."
Examines common features, social causes, charismatic leaders and submissive followers, examples, views on the Apocalypse, techniques of recruitment and brainwashing.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 13 sources, 1999, $ 87.95
From the Paper "Since the 1960s cults of one kind or another have regularly made headlines with outrageous, bizarre, and even lethal behavior and their number has increased enormously in the past four decades. Writers of all kinds--scholars, journalists, psychologists, and social critics--have frequently pointed out that cults have existed throughout recorded history and that the distinction between an established religion and a cult is often no more than a question of size, socialization, wealth, power, or longevity. But others hold that the sheer number of contemporary cults and the increasing levels of abuse, crime and suicide among many of them are phenomena that distinguish postindustrial society's cult behaviors from those of other eras. While it is difficult to cite any one or two principal causes of the expansion of the cult phenomenon in the present day, there are ..."
This paper compares brainwashed fictional society with U.S. in 1990s in terms of socialization, control and conformity in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World".
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 1 source, 1991, $ 47.95
From the Paper "Aldous Huxley, in "Brave New World", argues that the members of his fictional society have been literally and overtly brainwashed in terms of education/socialization/social control. As this study will argue, the United States of the 1990s is also a society which practices socialization and social control in order to force its members to conform as it desires, but the methods and forces at work in the United States are far more subtle and covert than we find in Huxley's fictional society of the Brave New World.
In Brave New World members of the different classes are not brainwashed "equally," but they nevertheless share in a process which convinces them that they are precisely where they are supposed to be and that all members of other classes are also precisely where they are supposed to be."
Abstract This paper shows that while some call Hitler's pamphlets, radio programs and book ?propaganda,? to Hitler they were just good ?marketing.? Hitler constantly used his "propaganda machine" to tear down the credibility and as defense to negative propaganda being distributed by his sworn enemy, the United States. The paper examines how Hitler used many forms of media to distribute his messages to the masses, including dropping pamphlets from the Hindenburg, one of Nazi Germany's finest shows of strength and power. This paper compares Hitler's use of this form of propaganda to the the way in which advertizing companies and other forms of media promote products and images, concluding that both are effective forms of brainwashing.
From the Paper "This "Propaganda War" grew to epic proportions that would make the best Superbowl advertisers of today proud. Both sides sent a barrage of pamphlets, books, and radio broadcasts, posters and many more creative mediums in an attempt to break the public's confidence in the other side. When the United States launched their own propaganda war, Hitler tried to use this against them also in a "look what the meanies are trying to do us" type of idea. He tried to use the United States media campaign to gain credibility for this own cause. The media campaigns used by both sides were impressive."
An essay on God and his relation to the concept of temptation. This paper debates whether or not God initiated temptation and, consequently, sin, alluding to the possibility of a malevolent god.
Abstract This essay is actually written in a fairly satirical tone, pointing out contradictions in the "infallible" Bible, as well as contradictions in God's allegedly perfect character using Christian rhetoric and quotations from the Bible itself.
From the Paper "Although Genesis 3:4-5 (?The serpent said to the woman, ?Surely you will not die, for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil.?) tells us that the serpent tempted Eve to eat the apple, isn"t it true that God tempted Adam and Eve first" If there were no Tree of Knowledge for Adam and Eve to be tempted with, then there would be no concept of temptation, no sin, and no damnation. There would also be no malice, no murder, no hatred, no theft, no bigotry, no rape, no war, no crime and nothing else that could even be perceived as a negative action, because if there was no sin, then none of the aforementioned would even exist."
Abstract This paper compares the themes in the novels, "A Brave New World" and "A Clockwork Orange", about what happens when society attempts to control and condition its citizens and the resulting complications that arise when humans exert their natural tendency to resist these attempts.
From the Paper "Science fiction offer us terrific opportunities to explore complex issues that humankind faces on a daily basis. We owe much to authors like Aldous Huxley and Anthony Burgess for providing us with images of society that attempts to improve itself only to destroy the humanity we possess. Brave New World and A Clockwork Orange describe techniques used to subdue the human will in order to make the world a safer place. Both novels reveal complications that arise when individuals resist conditioning. As a result of these complications, we must understand that such techniques strip citizens of their individuality and will ultimately produce a brain dead society."
Abstract "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is a political satire used to illustrate the condition of the government in Russia during the reign of Stalin. This paper describes how Orwell's pigs, symbolizing the political figureheads in Russia at that time, use language to brainwash the "lesser" animals into going along with their self-serving plans. The paper makes use of quotations from the text to support its points.
From the Paper "The pigs, meant to mirror the actions of Trotsky and Stalin, twist the concept of Animalism, meant to represent the Socialist ideal, into something that could be manipulated and used to their advantage. Even before Snowball (Trotsky) had been banished from the farm due to false allegations of treason, the treachery had already begun; what with the insistence of the pigs that they needed more food than the other animals to do their all-important jobs of "supervising" and ?organizing,? as Squealer explains in this passage, ?Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us (pg. 52).?"
Abstract This paper examines the changing role of an organizational communicator in light of the ethical and rhetorical uses of contemporary communication. It is argued that honesty is still the best policy in PR. The dangers of media brainwashing are lastly dealt with.
Abstract This paper reviews and reports the opinions of experts and journalists who have analyzed the issue of media manipulation of the news. This is not a paper that is predicting a "big brother" conspiracy that is trying to take over America or brainwash all the TV-watching, Internet surfing and newspaper-reading citizens. But there are many issues that the average American should be aware of when trying to read, hear, watch and digest "news" as presented by the media today, and this paper addresses those concerns.
From the Paper "It's very clear from reading through research material on today's media that most Americans get their evening news through half-hour TV programs specializing in dramatic, entertaining video and "sound bites" from politicians, entertainers, and the "man in the street."
Those news shows - from cable, local, and network productions - are often more concerned with ratings (which drive the profitability of television) than with full coverage. That is not a positive trend in American life, and this paper addresses that dynamic as well.
The significance of media manipulation can be seen even more dramatically with a look back at the way television journalism was presented to the public in the recent past. Reporters had guts, and went after government; that is depicted in a new movie, "Good Night and Good Luck," written and directed by actor George Clooney. The movie features the professional life of former CBS television interviewer, Edward R. Murrow, who boldly took on U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy at a time when McCarthy was attacking many well-known people with baseless accusations that they were "communists." An article in the Los Angeles Times (Goldstein, 2005) refers to Murrow as "a real hero" who, like other journalists in his era, "once pursued greatness, not just ratings and ad linage."
