Indoctrination Essay - Critical Quotes (AO5)

Finish the quote about 1984:

“horrifying indoctrination…

earning [1984] its infamy as one of the most effective dystopian works ever written” – O’Duffy

Finish the quote about The Handmaid’s Tale:

“stringent authoritarianism means the…

suspension of constitutional rights, ... torture, ... public execution, secret police attacks, indoctrination and the victimisation of women” – Stokwisz

Finish the quote about The Handmaid’s Tale:

“what you do is constantly…

observed” – Baty

Finish the quote about 1984:

“whilst the material world is completely controlled by Big Brother…

the same influence cannot be applied to the internal consciousness of the individual” – Brown, contrasts the idea that indoctrination is the sole focus of the Party.

Finish the quote about The Handmaid’s Tale:

“Citizens are given visual warnings about transgression of society’s laws by …

the public display of the bodies of ‘salvaged’ traitors.” – Baty

Finish the quote about 1984:

“brainwashed and tortured into losing the essential qualities that make you human, such as…

loyalty, trust, morality or even the ability to think. … – Peters

Finish the quote about The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984:

“The 'Aunts' drill their conservative Christian views into the Handmaids to the extent that they begin to believe the blame for rape should fall on the shoulders of the victim. ...

but Atwood's characters never go as far as Orwell's to manipulate the mind. Brainwashing in Nineteen Eighty-Four borders on the downright terrifying, … they never simply kill the disobedient; they 'correct' wandering thoughts first” – O’ Duffy