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Total Control
The idea of a ruling party attempting to maintain and gain control over its citizens is a common theme in literature. In George Orwell's 1984¸the protagonist, Winston, attempts to fight back against the ruling totalitarianism-inspired party, but is overcome by the Party's power. Furthermore, the unique individuals created in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World who do not fit in with the utopian society created by the government, are forced to leave. Although in different ways, both of these works serve as warnings as to how governments might attempt to gain and maintain total control of their citizens.
One way that governments attempt to control their citizens is through the use of sex. Firstly, the government depicted in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, encourages sex when it explains that by delaying desire, instability may arise within its population. The government makes sex a normal part of life by encouraging erotic play between children when they are young,......

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