Dehumanization, in 1984, and in present and proposed (bio)technology

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[YOUR NAME] [YOUR PROFESSOR 'S NAME] [CLASS NUMBER] [DATE OF ASSIGNMENT] Dehumanization , Dystopia , and Drugs for All How Biotech Intersects with Critical Literature Technology has allowed for advances in the quality of life in many aspects of health and behavior through medicines and innovative treatments , but with the advances of technology comes the devolving of the essence of being human . Many critics of Orwell 's book 1984 cite the rise of authoritarianism , the loss

of human freedoms , and the ability of the media to disseminate propaganda as the central themes of the book but all of these can be tied together to a more simple term dehumanization . Regardless of the political reasons behind the treatment of people in Orwell 's novel , the fact that technology plays a part is notable . As a society we continue to employ technology using a propaganda model that assures the public that medicines and procedures are safe while they are not and concerned professors and critics , such as Leon Cass , have pointed to these dangers of dehumanization in relation to biotechnology . When it comes to the way children are subjected to medicines , such as Ritalin , it can be concluded that adults today have been convinced that altering children 's bodies and minds is standard and socially acceptable behavior . When children are viewed as the property of their parents and not people , themselves , dehumanization is at its worst

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