After WW2, Germany was split into two sides, west Germany and east Germany. East Germany was ruled under a communist dictatorship. Within this side of the country there were secret police, the Stasi. No one, at the time, knew what the Stasi did until after the peaceful revolution in 1989. Only then, is was revealed to people what the Stasi were doing during the time. One group of the Stasi were a secret police, these people could be your friends or family, and they would report to higher ups in the system with the information they had collected from talking to you. This relates to the novel 1984. In this novel there are thought police. These police are seen as normal citizens and they befriend and gain trust of people in the community so they can report them back to the inner party. The goal of the secret police in both of these cases was to report information that could not be caught through video cameras or wiretapping. In those methods the government could only see what was going on as it happened, but through the secret police, Stasi or thought police, the government was able to get into people’s heads or thoughts to understand what you wanted to do before it happened. The goal of this was to have total control over the people. They could do this by catching someone, or a group of people, before they tried to rise above the government. East Germany was a small taste of what our society would be like in a world like 1984.
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![]() ‘We The People’ posters brought awareness to the abuse and assault that women of colour receive in their daily life. Although this problem is largely scene in the USA, it is also seen in our country and internationally. Frank Shepard Fairey, the creator of the ‘We The People’ posters, creates artwork to raise awareness and hope about the dehumanization of others. These posters were used during the women's marches that took place in the USA to show support, hope and power that females have when they ban together. I think that these poster are an effective use of propaganda. The posters raise awareness of a situation that people don’t want to talk about and they give hope to the people that the posters represent. Fairey used different propaganda techniques effectively in the posters including fear, glittering generalities and transfer. Fear is raised in the people that suppress women of colour. Glittering generalities are used on each poster to demonstrate the strength in numbers of women, and transfer is used to show how proud everyone is to be America. These poster lead people to think about their actions for and against women of colour and how they can change to make their country a better place. Fairey reached his goal of creating a discussion about women of colour and the stereotypes that around them. So, by raising awareness about the situation around women of colour, the ‘We The People’ posters, created by Frank Shepard Fairey, use propaganda effectively. |
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