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If propaganda is analogous to soma(body para 1), then what should I establish for the two other examples in my essay? Would the total control of the citizens' genetic, economic, social, and sexual freedoms be analogous to denial of independence/direct control/manipulation(body para 2)? And lastly, (body para 3) could you tell me an analogous situation+concept to the enforcement of Fordism upon the people(or is there another better example from the book that I have not picked up on that will work better, and sets a more definitive border between all 3 of my points?).

Also, how should I structure my essay? I am thinking standard 5 paragraph(up to 1200 words) with each body paragraph discussing an example from novel and its connection to history or contemporary society(which is the "research" part of this assignment). But now that you have gone into some detail, I forgot to ask whether I should use one example from history(hitler, stalin, argentina(does military rue count/relevant at all)or three examples- one for each instance from the book? It is the organization part(and lesser the connection part) that is confusing me. Should I just stick with one facet of totalitarianism(ie propaganda- but I also had denial of individuality on my list too, just missing a third) and connect it with 3 examples, or 3 facets of totalitarianism gleaned from novel and one instance in history(harder, since we have to find an example that will fit all 3 aspects chosen)?

Please let me know your thoughts and answers! And THANK you for your patience in helping me this far, I genuinely appreciate it. Hope you will be able to see this again in the sea of posts!

In addition to examples(maybe it will help you with my request) I can also touch on Hitler's regime when German children were to enroll in youth groups to brainwash the children with the ideas and practices of Nazism.Stalin did something similar with his Great Terror massacre to rid any traitors. Are there any other examples, such as Argentina or Pinochet, that have similar situations or (since I have never learned about these and research on my own will only go so far) show other examples on the facets of totalitarianism?

Beth · Answer

Oh and also, I was wondering how I can include parenthetical references for history? My teacher says that anything that is prior knowledge does not need to be parenthetically referred to in my paper, but does history and its fact count for that?(I need at least three for my criteria, one from book and at least two more from online and other sources)

Writeacher · Answer

You and Reed have been having the discussion about the content of your paper, but no one can help you about parenthetical citations unless you let us know what guidelines you are assigned to use: MLA or APA or Chicago or what?

Winnie · Answer

MLA , but I know how to properly cite. I just was wondering if history can be parenthetically teferred/quoted? Like no one wrote history, so is it even possible to quote from anything?
Writeacher can you help me with my content as well? Like the post before I asked about citations above ^

Ms. Sue · Answer

What do you mean "no one wrote history?" Thousands (millions?) of authors have written history books. One of the earliest history writers was Herodotus in Greece about 450 B.C.

Beth · Answer

Ms sue what I meant is that history happened, it was not original work of some author.