CONTROL: ORWELLIAN ELEMENTS IN THE NARRATIVE OF SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN
CONTROL: ORWELLIAN ELEMENTS IN THE NARRATIVE OF SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5583452308122
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Palavras-chave: control, George Orwell, Shingeki no Kyojin.
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Keywords: control, George Orwell, Shingeki no Kyojin.
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Abstract:
In this article, a study is carried out of the Orwellian elements present in the manga Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) by Hajime Isayama (2009). For this, only the elements related to control are analyzed through the concept of authority and the systems and methods used to maintain said authority. It seeks to analyze similarities between some of the control strategies proposed by George Orwell in his book 1984 (1949) and Shingeki no Kyojin (2009), basing the study on the works of Mark Dice, Edward Said, Neil Sanders, Armand Mattelart and André Vitalis on the control of knowledge as an authoritarian technique. As a result of the analysis, similarities arise between what Orwell calls the "thought police" with Isayama's "first internal squad", the "ministry of truth" with the political authority of Shingeki no Kyojin and the mind control present in both. plays. Both Orwell and Isayama demonstrate in their works the potential violations of human rights for the preservation of authority over certain subjects, with personal and/or social circumstances being a determining factor.
- Ashley Susan Agramunt Tobar