Both novels point out some of the faults of systems that
are based on the system over everything else. If you look at the ways that Big Brother
and Nurse Ratched maintain control over the inmates or the population, the irony is that
both of them are incredibly abusive and destructive while purportedly working for the
best interests of those groups. Of course the reader quickly learns that they are only
acting to maintain power and to maintain the status
quo.
Both novels also use one "sane" or insightful
character to point out and demonstrate the flaws and idiosyncracies of the ruling
power. Through the perspective of this character, the reader is treated to a wide
variety of experiences that show the importance of examining such systems and some of
the destructive tendencies they have for the most thoughtful and most intelligent
members of their societies.
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