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Identify two central themes of "The Unknown Citizen" and give one detail from the poem for each.
Ask what the State praises and what it never asks.
How does the poem suggest that the citizen has lost his individuality?
Look at the dedication, the sources of information and the title.
Which theme is most directly suggested by identifying the citizen only by a code?
What does a name give a person that a number does not?
The list of the citizen's appliances and his use of the Instalment Plan mainly satirise:
Think about buying and owning.
Choose three themes of "The Unknown Citizen" and, for each, describe a modern parallel. Explain whether the parallel makes the poem's warning more or less relevant today.
Pair each theme with a specific modern practice, then judge the comparison.
Write a paragraph arguing that the themes of "The Unknown Citizen" apply to democracies as much as to dictatorships.
Point out what is missing from the citizen's life (force, fear) and what produces his conformity instead.
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