Figurative language about Anarchy

Tropes about Anarchy:

1. Metaphor

• "Anarchy is an atomic bomb held by us all".
• The incredible potential for both destruction and utilization found in anarchy is dangerous, but even more nerve-wracking is the fact that everyone can tap into that power

2. Paranomasia

• The abuse of governmental power rises in an arch until it falls into anarchy.
• Anarchy and "an arch" are similar sounding and one can be used to describe the process of the other (e.g. Anarchist attacks has led to an arch in store robberies)

3. Anthimeria

• In 2011, the Libyan dictatorship was dethroned and subsequently anarchized
• We both know that anarchized isn't a a word, but it sounds pretty convincing as a verb used to describe the chaotic state of a former government.

4. Hyperbole

• The Anarchists are obliterating the city!
• Unless the aforementioned anarchists have some kind of science fiction energy/power, it is highly unlikely that the city is being utterly destroyed.

5. Oxymoron

• Anarchy is the destructive creativity that society needs to grow
• It's pretty hard to create something when the intent is merely to destroy.

A little bit of parallelism from an famous anarchist

Schemes about Anarchy

1. Parallelism

• One stand, one bullet, one scream of "enough" is all it takes to start a revolution.
• the parallelism is found in the clauses, which creates a list of similar things which all can lead to anarchy

2. Anastrophe

• Glowing in hot embers, the shadows of the growing anarchy spread across the streets.
• Putting hot embers at the beginning of the sentence produces emphasis of them and tells the mind to focus on the fact that fire is heavily involved in this scene.

3. Ellipses

• Anarchy can lead to salvation for thousands. Sometimes, the result is desolation.
• Since anarchy is already the topic, it can be omitted from the next sentence without confusion to continue the ongoing train of thought on it's ongoing consequences

4. Alliteration

• When amoral aristocrats advance oppression on others, anarchy attacks aggressively.
• Although the letters at the beginning are not alike, the sound made is identical or similar and provides a flow of speech within the sentence.

Anarchy and technology

Anarchy. It's that unusual and undesired state where there is an obvious lack of order and/or authority (Definition). We've all heard it stories and ideas before, one of the most memorable coming from the Dark knight (Authority). "All you have to do is introduce a little anarchy, and everything becomes chaos." This strange phenomenon has been a major factor in the decay and destruction of a number of once proud civilizations, including the Roman empire and the Russian monarchy (Precedent). It continues to be a factor in our day as well, although the rules of the game have changed.

Reports say that as the digital age continues to advance, we are slowly isolating themselves into our own individual worlds (Document). The internet has become a medium for people to connect, yet it also forces us to remain distant (Cause/effect, Contradictions). While this is obvious physically, it works on us in our mental behaviors and social interactions as well. We grow more agitated through trolls, more cynical and heartless due to anonymity, and it shows in media and everyday life (more Cause/effect,). Anarchy does not necessarily mean that an uprising will occur as in past times, although that remains ever a present threat (Past fact/Future fact). It is also quite plausible that we will become so focused on our own little worlds the real world will no longer be of importance to us. Through that, it may be that government and society as they are currently defined could dissipate as we know it (Antecedent and Consequence). Perhaps this is the way the world ends. "Not with a bang but a whimper" (Maxim/Proverb).

As plausible as it may be, it isn't necessarily the outcome (Possible/Impossible). The internet also holds the potential usage to link people together over distances not feasible by the real world alone. I can talk to my friend in Japan and message my sister in L.A. all while sitting in a bakery in Germany. There is power for good and order that is unlock-able through this means, just as there is for destructive chaos (Similarity/difference). Where will it all end up? That remains to be seen as the world continues to engross itself in virtual reality. Now that this is finished, on to Youtube to be sucked in myself...