The Issue of the Totalitarian System and Two Novels Examining The Captive Mind and The Joke . This paper shall examine the specifics of the totalitarian system in relation to Hanna Arendt's classic text, "The Origins of Totalitarianism". This shall be done through comparing this text to those of "The Captive Mind" by Czeslaw Milosz and "The Joke" by Milan Kundera. 14 pgs. Bibliography lists 3 sources. Pages: 14 Bibliography: 3 source(s) listed Filename: 5259 Totalitarian System Examination.doc Price: 125.30